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25th Annual Women of Wisdom Conference
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Pre-Conference Events
Nicki Scully and Normandi Ellis
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Wednesday, February 15th and Thursday, February 16th 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
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Hieroglyphs, the medju neter or sacred symbols, were originally used when they first appeared in the pyramid of Unas. Their knowledge gives us truth and wisdom that is still relevant in today’s world. Given our new understanding of that ancient and sacred symbolic language, you will create your own cards, which together will create an oracle deck. You will practice reading your new cards with other students, after which we will combine the new oracle deck with the Anubis Oracle deck and do a reading for our country and the world. To accept responsibility for becoming an oracle, you will be asked to make a covenant with Ma’at, both a goddess and the concept of truth, harmony, cosmic order, justice and balance. You will also be given an empowerment that will awaken sensitivities that are either new or have atrophied in order to expand your intuitive capacities. This two-day seminar will be wrapped in teachings about creating your spiritual/metaphysical journal. This workshop is appropriate for anyone who is interested in healing or ministry work or is on a deep spiritual path that continues to unfold.
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Nicki Scully has been a healer and teacher of shamanism and the Egyptian Mysteries since 1983. Her published works include Alchemical Healing, Shamanic Mysteries of Egypt, The Anubis Oracle, and Becoming an Oracle. She is the founder of Shamanic Journeys, Ltd, which specializes in spiritual tours to sacred sites in Egypt, and she teaches and performs at conferences and festivals throughout the world. Her private sessions include Alchemical Healing, Anubis Oracle Readings, and shamanic consultations and she offers tele-seminars, and mentoring programs. Her newest book, Sekhmet: In the Belly of the Goddess, will be published in June, 2017. www.shamanicjourneys.com.
Normandi Ellis is an award-winning author of thirteen books, including Awakening Osiris, Dreams of Isis, Feasts of Light, and Imagining the World into Existence. Her latest book, co-authored with Nicki Scully, is The Union of Isis and Thoth. She currently leads trips to Egypt with Shamanic Journeys, Ltd. and operates the PenHouse Retreat Center for writers and spiritual seekers. Her forthcoming titles include a work on writing spiritual autobiography based on the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Normandi is an ordained Spiritualist Minister, a trained medium, an astrologer who offers private consultations and tarot and astrology readings. www.normandiellis.com. Together they have taught an Egyptian Mystery School for two decades. |
Thursday, February 16th 6:00 - 6:45pm
Opening Ceremonies - Women Only - Free
Led by Rev. Judith Laxer and the ceremonial team
Join us as we bring in the energy of our theme Remember Who You Are for The WOW 2017 Conference! As we bring in the directions to guide us during the weekend, we will sing, drum, set our personal goals and be in community to celebrate the feminine! FREE!
Remember you need to have a parking pass for this evening!
Remember you need to have a parking pass for this evening!
Caroline Muir
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Thursday, February 16th
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Discover how sacred sexuality unlocks consciousness and awakens you to the power of pleasure and fulfillment. We'll explore Tantra Yoga, the foundation and practice of sacred loving. What is sexual healing and awakening and why is it important for us in our daily living? How can we awaken to the power of our shakti energy within us? How does this assist us to reclaim confidence and learn to live a turned on life? As we embrace our shakti energy and live a more conscious loving life, the divine feminine will be honored and respected in our world, by men and women. Let's claim our shakti power and remember who we are! Divine Beings of Love.
Caroline Muir is the author of two best-selling books, Tantra Goddess, A Memoir of Sexual Awakening and Tantra, The Art of Conscious Loving (co-authored with Charles Muir) as well as co-producer of the DVD Secrets of Female Sexual Ecstasy. Caroline founded the Divine Feminine Institute for Men and Women in 2004.
Caroline draws on her expertise as a practitioner of the tantric arts and 25 years as a teacher of Tantra Yoga. Her books and teachings have impacted over thirty-five thousand students, both singles and couples, who appreciate her depth, her integrity and the warmth she brings to this sensitive and ancient subject. She is celebrated as a Tantra Yoga educator, best-selling author, and the first person to introduce sexual healing practices for women, by women, (in heterosexual or same-sex partnerships). Caroline provides her transformational work to both women and couples.
Caroline’s work has been featured in many publications, such as The Wall Street Journal, Yoga Journal, PlayGirl, Elle, Glamour, Esquire, Healthy Living, Healing Lifestyles & Spas, and many others. www.divine-feminine.com
Caroline Muir is the author of two best-selling books, Tantra Goddess, A Memoir of Sexual Awakening and Tantra, The Art of Conscious Loving (co-authored with Charles Muir) as well as co-producer of the DVD Secrets of Female Sexual Ecstasy. Caroline founded the Divine Feminine Institute for Men and Women in 2004.
Caroline draws on her expertise as a practitioner of the tantric arts and 25 years as a teacher of Tantra Yoga. Her books and teachings have impacted over thirty-five thousand students, both singles and couples, who appreciate her depth, her integrity and the warmth she brings to this sensitive and ancient subject. She is celebrated as a Tantra Yoga educator, best-selling author, and the first person to introduce sexual healing practices for women, by women, (in heterosexual or same-sex partnerships). Caroline provides her transformational work to both women and couples.
Caroline’s work has been featured in many publications, such as The Wall Street Journal, Yoga Journal, PlayGirl, Elle, Glamour, Esquire, Healthy Living, Healing Lifestyles & Spas, and many others. www.divine-feminine.com
Musical Entertainment
Gina Salá
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Vajra Ma
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Thursday evening performance entertainment by
Gina Salá - Kirtan Chanting
Gina Salá is a vocalist, composer, music director, sound healer, and teacher who has been chanting since early childhood and studies, and shares cross-cultural singing, sanskrit, mantra and chant.
Vajra Ma - A Devotional Moving Meditation based in The Tantric Dance of Feminine Power:
the Womb-Sourced Yoga of Female Wisdom
Vajra Ma originated the devotional moving meditation The Tantric Dance of Feminine Power®, the core practice of her mystery school and Priestess lineage Woman Mysteries of the Ancient Future Sisterhood®.
Gina Salá - Kirtan Chanting
Gina Salá is a vocalist, composer, music director, sound healer, and teacher who has been chanting since early childhood and studies, and shares cross-cultural singing, sanskrit, mantra and chant.
Vajra Ma - A Devotional Moving Meditation based in The Tantric Dance of Feminine Power:
the Womb-Sourced Yoga of Female Wisdom
Vajra Ma originated the devotional moving meditation The Tantric Dance of Feminine Power®, the core practice of her mystery school and Priestess lineage Woman Mysteries of the Ancient Future Sisterhood®.
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Friday, February 17th - 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM Workshop for Women Only
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Did you know that within your body lies a power and pleasure beyond what you’ve been told, beyond what you can probably imagine, and well beyond the boundaries of ordinary sex? The unfortunate truth is that satisfying sex and sexual wholeness for women has been denied, repressed and shamed into silence for many thousands of years. But the good news is, that time is now over. The Goddess Power within you and every woman can now awaken!
Learn the art form of receiving, and how you can integrate passion, pleasure and love into your life. Discover what sexual healing and awakening your divine shakti energy can do for you to bring more joy, love, connection and energy for everything in your day. This is about your creative energy in every aspect of your life. Through Conscious Loving we learn to embrace our full selves - spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically. Through group and safe practices we'll raise our awareness about intimacy to awaken our true feminine power.
Learn the art form of receiving, and how you can integrate passion, pleasure and love into your life. Discover what sexual healing and awakening your divine shakti energy can do for you to bring more joy, love, connection and energy for everything in your day. This is about your creative energy in every aspect of your life. Through Conscious Loving we learn to embrace our full selves - spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically. Through group and safe practices we'll raise our awareness about intimacy to awaken our true feminine power.
Laurie McCammon
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Friday, February 17th - 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
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We dream of a world of harmony, flow, connection and peace, a life of doing what we love, and the resources to do it. We know it is how life should be. So what gets in our way? In 2013 Laurie encountered a “divine download” that told her it all has to do with our orientation to one single word: Enough. Exploring cutting edge perspectives from science, technology, spirituality, and social movements, she discovered that human culture abandoned the Enough Story 5,000 years ago for a story based on scarcity, competition and lack, but that we are maturing back into Enough once again - the biggest transformation of consciousness that has ever been! Her mission has been to help to share the truth of who we are and always have been: We are enough! Once we remember our roots in Enough, we easily reclaim our power as agents of the good we all know we and Earth most deserve.
Laurie McCammon is an author and blogger on topics of the divine feminine, indigenous wisdom, conscious empowerment, evolutionary biology and heart-led leadership. She received the Enough Message as a "divine download" in 2011, spending three years decoding it. Her new book is Enough! How to Liberate Yourself and Remake the World with Just One Word.
Laurie works with conscious individuals to debunk the myth of scarcity and to move into a freer Enough mindset which supports creativity, connection, happiness and abundance. She shares what she has learned from new science, systems theory, spirituality, indigenous wisdom, feminine leadership, social movements and new economics. Laurie’s Enough! A Companion Guidebook will be available for purchase as well at Women of Wisdom. www.lauriemccammon.com
Laurie McCammon is an author and blogger on topics of the divine feminine, indigenous wisdom, conscious empowerment, evolutionary biology and heart-led leadership. She received the Enough Message as a "divine download" in 2011, spending three years decoding it. Her new book is Enough! How to Liberate Yourself and Remake the World with Just One Word.
Laurie works with conscious individuals to debunk the myth of scarcity and to move into a freer Enough mindset which supports creativity, connection, happiness and abundance. She shares what she has learned from new science, systems theory, spirituality, indigenous wisdom, feminine leadership, social movements and new economics. Laurie’s Enough! A Companion Guidebook will be available for purchase as well at Women of Wisdom. www.lauriemccammon.com
Pamela Gerke
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Rebekka Goldsmith
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Music by the WOW Ensemble led by Pamela Gerke
Rebekka Goldsmith leading the audience in vocal improvisation singing! Click here when you are ready to make your conference selections - pricing options are listed here also:
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Saturday, February 18th Events
All morning workshops will begin with an all conference gathering from 9:00 - 9:30 am
Good Morning WOW! Awaken to Our Brilliance
Saturday morning weavers will be
Inspirational words from Laurie McCammon
African Dance with D Fatimah Gordon-Mateen
Astrological highlights for our weekend by Rebecca Gordon
After the gathering you will go to your individual workshops
This morning time is also available to everyone to attend for free
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Saturday, February 18th
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Do you ever notice that “I’m not ___ enough.” and “I don’t have enough ____.” are common concepts believed by most people? Laurie guides us on a deep dive into the truth of our inherent, unshakable, and surprisingly powerful Enoughness. Bringing cutting edge perspectives from science, anthropology, technology, spirituality, indigenous wisdom and social movements, she shows how humanity is encountering an unprecedented awakening into “Enough” all over the globe right now. In this session, you will learn several practical, hands-on methods to experience your enoughness, liberating your power, passion creativity and courage to make a better life and world. You will receive an Enough downloadable guidebook and meditation video link to bring home with you.
