Gaia's Oasis 

Peerspective Circle- Saturday & Sunday 11 am @ Main Stage. 

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This is the opportunity to come together as a collective, in a circle, to discuss how to build community. TOPICS: What makes a culture Regenerative? How do we foster the future for the next 7-generations?

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We will share tools and skills for co-creating the mycelial web of communities that support our individual empowerment and collective thriving. Our intention is to create a positive change in the world through our collaboration and shared skills. Building strong local impact to empower global changes. This is a NONHIERARCHICAL form of communication and all are welcome to speak and share. 

Jerry Maynard

Wheel of Truth  

Using the medicine wheel and the 4 directions from the Hopi teachings as a guide, this tool walks you through a step by step process that will bring you into balance and harmony with any situation or decision making.

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BIO​

Jerry Maynard was born in the northwoods of Wisconsin of the Menominee Tribe. His Mother of the Wolf Clan and Father of the Great Blue Heron Clan. In his early 20s he was taken under the wings of a Hopi elder, Kel or "Hawk", of the BlueBird Clan and initiated as the keeper of stories and teachings of the Hopi people. Today his work includes helping humankind move into the higher vibrations and frequencies of the 5th world, letting go of trauma, prejudice and hatred to embrace traditional teachings and the harmony and balance of our ancestors to reclaim who we really are at heart. His healing work includes the use of a BioWell machine that reads energetic frequencies, including the chakras and chinese meridian systems as a way to take our health and power back into balance. Jerry also brings the body into harmony using tuning forks, tibetian singing bowls, reiki and ceremonial ways that help tap into ancestral healing. 

Balam

Lets talk dreams:
It is Our inventory of dreams in Our lifes journey.

Journey to the inner mountain:
It is an inquiry in the realm of why I am here.

Balam

A man of great vision. Coming to us from Guatemala to share his wisdom as an elder and keeper of Mayan ceremonial ways. He holds strong presence in his community. He owns and opperates a food forest, farm and supports education for the youth. 

Wayra Huanca 

Herbalist, doula, writer, energy worker and homesteader.

IG: @kcrete

Andean Gratitude offering to Mother Earth

The Ofrenda is a sacred meeting that allows us to communicate with our ancestors and the spirits of nature through an act of Offering with heart intention, it is a recognition of Gratitude to Pachamama for everything she gives us every day, it is an ancient whisper that is delivered to the corn, to the flowers, to the seed, to a song that will reach the heart of our beloved Mother Earth. When we recognize the earth and everything that is living around us, we also  learn to recognize and value ourselves, and in this way  the thread of light is open to weave the consciousness of life in us.

 Shamanic Sound bath

"Heart song activation"

Indigenous people have been using the sound as a universal way to communicate with God and the Spirit. Participants will be guided through a heart meditation to heal and harmonize the mind, body and spirit. Ikaros, mantras, ancient songs, bells, seeds and other instruments will be use to hold space with other technologies from the jungle.

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BIO

Founder of Daughters of the Earth and Ambassador of Pachamama's connections. Wayra is a visionary  artist, Singer/songwriter, Waldorf teacher and a Certified Holistic ceremonial facilitator. She preserves and carries the ancestral crafts of weaving and beadwork.She is a handwork teacher at Mountain Song School, where she protects and guides the mind, body and spirit of the children through Waldorf education.She also is a shamanic practitioner and musician with years of experience leading voice-opening, sacred song classes, women’s circles, spiritual workshops and traditional ceremonies across the Americas. Born and raised in South America, by her mestiza Quechua-Muisca family in Colombia and Peru. Wayra has studied the ancestral healing practices and traditional sacred arts of her lineage, and different traditions around the world for almost 10 years.Her soul devotion is guiding others to reconnect with the sacredness that lives inside of us, through art, music and traditional rituals.The awakening of the Sacred Feminine is one of her every day prayers. Advocating for childrens is her deepest Mision.

Diva Parekh

IG @diva_in_delight.

Rooted Grace: An Introduction to Odissi Dance

(90 min)

Discover the ancient art of Odissi, one of India's oldest classical dance forms, where movement, rhythm, and devotion meet. In this workshop, we will explore the foundational elements of Odissi — grounded stances, intricate footwork, expressive hand gestures (mudras), and the fluid grace of the torso.

