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ALisa Starkweather |
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 ALisa Starkweather is the visionary and founder of the conference. She is the founder of the women’s mystery school, Priestess Path Apprenticeship, Daughters of the Earth Gatherings, the Red Tent Temple Movement and co-founder of Women in Power. She has three CD’s, Women Rise Up, Daughter of the Earth and Calling Us Home. ALisa is a certified Shadow work facilitator and women’s empowerment trainer for 24 years. She is excited to celebrate the 11th year of this wonderful gathering among women. email:
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Sheri Winston |
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 Sheri Winston is a medical professional, sexuality educator and author who is on a mission to transform our culture's attitudes about sex. As a Teacher of Wholistic Sexuality & founder of the Center for Wholistic Sexuality, Sheri delights in offering her wide & varied curriculum of Erotic Education & Intimate Arts classes and workshops for men and women, singles and partners. She also facilitates Wholistic Sexuality retreats, presents at conferences and gatherings, and offers professional training programs. She travels the country spreading her vision of transformative, healthy, fabulous Wholistic Sexuality and inspiring folks to have a lot more fun! Sheri also offers private Wholistic Sexuality and Wholistic Gynecology Consultations. Sheri's extensive background includes being a Certified Nurse-Midwife, Gynecology Practitioner, Registered Nurse, Health Educator and Massage Therapist as well as a writer and artist. For articles, information, FREE downloadable ebooks, newsletter and more, please visit SheriWinston.com. |
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Julie Woods |
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 Julie Woods ~ It seems that my labels keep changing as I keep growing! ;-))) Currently, I'm standing in being an "Urban BlissShaman". As I prance my own path, I'm sharing my lessons with -- and learning wonderful lessons from -- every soul I encounter. I continue to revel in the privilege and pleasure of expressing my love for growth in my own life in a way that, I hope, can inspire others to find health and healing for themselves. Through music, painting, dance, percussion, and -- of course -- vocals, I learn and share in ways that exponentially open me into places of love and service. Although it sounds like tofu-yogurt-and-birkenstocks talk, I really do believe that, ultimately, we're all expressions of The One. The Belly and Womb Conference is one of the few places that I teach because it's one of the few places filled with those who listen with heart, center creativity, AND head. As always, thank you for your generosity in helping me joyously bring forth ever-evolving ways to empower my self, our shared communities, and the world. |
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Mother Turtle aka Marsia Shuron Harris |
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 Mother Turtle
Deep Belly Dreamer, Musician, Evolving Woman
Mother Turtle is a singer, songwriter and musician who has been performing her original music since the early 90's. Her voice is distinctive and her music is said to be, “...soulful enough to inspire even the most cynical bastard to dance.” (Northeast Performer Magazine) Over the last year, Mother has begun facilitating a class on “The Stories We Tell Ourselves,” where she helps women uncover and discard the unhealthy stories they are carrying. She uses her original music, meditation, writing and ritual, to take you on a journey of self-discovery. Women leave her having written new stories to hold and to grow into, that not only effects their own lives, but also the lives of others. “After a series of Sweat Lodges, I received the guidance that I was to help women let go of their old “moldy” stories. The stories that they have carried too long, that have caused them pain, and have stopped them from pursuing their dreams and creating happiness for themselves. I taught the first class at Daughter’s of the Earth last year and now know this is a path I will stay on. I am humbled and amazed by the strength and willingness of the women to dive deep, to change, heal and grow. I am convinced that WE ARE the Women, and now IS the time for us all to access the power in our bellies, and rid ourselves of what no longer serves us. This single act alone will indeed create change in the world.” Mother T.
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Chaya Leia Sylvia |
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 Chaya Leia Sylvia, RN, BSN is a Registered Nurse, a Practitioner of the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal MassageTM, as well as a long-time dancer and yoga practitioner. In her quest for personal health, Belly Dance and Maya Abdominal MassageTM have been two of the key components. She has studied belly dance with a variety of teachers, including Felicia Malachite of Northampton, MA, Zafira Dance Company (Philadelphia), Naraya of Vadalna Dance Company (Boston) and Sera Solstice of Solstice Studios (NYC). She has studied Cabaret, American Tribal Style (ATS), as well as Tribal Fusion. She danced with Vadalna Tribal Dance Company until recently and is now embarking on new adventures in dance and movement. Chaya studied Maya Abdominal Massage with Rosita Arvigo (Belize).
