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Judy Bluehorse Skelton
Judy Bluehorse Skelton, of Nez Perce and Cherokee heritage, is an herbalist and prolific educator who shares her traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and healing. Judy lectures at the National College of Naturopatic Medicine and Portland State University. She was named Indian Educator of the Year in Oregon 2006. [read more]
Sobonfu Some
Sobonfu Some is the founder of Ancestors Wisdom Spring; her name means "Keeper of Rituals" from her tribe in West Africa, was recognized by village elders as possessing special gifts from birth, and was fostered by early education in ritual and initiation for her life's work. Sobonfu now travels the world conducting workshops on [read more]
Cascade Anderson Geller
Cascade Anderson Geller, an herbalist for over 30 years, has many years experience teaching and lecturing across the country- including 13 years instructing the botanical medicine curriculum at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine and establishing the botanical medicine programs at Bastyr and Southwest College [read more]
Carol Gray
Carol Gray is both a Craniosacral Therapist and a Midwife. Carol is a pioneer - integrating
Craniosacral Therapy into prenatal care, postpartum care and the birth place. Carol has been a therapeutic bodyworker and educator for over 18 years, a Birthing From Within Instructor for over 10 years, and has been attending births for [read more]
Sandy Wand
Sandy, Midwife and Energy Healer, has been delivering babies for over 30 years. Sandy has also studied, worked, and taught energy medicine with Donna Eden and has had her own energy medicine practice for nearly 20 years now. This unique combination of skills in both the physical and subtle awareness in birth is what makes [read more]
Elena Vladimirova
Elena (Tonetti) Vladimirova is internationally known for her work with water birth and her movies "Birth Into Being" and "Birth as We Know It" which reveal her experiences and insights as a midwife organizing birth camps and delivering babies in the Black Sea with dolphins. In 1981 she began working with waterbirth pioneer, [read more]
Jacqueline Hope Medford , CPM
Hope Medford is the founder of and facilitator for the Artemis Institute. She is a Midwife (CPM), artist, drummer, bodyworker and community education organizer. She has worked locally and internationally as midwife at Mother Tree Birth Services, the African Birth Collective, Andaluz Waterbirth Center, and Huari Women's [read more]
Shanti Shivani
Shanti Shivani will bring us an experience of the Yoga of Sound combined with techniques of movement and opening which she learned in her work with the internationally known Frederick Leboyer (Birth Without Violence), teaching natural [read more]
Mara Freidman
Mara Freidman, of New Moon Visions, is well known for her powerful paintings embodying the feminine spirit which have been published nationally. Mara is co-founder of STREAM School of Art (Sisters Together Rejoicing in Expressive [read more]
Eneyda Spradlin-Ramos
Eneyda Spradlin-Ramos, Homebirth Assistant, Licensed Massage Therapist, BA in Human Resources, was born in Managua, Nicaragua. Eneyda has been a speaker at International Midwfery Today Conferences since 2001.Eneyda has been [read more]
Patricia Anne Davis , MA, WSD
Patricia Davis is an indigenous Native American Elder of the Choctaw and Dinee tribes, whose ceremonial name means "one who greets the enemy with peace" or "Peacemaker. Taught by her father who was a healer, Patricia has designed a [read more]
Jesse Remer Henderson , CD (DONA), LCCE
Jesse Henderson, co-founder of Mother Tree Birth Services, certified doula trainer (DONA) and mentor, MamActivist, and certified Lamaze instructor. Through her important work with Mother Tree, she has formed a strong [read more]
Suzanne Shaw
Suzanne Shaw is a nutritionist and co-director of the Asian Healing Arts and the Integrative Nutrition program at Heartwood Institute. She has studied in the field of nutrition and health for over 20 years. Her writings have been [read more]
Tina Lilly
Tina Lilly is a Yoga Instructor and Certified Doula. She is the co-creator of The Yoga Way to Birth course - a birth preparation course for couples that is based on the traditions of yoga and mindfulness. She is the facilitator of Birth Rehearsal [read more]
La Shelle Charde
La Shelle Charde, masters in Psychology, is a counselor and Compassionate Non-Violent Communication (NVC) certified trainer. LaShelle teaches techniques to connect with yourself, so you can effectively connect and communicate with [read more]
Tami Kent, MSPT
With a MA in physical therapy and the ability to read energetic patterns of the body, Tami provides a bridge between the realms of modern medicine and traditional women's wisdom. She guides women in receiving the wisdom of their bodies and [read more]
Thérèse Yakshi Charvet
Thérèse Yakshi Charvet currently owns Sacred Groves on Bainbridge Island and is the primary facilitator of ceremonies, circles and classes offered there. She has been a nurse, a practicing midwife doing home and clinic births in Kitsap County, and [read more]
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