Rooted in temple traditions, Odissi carries the memory of a time when dance was an offering — a way to honor the rhythms of the earth and the spirit alike.

Open to all levels. No prior dance experience needed — just a love of movement!​

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Bio

Diva is an Odissi dancer, burlesque performer, Ayurvedic practitioner, and yoga teacher devoted to the living wisdom of the Vedic arts. She began her training in Odissi at the age of five under the tutelage of Guru Dr. Chitra Krishnamurti, sparking a lifelong dedication to the sacred traditions of India. Her path weaves together the grace and storytelling of Indian classical dance, the healing sciences of Ayurveda, the philosophy of yoga, and the expressive power of sensuality into a rich, embodied practice rooted in devotion, tradition, and liberation.

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Tyson Tsosie 

Diné, Community activator, Master Gardener

​Sacred Circle of Beauty: Conversations & Celebrations on the Life of the Spirit ​

(90 min)

Hózhó is a Diné (Navajo) principle that refers to the Oneness, Harmony, Beauty and Balance, that we each face in our lives and witness throughout the entire universe. We are encouraged by our Creator to Walk in Beauty. To be "Hózhó". To think, speak, and act in Beauty. Especially how we view or treat ourselves, and others. 

Conversations on the Life of the Spirit is a scared talking circle space free of any judgement or ridicule. Without interruptions and undue expectations. After a prayerful smudging, the environment will be set for all participants to have a moment to reflect and ponder on not only our everyday lives, but also equally important, the life of our spirit. Everyone's voice will be seen and valued equally. All will have an opportunity to express themselves!! If they choose not to share, one can respectfully listen to the speakers. In this scared circle, our hope is to connect the Beauty with each other, within ourselves, and in our environments. Once leaving the space, the sacred circle then returns to the Great Spirit, Creator. Like our prayers and the smoke from the burning sage. 

Celebrations on the Life of the Spirit:

After experiencing an amazing weekend with friends, loved ones, and the community. Now it's time to return to our mundane, normal lives..  Or is it?? Before heading home, another scared talking circle will be available for everyone to share their experience or any confirmations during the gathering. A chance to honor everything that we've learned and the lessons we're taking back home. Then we can be more assured that we're Walking in Beauty and remaining Hózhó. 

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BIO

Yá'át'ééh shik'éí dóó shi'dine'é 

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Shí éí Tyson Tsosie yinishyé. 

Kinyaa’aanii nishłį́, Hooghan Łaní bashishchiin. Áshįįhí dashicheii, Tó’aheedlíinii dashinalí.

Hello/ It is good, my friends and family. 

My name is Tyson Tsosie. Through my mother's clan I am Kinyaa’aanii (Towering House clan) and my father's I'm born for Hooghan Łaní (Many Hogans/ Homes clan).

Currently I reside in Farmington, NM but my family is originally from Nahashch'idi, NM. 

Ahéhee' (Thank you)

A member of the Diné tribe, for the past 6 years, Tyson has been serving as a neighborhood volunteer coordinator for their community building activities and youth program. The aim of this grassroots program, called the Ruhi Training Institute, is to enhance the capacity of youth and adults to serve their families and communities. While also becoming protagonists for social change. This particular path of service includes accompaniment of several families, organizing seasonal community gatherings, and hosting workshops open for community members. Also with the participants of the youth program and members of the community, they maintain a micro and community garden. 

While serving in the community, Tyson developed a love towards gardening and reconnecting with Mother Earth. This healing process that was discovered has encouraged him to learn more about growth by becoming a Master Gardener and has begun seeking out his traditional Diné teachings of agriculture. With the hope of sharing this knowledge back with his community. He firmly believes that everyone deserves access to healthy food, that's produced through morally sound methods, not harming the environment. Accompanying this, is also the belief that all have the right to learn about one's own traditions and should be able to practice implementing them into their culture. 

Aleja Gradeja

Folk Healing and Visual Arts 

Lasofrendasnm.com

Closing of the Bones: A demo and workshop on the cross-culture postpartum technique and Closing Ceremony for whole body healing.   - timing TBA

A comprehensive workshop in a significant cross cultural body work, designed to support every postpartum mother; effectively healing the body and soul after birth. Lead by mother and Certified INNATE Postpartum Care Provider, Aleja Grajeda. Aleja offers this class in hopes of supporting new mothers and care providers in the movement of postpartum health awareness.