Rebecca Gordon
Saturday, February 18th
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Workshop for women only
Featured Guest: Rebecca Gordon
Your Cosmic Signature: Create the Lifestyle to Suit Your Soul
Rebecca will guide you to explore the meaning of your ‘soul signature’ - the interplay of your Sun, Moon, Ascendant, and the unique story it tells. The soul signature reveals your core archetype (what you are here to do), how you can best do it, and what nourishment you will need along the way to stay fortified. We will also look at the various ‘elemental’ combinations that are in this signature. As Rebecca guides you through this exploration, you will discover your unique recipe of relationship, career and overall wellness that will keep you optimally functioning. In our current lifestyles, we do often neglect our Moon sign and those are the times when our lives fall out of balance with fatigue, stress, depression or anxiety. We will explore daily practices of how to honor your Moon sign and keep yourself nourished and resilient.
Rebecca needs this birth information to create your chart: Full name, month, date and year of birth, exact time of birth, and city and state of birth. If the time is unsure, please included the suspected range. If the time is unknown, let me know as well. You will be able to participate no matter what the situation. However, try to retrieve your exact birth time if possible.
After you register for Rebecca's workshop you will receive an email with instructions on how to provide your birth information to receive a personal soul signature map.
Rebecca Gordon is a full time practicing astrologer in NYC, founder of the My Path Astrology School, astrology teacher, and resident horoscope columnist at Harper’s Bazaar. From International Astrology conferences to the Dr. Oz Show, Rebecca engages a range of audiences on the natural cycles and how to incorporate them for a more graceful and enriched existence. With a penchant for both science and spirit, she guides with stellar timing and grounded wisdom to provide in-depth chart readings with a road map for your year to come. Rebecca's horoscopes and talents have also appeared with Conde Nast, Epicurious, Food Network, Prevention Magazine, Elle, In Style, Well & Good, Baidu, and Dr. Oz show, amongst countless podcasts, radio and TV appearances. Her newly released astrology book titled, Your Body and the Stars (Simon and Schuster) features the intersection between health, the body and astrology.
To find out more about Rebecca and her school, or to schedule a consultation or event, go to www.mypathastrology.com
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Saturday, February 18th - 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Workshops for Women Only
Colleen Haggerty
Empowering Through Forgiveness
Explore the process of forgiveness - an empowering practice to free yourself from a victim mentality. Forgiveness is sometimes a misunderstood concept or we simply don’t know where to begin. We will explore how to cultivate a practice of forgiveness in our own lives through writing, guided meditation and collage. Forgiveness empowers us to find freedom, peace and healing.
Colleen Haggerty is the published author of her memoir A Leg to Stand On. In it she tells the story of forgiving the man who caused the amputation of her leg. She also has numerous essays in anthologies. Colleen is a dynamic speaker and shared her story of forgiveness as a TEDx speaker in Bellingham, WA. Colleen leads workshops in self-empowerment and leadership at the local community college. She is Executive Director at Our TreeHouse, a nonprofit that provides support to children and families grieving a death. www.colleenhaggerty.com
Empowering Through Forgiveness
Explore the process of forgiveness - an empowering practice to free yourself from a victim mentality. Forgiveness is sometimes a misunderstood concept or we simply don’t know where to begin. We will explore how to cultivate a practice of forgiveness in our own lives through writing, guided meditation and collage. Forgiveness empowers us to find freedom, peace and healing.
Colleen Haggerty is the published author of her memoir A Leg to Stand On. In it she tells the story of forgiving the man who caused the amputation of her leg. She also has numerous essays in anthologies. Colleen is a dynamic speaker and shared her story of forgiveness as a TEDx speaker in Bellingham, WA. Colleen leads workshops in self-empowerment and leadership at the local community college. She is Executive Director at Our TreeHouse, a nonprofit that provides support to children and families grieving a death. www.colleenhaggerty.com
Deborah Koff-Chapin
Drawing Out Your Soul: An Experience of Touch Drawing
Experience this simple but profound creative process. Through the touch of fingertips on paper over paint, impressions are created on the underside. The speed and directness of Touch Drawing allows you to create a series of drawings, opening a direct and fluid channel of expression. Touch Drawing is a creative practice that integrates mindfulness, therapy, and spirituality. Deborah holds a safe and sacred space while you draw with gentle drumming, crystal bowls and evocative vocal. Other expressive art forms such as movement, writing and toning enrich your experience.Touch Drawing has applications in a great range of professions; therapy, art, healthcare, hospice, education, social work, the intuitive arts and as a creative/spiritual practice. Deborah encourages you to develop your own way of integrating it into you life and work. No artistic confidence necessary! Material fees $5 paid to presenter at workshop.
Deborah Koff-Chapin BFA is an artist, educator, author and vocalist. She has been developing Touch Drawing since 1974, and has presented the process at numerous graduate programs and conferences. Deborah is creator of SOULCARDS 1&2 and a series of five SoulTouch Coloring Journals. She is author of Drawing Out Your Soul and The Touch Drawing Facilitator Workbook. She has served on the board of the International Expressive Art Therapy Association and is founding director of the Center for Touch Drawing. www.touchdrawing.com
Drawing Out Your Soul: An Experience of Touch Drawing
Experience this simple but profound creative process. Through the touch of fingertips on paper over paint, impressions are created on the underside. The speed and directness of Touch Drawing allows you to create a series of drawings, opening a direct and fluid channel of expression. Touch Drawing is a creative practice that integrates mindfulness, therapy, and spirituality. Deborah holds a safe and sacred space while you draw with gentle drumming, crystal bowls and evocative vocal. Other expressive art forms such as movement, writing and toning enrich your experience.Touch Drawing has applications in a great range of professions; therapy, art, healthcare, hospice, education, social work, the intuitive arts and as a creative/spiritual practice. Deborah encourages you to develop your own way of integrating it into you life and work. No artistic confidence necessary! Material fees $5 paid to presenter at workshop.
Deborah Koff-Chapin BFA is an artist, educator, author and vocalist. She has been developing Touch Drawing since 1974, and has presented the process at numerous graduate programs and conferences. Deborah is creator of SOULCARDS 1&2 and a series of five SoulTouch Coloring Journals. She is author of Drawing Out Your Soul and The Touch Drawing Facilitator Workbook. She has served on the board of the International Expressive Art Therapy Association and is founding director of the Center for Touch Drawing. www.touchdrawing.com
Joanna Powell Colbert
Tarot Blessings, Prayers, & Talismans
There is more to tarot cards than divination! We can use them to spark our creativity and deepen our relationship with Spirit. We will learn ways to write prayers and blessings inspired by the cards. We will then craft a talisman charged with those prayers and blessings. Bring any tarot deck and a journal. Bring yarn, beads, and charms, if you like. Tarot beginners welcome; no reading experience necessary.
Joanna Powell Colbert, creatrix of the Gaian Tarot and the Pentimento Tarot, has been an artist, teacher, and convener of circles for over thirty years. She was named by SageWoman magazine as one of the Wisdom Keepers of the Goddess Spirituality movement. Joanna teaches workshops and e-courses on earth-centered spirituality, seasonal contemplative practices, creativity as a devotional path, the Sacred Feminine, and using tarot as a tool for inner guidance and self-exploration. www.GaianSoul.com.
Tarot Blessings, Prayers, & Talismans
There is more to tarot cards than divination! We can use them to spark our creativity and deepen our relationship with Spirit. We will learn ways to write prayers and blessings inspired by the cards. We will then craft a talisman charged with those prayers and blessings. Bring any tarot deck and a journal. Bring yarn, beads, and charms, if you like. Tarot beginners welcome; no reading experience necessary.
Joanna Powell Colbert, creatrix of the Gaian Tarot and the Pentimento Tarot, has been an artist, teacher, and convener of circles for over thirty years. She was named by SageWoman magazine as one of the Wisdom Keepers of the Goddess Spirituality movement. Joanna teaches workshops and e-courses on earth-centered spirituality, seasonal contemplative practices, creativity as a devotional path, the Sacred Feminine, and using tarot as a tool for inner guidance and self-exploration. www.GaianSoul.com.
Karen Joy Fletcher
Air Bending & the Goddess Circle Walk: Bagua Zhang
As humans we have a natural born responsibility of physical and spiritual
caretaking for our Earth. As women and natural peacemakers, our prayers honoring the Mystery, Magic and Beauty of Life are powerful and essential. Learn the basic 8 forms of an ancient Daoist circle walking practice, Bagua Zhang, based on the 8 Trigrams, the foundation of the YiJing (Book of Changes). The written YiJing teaches the way of Heaven and Earth. The moving form, Bagua moves Heaven and Earth through and around you. Harmonizing our own energies with the 8 fundamental energies of the Cosmos, Bagua is a powerful dance, prayer, ritual and offering, often done in the Wild.
Karen Joy Fletcher, MPH, anthropologist, writer and qigong instructor loves sharing her passions of qigong, dance and wilderness training with people around the world. She is a personal student of ZY Qigong Grandmaster Xu Mingtang, has trained with him at Shaolin Monastery in China and traveled with him worldwide. She is also a student of Master Chinese Medicine doctor, Dr. Zhao Fuxue, and serves as his interpreter when in the U.S. Inspired from extensive training with Mick 'the Barefoot Senseiâ' Dodge, she offers qigong and earth-based movement programs, including at retreat centers such as Omega Institute in New York. Karen also leads Qigong & Wilderness treks in Western China. www.QiDancing.com
Air Bending & the Goddess Circle Walk: Bagua Zhang
As humans we have a natural born responsibility of physical and spiritual
caretaking for our Earth. As women and natural peacemakers, our prayers honoring the Mystery, Magic and Beauty of Life are powerful and essential. Learn the basic 8 forms of an ancient Daoist circle walking practice, Bagua Zhang, based on the 8 Trigrams, the foundation of the YiJing (Book of Changes). The written YiJing teaches the way of Heaven and Earth. The moving form, Bagua moves Heaven and Earth through and around you. Harmonizing our own energies with the 8 fundamental energies of the Cosmos, Bagua is a powerful dance, prayer, ritual and offering, often done in the Wild.
Karen Joy Fletcher, MPH, anthropologist, writer and qigong instructor loves sharing her passions of qigong, dance and wilderness training with people around the world. She is a personal student of ZY Qigong Grandmaster Xu Mingtang, has trained with him at Shaolin Monastery in China and traveled with him worldwide. She is also a student of Master Chinese Medicine doctor, Dr. Zhao Fuxue, and serves as his interpreter when in the U.S. Inspired from extensive training with Mick 'the Barefoot Senseiâ' Dodge, she offers qigong and earth-based movement programs, including at retreat centers such as Omega Institute in New York. Karen also leads Qigong & Wilderness treks in Western China. www.QiDancing.com
Saturday, February 18th 2:00 – 3:30 PM New Event!
This event will be repeated on Sunday, Feb. 19th, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
This event is available to attend by donation, you can register online to reserve your space.
