YOur Facilitators and guides
Christina Della Iacono: VOICE ACTIVATION CEREMONY
Christina experienced a vocal rebirth after being initiated as a song carrier by a Cherokee/Taíno/Choctaw healer and now channels New Earth medicine songs unique to the listener. As a sound priestess and voice midwife, she helps others activate their authentic voice. As a ceremonialist, she holds space for others to reconnect to their soul essence, heart wisdom, and physical bodies--integrating at all levels. As a pole dance instructor and sacred twerkshop facilitator, she invites people home to the remembrance of sacred sexuality, womb wisdom, sensual movement, pleasure, and playfulness. She aspires to help awaken the Angel in every heart so we may experience Collective Liberation here now. You can learn more about her story and offerings at www.gaia-sophia.com
Reconnect to your soul essence and activate the throat chakra through tones, chants, & primal sounds. This intuitively guided journey may include elements of guided meditation, visualization, inner child healing, medicine song bath, & shamanic drumming.
Hunter pruett
I am a military veteran, a student of agriculture at the University of Georgia, a lover of the land, and fueled by mycelium daily.
Middle Georgia Mushroom is an all-natural Mushroom farm out of Macon, Georgia. We provide gourmet and medicinal mushrooms to all of our friends in the Middle Georgia area. We provide education to multiple elementary schools throughout the state and we are the primary mycology instructor for a veteran healing program. Our workshops consist of basic mushroom 101, wild cloning, identification, and sacred healing. Our teachings open the eyes to the organism and how humans live symbiotically with the fungi kingdom.
jennifer parsons
What is Qigong?
Qigong can be described as a mind-body-spirit practice that improves one's mental and physical health by integrating posture, movement, breathing technique, self-massage, sound, and focused intent.
Qi Gong opens the flow of energy in meridians used in acupuncture and Chinese medicine. It enhances our ability to feel the Life Force underlying the physical world and to deepen our communication with it. Thousands of studies have shown Qi Gong effective in helping to heal life challenges ranging from high blood pressure and chronic illness to emotional frustration, mental stress, and spiritual crisis.
Jennifer Parsons, LAc, LMT is a Licensed Acupuncturist and a specialist in the treatment of pain, injury, and stress. She uses Acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, Tai Qi (Chi), Qi Gong, and many types of manual therapies to safely and effectively restore balance in order to help others heal themselves and prevent future disease.
Hive elixir bar
We invite you to come play with your senses in The Hive Botanical Experience, as we playfully invite the spirits of herbal and botanical allies into our body, mind + spirit. Through herbal energetics + actions and a multi-sensory mocktail menu, we’ve crafted a Botanical Experience Elixir Bar to connect you to the rhythm of the plant world. Hydrating any healing journey.
Hive Holistics believes the human connection to plants can heal more than just our bodies, minds + spirits. We believe our relationship to botanicals helps heal the planet. In this, We focus on organic, local + Wildharvested herbs + fungi to bring forward a fresh and invigorating healing journey in alignment with Earth.
Local Farms we Support:
Bella Vita Mushrooms
Gowin Farms
Local Leaf Botanica
Space Barn Mushroom Farm
CASEY WILLIAMS
The Journey of the Phoenix
Casey Williams is a certified educator and a life enthusiast. He has served as a facilitator for young adults, coached basketball on the high school and middle school level, and currently teaches about the state of Georgia. With a deep passion for transforming hearts and minds, come and enjoy an intentional journey of affirmations, songs, and compassion.
The flow of this class is to align with the divine idea of all consciousness. Taking you a journey of the Pheonix through breathe work, mindfulness, and songs.
SEJ BIR: Authentic reading
JUSTIN AMOS: Demystifing Mushrooms: Intro to Mycology
ROYAL T: Flowlesque
Royal Tee (she/they) is a multifaceted creatrix, inviting artists and audiences to dive deep into their inner worlds to lift the veil on their dreams and desires. Performing professionally for the past 12 years in theatre, music, and burlesque, Royal understands the key roles of the artist, both collaboratively and individually. As a facilitator & space holder, Royal utilizes the tools of meditation, reiki, embodiment, burlesque and ecstatic movement to build a foundation of self-regulation and pleasure through radical self-expression, building the bridge of inner connection and collective healing.