Living by the Medicine Wheel: a practice and experience in connecting to the South Direction in accordance to the Mexika Medicine Wheel.

A practice and experience in connecting to the South Direction in accordance to the Mexika Medicines Wheel. Aleja will be discussing the significance of the South Direction and how it relates to the connection of the Inner Child and the medicine of JOY. Aleja will serving food and drink associated with the South, as well as a demo on Limpias (herbal cleansings), guidance through Kinam (an indigenous movement knowledge),  and a meditation for Inner Child connection.

BIO

Aleja Grajeda was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. Since a young age she has held a connection and affinity with art, sisterhood, magic, and the natural world. At the age of 19, Aleja was called to service woman, and though she did not know how that would manifest in her life, she headed the call and was guided by her heart and her ancestors.

Aleja is the small business owner of Las Ofrendas NM, through which she offers education and services in Cycle Care, Postpartum Health and Wellness, Women’s Holistic Health, and as a full-spectrum doula and Certified INNATE Postpartum care provider, as well as her art- which is very much connected to the work she is purposed to do in this lifetime.

Aleja has worked with countless teachers and has offered her work and education to a wide range of folks across New Mexico, where she now lives and raises her daughter as a single mother. Aleja is exalted by her work as an artist, servant and leader for women’s health and well being.

Meagan Olgin

Ayurveda, Yoga

@kindly.meagan

Detox and Renew: Healing Through Twists  

60 min,

In this class, we will explore the healing magic of twists through an Ayurvedic lens. By using contraction and expansion we will flush out any stagnancy within the visceral organs, support more flexibility and mobility in the abdominals and spine, as well as invite the surge of fresh Prana into the mind, body, and spirit. Come prepared to wring it all out! Open to all levels. 

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Meagan is a yoga teacher and Ayurvedic practitioner currently residing in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Appalachia. She often finds herself entranced by the way breath control, rhythmic movement, and soulful stillness assists in calming the mind and discovering the ability to deeply rest and reset. She began teaching yoga in 2016, and practicing Ayurveda in 2021. Throughout her years of studying, practicing, and teaching her focus has always been to let Prana be the guide. She loves weaving together proper bodily alignment, mindful breathing, and intuitive flow to create harmony in the body-mind-spirit paradigm. She considers herself a lifelong learner, and is devoted to the art of falling in love with the juiciness of life over and over again. 

Ben Crawford

@CircularFarm

CircularFarm.com

Mushrooms heal the soil & the soul

A mushroom cultivation workshop. This class will highlight all steps of the growing process from expanding a mushroom culture to growing mushrooms both indoors and outdoors. We will do a group inoculation of an outdoor mushroom bed at the end of class.​

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Bio

Ben is a founder of Circular Farm, a multifaceted mycology business. Learning about and sharing fungal knowledge has been his focus since 2016. He is highly experienced in both small and large scale mushroom production. Ben also has a well of knowledge in how mushrooms can help save our planet collectively and our health personally.

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Shamane Morejon

www.wildsol.life / www.sotem.org

Cosmic Partner Massage

(90 Min)

Shami is an intuitive, integrative body worker of 13 years and a sanctuary designer. Come explore and align the body and energy centers with a 30 min hands on massage routine.

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Bio

Shami, of Wild Sol Healing, is a being of the earth, interconnected with the elements of our Earth Mother. All her practices weave in connection between the body & energy, aura & atmosphere. Massage & Bodywork (graduated in 2011 in the Colorado Rocky Mountains). Architectural Design (graduated 2018 in the City of Angels). Nomadic traveler in the blood (Cuban, Sicilian, Hungarian), and heart. I traveled across turtle island for a few years in a 1996 GMC Safari with my pup Rumi. We curated Pop-Up Massage Sanctuaries/Tea Lounges, starting at Northwest Nomads van gathering guided an integrated flow of yoga/breathwork/meditation/massage & elemental design workshops at gatherings from Oregon to New Mexico. Currently rooting into the enchanted lands as I tend to the gardens, root to crown. Devoted Council Member of Sanctuaries of the Earth Mother non-profit since 2022. Cocreating right relation through Earth led, spirit guided, heart centered connection. Love you.