Cate Montana
Dealing with the Trump Effect
Our country has had a divisive time with the elections and the current social atmosphere is so volatile you may be finding it hard to discuss issues that are important to you with friends, family and people because of differing political viewpoints. What can be done to keep the peace? And what if a man who is close to you thinks that Trump-style behaviors are acceptable? What can women do to mitigate the impact of a Trump Presidency? How can we come to terms with this in ourselves? How can we assist others? What do we need to know to deal with these issues? Join author Cate Montana as she addresses these ego issues, placing them in a spiritually evolutionary context to help make sense of it all. A Talking Circle will follow so we can all dive in for an engaging conversation about how we can be active for issues that are important to us!
Author of The E Word: Ego, Enlightenment & Other Essentials and Unearthing Venus, Cate is a dauntless explorer of inner and outer worlds, has a master’s degree in psychology, and writes and teaches about the ego, transpersonal and transcendent consciousness, and evolution. She writes for What Doctors Don't Tell You magazine (UK) and blogs for The Huffington Post. She lives in the Pacific Northwest. www.catemontana.com
This event will be repeated on Sunday, Feb. 19th, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
This event is available to attend by donation, you can register online to reserve your space.
Cate Montana
Dealing with the Trump Effect
Our country has had a divisive time with the elections and the current social atmosphere is so volatile you may be finding it hard to discuss issues that are important to you with friends, family and people because of differing political viewpoints. What can be done to keep the peace? And what if a man who is close to you thinks that Trump-style behaviors are acceptable? What can women do to mitigate the impact of a Trump Presidency? How can we come to terms with this in ourselves? How can we assist others? What do we need to know to deal with these issues? Join author Cate Montana as she addresses these ego issues, placing them in a spiritually evolutionary context to help make sense of it all. A Talking Circle will follow so we can all dive in for an engaging conversation about how we can be active for issues that are important to us!
Author of The E Word: Ego, Enlightenment & Other Essentials and Unearthing Venus, Cate is a dauntless explorer of inner and outer worlds, has a master’s degree in psychology, and writes and teaches about the ego, transpersonal and transcendent consciousness, and evolution. She writes for What Doctors Don't Tell You magazine (UK) and blogs for The Huffington Post. She lives in the Pacific Northwest. www.catemontana.com
Saturday, February 18th 2:00 – 5:00 PM
Workshops for Women Only
Workshops for Women Only
D. Fatimah Gordon-Mateen
Healing with Traditional African Dance
African dance is worship with the body, moving from within our power centers, outward into the universe, with traditional African dance. This workshop explores the connection with healing and how to apply it in our everyday lives.
Fatimah has over 30 years of African dance instruction and performance. She was a favorite presenter in the early years of the Women of Wisdom Conference.
Healing with Traditional African Dance
African dance is worship with the body, moving from within our power centers, outward into the universe, with traditional African dance. This workshop explores the connection with healing and how to apply it in our everyday lives.
Fatimah has over 30 years of African dance instruction and performance. She was a favorite presenter in the early years of the Women of Wisdom Conference.
Ingrid Berkhout
The Inner Goddess in Clay
Experience and explore the four elements of earth, air, water and fire through your hands. Experience the sensual and sumptuousness of shaping clay as you create a personal journey into the creative expression of self from the depths of your soul. This wonderful pliable gift from Mother Earth creates the opportunity for a meditative process in which one is on of self-discovery of the goddess within, not one in search of the creation of a beautiful art object. No experience necessary. Participates will need to bring an apron please. $10 material paid to presenter at workshop.
Ingrid Berkhout, originally from the Netherlands, has made her home in Seattle since 1984. For 20 years she was a well-known figure in the Pike Place Market designing and marketing her own clothing. Since then for many years she has done breast health education about early detection, which saves lives. Her other artistic interests include painting, sculpture and photography. Ingrid has conducted workshops in finding the inner goddess in clay since 1997. She is an ordained minister.
The Inner Goddess in Clay
Experience and explore the four elements of earth, air, water and fire through your hands. Experience the sensual and sumptuousness of shaping clay as you create a personal journey into the creative expression of self from the depths of your soul. This wonderful pliable gift from Mother Earth creates the opportunity for a meditative process in which one is on of self-discovery of the goddess within, not one in search of the creation of a beautiful art object. No experience necessary. Participates will need to bring an apron please. $10 material paid to presenter at workshop.
Ingrid Berkhout, originally from the Netherlands, has made her home in Seattle since 1984. For 20 years she was a well-known figure in the Pike Place Market designing and marketing her own clothing. Since then for many years she has done breast health education about early detection, which saves lives. Her other artistic interests include painting, sculpture and photography. Ingrid has conducted workshops in finding the inner goddess in clay since 1997. She is an ordained minister.
Margaret Starbird
Mary Magdalene: The Way of the Heart
What if the first Christian heresy was the denial of the Bride of Jesus? Our workshop examines the story of the Lost Bride of the Christian story and the tragic consequences of the denial of the "Sacred Union" of the Logos and Sophia (masculine and feminine energies) at the heart of the Christian mythology. Images of medieval art and artifacts provide evidence that the "Great Secret" of Magdalene and Jesus was kept alive in Europe in spite of attempts of the Roman Inquisition to root it out.
A "grandmother" of the modern movement to reclaim the important role of Mary Magdalene as the full partner of Jesus in early Christianity, Starbird is the author of four books on the subject, including "The Woman with the Alabaster Jar" (1993) cited in "The DaVinci Code." She gives workshops and retreats world-wide and has appeared in numerous TV documentaries that cite her research. Starbird lives in the Seattle area with her husband of 48 years; they have five grown children and nine grandchildren. www.margaretstarbird.net
Mary Magdalene: The Way of the Heart
What if the first Christian heresy was the denial of the Bride of Jesus? Our workshop examines the story of the Lost Bride of the Christian story and the tragic consequences of the denial of the "Sacred Union" of the Logos and Sophia (masculine and feminine energies) at the heart of the Christian mythology. Images of medieval art and artifacts provide evidence that the "Great Secret" of Magdalene and Jesus was kept alive in Europe in spite of attempts of the Roman Inquisition to root it out.
A "grandmother" of the modern movement to reclaim the important role of Mary Magdalene as the full partner of Jesus in early Christianity, Starbird is the author of four books on the subject, including "The Woman with the Alabaster Jar" (1993) cited in "The DaVinci Code." She gives workshops and retreats world-wide and has appeared in numerous TV documentaries that cite her research. Starbird lives in the Seattle area with her husband of 48 years; they have five grown children and nine grandchildren. www.margaretstarbird.net
Sue Franklin and Phoebe Patten
Claim Your New Lens for Spiritual Expansion
Explore the lens through which we see our world using a gentle curiosity about the choices we make. We'll work within a safe space as you learn how to lovingly see and appreciate yourself and others. We call it 'interior sign posting'- the quickest way to home. Intuitive awareness will be threaded throughout your experience as a powerful tool for cleaning and focusing our lens. Embody a new perspective for yourself!
Susan Franklin PsyD is an Energy Psychologist and Intuitive Reiki Master. Not your typical psychologist, her practice is grounded in a holistic approach to mind~ body~ spirit healing and wellbeing. Dr. Franklin invites clients to a path of self-discovery and self-love that rekindles authenticity, empowerment and self-healing by integrating engaged conversation, intuitive skills, and energy work. She actively studies and integrates Mindfulness, Energy Psychology, and Reiki into her practice. Dr. Franklin is in private practice in Port Orchard, WA. www.groundwaterwellness.com
Phoebe Patten is a lifelong clairvoyant, trained in the intuitive arts, with a practice as an intuitive in Seattle, WA. She launched her original Plantspeak Nature Oracle Cards this fall with a guide for various layouts and interpretation. These cards help you to unlock your intuitive abilities and connect with your inner divine self. Her intuitive card reading, teaching, and Reiki focused healing sessions serve to inspire and empower you as you explore your spiritual path. www.plantspeak.com
Claim Your New Lens for Spiritual Expansion
Explore the lens through which we see our world using a gentle curiosity about the choices we make. We'll work within a safe space as you learn how to lovingly see and appreciate yourself and others. We call it 'interior sign posting'- the quickest way to home. Intuitive awareness will be threaded throughout your experience as a powerful tool for cleaning and focusing our lens. Embody a new perspective for yourself!
Susan Franklin PsyD is an Energy Psychologist and Intuitive Reiki Master. Not your typical psychologist, her practice is grounded in a holistic approach to mind~ body~ spirit healing and wellbeing. Dr. Franklin invites clients to a path of self-discovery and self-love that rekindles authenticity, empowerment and self-healing by integrating engaged conversation, intuitive skills, and energy work. She actively studies and integrates Mindfulness, Energy Psychology, and Reiki into her practice. Dr. Franklin is in private practice in Port Orchard, WA. www.groundwaterwellness.com
Phoebe Patten is a lifelong clairvoyant, trained in the intuitive arts, with a practice as an intuitive in Seattle, WA. She launched her original Plantspeak Nature Oracle Cards this fall with a guide for various layouts and interpretation. These cards help you to unlock your intuitive abilities and connect with your inner divine self. Her intuitive card reading, teaching, and Reiki focused healing sessions serve to inspire and empower you as you explore your spiritual path. www.plantspeak.com
Saturday In The Rounds
Workshops for Women Only
February 18th, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Workshops for Women Only
February 18th, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Digene Farrar
The Road to Healing
Use healing tools to not just survive, but to thrive! Sharing Digene's stirring memoir you will learn about her personal journey from hate, shame and fear to acceptance, healing and self-love. Digene will share her experiences through trauma and how to strive for healing through goal setting using vision boards, journal writing, and therapy in order to empower and inspire others to fulfill the life of their dreams.
Digene Farrar is an author, guest speaker, nurse, actor, model and is an advocate for the prevention of sexual abuse and an active supporter of survivors. Through Digene's stirring memoir and inspirational speaking engagements, you'll learn about her personal journey from hate, shame and fear to acceptance, healing and self-love. Digene draws from her own experience to empower survivors and inspire others to fulfill the life of their dreams. www.digenefarrar.com
The Road to Healing
Use healing tools to not just survive, but to thrive! Sharing Digene's stirring memoir you will learn about her personal journey from hate, shame and fear to acceptance, healing and self-love. Digene will share her experiences through trauma and how to strive for healing through goal setting using vision boards, journal writing, and therapy in order to empower and inspire others to fulfill the life of their dreams.
Digene Farrar is an author, guest speaker, nurse, actor, model and is an advocate for the prevention of sexual abuse and an active supporter of survivors. Through Digene's stirring memoir and inspirational speaking engagements, you'll learn about her personal journey from hate, shame and fear to acceptance, healing and self-love. Digene draws from her own experience to empower survivors and inspire others to fulfill the life of their dreams. www.digenefarrar.com
Kaya Singer
Follow your Vision and Leave Your Wiser and Wilder Footprint
Using the energies of Maiden, Mother, and Crone we'll explore how accessing your 'Wiser and Wilder' feminine energy will help you to step fully into your soulful vision and take it out in the world for positive impact and personal and professional success.
