Maryam Hasnaa

Raised by two parents who are spiritual teachers, Maryam Hasnaa has been immersed in a world of mysticism, ceremony and celebration since before she was born. An initiated Priestess, Energy Worker and a Flower Practitioner, she has found her calling in offering training and mentorship for those with the trait of high sensitivity.

Maryam Hasnaa has learned the importance of living in alignment with one’s intuition and most authentic self. She uses her etheric gifts to remind other beings of the vibrational, energetic nature of this universe. The key elements of her work include a depth of knowledge and experience within a diverse range of esoteric spiritual traditions and cosmic cosmology.

As a clear channel, Maryam is experienced in working with the Elemental kingdom, the angelic realms, plant medicine, metaphysical law, embodied ceremony, sound healing and is a keeper of Star medicine. She specializes in ascension guidance, as well as helping other beings honor their soul’s blueprint within the divine plan. Maryam Hasnaa incorporates ancient wisdom as well as cutting edge information to intuitively teach in a way that will awaken wholeness and create deep transformational healing. Through shining her light so brightly her intention is that others will see themselves reflected and do the same.

Dr.Jacqui

​Dr. Jacqui, ND is a mixed Indigenous Yakama, Irish, + East European Plant Medicine person, Naturopathic Doctor, and Birth Worker with a passion for connecting others to their Medicine, Ancestors, the Land + Stars for deep healing. Rekindling this remembrance you have deep in your Bones of who you are. Helping us to remember our sense of belonging, and awakening our gifts & responsibilities at this time. You, in joy + your most aligned self, are vital to the times we are in. Dr. Jacqui's teachings are rooted in traditional knowledge, direct communication with the Plants, Dreamwork, many human teachers + guides (as shared within courses & monographs, some from books and in person teachers), as well as their Naturopathic Doctorate background. Walking in her Ancestor's footsteps, a conduit between the Earth and Stars. Bringing forth Medicine & Teachings for healing, reclaiming and remembering. Join Jacqui in remembering your connection the Plants, the Land, and reclaiming your Medicine + Gifts.

ASIA SULER

Asia Suler is a writer, teacher, earth intuitive and ecological philosopher who lives in the folds of the Blue Ridge Mountains. She is the founder of One Willow Apothecaries, an Appalachian-grown company that offers handcrafted herbal medicines and educational experiences in herbalism, animism, ancestral healing and earth-centered personal growth. Asia has guided over 20,000 students in 70+ countries through her immersive online programs. With her writings and teachings, Asia helps people embrace their own unique medicine through a joyful engagement with the natural world. Her first book, Mirrors in the Earth: Reflections on Self-Healing from the Living World will be published in summer 2022.

BINT AL-SHALABIYA

Bint is an interdisciplinary artist and experimental musician whose work is centered on the reclamation and revival of the desecrated feminine from the lands of her ancestries. Drawing heavily on a rigorous early childhood training in Islamic art and religion, combined with a decade of study as an Initiate and student of Sufi and Hermetic theurgy—her work explores contemporary applications of traditional esoteric + cultural technologies through performance, folk and sound art. She occasionally presents, teaches and podcast hosts about the occult, metaphysics and other culturally fringe traditions from across the Muslim diaspora.

In this virtually hands-on presentation, we will dive into the herstory and significance of the henna plant (Lawsonia inermis), native to many African, Indo-Pak and SWANA (decolonial term for the Middle East = SW Asian + N African) regions. We will be looking at it’s dyeing and medicinal herbal properties as historically used by women for millennia in ritual, gatherings and ceremonial rites. We will discuss the cultural significance of henna in today’s world before exploring how it could be used ritually in the context of witchcraft/occult applications. Recipes, resources and demonstrations of basic application techniques will help all in attendance get started. Bint has been working with the henna plant for over 20 years, both as a professional artist and in the recent decade–ritually.

Wali Via

The theme of Wali’s life has been cultivating his spiritual relationship with Nature. Professionally, he farmed biodynamically for 45 years, until his retirement in 2016. He has followed the Sufi path of Hazrat Inayat Khan since 1978 and serves the Inayatiyya Order in a number of roles. He is currently the Vice President of Ziraat, one of the 7 Activities of the Inayatiyya. Ziraat is a path that fosters the realization of our interconnectedness with the web of life and helps bring understanding to our soul’s journey and our responsibility as Earth citizens. He is a senior teacher within the Inayatiyya Inner (Esoteric) School, a retreat guide, and minister of Universal Worship. Wali enjoys backpacking, climbing mountains, kayaking, and playing with his grandchildren.