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Betsy Coblentz 

LGBTQ+, Body positivity

Primal Flow Yoga - timing TBA

Primal Flow Yoga is a transformative practice designed to unlock strength, fluidity, and balance in both body and mind. This inclusive class welcomes all, regardless of experience or body type, guiding participants through dynamic movement that releases tension and cultivates self-trust. By reconnecting with breath and motion, we restore inner harmony, embracing the natural rhythm within. Whether seeking emotional release, empowerment, or connection, this class offers a space for growth, healing, and self-discovery. Movement is for everyone—come as you are! 

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Betsy is a dedicated Primal Flow Yoga instructor who has spent the past two years fostering inclusive spaces where individuals of all shapes and sizes can embrace their strength and authenticity. She specializes in guiding practitioners through fluid sequences designed to release stagnant energy, restore harmony between masculine and feminine forces, and cultivate deep mind-body connection. With an approach rooted in empowerment, Betsy’s classes create a welcoming and transformative experience for yogis at any stage of their journey.

Timothy Petty

Seeking to encourage everyone to remember they are all artists

IG @Iz_avia

Intuitive Forest Gardening
This guided practice starts as a somatic reMembering, then transitions into a hands on, move at your own pace, choose your own adventure, participitory art instalation. By connecting our innate hunter/gatherer instinct with forest ecosystem biomimicy, we will help to foster fertility and nurish the web of life beneath our feet. Blending the pratical permaculture technique, chop and drop, with artful mulching and alter building, this practice aims to inspire a playful and intuitive way of feeding the soil, thereby enlivening ecosystems large and small.

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BIO

Timothy Petty seeks to be at the confluence of dance and soil care, embracing syntropic agroforestry and free-form dance as separate yet converging art forms.

Tim enjoys practicing food forest gardening, writing poetry, dancing, arborculture, and sytropic agroforestry. He helps to care for lands in NM, CO, and CA seasonally pruning fruit trees, artfully mulching and helping to plant the next generation food and pollinator plants.

Seeking to encourage everyone to remember they are all artists. Tim hopes to help blur the line between work and play, seeing mulching and weeding/harvesting as a perfect chance to practice mindful movement and dance.

Saoirse Watters 

Mother, performer, ecological mentor, artist, eco-feminist, folk herbalist, permaculturist, and ritual weaver.

IG @saoirse.song

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PlantSong Flower Baths

Bathing with flowers is a form of physical, emotional, and spiritual hygiene that has been practiced in different ways by most indigenous lineages around the world. Most of Saoirse's experience with sacred plant baths comes from her own lived practices of working with plants in water as a form of healing. The understanding of ways to work with sacred plant baths deepened in her studies of her own ancestral lineages and from mayan healers. It became clear that basic forms of plant bathing practices are universal and for many powerful reasons. Working with spiritual plant baths is a deep form of reconnecting with oneself, attuning to the subtle energies of the plant world, cleaning out stuck energy, aligning with intentions, and more. In this workshop we will explore spiritual plant bath practices, make our own bath in the sun, and immerse in flower waters. Be prepared to get wet! (bring a towel, swimmy, and/or sarong)

PlantSong:Ancestral Mineral Magic

Eat wild, be wild, love wild. Learning to identify, care for, respectfully harvest, prepare, and eat wild foods is a sacred act of resilience and resistance. It's no secret that mainstream food systems are contributing to ecological destruction around the world. Rediscovering ancestral food preparations and learning to harvest and eat wild foods is an act of rebellion. Wild foods also carry a significantly higher mineral and nutritional content than foods found in most grocery stores. They have the power or magic to support our bodies to become more resilient in the face of global toxic loads. In this class we will discover both wild and cultivated plant foods that are out of the ordinary and can support our bodies in powerful ways. We will also discuss the history of mainstream agriculture and solutions to its dominance of our food systems.

