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Be the Medicine
Our Teachers
Guest teachers are subject to change
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Grandma Margaret Behan
A member of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, Grandmother Margaret is a lifelong ceremonialist, dance leader, artist, poet, and healer. Through her many decades of experience, she has become a powerful voice for ancestral remembrance, cultural revitalization, and the deep medicine of prayer
Jill Pettijohn
Jill's mission is to inspire change in those prepared to embracethemselves, leveraging her comprehensive blend of professionalexpertise, deep knowledge, and rich life experiences. She is a beacon of transformation in the realm of nutritional health andculinary arts, a celebrated food shaman.
Zachary Nasbaum
Zach Nusbaum is a long-time student of plant medicines, death, grief, and the ways in which these can connect us more deeply to the Mystery of life. His offerings weave together insights from almost two decades as an initiate in an entheogenic religious tradition, 10 years in pediatric palliative care and hospice, and his lived experience.
Dr. Alta Piechowski-Begay
Founder & Chairperson at the Hozho Voices of Healing Center, Inc. Dr. Alta is a School Psychologist, Counselor, and Indigenous Healing Advocate.
Dr. Alta Piechowski-Begay is a proud Diné (Navajo) woman of the Zuni Edgewater clan, with ancestral ties to the Red House, Honeycomb, and Towering House clans.
Dr. Alta Piechowski-Begay is a proud Diné (Navajo) woman of the Zuni Edgewater clan, with ancestral ties to the Red House, Honeycomb, and Towering House clans.
Natalia Gianella
Natalia Gianella was born in Lima, Peru and migrated to New York with a scholarship to complete a Master’s in Human Geography at Syracuse University. She then worked for 22 years as a community organizer, advocate, family counselor and case coordinator in NYC, specializing in immigration, human trafficking and child welfare.
Gustavo Fernandez
Gustavo Fernandez was born in Queens, New York as first generation from the caribbean coast of Colombia. Gustavo is a father, husband, artist, culture bearer/maker and community leader. He is a professional chef with over 25 years of experience highlighting and advocating for Indigenous people through food.
Liza Hita
Dr. Liza Hita relationally explores the sociocultural imaginary as a decolonial and liberatory clinician and scholar committed to ecological care. Her Visayan ancestors and the diwatas of their territory led her to accompany people and systems through deeply experienced life transitions, examining layered, multidimensional grief and intuitive resilience.
Juani Naum
Juani has been walking the path of plant medicine for over 23 years. His journey began within a spiritual tradition in Brazil, where he was first introduced to the depth and discipline of ceremonial work. During his early travels, he encountered his first teacher in the lineage of Peruvian vegetalismo.
Alnoor Ladha
Alnoor Ladha is an activist, writer, strategist, and mystic working at the intersection of political systems, ancestral wisdom, and sacred activism. Born into the Sufi lineage of Ladha, he carries deep roots in spiritual and ritual traditions, which he weaves with systems thinking and decolonial frameworks.
Metsa Nihue
Metsa is an internationally known healer who specializes in traditional Amazonian lineages. He trained in the Peruvian Amazon for fifteen years under the guidance of the Quechua-Lamistas, Aguarunas, and the Shipibo indigenous peoples. He has since been in practice leading ayahuasca retreats and plant medicine rituals in South America building awareness for communities from the US, Europe, and Canada for more than ten years.
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