Kaya Singer the author of "Wiser and Wilder, A soulful Path for Visionary Women Entrepreneurs," has been self-employed for over 40 years. She is a business mentor, artist and writer. Kaya's passion is to help women discover how to empower themselves and others in fully manifesting their visionary businesses. www.AwakeningBusiness.com
Follow your Vision and Leave Your Wiser and Wilder Footprint
Using the energies of Maiden, Mother, and Crone we'll explore how accessing your 'Wiser and Wilder' feminine energy will help you to step fully into your soulful vision and take it out in the world for positive impact and personal and professional success.
Kaya Singer the author of "Wiser and Wilder, A soulful Path for Visionary Women Entrepreneurs," has been self-employed for over 40 years. She is a business mentor, artist and writer. Kaya's passion is to help women discover how to empower themselves and others in fully manifesting their visionary businesses. www.AwakeningBusiness.com
Lavanya Reddy
Bhagvatgita...Gods song
Learn the guidance to way of life of the Bhagavatgita. It is considered as 5th Veda for Hindus tradition. The Bhagavatgita is a powerful spiritual guidance and covers how to be spiritual beings while living and doing our everyday responsibilities. The 5th Veda teaches us the art of detachment, dedication, and acceptance. It is a very powerful resource to empower oneself.
Lavanya Reddy is a teacher trainer for Montessori philosophy and teaches living values to children. She follows Rajayoga meditation, making an effort to transform herself and helping others to do that as well.
Bhagvatgita...Gods song
Learn the guidance to way of life of the Bhagavatgita. It is considered as 5th Veda for Hindus tradition. The Bhagavatgita is a powerful spiritual guidance and covers how to be spiritual beings while living and doing our everyday responsibilities. The 5th Veda teaches us the art of detachment, dedication, and acceptance. It is a very powerful resource to empower oneself.
Lavanya Reddy is a teacher trainer for Montessori philosophy and teaches living values to children. She follows Rajayoga meditation, making an effort to transform herself and helping others to do that as well.
This event has been moved to Monday, Feb. 20th 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Vicki Todd
Create Your True Self Warrioress Shield
Journal with art to create a Medicine Shield of your True Self Warrioress Story. Your Inner 8 Year Old will ask you to remember activities that made your heart sing - clues to your life’s Purpose. Consult Your Future Elder Warrioress to determine what this wise version of yourself would urge you to do before your last day on Earth. Your Soul GPS will pinpoint your current locale, asking you what you need to shed or allow to evolve into your True Self Warrioress. $5 material fee paid to presenter at workshop and no one turned away for lack of funds.
Vicki Todd, Ed.D, is a memoir artist and life coach. She has morphed from a non-working wife to a university professor. She then resigned from her tenured position to fulfill her 'Purpose' as an artist who inspires others to follow their calling. She is the author of a visual memoir, Unstuck: One Heroine's Journey of Art and the Courage to Live on Purpose. Todd is an inspirational speaker and spreads the message that living your life's Purpose - using the gifts you were given at birth to make the world brighter - leads to a more joyous and fulfilling life. www.vickiworldart.com
Vicki Todd
Create Your True Self Warrioress Shield
Journal with art to create a Medicine Shield of your True Self Warrioress Story. Your Inner 8 Year Old will ask you to remember activities that made your heart sing - clues to your life’s Purpose. Consult Your Future Elder Warrioress to determine what this wise version of yourself would urge you to do before your last day on Earth. Your Soul GPS will pinpoint your current locale, asking you what you need to shed or allow to evolve into your True Self Warrioress. $5 material fee paid to presenter at workshop and no one turned away for lack of funds.
Vicki Todd, Ed.D, is a memoir artist and life coach. She has morphed from a non-working wife to a university professor. She then resigned from her tenured position to fulfill her 'Purpose' as an artist who inspires others to follow their calling. She is the author of a visual memoir, Unstuck: One Heroine's Journey of Art and the Courage to Live on Purpose. Todd is an inspirational speaker and spreads the message that living your life's Purpose - using the gifts you were given at birth to make the world brighter - leads to a more joyous and fulfilling life. www.vickiworldart.com
Artist Reception 6:00 - 7:00 pm Free
Join us at the WOW Art Show in the main room to view the art, meet the artists, and enjoy some drinks and treats.
Free to everyone.
Join us at the WOW Art Show in the main room to view the art, meet the artists, and enjoy some drinks and treats.
Free to everyone.
Saturday Evening Event
Open to both Men and Women
Saturday, February 18th - 7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Wendy Rule and Kellianna Girouard in Concert!
Deep Magic!
Musical Stories of myth, sacred places and ancient times
Blurring the line between music, theater and ritual. Wendy’s dark ambient mystical folk music weaves a magical path through storytelling and mythology to create a uniquely beautiful, powerful and transformative live experience. Wendy's live performances honor her deep spiritual and magical connection to Nature. Her extraordinary voice and beautiful lyrics, combined with her passionate storytelling, invite us to celebrate and connect with our own deep Magic. Over the past two decades, Wendy has released 10 studio albums and has toured the world extensively. www.wendyrule.com
Kellianna is an American Neo-Celtic singer and songwriter internationally renowned for her powerful performance of song and chant inspired by myth, magic, sacred places, and ancient times. With guitar and vocals, she brings to life the stories and sagas of the Gods and Goddesses. With primal frame drumming and soaring vocal chants, she honors the Earth and the Ancestors. Since 2003, Kellianna has performed her music in 10 countries on 3 continents, with regular visits to Canada, the United Kingdom, Western Europe, and Australia. www.kellianna.com
Deep Magic!
Musical Stories of myth, sacred places and ancient times
Blurring the line between music, theater and ritual. Wendy’s dark ambient mystical folk music weaves a magical path through storytelling and mythology to create a uniquely beautiful, powerful and transformative live experience. Wendy's live performances honor her deep spiritual and magical connection to Nature. Her extraordinary voice and beautiful lyrics, combined with her passionate storytelling, invite us to celebrate and connect with our own deep Magic. Over the past two decades, Wendy has released 10 studio albums and has toured the world extensively. www.wendyrule.com
Kellianna is an American Neo-Celtic singer and songwriter internationally renowned for her powerful performance of song and chant inspired by myth, magic, sacred places, and ancient times. With guitar and vocals, she brings to life the stories and sagas of the Gods and Goddesses. With primal frame drumming and soaring vocal chants, she honors the Earth and the Ancestors. Since 2003, Kellianna has performed her music in 10 countries on 3 continents, with regular visits to Canada, the United Kingdom, Western Europe, and Australia. www.kellianna.com
AFTER THE CONCERT PLEASE CELEBRATE OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY!
Join us for a celebration ritual of our 25th year, and honoring our founder, Kris Steinnes, Bergith Kayyali and Roberta Sherwood and other elders in the WOW Community in a time of transition, opening the space for the new to come forward to Women of Wisdom beyond 25 years.
Join us for a celebration ritual of our 25th year, and honoring our founder, Kris Steinnes, Bergith Kayyali and Roberta Sherwood and other elders in the WOW Community in a time of transition, opening the space for the new to come forward to Women of Wisdom beyond 25 years.
Sunday, February 19th Events
All morning workshops will begin with an all conference gathering from 9:00 - 9:30 am
Good Morning WOW! Awaken to Our Brilliance
Sunday morning weavers will be
Inspirational words from Randi Ragan
Qigong Movement with Karen Joy Fletcher
Music with Rebekka Goldsmith
After the gathering you will go to your individual workshops
This morning time is also available to everyone to attend for free
Good Morning WOW! Awaken to Our Brilliance
Sunday morning weavers will be
Inspirational words from Randi Ragan
Qigong Movement with Karen Joy Fletcher
Music with Rebekka Goldsmith
After the gathering you will go to your individual workshops
This morning time is also available to everyone to attend for free
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9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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How we feed and nurture our bodies and minds, hearts and spirits is an art – a powerful act of creativity. Catalyzing these four elements of human experience into a matrix of daily connections maximizes health and wellbeing immeasurably. Holistic living is more than just eating nutritious foods, exercising regularly, or getting enough sleep. Treating every day as an opportunity for immersion in holy rituals of enlightened self-care is a central endeavor in a life filled with meaning and purpose. Learn how to put together a personalized wellbeing kit of everyday habits (rituals), that form an architecture of vitality, fearlessness, wise purpose, compassionate relationships, and spiritual sustenance for any age or stage of life.
All levels yoga, guided meditations, journaling, aromatherapy, and self-healing techniques drawn from Ayurveda, TCM, and European herbalism will be placed against the thematic template of the Native American Medicine Wheel and its Four Seasons/Four Directions teachings of the Daily Round and Circle of Life. The Wheel advocates for a deep and ongoing relationship to the natural world in order to expand our human potential and possibility. We’ll work with plant healing, animal guides, and rock and mineral totems, to further explore this poetry of living.
The themes for all the activities in the workshop will focus on the qualities of winter:
It’s a time of reflection and hibernation, going within to commune with the ‘wise elder’ within each of us, to cultivate quiet and stillness, to spend time with animal companions and other four-legged creatures who inspire us.
Handouts with make at home recipes for delicious food and nutrition support and beauty rituals for self-pampering time, will be included.
Randi Ragan is a holistic well-being expert and the founder of GreenBliss EcoSpa celebrating 10 years as Los Angeles’ only award-winning mobile spa and wellness service. For more than 20 years, Ragan has led yoga and spiritual retreats, created experiences for healing and well-being and guided groups and individuals with rituals and ceremonies to mark life milestones. Her blog, The Mindful Living Almanac, has been providing readers with inspiration for mindful, seasonal living since 2008.
Randi is the author of A Year of Living Mindfully: Seasonal Practices to Nourish Body, Mind and Spirit (Motivational Press) released in March of 2016.
Ragan’s work has been featured on television, in magazines (Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, Organic Spa Magazine, Vegetarian Times, Healing Lifestyles and Spas); blogs (Daily Candy, The Huffington Post, She Knows, The Beauty Exchange, Spa Addicts); and podcasts (The Bourbon Lounge, The Jen and Vicki Show, Earth Train Radio, and LA Stories). She was the inaugural Editor, Health and Wellness for CocoEco magazine, and columnist for Natural Child World magazine. www.randiragan.com
All levels yoga, guided meditations, journaling, aromatherapy, and self-healing techniques drawn from Ayurveda, TCM, and European herbalism will be placed against the thematic template of the Native American Medicine Wheel and its Four Seasons/Four Directions teachings of the Daily Round and Circle of Life. The Wheel advocates for a deep and ongoing relationship to the natural world in order to expand our human potential and possibility. We’ll work with plant healing, animal guides, and rock and mineral totems, to further explore this poetry of living.
The themes for all the activities in the workshop will focus on the qualities of winter:
It’s a time of reflection and hibernation, going within to commune with the ‘wise elder’ within each of us, to cultivate quiet and stillness, to spend time with animal companions and other four-legged creatures who inspire us.