BIO

Saoirse Watters is an Ecological Mentor working with people of all ages to deepen their sense of belonging to the Land and to themselves. Saoirse is a musician/performer and has worked as a farmer or with agricultural nonprofits in various capacities for many years. Her passions are wild foraging, making herbal magic/medicine/food, and singing... all the time. Through her studies of ecopsychology, environmental policy, ecology, and social justice ~ Saoirse approaches the subjects of land connection with a unique lens that embraces decolonization, history, reciprocity, and the renewing concepts of Mother Culture and Mother Land. Praying for the liberation of All People and All Beings ~ PlantSong and her sister projects hope to serve as a way to empower the subtle wisdom of herbs and the importance of song as a tool for cultural reparation, personal healing, and land devotion.

Krystal Cretecos

Herbalist, doula, writer, energy worker and homesteader.
IG: @kcrete

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Reading the Landscape; Reconnecting with Nature in Practice 
(90 min)

Do you ever feel powerless to the ecological destruction of these times? In this workshop we will discuss ways that we can positively assist the Earth in her healing, restore watersheds and areas of erosion & desertification in gentle but impactful ways. I will share simple techniques that I have seen land-based people use all over the globe from ancient times to present that I hope will empower you to help restore the ecosystem wherever you are. Topics will include; directional orientation, basic plant identification&ecosystem, understanding slope and flow, erosion control structures made of sticks and stones, and more.
One drop of water is small yet the ocean is immense…


*We will build a hands on erosion control structure during the workshop as well as walking the land so dress appropriately for the weather, bring water, a hat and good walking shoes for the desert landscape.

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BIO

Krystal Cretecos received a degree in Psychology and Anthropology in 2010 then set off to seek deeper into what makes us innately human. The journey spanned from the Amazon to the Himalayas for 6.5 years where she learned spirituality, farming, natural building and living in harmony with the Earth. She arrived in Taos Valley in 2016 and continued her experiential education in ecology specific to this high mountain desert eco-system. Today, Krystal works as a trip leader for youth camping and backpacking trips and as a supervisor teaching youth watershed restoration. She is also an herbalist, doula, writer, energy worker and homesteader.

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Liva Vino

Ancestrial Chief

IG: @ancestralfoodalchemy www.ancestralfoodalchemy.com

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Become more ancestral in your own kitchen. "Tips on food saving and meal planing” 
(90 min)
Ancestral food Alchemy offers a workshop during which one will learn how to make Ghee or clarified butter on your own. While the butter is clarifying we will discuss different approaches to become more ancestral in your own food preparation. Everything we have been “taught” about food and nutrition is a scam and during this hour and half workshop we will unpack what it means to consume food in this modern world. 

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BIO

Liva Vino is ancestral chef and slow food movement activist. Striping away the unnecessary modern day inventions while using those that serve us is an everyday task, it’s beyond reading labels. Inspiring people to become more ancestral in their own kitchen and providing local, seasonal and non processed foods that are ethically grown and prepared with integrity has become Liva’s mission with Ancestral Food Alchemy. 

Rafael Alvarado 

Ayurvedic Health Counselor,

Yoga teacher. 

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Elemental Healing Through Ayurveda

(60 min)
Ayurveda is a healing science from India that utilizes the laws of nature to bring health and well being. In this workshop, come and learn about the 5 elements and how they influence all life including your own. Just as the elements can come together to create the ultimate beauty in nature, find out how the elements that make up your being can be harmonized so that health and wellness radiate from within. 

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BIO

Rafael has been on a mission to understand ways to be truly healthy, embodied, and vibrant in our bodies and in this life. He believes that a way we can make a positive change in this world starts with each individual becoming the best version of themselves. This journey started at the age of 18 he was introduced to Vipassana meditation, attending his first of many meditation retreats. Eventually he found a mentor that taught him Ashtanga yoga and philosophy as well as Ayurveda. Feeling a resonance with this ancient knowledge, he went on to study Ayurveda at Kerala Ayurveda Academy, becoming an Ayurvedic Health Counselor in 2021. He currently resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he and his wife are raising their 6 month old baby boy.  

Courtney Miller & John Michael 

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Tending the Fire: Transformational Conflict 

(90 min)

Conflict isn’t a sign that something’s gone wrong—it’s a sign that something real is happening.
This workshop invites you to meet conflict not as something to avoid or “fix,” but as a doorway into deeper relationship with yourself, with others, and with the collective field.