Flowlesque is a sensation based movement meditation where you will be guided through somatic, sensual, and ecstatic practices that will help shake our bodies free from oppressive systems & limiting beliefs, to connect back into our Divine Sovereignty, and to flow with ease. Designed with all bodies and genders in mind, this workshop invites you to build a bridge between the body, mind, and soul through sensual movement.
Drop into deep presence and connection to self and others. This 15 minute guided exercise is an invitation to shed the layers of fear, doubt, and anxiety in social settings. In this practice, we are reminded that we are all LOVE wanting to give and receive back what we truly are at our core and essence - love.
This is a guided eye gazing experience that will lead all into a pure mirroring as we come home to the remembrance that we are infinitely loved and Infinitely free.
We are One.
Join Hara and Cody for a 90 minute sound bath experience in the forest yurt. This is an opportunity to unwind and go inward guided by the relaxing sounds of gong, live vocals, chimes, crystal bowls, tibetan bowls, rainstick, ocean drum, native american flute, hand drum and sounds of the forest.
Hara is an event coordinator, womb continuum educator, folk herbalist, healing arts facilitator and mother. She has formal training in hatha yoga, sound healing, trauma-informed facilitation, health and nutrition and more. Hara enjoys weaving her many interests into community oriented events where people feel safe to be themselves, co-create and celebrate life.
Cody Maria is one of the co-founders of the Stewards Carnival, a Father, Thai body worker, movement facilitator, trauma informed space holder, owner of Stonehaven metaphysical in Rome Ga, event coordinator, and ecstatic dance DJ @MagiMusic: https://on.soundcloud.com/tR2kBeqiQHzob5wP6
He has taught various forms of Yoga in the past and more recently various embodiment practices including somatic inquiry, polyvagal theory and nervous system regulation. Both as a DJ and a space holder his goal is to create safe spaces that inspire others to dive deep into their own inner healer, ignite creative expression and access their primordial nature through the synergy of dance, movement and sound.
STella: somatic journey
Hara and cody: sound bath
The Body Stories Workshop blends a variety of somatic and energetic healing modalities to encourages exploration and communication of the body’s wisdom and stored energy. By mapping our personal body stories and traveling with our breath, hands, and feet we can tap into our body IQ and unlock and the stories that are asking to be witnessed, felt and transformed.
Stella specializes as a medical medium, vibroacoustic sound therapist, energy worker and is a professional performance artist. Stella is an award-winning entertainer for her vocal/celebrity impressions, comedy and dance and is known for her love for retro music and her clever parodies and satire song writing. Stella has created a platform for gift-giving singing telegrams for all occasions and continues to keep vintage music in the spotlight through her private and public events and is she is thrilled to be bringing her special serenades to the carnival.
#stellavintagevocalist
Along my path studying biology, discovering the vastness and beauty of Mushrooms and Fungi has been the highlight of my work. The world of Mushrooms can be intimidating to jump into for a multitude of reasons; the names are hard to remember, 70% of them look the same, and some of them are cute as a button with massive amounts neurotoxins. The list goes on.
But never fear! I've devoted the last few years of my life to the study of fungi and how to make Mycology approachable. With my help, we will open up a door to a wonderful world of mushrooms, and you will leave with a new found love for fungus. "
TREVOR STRICKLAND: MINDFULNESS WORKSHOP
Join us as we explore the mechanisms responsible for reinforcing habitual patterns of reactivity. We will learn how we can use mindfulness to break habitual patterns, develop new habits, develop equanimity and wisdom, regulate our nervous system, and make choices that align with what is really important to us.
The workshop will include:
-An introduction to the Co-Emergent Model of Reinforcement developed by Dr.Bruno Cayoun derived from the 5 aggregates in Buddhist psychology
-Experiential learning opportunities, and mindfulness practice
-Depending on time and collective interests, we will get nerdy with the neuroscience of Minduflness by exploring the anticorrelated systems of the Default Mode Network and The Central Executive Network, and their mediators- the Salience Network.