TAGANYAHU SWABY

Taganyahu Swaby's experience working with trauma has been an extensive part of his career. In & outside of the clinic his focus has been on designing methods to alleviate trauma and addiction. He specializes in pain management through his acupuncture practice at clinics in the five boroughs. Having had firsthand experience with autoimmune illnesses he has had success treating Ulcerative Colitis & Crohn's. Insomnia, Psoriasis, Eczema, Menstrual Irregularities, Depression, Thyroid Issues, Digestive Disorders and more. Having worked with children for years & being a parent he has treated his children and other children.

Swaby began studying acupuncture after years of training Qi Gong and Tai Qi Chuan, two forms of internal martial arts that, along with acupuncture, share the principle of “qi,” or life force, as their foundation. His experience of cultivating “qi” inspired him to learn more about its healing applications. Alongside providing acupuncture treatment, Swaby empowers patients to heal themselves by teaching patients practices to be performed on their own time to improve their health and wellbeing.

MIRIAM PERETZ

Miriam Peretz is an internationally celebrated dancer who has devoted her life to empowering and healing women through the art of dance, ritual practice and community building. Over the course of her lifetime career, she has developed two signature dance format’s, Nava Dance and Integral Dance. Nava Dance is rooted in Miriam’s extensive training in Central Asian dance, however also integrates devotional whirling and mystical practices from her personal spiritual path. Integral Dance is a holistic practice weaving together contemporary dance, somatics, martial arts, and cross-cultural/cross-religious themes.  Both formats embrace Miriam’s belief in the potential of movement and dance to facilitate physical, spiritual, and emotional healing. Her love of dance has led her on an extraordinary life-long journey in search for ways to use the arts as a bridge between people of different backgrounds and spiritual traditions.  Miriam sees dance as a uniquely powerful means of expressing deep emotion and spiritual yearning, and therefore the perfect embodiment of prayer.

Miriam Peretz is a life-long dancer devoted to creating transformational experiences for her students and audiences worldwide.  Over the past twenty years her signature dance style has spread across continents through her dance collective Nava, and through the intensive training’s she offers internationally.  Miriam’s unique style draws heavily on Central Asian dance, devotional whirling practices, and sacred dance rituals from around the world.  Miriam’s work consistently weaves dance with embodied spirituality and devotion, drawing on her personal practice as a dervish and background as a child of mystics. Miriam’s love of dance has led her on a life long journey in search for ways to use the arts as a bridge between people of different backgrounds and spiritual traditions.  She sees dance as a uniquely powerful means of expressing deep emotion and spiritual yearning, and therefore the perfect embodiment of prayer. 

DANIELA RIOJAS

Daniela Riojas is a ceremonialist, medicine keeper, an artist and musician as well as a seer and a channel. Her Indigenous ancestry is connected to The Coahuiltecans of northern Mexico as well as the Mexica. As a multidisciplinary artist she has been creating artworks in direct response to her explorations of her Indigenous ancestry and also calling upon the historical information of sacred lands. On her path as a medicine keeper, every aspect of who she is and what she creates has been in some shape or form the practice in channeling her visions and frameworks of consciousness informed by these medicines. Her path of service lies not only in communing with Mother Nature, but also undergoing trainings and initiations with Indigenous elders who have been guiding her in the process of facilitation and healing in ceremonial space. She has been under the guidance of elders in Nayarit Mexico as well as elders of the jungles of Peru who are Cocama, Shipibo, Ashaninka and Mestizo. She is in service to the spirits of each medicine, her ancestors, her descendants, and every individual who sits at her altar to commune with and tap into the wisdom that is available to all of us through their guidance.

ADRIANA AYALES

Adriana is rainforest herbalist, medicine maker, educator, and lady-behind-the-curtain at large over at Anima Mundi. She was born and raised in Costa Rica and has extensively studied several healing traditions, alongside master herbalists and shamans for 13+ years. She started Anima Mundi in Brooklyn NY as a means to bridging ancient remedies to the modern world. Her heart is to continuously create a farm to pharmacy experience that not only creates a sustainable system of healing, but contains within its core the pursuit to wholeness. She’s devoted to sourcing from honest farmers, wildcrafters and from indigenous peoples when possible, to alchemize and create truly high vibrational medicines for the mind, body and soul. She believes that by preserving ancient forms of indigenous botany, we keep alive a very sacred aspect to our source.

KENNETH JOVER

​Kenneth Jover is a bridge-being and a master practitioner of several energetic traditions. Ken was initiated into the world of the healing arts at a tender age of 3 by his grandmother. She transmitted to Ken a living tradition of ceremony, healing and embodiment, awakening in him the courage required to live a life dedicated to spiritual transformation. At the age of 5, Ken accepted the charge, which has guided most of his life: embody the ancient teachings and create a healing system to guide the modern practitioner. The practices Ken offers are a synthesis of ancient lineages and trauma informed interventions, harnessed to offer the quick path for transformation.