Through somatic and relational practices, we’ll explore what it feels like to stay present in the face of difference, tension, and emotional discomfort. You’ll practice naming truth, listening with your body, co-regulating through rupture, and recognizing when your nervous system is overwhelmed. Together, we’ll build embodied skills for expressing and receiving difficult truths without causing harm—or losing ourselves.

We’ll also practice setting and respecting boundaries, exploring the full range of “no” from gentle to firm, clear to messy. This is a space for embracing the awkward—those vulnerable, imperfect moments where growth takes root and connection deepens.

This is not a lecture, and it’s not your standard Nonviolent Communication training. This is a practice space: a lab for feeling, experimenting, and learning through the body.
Facilitated by Courtney Miller, relational facilitator and movement practitioner, and John Michael, master somatic coach, the session is carefully held so that participants can explore their edges while remaining grounded and safe.

Whether you avoid conflict at all costs or find yourself erupting under pressure, this is a space for you to grow. Let’s build the skills we need to truly live and love in community.

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BIO

Courtney Miller is a somatic therapist in training, movement facilitator, and community weaver based in Taos, NM. With over a decade immersed in the healing arts, she bridges psychotherapy, bodywork, contact improvisation, and ecotherapy to support personal and collective transformation. She leads workshops on relational embodiment and contact improv, and is currently completing her Master’s in Counseling. Courtney is passionate about helping people navigate discomfort with grace, and believes that learning to move skillfully through conflict is one of the most essential skills we can cultivate for thriving communities.

John Michael is passionate about  building conscious communities that embrace the full spectrum of human relationship, from life to death, and all the beautiful messiness in between!

He is a somatic educator, master somatic coach, Lifestories Choreographer and founder of the TRUSTLab. 

His study and immersion in somatics over the past 25 years, his longtime practice of meditation and his background in Aikido are a part of the richness he brings to transformational conflict.

Amber Rose​

IG @_healing.rose_

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Sol Sound Journey: Start Your Day Grounded

(60 min)

Immerse yourself in a restorative and centering experience to help realign your body's energy and natural rhythms. Let the soothing sounds of crystal singing bowls, tuning forks, voice, and a variety of acoustic instruments guide you into deep relaxation and reset.

Bring: Water bottle, mat, pillow, blanket, and anything else you need to feel warm, cozy, and comfortable (like crystals!).

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BIO

Amber Rose is an artist and healer by nature. She Discovered the powerful healing of sound in 2005.

She instantly felt a strong connection in her body the first time she experienced it. She heard a voice and calling to begin exploring the bowls. She started her journey playing the bowls in 2012, to heal from a traumatic car accident. Since then she has spent the last decade delving into sound healing, learning and practicing with various instruments from drums and vocal toning to chimes and tuning forks. Simultaneously she has been studying healing through other mediums like Thai and Ayurvedic massage, energy work, meditation and visual art throughout her life. Her broad background of healing modalities informs her approach to sound healing, as she creatively weaves her experience into each sound journey.

Bennet Black

Bennett Black is a founding member of Food Church and the Design School for Regenerating Earth. and an active collaborator of the Food Forest Movement. 

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​ Rainwater harvesting in the arid west

(90 minutes)

Description: We will explore the ongoing aridification of the Southwest and Southern Rockies through a lens of natural history and land-use practices, highlighting the central role of water in both regulating climate & weather / maintaining and restoring the health of our ecosystems. After a brief birds-eye overview of the challenges facing our bioregion, we will shift our focus to exploring solutions, highlighting the myriad ways in which harvesting rainwater with small-scale earthworks and low-tech erosion control methods can help us to revegetate our landscapes, fix our broken local hydrologies and prepare for the hotter and drier conditions expected in the coming decades. 

After setting the context we will walk the site, reading the landscape to identify patterns of erosion and ideal places for constructing a series of earthworks to slow, sink, and spread the flow of water through the site. Through utilizing different techniques and design considerations and a hands on demonstration of the process involved for siting, constructing and planting a series of rainwater harvesting earthworks, we hope to inspire and empower each other go forth and plant the rain in their home landscapes, claiming their birthright as land stewards and creating abundance for all in their wake.

Bioregional activation through intentional gathering : The portent and promise of regenerative festival

(60 minutes)

 Join us as we re-weave the illusory estranged threads of revelry and restoration! At the Gaia's Peerspective Circle Saturday morning.