Handouts with make at home recipes for delicious food and nutrition support and beauty rituals for self-pampering time, will be included.
Randi Ragan is a holistic well-being expert and the founder of GreenBliss EcoSpa celebrating 10 years as Los Angeles’ only award-winning mobile spa and wellness service. For more than 20 years, Ragan has led yoga and spiritual retreats, created experiences for healing and well-being and guided groups and individuals with rituals and ceremonies to mark life milestones. Her blog, The Mindful Living Almanac, has been providing readers with inspiration for mindful, seasonal living since 2008.
Randi is the author of A Year of Living Mindfully: Seasonal Practices to Nourish Body, Mind and Spirit (Motivational Press) released in March of 2016.
Ragan’s work has been featured on television, in magazines (Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, Organic Spa Magazine, Vegetarian Times, Healing Lifestyles and Spas); blogs (Daily Candy, The Huffington Post, She Knows, The Beauty Exchange, Spa Addicts); and podcasts (The Bourbon Lounge, The Jen and Vicki Show, Earth Train Radio, and LA Stories). She was the inaugural Editor, Health and Wellness for CocoEco magazine, and columnist for Natural Child World magazine. www.randiragan.com
February 19th, 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Workshops for Women Only
Workshops for Women Only
Kellianna Girouard
SpiritSong ~ Sing Your Warrior Song
In this SpiritSong circle, Kellianna will guide you on a journey of release and personal discovery as we delve deep down inside to seek out our greatest strengths and to honor those things that have helped us to be become the Warrior Women that we are today- strong, loving and resilient. We go inside and we claim her, then we give her voice, and then we sing her song. She, that Warrior inside each of us, will sing a song of undeniable power and individuality. Be it a battle cry or lullaby, we sing our Warrior Song.
Kellianna, American Neo-Celtic singer and songwriter internationally, is renowned for her powerful performance of song and chant inspired by myth, magic, sacred places, and ancient times. With guitar and vocals, she brings to life the stories and sagas of the Gods and Goddesses. With primal frame drumming and soaring vocal chants, she honors the Earth and the Ancestors. Since 2003, Kellianna has performed in 10 countries on 3 continents. She developed the Warrior Queen Chronicles trilogy, inspired by the song Warrior Queen from her 2004 debut album, Lady Moon and the first book Tapestry of Dark and Light was published in 2006. www.warriorqueenchronicles.com, www.kellianna.com
SpiritSong ~ Sing Your Warrior Song
In this SpiritSong circle, Kellianna will guide you on a journey of release and personal discovery as we delve deep down inside to seek out our greatest strengths and to honor those things that have helped us to be become the Warrior Women that we are today- strong, loving and resilient. We go inside and we claim her, then we give her voice, and then we sing her song. She, that Warrior inside each of us, will sing a song of undeniable power and individuality. Be it a battle cry or lullaby, we sing our Warrior Song.
Kellianna, American Neo-Celtic singer and songwriter internationally, is renowned for her powerful performance of song and chant inspired by myth, magic, sacred places, and ancient times. With guitar and vocals, she brings to life the stories and sagas of the Gods and Goddesses. With primal frame drumming and soaring vocal chants, she honors the Earth and the Ancestors. Since 2003, Kellianna has performed in 10 countries on 3 continents. She developed the Warrior Queen Chronicles trilogy, inspired by the song Warrior Queen from her 2004 debut album, Lady Moon and the first book Tapestry of Dark and Light was published in 2006. www.warriorqueenchronicles.com, www.kellianna.com
Kym Gordon-Cumbo
SoulCollage® Discover the Wisdom Within You
SoulCollage® is a tool to unearth a guide or messenger for wisdom that is already a part of you. In these times of growth, change, and transitions this wisdom guides you as you create how to bring your highest and best self with your unique qualities into the world. Through the use of visualization, writing, and meditation you will dive deep into a pool of knowledge that will surface different things for each person. Find your right way, activity, thought, art, or business to create a difference in the world. No art or previous experience required. Go to YouTube to learn about SoulCollage®.
Kym Gordon-Cumbo, Trained Soulcollage® Facilitator since 2005, Laughter Yoga Leader since 2012, Divorce Resilience Coach 2009, SuperHost for Airbnb for 4 years and Reiki Master since 2013 and owner of www.ignitechangecoaching.com since 2009. She has facilitated Soulcollage® events and coaching workshops through meet up since 2008. Kym has presented and spoke at: The Adult Death and Bereavement Association of Oregon, New Renaissance book store, Marylhurst University, Energy Trust of Oregon, Taborspace, People's food Coop, Women of Wisdom Conferences and more local businesses. Kym helps divorced women bounce back to a better than ever life. www.ignitechangecoaching.com
SoulCollage® Discover the Wisdom Within You
SoulCollage® is a tool to unearth a guide or messenger for wisdom that is already a part of you. In these times of growth, change, and transitions this wisdom guides you as you create how to bring your highest and best self with your unique qualities into the world. Through the use of visualization, writing, and meditation you will dive deep into a pool of knowledge that will surface different things for each person. Find your right way, activity, thought, art, or business to create a difference in the world. No art or previous experience required. Go to YouTube to learn about SoulCollage®.
Kym Gordon-Cumbo, Trained Soulcollage® Facilitator since 2005, Laughter Yoga Leader since 2012, Divorce Resilience Coach 2009, SuperHost for Airbnb for 4 years and Reiki Master since 2013 and owner of www.ignitechangecoaching.com since 2009. She has facilitated Soulcollage® events and coaching workshops through meet up since 2008. Kym has presented and spoke at: The Adult Death and Bereavement Association of Oregon, New Renaissance book store, Marylhurst University, Energy Trust of Oregon, Taborspace, People's food Coop, Women of Wisdom Conferences and more local businesses. Kym helps divorced women bounce back to a better than ever life. www.ignitechangecoaching.com
Rebekka Goldsmith and Alisha Dall’Osto
Racism and Whiteness In Our Backyard
Racism is one of the most charged issues today. Yet many white people feel confused about what to say, how to act and what to do This workshop will use arts-based, creative and reflective practices to help white people talk about race, explore our privilege, and strengthen our courage to take meaningful action. By examining white culture we seek to demolish racism and heal the effects of the legacy of racism in our personal lives, communities and systems.
Accomplished facilitators and artists, Alisha and Rebekka design transformative experiences that challenge and inspire people to realize their creative potential. Alisha Dall’Osto and Rebekka Goldsmith are part of a Seattle based collective called In Our Back Yard, formed in 2014 following the death of Eric Garner. IOBY aims to create a stronger network of resilient white people who have the capacity to recognize and act on their power and the responsibility to eliminate racism. www.rebekkagoldsmith.com
Racism and Whiteness In Our Backyard
Racism is one of the most charged issues today. Yet many white people feel confused about what to say, how to act and what to do This workshop will use arts-based, creative and reflective practices to help white people talk about race, explore our privilege, and strengthen our courage to take meaningful action. By examining white culture we seek to demolish racism and heal the effects of the legacy of racism in our personal lives, communities and systems.
Accomplished facilitators and artists, Alisha and Rebekka design transformative experiences that challenge and inspire people to realize their creative potential. Alisha Dall’Osto and Rebekka Goldsmith are part of a Seattle based collective called In Our Back Yard, formed in 2014 following the death of Eric Garner. IOBY aims to create a stronger network of resilient white people who have the capacity to recognize and act on their power and the responsibility to eliminate racism. www.rebekkagoldsmith.com
We're sorry this event is cancelled due to a family health crisis Vajra Ma
Tantric Dance of Feminine Power ~ Womb-Sourced Wisdom
We will learn a practice of spontaneous flow of wisdom mudras sourced from the womb and emanating through the subtle body. In the TDFP we do not seek to "generate" energy from technique or effort. In constant presence to sensation, natural breath and heart-opening devotion, with exquisite receptivity to pleasure, we rest in reverence and allow ourselves to taste the living reality: Goddess as our innermost Self. Afflictive emotions and energy patterns may dissolve. Saturated with movement of Her Bliss, we return to our natural state of creativity and joy. Includes verbal sharing and opportunities for witnessed movement. This is not neo-tantra.
Transcending 'movements' and 'waves', Vajra Ma is the leading exponent of women's womb awakening in Feminist Spirituality. Based in her work with women's subtle bodyknowing since the mid-1980's, she originated the devotional moving meditation The Tantric Dance of Feminine Power®, the core practice of her mystery school and Priestess lineage Woman Mysteries of the Ancient Future Sisterhood®. Vajra Ma is author of From a Hidden Stream: The Natural Spiritual Authority of Woman and is published in numerous anthologies including Foremothers of the Women's Spirituality Movement. She is an ordained Dianic Priestess of Women's Mysteries with Temple of Diana, Inc. www.GreatGoddess.org
Tantric Dance of Feminine Power ~ Womb-Sourced Wisdom
We will learn a practice of spontaneous flow of wisdom mudras sourced from the womb and emanating through the subtle body. In the TDFP we do not seek to "generate" energy from technique or effort. In constant presence to sensation, natural breath and heart-opening devotion, with exquisite receptivity to pleasure, we rest in reverence and allow ourselves to taste the living reality: Goddess as our innermost Self. Afflictive emotions and energy patterns may dissolve. Saturated with movement of Her Bliss, we return to our natural state of creativity and joy. Includes verbal sharing and opportunities for witnessed movement. This is not neo-tantra.
Transcending 'movements' and 'waves', Vajra Ma is the leading exponent of women's womb awakening in Feminist Spirituality. Based in her work with women's subtle bodyknowing since the mid-1980's, she originated the devotional moving meditation The Tantric Dance of Feminine Power®, the core practice of her mystery school and Priestess lineage Woman Mysteries of the Ancient Future Sisterhood®. Vajra Ma is author of From a Hidden Stream: The Natural Spiritual Authority of Woman and is published in numerous anthologies including Foremothers of the Women's Spirituality Movement. She is an ordained Dianic Priestess of Women's Mysteries with Temple of Diana, Inc. www.GreatGoddess.org
Sunday, February 19th 2:00 – 3:30 PM New Event!
This event is available to attend by donation, you can register online to reserve your space.
Cate Montana
Dealing with the Trump Effect
Our country has had a divisive time with the elections and the current social atmosphere is so volatile you may be finding it hard to discuss issues that are important to you with friends, family and people because of differing political viewpoints. What can be done to keep the peace? And what if a man who is close to you thinks that Trump-style behaviors are acceptable? What can women do to mitigate the impact of a Trump Presidency? How can we come to terms with this in ourselves? How can we assist others? What do we need to know to deal with these issues? Join author Cate Montana as she addresses these ego issues, placing them in a spiritually evolutionary context to help make sense of it all. A Talking Circle will follow so we can all dive in for an engaging conversation about how we can be active for issues that are important to us!
