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Return to the Mother
July 23 - July 26, 2020
Alison Sinatra
Summer Deaver
Dr. Kelly Jennings
Natavi Orion
Jessica Caplan
Miguel Mendez
Rochelle Schieck
Jill Pettijohn
Lynn Schauwecker
Space Guardians
ScheduleThursday, July 23rd
ABOUT THE TEACHERs
Alison Sinatra
Alison Sinatra has been leading women's retreats for over 20 years. Her mission is to help people connect to spirit through their body. Return of the Mother was born out of Return of the Queen a retreat for over 50 plus women that was co-created to facilitate healing through a mu...
Summer Deaver
Summer Deaver is an artist, yogi and mom, who has led yoga and meditation retreats, trainings and classes in NYC and abroad since 2002. She continues in what has been a 13 year study and practice in the Dzogchen Buddhist Tradition, mindfulness in schools movement, along with tr...
Dr. Kelly Jennings
Dr Kelly Jennings is informed by 15 years of ceremony and ritual with indigenous grandmothers and healers from the Mayan, Meshica, Lakota, Shipibo and Quechua traditions. She's been given the blessing to share these healing practices with the community. She leads ancestral women'...
Natavi Orion
Natavi Orion is a music maker, community weaver, and queer artist opening hearts and building resilience through his work. Practiced in shamanic arts of the Americas and pagan traditions of indigenous Europe, he works with sound, the elements, and magic to create rituals o...
Jessica Caplan
Jessica Caplan is a vocalist, sound healer, yogi and mother who weaves together music, movement and sound arts to create transformative experiences that awaken compassion and connectivity. Whether engaging with large groups or individuals, her prayer is to facilitate heart-center...
Miguel Mendez
Miguel Mendez, also known as the “Plant Yogi Chef”, is known in South and North America for his active role in personal development as a wellness counselor, teacher, and healer. His expansive knowledge integrates Kundalini yoga, meditation, nutrition, Ayurveda, indigenous ...
Rochelle Schieck
Rochelle Schieck is the founder of Qoya, a movement system based on the idea that through movement, we remember our essence is wise, wild and free. Drawing on the wisdom of yoga, the wildness of dance, and the freedom of feminine movement, Qoya helps people feel the feelings ins...
Jill Pettijohn
Jill is a nutritional health expert and chef of life. She has been referred to as a shaman of food. Her goal is to inspire change in those who are willing to take that extra step and make the necessary changes to become a better version of themselves, using all of her professiona...
Lynn Schauwecker
With an extensive fundraising and marketing background, Lynn began working for Tibet House US in 1999 in Development as well as heading up the Annual Tibet House US Benefit Auction. In 2004 she organized the Global Women’s Gathering at Menla which initiated the International Co...
Space Guardians
Early-day collaborators and longtime friends of Alison Sinatra, Kayti Haugh, Alison Baenen, and Shea Lord-Farmer work behind — and occasionally in front — of the scenes to make these weekends a success....
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