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BIO

Bennett Black is a founding member of Food Church and the Design School for Regenerating Earth. and an active collaborator of the Food Forest Movement. 

He has been immersed in the landscapes of the west for several years, beginning his journey studying environmental science and permaculture in Colorado, with a focus on plant communities and cultural geography. With the deepening awareness of collapse that is the price of admission of an ecological education, he quickly became disillusioned with the urban environment and consumer culture of the front range, moving to Taos in 2018 to start living more deeply into the path of Earth regeneration. 

With a background in environmental science, natural building, and the culinary industry, Bennett strives to integrate the cultivation of thriving agro-ecosystems into local food economies and hopes to facilitate the bioregional conversation throughout his home landscape, infusing an awareness of place into the public consciousness at large. He is a lifelong devotee of the transformative power of movement and music, aspiring off-grid homesteader, and deeply passionate about the potential of intentional gatherings to prototype a new world and enact grassroots cultural change.

Chad Ross

Social Media:

FaceBook

IG @c.ross325

LinkedIn

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Intro to Taoist Yoga and Meditation

60 minutes

An introduction to qi building exercises as practiced within the Sahm Je Taoist tradition of Korea. Appropriate for all levels. Will include movement, stretching, breath work, and meditation. Please bring a mat; blocks and blanket optional. 

Bio

Born and raised in Montana, Chad has been drawn to Spirit since he could walk; introducing himself to a group of Tibetan monks at age 4 and receiving initiation into Indian and Tibetan traditions at age 12. 

A lifelong musician, practicing yoga since 1986; Chad completed BambooMoves teacher training in 2013 and has been sharing physical  practice, kirtan, sound journeys, and meditation since. 

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LollyBe

Social Media:

IG @lollybeempowerment

FB @lollybe.7

TT @lollybefree ​

Effective Communication 

60 minutes

  A discussion on “effective confrontation”, in this class we will review common approaches to conversations about social (in)justice  and consider how to successfully engage with others on serious topics such as climate change and “-isms”.

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BIO

Lolly Be is an indigenous climate activist, trained as a psychotherapist, who offers emotional support coaching virtually and enjoys citizen journalism on social media. She’s often out on the land with her dog in the mountains of New Mexico or visiting family outside of NYC. 

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Bonnie

Social Media:

IG @highdesertholistic​

South American Medicines in the Western World: Rapéh, Sananga & Kambô. 

Learn about the ceremonial and practical application of three three wonderful South American Medicines: Rapéh (ceremonial tobacco snuff), Sananga (healing eye drops) and Kambô (peptide-rich frog secretion). We will learn about the traditional and ceremonial uses of these medicines, alongside learning about the scientific and practical application for healing Western ailments in a western world that moves so fast. There will be an opportunity to be served rapéh sananga at the end of the workshop. We will also dive into the benefits of working with Kambô, a frog medicine stemming from the Amazonian rainforest. Kambô can be helpful and healing many physical ailments including Lyme and autoimmune conditions. 

Honeybee Venom Therapy: Liquid Sunshine: Honoring of the bee, and healing autoimmune conditions.  

Learn how the honey bee produces all of the medicines that we need to heal, not only our Earth but our bodies too! Bee venom has been proven to help heal Lyme disease and autoimmune conditions. Stemming from an ancient Japanese lineage bee venom has been used for centuries to heal different conditions in the body such as chronic pain, arthritis, and deep-seeded illness. Bee venom therapy can be applied to deepen our connection with Gaia, whilst bringing forth potent peptide healing from the composition of the bee venom. Live demonstration of bee venom therapy during workshop. Come hear what the buzz is all about.

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BIO

Bonnie Shields is a Taos resident focused on serving the community's healing, health, and well-being. She has spent much of her adult life refining her knowledge around natural peptide therapies, optimizing the body, cleansing and detox, root source illness, living water, and ceremonial refinement to help community heal not only physically, but spiritually, mentally, and emotionally. Bonnie is a certified bee venom therapist and beekeeper, and is also a certified kambô practitioner. While her main focus is to help those struggling with Lyme and autoimmune conditions find wholeness and healing, she also puts a large emphasis on physical, mental, and energetic cleansing within her community. She believes that working with both bee venom and kambô, known as natural peptide therapies, coupled with detox and cleanse protocols, whole foods and living water lifestyles can help to fortify immune systems and bring our community closer into balance, where everyone can be of service to the greater good of humanity. 