Author of The E Word: Ego, Enlightenment & Other Essentials and Unearthing Venus, Cate is a dauntless explorer of inner and outer worlds, has a master’s degree in psychology, and writes and teaches about the ego, transpersonal and transcendent consciousness, and evolution. She writes for What Doctors Don't Tell You magazine (UK) and blogs for The Huffington Post. She lives in the Pacific Northwest. www.catemontana.com
This event is available to attend by donation, you can register online to reserve your space.
Cate Montana
Dealing with the Trump Effect
Our country has had a divisive time with the elections and the current social atmosphere is so volatile you may be finding it hard to discuss issues that are important to you with friends, family and people because of differing political viewpoints. What can be done to keep the peace? And what if a man who is close to you thinks that Trump-style behaviors are acceptable? What can women do to mitigate the impact of a Trump Presidency? How can we come to terms with this in ourselves? How can we assist others? What do we need to know to deal with these issues? Join author Cate Montana as she addresses these ego issues, placing them in a spiritually evolutionary context to help make sense of it all. A Talking Circle will follow so we can all dive in for an engaging conversation about how we can be active for issues that are important to us!
Author of The E Word: Ego, Enlightenment & Other Essentials and Unearthing Venus, Cate is a dauntless explorer of inner and outer worlds, has a master’s degree in psychology, and writes and teaches about the ego, transpersonal and transcendent consciousness, and evolution. She writes for What Doctors Don't Tell You magazine (UK) and blogs for The Huffington Post. She lives in the Pacific Northwest. www.catemontana.com
February 19th, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Workshops for Women Only
Workshops for Women Only
Antonia Greene
Breathe, Rattle and Roll into Freedom!
Re-member your connection to the original Mother while disconnecting from ancestral patterns that no longer serve us and the world. Through shamanic methods such as breath work, journeying, and somatic movement with rattles and drums, we will untangle threads of disempowerment releasing old stories and beliefs, simply and effectively. Re-inform our energy bodies, physical and spiritual bodies with light and connection to the Mother. This work will be powerful, deep and complete.
Antonia Greene, M.Ed, LMHC practices shamanic energy healing and psychotherapy. For over 3 decades she has traveled extensively, working with shamans in Mexico and Peru, studied the Peruvian Medicine Way at the Four Winds Light Body School, and has apprenticed with Toltec teachers. She currently sees clients for both psychotherapy and shamanic practices, leads workshops, and ceremonies on her home and land on Vashon Island, and in Teotihucan, Mexico with shaman Francis Ricco. www.antonia_greene.com
Breathe, Rattle and Roll into Freedom!
Re-member your connection to the original Mother while disconnecting from ancestral patterns that no longer serve us and the world. Through shamanic methods such as breath work, journeying, and somatic movement with rattles and drums, we will untangle threads of disempowerment releasing old stories and beliefs, simply and effectively. Re-inform our energy bodies, physical and spiritual bodies with light and connection to the Mother. This work will be powerful, deep and complete.
Antonia Greene, M.Ed, LMHC practices shamanic energy healing and psychotherapy. For over 3 decades she has traveled extensively, working with shamans in Mexico and Peru, studied the Peruvian Medicine Way at the Four Winds Light Body School, and has apprenticed with Toltec teachers. She currently sees clients for both psychotherapy and shamanic practices, leads workshops, and ceremonies on her home and land on Vashon Island, and in Teotihucan, Mexico with shaman Francis Ricco. www.antonia_greene.com
Chiyomi Yoshida
Remembering Your Sacred Self: Embracing Who You Truly Are
We know ourselves as physical beings but our Source is Divine. We are multidimensional energy beings who live on the physical, auric, and spiritual planes of existence. How do we embody our sacred essence and live with clear intention? By delving into our spiritual contracts and purpose for incarnating, we can heal ourselves and heal the planet. We will explore our gifts, limiting beliefs, and wounds that block us from embodying all of who we are, for 'through the wound lies the gift'. You will have the opportunity to honor the gifts from your ancestors as well as release negative ancestral bonds to live your full authentic life.
Chiyomi is an educator for over 40 years, most recently as senior dean at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing. She has a private energy healing practice in Seattle, and uses her hands-on healing skills and understanding of communication and group dynamics to facilitate clients and groups on their transformational journeys. www.chiyomiyoshida.com
Remembering Your Sacred Self: Embracing Who You Truly Are
We know ourselves as physical beings but our Source is Divine. We are multidimensional energy beings who live on the physical, auric, and spiritual planes of existence. How do we embody our sacred essence and live with clear intention? By delving into our spiritual contracts and purpose for incarnating, we can heal ourselves and heal the planet. We will explore our gifts, limiting beliefs, and wounds that block us from embodying all of who we are, for 'through the wound lies the gift'. You will have the opportunity to honor the gifts from your ancestors as well as release negative ancestral bonds to live your full authentic life.
Chiyomi is an educator for over 40 years, most recently as senior dean at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing. She has a private energy healing practice in Seattle, and uses her hands-on healing skills and understanding of communication and group dynamics to facilitate clients and groups on their transformational journeys. www.chiyomiyoshida.com
Rev. Judith Laxer
Athena: A Goddess of Wisdom For Our Time
The Greek Goddess Athena, also known as the Goddess of Wisdom, is often maligned because her myth relays that She was born from Her father's head rather than Her mother's womb. When we peel back the patriarchal layers of this tale, we begin to notice some discrepancies which will clue us into how Athena, like many strong women, is often considered a traitor to her sex. We will investigate the nature of androgyny, and discover how Athena models courage, intuition, authority, and strength; the principals of feminine leadership profoundly needed in our present times. We will discover that the archetype of Athena is fair, tough, wise and protective and is alive in every woman.
Rev. Judith Laxer is a modern-day mystic who believes that humor, beauty and the wonders of nature make life worth living. A Priestess of the Divine Feminine, keynote speaker, and author of Along the Wheel of Time: Sacred Stories for Nature Lovers [Ravenswood Publishing], Judith dedicates her work to restoring the balance between feminine and masculine energy in our culture. www.judithlaxer.com, www.gaiastemple.org
Athena: A Goddess of Wisdom For Our Time
The Greek Goddess Athena, also known as the Goddess of Wisdom, is often maligned because her myth relays that She was born from Her father's head rather than Her mother's womb. When we peel back the patriarchal layers of this tale, we begin to notice some discrepancies which will clue us into how Athena, like many strong women, is often considered a traitor to her sex. We will investigate the nature of androgyny, and discover how Athena models courage, intuition, authority, and strength; the principals of feminine leadership profoundly needed in our present times. We will discover that the archetype of Athena is fair, tough, wise and protective and is alive in every woman.
Rev. Judith Laxer is a modern-day mystic who believes that humor, beauty and the wonders of nature make life worth living. A Priestess of the Divine Feminine, keynote speaker, and author of Along the Wheel of Time: Sacred Stories for Nature Lovers [Ravenswood Publishing], Judith dedicates her work to restoring the balance between feminine and masculine energy in our culture. www.judithlaxer.com, www.gaiastemple.org
Vickie Dodd and Mosa Baczewska
Sound Portals
Explore and discover your voice as a means for your mental, physical and spiritual health and wellbeing. Sound creates and dissolves form. Since your voice creates a matrix of sound geometries, your sound signature becomes your vortex for entering your own geometric frequency. Finding your sound signature becomes a portal for sound. How do you experience the geometry of your frequency? Using your voice to navigate your own inner terrain, you'll discover the shape, and sound frequency of your emotional, physical and spiritual body. Using the latest in technology, we will be able to visually see our own frequency shape.
Sound Portals
Explore and discover your voice as a means for your mental, physical and spiritual health and wellbeing. Sound creates and dissolves form. Since your voice creates a matrix of sound geometries, your sound signature becomes your vortex for entering your own geometric frequency. Finding your sound signature becomes a portal for sound. How do you experience the geometry of your frequency? Using your voice to navigate your own inner terrain, you'll discover the shape, and sound frequency of your emotional, physical and spiritual body. Using the latest in technology, we will be able to visually see our own frequency shape.
Vickie Dodd has been a pioneer of the use of ‘Sound’ for healing and transformation for over 40 years. She is an Aston Patterning teacher of movement awareness and a nutritional practitioner for over 30 years. She is the author of the book Tuning the Blues to Gold, and several CD's including her new release Rest Assured, Parasympathetic Resonance. Vickie has been working and teaching ‘Sound’ as a Bodywork for several decades. She hosts the 5 day Sacred Sound Intensive at the Olympic Park Institute on Lake Crescent each June. Her new book The Audible Body will be available Spring 2017. www.sacredsoundschool.com
Mosa Baczewska has been singing all her life. Since her early days learning three part harmony from her mother with her sisters, she has had a passion for harmony. Her evolving work, Sounding on Purpose, incorporates her studies in quantum physics, her perspective as musician/ artist and her love of facilitating sonic transformative ‘soundings’ that free the voice and the spirit. As a Math Magician she incorporates fractal art into her work. www.mosazone.com
Mosa Baczewska has been singing all her life. Since her early days learning three part harmony from her mother with her sisters, she has had a passion for harmony. Her evolving work, Sounding on Purpose, incorporates her studies in quantum physics, her perspective as musician/ artist and her love of facilitating sonic transformative ‘soundings’ that free the voice and the spirit. As a Math Magician she incorporates fractal art into her work. www.mosazone.com
February 19th, 5:00pm - 10:00 PM
Sunday Evening
Workshop Open to Men and Women
Starfeather Marcy
Drum Making in Ceremony
Together, create your own hand drum and beater in ceremony. With gratitude, we work with natural unbleached elk hides, to birth a beautiful drum that is rich in color and resonates with deep, wonderful tone. Drums, used in sacred circle and shamanic practice, are tools for healing and celebration. Their vibration opens the heart chakra and helps us to come into balance. Gently guided, this workshop is a ceremony with opening prayers, blessing and sharing of song.
A Medicine Woman living and teaching the Sacred Path through visionary art, women's circles, drumming and energy healing, for over thirty years. Starfeather's goal is to bring self-empowerment to women through art, craft, healing and the re-establishment of the love of the sisterhood among all women. She is the founder of the Medicine Woman's Mentoring Circle in Edmonds WA. www.shimmeringpath.co
Drum Making in Ceremony
Together, create your own hand drum and beater in ceremony. With gratitude, we work with natural unbleached elk hides, to birth a beautiful drum that is rich in color and resonates with deep, wonderful tone. Drums, used in sacred circle and shamanic practice, are tools for healing and celebration. Their vibration opens the heart chakra and helps us to come into balance. Gently guided, this workshop is a ceremony with opening prayers, blessing and sharing of song.
A Medicine Woman living and teaching the Sacred Path through visionary art, women's circles, drumming and energy healing, for over thirty years. Starfeather's goal is to bring self-empowerment to women through art, craft, healing and the re-establishment of the love of the sisterhood among all women. She is the founder of the Medicine Woman's Mentoring Circle in Edmonds WA. www.shimmeringpath.co
February 19th, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Sunday Evening
Workshops for Men and Women
EagleSong Gardener
Herbs! Oh, The Stories They Tell
Herbal wisdom travels through time and space on wings of words. Through story, a special magic and mystery of the green world enters our lives and enchants our everyday. Stories have the power to nurture human resilience, salve our grief, create places to share our joy and open doors to possibilities we might not see without them. Anyone can share a story, and through so doing, enrich life for themselves and others. Whilst listening to plants for the last 65 years, they have spun some fine yarns with me that want to be shared. Are you ready? $4 material fee paid to presenter at workshop.