-Information about Mindfulness integrated Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and how to get started.
We are excited to welcome back our dear friend Sam Thurmond to our lineup of facilitators. Sam is a talented artist, Bodyworker, and teacher. Sam will be relaying an introductory version of self-percussion for the whole body, along with breathing techniques. The technique and philosophy are intended to gently awaken, and relate with, the physical and energetic body.
Sam Thurmond: ENERGY EXPERIENCE
Salua Rivero: Sacred Plant Medicine Workshop
In this workshop, we will discuss how to reclaim a relationship with the natural world through plant medicine history, education, ceremony and communion. This class will discuss traditional indigenous knowledge and the globalization of sacred plants such as cacao, tobacco and others. We will discuss how to create medicine with plants through the power of intention, prayer, ritual and ceremony. We will discuss how to work with the elements: earth, air, fire and water to create a ceremonial container to connect with plants and how to make sure that we are sourcing, harvesting and respecting the plants we are consuming.
Alexandra EntheoRose
Nature’s Awakening Agents: Nature-Relatedness + Classic Psychedelics
In this workshop Alexandra EntheoRose, will guide participants through the world of nature-relatedness and its intimate interaction with classic psychedelics. We will begin with a sensory meditation tuned into the natural world in and around us, leading into a practical understanding of how to evaluate one’s connection to nature and the influence agents of change, classic psychedelics, may have upon it. Alexandra sprinkles in knowledge and conclusions from her undergraduate thesis on Nature-Relatedness, Mystical Experience, and Classic Psychedelics. In the hopes of leaving participants with a greater context for nature-relatedness in their personal existence and a global application for expanding nature-relatedness and understanding of psychedelics.
Clara moon: SACRED SCRIPTING
Reclaim your story through the Art of Sacred Scripting
Sacred Scripting bridges the ancient art of storytelling, writing, & calligraphy into a creative writing workshop to uncover your inner language & reclaim stories through the written word. As a creative writing guide, we will journey together as a group through different writing prompts & exercises to activate transmissions from your heart and soul. At the end of every workshop we open the container for intimacy and heart-sharing of what each prompt highlighted for each participant in our storytelling portion. Sacred Scripting reclaims our highest truths through manifestation writing, where we can step into our divine design by actively co-creating & scripting the masterpiece of our lives. Sacred Scripting is a potent tool to step out of our self-limiting belief systems and frolic in the fields & meadows of our creativity for a few hours together. This workshop is highly connective and open to all levels of creativity & skill.
LIZ BLISS: Tigress Embodiment Workshop
Join The Ecstatic Tigress for a workshop to inspire unbridled expression! The Tigress Embodiment Workshop is a space of exploration to come to a deeper belonging of self and radical ecstatic expression through kundalini breathwork, movement, and embodiment practices. In order to discover how beautiful our stripes are, we must first have the courage and bravery to face what is blocking us from standing proud in our own skin. This workshop aims to assist us with that courage so we can roar with pride.
Liz Bliss, known as The Ecstatic Tigress, has a mission to unlock authentic radical expression. Through holding spaces of ritual, breathwork, meditation, and dancing; all free from shame and judgment, Liz assists in exploring each individual's creative gifts and connection to their core essence.
BALA: LIVING A LIFE OF DEVOTION AND SURRENDER
Bala is a Bhakti yogi and lives a life of devotional practices that support him fully in co-creating and stewarding Just Love Forest. Come learn more about kirtan, the practice of singing devotional mantras as a way to stay connected to purpose greater than desires of your mind and ego. He’ll teach about the Hanuman Chalisa and the Indian Saint Neem Karoli Baba.
Composed of 40 verses filled with praises for Lord Hanuman, the Hanuman Chalisa is composed in Avadhi, an ancient dialect of Hindi. You can learn more about sadhana practice at www.bala.love.