Chaya is deeply committed to the healing of the wombs, through movement and healing touch. She is available for private belly dance instruction and group classes as well as Maya Abdominal Massage sessions in both Cambridge and Northampton.
www.purplerosehealingarts.com |
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Vadalna Tribal Dance Co |
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 Nationally acclaimed NYC troupe Vadalna Tribal Dance Co. is reborn in Boston with new dancers and a new vision oriented towards the transformation society through movement in a never ending dance where both the spiritual and the elemental/physical combine. In the spirit of the Sanskrit word for "change," which lends them their name, Vadalna walks a continually shifting line between contrasting elements, melding Middle Eastern Movement and rhythms with hip-hop and beats of the electronic underground, the ancient with the ultra-modern. For more information visit: www.vadalna.com
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Diane MacDonald |
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Diane MacDonald, MSN, APRN is a NH Licensed, Nationally Certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Kripalu certified Yoga Teacher. She has been a practitioner of Dr. Rosita Arvigo’s modality since the early 90’s working with woman and families in her private practice. She is the coordinator for Dr Arvigo’s programs, and teaches Self Care and Professional Level Courses under the Arvigo Institute. Diane travels and teaches extensively through the US, England and Belize and maintains her private practice in Peterborough, NH. |
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Janet Farnsworth |
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 Janet Farnsworth, MA, LSW, is a licensed social worker and an experienced dance and movement teacher who has worked with individuals, families and groups. Formally trained in group facilitation and psychodrama, she also has extensive dance experience in New York and Boston, and with the Doug Wood Dance Ensemble in Chicago.
Janet’s practice, Dancing to MySelf, is a model of open and non-evaluative dance which honors each woman's instinctive response to music – simply moving in a way that feels right – as a means of connecting to one’s highest and deepest wisdom. She is dedicated to promoting the use of dance and movement as pathways to healing and empowerment. Janet currently facilitates a variety of dance journeys for children, families, disabled seniors, and adults around Boston. A mother of two, she is also deeply committed to the beautiful, messy, seemingly impossible task of self-growth — and to leading a life guided by Spirit. |
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Venus Zephyr |
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 Venus Zephyr is an Artist, Activist, Poet, Herbalist, Plant Spirit Practitioner and Mama of the sweetest baby girl Sela Jade. Venus is dedicated to empowering women and resurrecting our power with art as both a tool and a weapon to bring us forward to The Well of our deep seated wisdom. Venus explores this vision through spoken word, inspired creation, dreaming, dance and women's mystery work.
Through a deep exploration of the green world Venus brings both inherent and acquired wisdom of plant medicine and healing to her practice. A graduate of both Blazing Star Herbal School and The Partner Earth Education Center, Wise Woman Herbalism and Plant Spirit Healing blend seamlessly into each formula, creation and manifestation of Venus' practice. Venus also practices the ancient art of Spiritual Plant Bathing, imparting her intuitive wisdom with the teachings of Rocio Alarcon(Ecuador), Rosita Arvigo(Belize) and her Plant Spirit Teacher Pam Montgomery into this beautiful healing technique. Venus is available for group herbal discussions, private herbal consultations and spiritual bathing/plant healing ceremonies for births, weddings, rites of passage moon rituals and compassionate healing workings. Contact Venus @
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Alisa Wright Tanny |
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   Alisa Wright Tanny is an Integrative Movement Therapist and Movement Intuitive. She holds a Masters Degree in Expressive Arts Dance Movement Therapy and is a certified Pilates Instructor, Embody Yoga Advanced Teacher and Infant Developmental Movement Educator. During the past eight years Alisa has extensively studies and assists teaching with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, founder of the School for Body-Mind Centering, approaching the embodiment process form a cellular consciousness. Alisa's approach to supporting and listening to the body is transmitted with a strong compassionate and loving emphasis on balancing the body's natural expression of organic fluid rhythms, nervous system and glandular chakra tone, and muscular skeletal structural alignment. Alisa's presence provides the space and safety for inquiry and exploration, transformation and integration, and joyful embodied empowerment. Alisa has been teaching dance, movement education and rehabilitation for over 30 years. She has a private practice in Western Massachusetts where she specializes in working with children and women with specialized health needs. www.embodimentstudio.com |
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