Wise woman herbalist, pilgrim-adventurer, grandmother, earth keeper...founder of RavenCroft Garden and the flumdiddley Culture Center in Monroe, WA, and creatrix of the Pacific Wise Women Community. EagleSong is a human being with 66 years practice. Most of her life, she asked herself in any given challenge or circumstance, 'what would nature do? It is an exploration into personal story and a template that has served her well through garden tending, child raising, fire storms, journeys to the underworld and other more common catastrophes. www.ravencroftgarden.blogspot.com
Herbs! Oh, The Stories They Tell
Herbal wisdom travels through time and space on wings of words. Through story, a special magic and mystery of the green world enters our lives and enchants our everyday. Stories have the power to nurture human resilience, salve our grief, create places to share our joy and open doors to possibilities we might not see without them. Anyone can share a story, and through so doing, enrich life for themselves and others. Whilst listening to plants for the last 65 years, they have spun some fine yarns with me that want to be shared. Are you ready? $4 material fee paid to presenter at workshop.
Wise woman herbalist, pilgrim-adventurer, grandmother, earth keeper...founder of RavenCroft Garden and the flumdiddley Culture Center in Monroe, WA, and creatrix of the Pacific Wise Women Community. EagleSong is a human being with 66 years practice. Most of her life, she asked herself in any given challenge or circumstance, 'what would nature do? It is an exploration into personal story and a template that has served her well through garden tending, child raising, fire storms, journeys to the underworld and other more common catastrophes. www.ravencroftgarden.blogspot.com
Gina Salá
Coming from Fullness:
the Powerful Pleasure of Song, Chant and Tantric Mantra
Long-term sound yogi/Global Vocalist Gina Salá guides participants in a delicious tour of the mouth postures of tantric mantra, helps us open bodies and voices to song, and leads us in chants and jams from several traditions to help us integrate and experience the Divine Shakti (Power) within and the unity of us all. Filled with these powerful vibrations, we experience clarity, wisdom, love as we move into the rest of our lives and the world.
Gina Salá is a vocalist, composer, music director, sound healer, and teacher from Seattle whose love of the human voice has taken her to performing and studying throughout much of the world. She has been chanting since early childhood and studies, and shares cross-cultural singing, sanskrit, mantra and chant. She has performed at the US Pentagon, the US Capital, the United Nations, and s principal singer for Cirque du Soleil’s “O”. With humor, devotion and a repertoire spanning 23 languages, Gina Salá shares her passion for singing us awake to who we are! www.ginasala.com
Coming from Fullness:
the Powerful Pleasure of Song, Chant and Tantric Mantra
Long-term sound yogi/Global Vocalist Gina Salá guides participants in a delicious tour of the mouth postures of tantric mantra, helps us open bodies and voices to song, and leads us in chants and jams from several traditions to help us integrate and experience the Divine Shakti (Power) within and the unity of us all. Filled with these powerful vibrations, we experience clarity, wisdom, love as we move into the rest of our lives and the world.
Gina Salá is a vocalist, composer, music director, sound healer, and teacher from Seattle whose love of the human voice has taken her to performing and studying throughout much of the world. She has been chanting since early childhood and studies, and shares cross-cultural singing, sanskrit, mantra and chant. She has performed at the US Pentagon, the US Capital, the United Nations, and s principal singer for Cirque du Soleil’s “O”. With humor, devotion and a repertoire spanning 23 languages, Gina Salá shares her passion for singing us awake to who we are! www.ginasala.com
Miriam Dyak
Reawaken Your Life Purpose
Are you ready for a new beginning? Are you called beyond your familiar world in order to find your purpose and explore your destiny? Experience practical magic exploring multi-dimensional embodiment exercises and mythic journeys in order to help you manifest your “passion for the possible”. Discover the fractal patterns that have repeated in the high moments of your life, and explore how your dreams and projects fit into the fractal pattern. As we claim the monsters, which denote dangerous and unexplored territories, for their power and gifts that is essential to create your vision, we'll become powerful participants in our lives and within human existence. $5 material fee paid to presenter at workshop.
Miriam Dyak has been involved in social activism for women, peace, the environment, and political change since the late 1960's. She has 33 years’ experience as a Voice Dialogue facilitator and five years of training with Dr. Jean Houston. Miriam is co-founder of The Voice Dialogue Institute where she teaches trainings and workshops in Voice Dialogue and the Psychology of Selves. She has a private practice as a counselor in Seattle, has published three books of poetry, and is a co-founder of Washington Professional Counselors Association. www.thevoicedialogueinstitute.org
Reawaken Your Life Purpose
Are you ready for a new beginning? Are you called beyond your familiar world in order to find your purpose and explore your destiny? Experience practical magic exploring multi-dimensional embodiment exercises and mythic journeys in order to help you manifest your “passion for the possible”. Discover the fractal patterns that have repeated in the high moments of your life, and explore how your dreams and projects fit into the fractal pattern. As we claim the monsters, which denote dangerous and unexplored territories, for their power and gifts that is essential to create your vision, we'll become powerful participants in our lives and within human existence. $5 material fee paid to presenter at workshop.
Miriam Dyak has been involved in social activism for women, peace, the environment, and political change since the late 1960's. She has 33 years’ experience as a Voice Dialogue facilitator and five years of training with Dr. Jean Houston. Miriam is co-founder of The Voice Dialogue Institute where she teaches trainings and workshops in Voice Dialogue and the Psychology of Selves. She has a private practice as a counselor in Seattle, has published three books of poetry, and is a co-founder of Washington Professional Counselors Association. www.thevoicedialogueinstitute.org
Wendy Rule
The Art of Transition ~ Discovering Magic at the Threshold of Change
Nature is always in a constant state of flux, moving from season to season, night to day, birth to death, dark Moon to full. But if change is so natural, why do we so often find ourselves freaking out, feeling powerless and ungrounded during life's inevitable transitions? You will be guided as you navigate through the paths of change. Drawing on mythology, ritual, and guided meditation, Wendy shares the many mercurial gifts she has learned through a life dedicated to travel, creativity, and spiritual connection to Nature. Change reminds us that often the most uncertain times in our lives are actually magical thresholds that hold the key to personal growth and power.
Australian Visionary Songstress Wendy Rule weaves together music, Magic and ritual to lead her listeners on an otherworldly journey of depth and passion. Wild, wise and empowering, Wendy's live performances honor her deep spiritual and magical connection to Nature. Her extraordinary voice and beautiful lyrics, combined with her passionate storytelling, invite us to celebrate and connect with our own deep Magic. Over the past two decades, Wendy has released 10 studio albums and numerous side projects, and has toured the world extensively as both a performer and an inspirational Magical Life Coach and workshop presenter. Alongside her busy touring schedule, Wendy also facilitates the online mystery school "Living a Life of Magic". www.wendyrule.com
The Art of Transition ~ Discovering Magic at the Threshold of Change
Nature is always in a constant state of flux, moving from season to season, night to day, birth to death, dark Moon to full. But if change is so natural, why do we so often find ourselves freaking out, feeling powerless and ungrounded during life's inevitable transitions? You will be guided as you navigate through the paths of change. Drawing on mythology, ritual, and guided meditation, Wendy shares the many mercurial gifts she has learned through a life dedicated to travel, creativity, and spiritual connection to Nature. Change reminds us that often the most uncertain times in our lives are actually magical thresholds that hold the key to personal growth and power.
Australian Visionary Songstress Wendy Rule weaves together music, Magic and ritual to lead her listeners on an otherworldly journey of depth and passion. Wild, wise and empowering, Wendy's live performances honor her deep spiritual and magical connection to Nature. Her extraordinary voice and beautiful lyrics, combined with her passionate storytelling, invite us to celebrate and connect with our own deep Magic. Over the past two decades, Wendy has released 10 studio albums and numerous side projects, and has toured the world extensively as both a performer and an inspirational Magical Life Coach and workshop presenter. Alongside her busy touring schedule, Wendy also facilitates the online mystery school "Living a Life of Magic". www.wendyrule.com
Monday, February 20th Events
Monday Morning
Workshops for Women
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
All morning workshops will begin with an all conference gathering from 9:00 - 9:30 am
Good Morning WOW! Awaken to Our Brilliance
Saturday morning weavers will be
Inspirational words from Gloria Burgess
Movement with Siri Om
Sound Music with Mosa Baczewska
After the gathering you will go to your individual workshops
This morning time is also available to everyone to attend for free
Good Morning WOW! Awaken to Our Brilliance
Saturday morning weavers will be
Inspirational words from Gloria Burgess
Movement with Siri Om
Sound Music with Mosa Baczewska
After the gathering you will go to your individual workshops
This morning time is also available to everyone to attend for free
Gloria Burgess
Creating Right Relationships - Remember Who You Are
What inspires you to create a bridge from what was…to what is...to what can be? Remember who you are and what you want to achieve. It is an invitation to embrace an attitude of learning and living in right relationship with ourselves, others, and our world. It's also an invitation to serve as an instrument of healing and transformation—in the present and for the generations to come. Let's celebrate the indomitable power of the human spirit
Gloria Burgess is a community leader, leadership consultant, executive coach, educator, and master facilitator for 30+ years. She is passionate about empowering and lifting up women to create a positive, vibrant future for themselves, their children, and their children's children. Dr. Burgess is a dynamic, sought-after speaker, an award-winning author and poet and Founder and CEO of several for-profit and non-profit organizations. Gloria’s best selling books are Legacy Living, Dare to Wear Your Soul on the Outside and Flawless Leaderless: Connecting Who You Are with What You Know and Do. www.gloriaburgess.com
Creating Right Relationships - Remember Who You Are
What inspires you to create a bridge from what was…to what is...to what can be? Remember who you are and what you want to achieve. It is an invitation to embrace an attitude of learning and living in right relationship with ourselves, others, and our world. It's also an invitation to serve as an instrument of healing and transformation—in the present and for the generations to come. Let's celebrate the indomitable power of the human spirit
Gloria Burgess is a community leader, leadership consultant, executive coach, educator, and master facilitator for 30+ years. She is passionate about empowering and lifting up women to create a positive, vibrant future for themselves, their children, and their children's children. Dr. Burgess is a dynamic, sought-after speaker, an award-winning author and poet and Founder and CEO of several for-profit and non-profit organizations. Gloria’s best selling books are Legacy Living, Dare to Wear Your Soul on the Outside and Flawless Leaderless: Connecting Who You Are with What You Know and Do. www.gloriaburgess.com
This workshop was moved from Saturday 5:30 - 6:30 pm to Monday
to have a full 3 hour workshop with Vicki Vicki Todd Create Your True Self Warrioress Shield Journal with art to create a Medicine Shield of your True Self Warrioress Story. Your Inner 8 Year Old will ask you to remember activities that made your heart sing - clues to your life’s Purpose. Consult Your Future Elder Warrioress to determine what this wise version of yourself would urge you to do before your last day on Earth. Your Soul GPS will pinpoint your current locale, asking you what you need to shed or allow to evolve into your True Self Warrioress. $5 material fee paid to presenter at workshop. No one turned away for lack of funds. Vicki Todd, Ed.D, is a memoir artist and life coach. She has morphed from a non-working wife to a university professor. She then resigned from her tenured position to fulfill her 'Purpose' as an artist who inspires others to follow their calling. She is the author of a visual memoir, Unstuck: One Heroine's Journey of Art and the Courage to Live on Purpose. Todd is an inspirational speaker and spreads the message that living your life's Purpose - using the gifts you were given at birth to make the world brighter - leads to a more joyous and fulfilling life. www.vickiworldart.com |
Sharlyn Hidalgo
Celtic Circle ~ Wisdom Teachings from the Trees
Walk in the footsteps of the ancient ancestors of the British Isles and tune into the sacred power and ancient wisdom of the trees. Explore Celtic Cosmology and learn about the Celtic Wheel of the Year. We will learn the trees of the Celtic Tree Calendar, Alphabet, and their deities, totems, and guides. We will sit in a sacred circle with drumming, singing, and sharing while learning how to cultivate relationships with these grand energetic beings experiencing their healing, guidance and wisdom. Take a journey to the Nuin Ash to experience the healing power of this tree. Attendees will need journal, pen, colored markers or pencils, and can bring drums and rattles. $1 material fee paid to presenter at workshop.