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Betsy Boots

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LightLanguage Activation Workshop

 90 mins 

Supporting each participant to open and access their unique channel to speak and sing in the language of spirit beyond our spoken language of words. Through meditation, movement, conversations beyond words and permission we will hold a safe playful reverent space to explore, welcoming  epic breakthroughs in connecting with the elementals, fae realms, spirits, ancestors. . . Whatever it might be in its organic unfolding in the alchemy of the moment,  it will be inspiring, embodied 

Genesis

Authentic Relating 

75 min

A guided authentic relating experience that bridges the physical and emotional self — helping you feel more grounded in your body and connected to your truth. Using nature-inspired relational games and somatic presence, we’ll move from grounded embodiment into deep connection with self and others.

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BIO

Genesis is a passionate facilitator and practitioner of authentic relating. With a background in mindfulness counseling and clinical psychology, Genesis brings a wealth of knowledge and a heart-centered approach to every event. 

Julian Laroza​​

Daoist QiGong

 90 mins 

Qigong is a vast an ancient Daoist practice that uses movement, breathing, visualization, and sound for healing and balancing the energy of ones body and environment. 

Much of it was kept secret for over a thousand years, and passed down by family members from one generation to the next. Qigong, or energy cultivation heals on all 4 levels: emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual. It has branches in Medical, Spiritual, and Martial practices. Tai-Chi Chuan is a self defense oriented branch of Qigong. 

Qigong is also the root of Chinese Medicine. By practicing daily we maintain health, balance, and vitality. Qi means energy and Gong means cultivation. It is analogous to working in a garden in which a seed is planted in the morning that thrives and blossoms as we continue our day in a mindful way, with gratitude and prayer. Qigong is a path to vitality and harmony. 

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BIO

Julian Laroza began practicing ethearic movements a long time ago and integrated a daily practice after studying Taichi at UNM through a Holistic Healing program. He enjoyed learning about Reiki, Kundalini Yoga, Chinese medicine, and Herbology, and continuously deepen his understanding of medicinal plants and fungi, and healing through movement, breath, visualization and sound. 

 He apprenticed in TCM for 4 years and In Curanderismo for 2 years.  He offers Reiki, Alpha Wave healing, Reflexology, Tui-Na, Auricular Acupuncture, Limpias, and many forms of healing based on South American indigenous traditions. It is my passion to keep ancient traditions alive through teaching, from one generation to another, and to help raise consciousness one soul at a time.  

Jim Graywolf

Shamanic Spirit Medicine for These Times of Change

This workshop shares some of these teachings in the nature-based ways passeddown to me by my grandmother and all my other teachers.We are facing changes at all levels of the physical and social environments in numbers and intensity
that have never before occurred. These shifts are global in nature and have been predicted by many
indigenous cultures for generations. This has led to high levels of fear, stress and illness. As we
face the causes of these destructive change symptoms, one set of tools we have available to lessen
or eliminate them are shamanically grounded in nature. Many indigenous elders have taught
shamanic methods to shift the pain of change into the joy of new beginnings and the doubt and fear
of chaos into the flowerbeds for the future.

Achieving Balance through Working with Mother Nature and Her Creatures

Jim will share some of the understanding behind working with Mother Nature, and especially Her
creatures, in expanding your personal spiritual envelope and practices.
Nature is the primary instructor in all shamanic teaching. Many of my teachers taught it is the
primary teacher in all spiritual and healing work as well. We will be working with the natural world in
this session in ways most conducive to coming into a powerful alignment with the natural world. In
past offerings of this work, some attendees have had their animal totem appear, others have begun
to understand how one works to speak with the animals and still others have strongly bonded with
the Standing People - the trees. Others moved into a deeper understanding of nature and felt
complete with that. Come with an open heart.

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BIO

Jim Greywolf Petruzzi: Romany gypsy and United Western Lenape heritage
He has lived with and learned from indigenous elders of many cultures for forty years. All were
identified as medicine people by their communities and many as shamans as well. He teaches what he has learned so others can welcome their own healing, change and spiritual growth and be ready to also serve others.