Sharlyn Hidalgo, MA is the author of The Healing Power of Tree: Spiritual Journeys through the Celtic Tree Calendar and Nazmy- Love is My Religion: Egypt, Travel, and a Quest for Peace. Her Celtic Tree Oracle Cards are currently being published with Blue Angel Publications. Her work embraces the divine feminine and the ancient wisdom schools of the British Isles and Egypt. She is a certified teacher and practitioner of Nicki Scully's Alchemical Healing. Sharlyn is a healer, teacher, artist, author, ritualist, tarot reader and astrologer. She leads spiritual journeys to Egypt. www.alchemicalhealingarts.com
Celtic Circle ~ Wisdom Teachings from the Trees
Walk in the footsteps of the ancient ancestors of the British Isles and tune into the sacred power and ancient wisdom of the trees. Explore Celtic Cosmology and learn about the Celtic Wheel of the Year. We will learn the trees of the Celtic Tree Calendar, Alphabet, and their deities, totems, and guides. We will sit in a sacred circle with drumming, singing, and sharing while learning how to cultivate relationships with these grand energetic beings experiencing their healing, guidance and wisdom. Take a journey to the Nuin Ash to experience the healing power of this tree. Attendees will need journal, pen, colored markers or pencils, and can bring drums and rattles. $1 material fee paid to presenter at workshop.
Sharlyn Hidalgo, MA is the author of The Healing Power of Tree: Spiritual Journeys through the Celtic Tree Calendar and Nazmy- Love is My Religion: Egypt, Travel, and a Quest for Peace. Her Celtic Tree Oracle Cards are currently being published with Blue Angel Publications. Her work embraces the divine feminine and the ancient wisdom schools of the British Isles and Egypt. She is a certified teacher and practitioner of Nicki Scully's Alchemical Healing. Sharlyn is a healer, teacher, artist, author, ritualist, tarot reader and astrologer. She leads spiritual journeys to Egypt. www.alchemicalhealingarts.com
Siri Om
Consciously Living and Dying Through Kundalini Yoga
Ever wondered what happens when we die? What is the purpose of life? Why are we here? Often these big questions get pushed to the side as we are caught up in the busy-ness of life. Gently guided, you will explore this important topic, in a safe supportive group environment. You will practice letting go, forgiving and resolving issues that may be holding you back from living your Bigger Purpose. These powerful Kundalini yoga techniques and breathing practices will help prepare you physically and emotionally for one of the greatest moments of your life. Includes deep gong relaxation.
Siri OM has completed advanced levels of training with the Amrit Nam Sarovar School of Kundalini Yoga in Europe, and is IKYTA certified. (International Kundalini Yoga Teacher's Association) She also has a background in Art Therapy, and Eating Psychology and has had the privilege of teaching adults with learning difficulties, teens in homeless shelters and women in prison. Yoga has been a powerful catalyst in Siri OM's personal healing journey and for this reason she treasures Kundalini yoga as an amazing gift to be honored and shared.
Consciously Living and Dying Through Kundalini Yoga
Ever wondered what happens when we die? What is the purpose of life? Why are we here? Often these big questions get pushed to the side as we are caught up in the busy-ness of life. Gently guided, you will explore this important topic, in a safe supportive group environment. You will practice letting go, forgiving and resolving issues that may be holding you back from living your Bigger Purpose. These powerful Kundalini yoga techniques and breathing practices will help prepare you physically and emotionally for one of the greatest moments of your life. Includes deep gong relaxation.
Siri OM has completed advanced levels of training with the Amrit Nam Sarovar School of Kundalini Yoga in Europe, and is IKYTA certified. (International Kundalini Yoga Teacher's Association) She also has a background in Art Therapy, and Eating Psychology and has had the privilege of teaching adults with learning difficulties, teens in homeless shelters and women in prison. Yoga has been a powerful catalyst in Siri OM's personal healing journey and for this reason she treasures Kundalini yoga as an amazing gift to be honored and shared.
We're sorry this event is cancelled due to family needs for Lea
Lea Bayles
Shakti Rising ~ Unleash Your Creative Life Force
Discover how to awaken and cultivate your Shakti- creative feminine life force. Embrace the creative vitality, power and joy that is available in your second half of life more than ever before. We will dispel negative myths of aging and debunk three common beliefs that can destroy your health, rob you of your potential and age you way too soon. Explore playful and potent practices through movement, imagination, and journaling as you learn to access your Shakti Power as a sacred source of healing, guidance, inspiration and ageless zest. Let's create a bright new vision for your future - and begin to step into it right away.
Lea Bayles, MA, holistic wellness educator and transformational speaker, helps women delight in their bodies, align with their souls and activate creative flow for personal and planetary transformation. She is the author of Take Back Your Life, From Chronic Pain to Lifelong Healing and the creator of numerous healing audio meditations, interviews with visionaries, articles and performance pieces. Lea offers dynamic, inspirational presentations, private mentoring, customized workshops and personalized retreats for individuals and small groups. www.LeaBayles.com
Lea Bayles
Shakti Rising ~ Unleash Your Creative Life Force
Discover how to awaken and cultivate your Shakti- creative feminine life force. Embrace the creative vitality, power and joy that is available in your second half of life more than ever before. We will dispel negative myths of aging and debunk three common beliefs that can destroy your health, rob you of your potential and age you way too soon. Explore playful and potent practices through movement, imagination, and journaling as you learn to access your Shakti Power as a sacred source of healing, guidance, inspiration and ageless zest. Let's create a bright new vision for your future - and begin to step into it right away.
Lea Bayles, MA, holistic wellness educator and transformational speaker, helps women delight in their bodies, align with their souls and activate creative flow for personal and planetary transformation. She is the author of Take Back Your Life, From Chronic Pain to Lifelong Healing and the creator of numerous healing audio meditations, interviews with visionaries, articles and performance pieces. Lea offers dynamic, inspirational presentations, private mentoring, customized workshops and personalized retreats for individuals and small groups. www.LeaBayles.com
Banquet & Finale Celebrations
For Women Only
Monday, February 20th from 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Banquet
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
There will be a celebratory meal for the end of our Conference. Pre-registration is required to attend the banquet.
Onsite ticket sales close at 1:00 pm, Sunday, February 19th.
Our food is being lovingly prepared for us by Camila Tran who is creating a delicious Thai meal:
Vegan Curry - Lightly spiced yellow curry paste with assorted veggies, potatoes, tofu, coconut milk and kaffir lime leaves. (Vegan & gluten free)
Chicken Red Curry - Chicken sautéed in red curry paste, bamboo shoots, bell peppers, fresh ginger, garlic, onions, lemongrass and coconut milk. Garnished with fresh Thai basil.(Gluten free)
Vegetarian Pad Thai - Stir-fried Pad Thai Noodles with eggs, green cabbage and bean sprout in a sweet and sour tamarind sauce. Garnished with green onions and sliced limes. (Gluten free, contain eggs)
White Jasmine Rice
Plus a dessert!
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
There will be a celebratory meal for the end of our Conference. Pre-registration is required to attend the banquet.
Onsite ticket sales close at 1:00 pm, Sunday, February 19th.
Our food is being lovingly prepared for us by Camila Tran who is creating a delicious Thai meal:
Vegan Curry - Lightly spiced yellow curry paste with assorted veggies, potatoes, tofu, coconut milk and kaffir lime leaves. (Vegan & gluten free)
Chicken Red Curry - Chicken sautéed in red curry paste, bamboo shoots, bell peppers, fresh ginger, garlic, onions, lemongrass and coconut milk. Garnished with fresh Thai basil.(Gluten free)
Vegetarian Pad Thai - Stir-fried Pad Thai Noodles with eggs, green cabbage and bean sprout in a sweet and sour tamarind sauce. Garnished with green onions and sliced limes. (Gluten free, contain eggs)
White Jasmine Rice
Plus a dessert!
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As a child Camila was known as the “Golden Tongue” taste testing her mother’s French infused Vietnamese cooking prior to serving our guess, she knew what spice was missing even at a very young age. Inspired, she started to create her own concoctions of international cuisine and traditions. Camila is truly blessed to offer my passion for people and food as a Life Coach and private Chef. She's also created a partnership with Foodz Catering and Zinnia Bistro as their part time lead Chef for the last 6 years. Beyond indulging our desires, nourishing the body, what we eat and with whom we share the experience with can spark and reunite the bonds between individuals, communities, and even countries. Live, laugh and eat to the fullest!
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Celebratory Entertainment Program
2:30 - 4:00 PM
2:30 - 4:00 PM
Delilah
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Wendy Rule & Kellianna
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Simone LaDrumma
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Vajra Ma
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After a sumptuous meal, enjoy the talented WOW community artists sharing their gifts:
Women of Wisdom Reflections by WOW members
Belly Dance by Delilah
Drumming and singing by Simone LaDrumma
"Medea Everywomen" by Vajra Ma
Singing by Wendy Rule and Kellianna
Women of Wisdom Reflections by WOW members
Belly Dance by Delilah
Drumming and singing by Simone LaDrumma
"Medea Everywomen" by Vajra Ma
Singing by Wendy Rule and Kellianna
Join us afterwards for the Conference Closing Ceremony
Led by Rev. Judith Laxer and the ceremonial team
Closing Ceremonies
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Led by Rev. Judith Laxer and the ceremonial team
Closing Ceremonies
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
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