Amanda Brooks-Clemeno began her daily practice in November 2004; a business trip to India where her associates practiced yoga daily and a convenient yoga studio located on her everyday path to work left Amanda no excuses. After her first workshop with Jimmy Barkan, she knew that her path would take her to a teacher training. In the summer of 2006, Amanda completed Barkan's 200 hour training. Shortly after, she completed a vinyasa flow training with Sean Corne. Amanda teaches traditional hot yoga and vinyasa, and lives by the motto that absolutely anyone can benefit from yoga, the first step is to simply show up on your mat daily. The gift of yoga is the strong body and clear mind that we attain.

Andras Corban Arthen is the founder and spiritual director of the EarthSpirit Community. He is also a member of the board of trustees of the Parliament of the World's Religions, the oldest and largest interfaith organization. Andras teaches and lectures widely at workshops, conferences and academic institutions throughout the U.S. and abroad. http://www.earthspirit.com/andras.html

Andrew Arthur is a therapist, teacher, and dramatist who has written award-winning screenplays and directed numerous stage plays and several short films. A long-time student and teacher of shamanism, he studied anthropology and psychology at Harvard University and has led workshops on shamanism and empowerment at leading centers in both Europe and North America.

Arana Fireheart has been walking the healing path for over 20 years. He has facilitated many ceremonies for healing and celebration. He is a Transformational Breath Facilitator, Teacher and a dancer who enjoys reaching ecstasy through dancing with spirit.

Cerillian currently resides in Charlotte NC, and has been leading clans and workshops for many years. A practitioner of the old ways for 30 years, and a recognized Master in the S/M community, he has been a recognized voice for incorporation of Dark Eros work into gatherings. He is known creating a safe, nurturing and healthy environment for the work to be done, but also believes in a generous sprinkling of fun.

Chris LaFond is an astrologer who works, teaches, and lectures throughout New England and the NorthEast USA. He is a certified professional astrologer and has lectured on astrological topics at both local and international conventions. He specializes in classical and medieval astrological methods, but also includes some modern methods in his work. He is available for private readings and for private or group classes. Chris is also a Professor of Spanish at Boston College, a beekeeper, and musician who performs mainly on the Celtic Harp. In 2009 his group the Pilgrim Celtic Harp Trio released their latest CD "Garden Concert."

Painter, sculptor and maskmaker Duncan Eagleson has walked the Path of Craft for over 30 years and has lead clans at Twilight Covening for 12 years.

Jane LeCompte has been learning from/journeying with the drum for more than twenty years. She is a writer and perennial student of story. Her novels focus on women negotiating the pitfalls of culture, and on how mythic patterns manifest in our lives. She serves on the council of The Women's Well, an organization dedicated to the empowerment of women
(www.womenswell.org).

Jane T. Sibley, Ph.D. is a traditional Norse practitioner who has been teaching at Pagan events for many years. Her new books, "The Divine Thunderbolt: Missile of the Gods" and a historical novel, "The Hammer of the Smith", have just been published; she is now working on a scholarly book on traditional Norse folks and magic medicine.

Jason Sykes has been working with Tracy Andryc for several years to present Clans in the tradition handed down to them by Moira Ashleigh and Duncan Eagleson. He calls upon many traditions and personal spiritual experiences to shape his teachings. Jason is a founding member and joint leader of the Spiral Kin and has been a member of the EarthSpirit community for many years.

Juniper Talbot has been a witch for over 25 years and is an Elder in Lenai Aine, a Celtic witchcraft coven. She has been actively working with dreams as part of her spiritual path since childhood. Since 2005, Juniper has been co-facilitating the Cummington Community Dream Circle that meets monthly in her home town. She has also led many Dream workshops throughout the area, including Animal Dreams, Dreams of the Earth and Dream Mandalas.

Karina Fireheart has been a member of the EarthSpirit community for 18 years. A lifelong dancer, she danced professionally for 12 years nationally and internationally. She brings the experience of her professional performing career to her work teaching sacred dance, Sacred Circle Dance and Moving Meditation. Karina has been a sacred dance and movement educator for 30 years. Karina is a Certified Color Me Yoga® Instructor and Certified Transformational Breath Work Facilitator.

Kaye is a witch, mother, and ritual artist/performer of the Glainn Sidhr Order. She has co-created ritual and lead clans & workshops at EarthSpirit gatherings over the last 20 years. Her interests & skills focus on dreamwork, shapeshifting, trance journey, silence and perception. She also likes to draw on pretty much anything.

Kelley Braheney has been on an intensely spiritual path for nearly 20 years. She has four years of formal training in Taoist meditation and Tai’ Chi, has been practicing yoga since the 1980’s, and is strongly influenced by the Bodhisattva teachings of Kwan Yin. Her eclectic training, with various teachers, has had a strong core of energy work and she sees this as central to her path. Kelley is also an English teacher, sometimes dancer, shapeshifter and edgewalker. You may see her talking to the Crows.

Laura Sweet has been studying Tarot and Astrology for 24 years, and always finds more to learn in both disciplines of divination. In 1997, she began a journey to participate in reclaiming bread's sacred role. For 15 years she has studied nutrition to create a positive and healthy relationship with eating; spiritually, physically, and morally. More recently she found fasting as a way to deepen the connection of nourishment with the divine. She has practiced these elements along with aesthetic body treatments to open to the divine in daily life.

Mark Girard is a visual artist and muscian who has been playing various styles of drumming for most of his life; currently focusing on Guinean percussion. He enjoys teaching drumming and believes that the best musical moments are found when everyone works together. He is a monkey who thinks opposable thumbs are far out.

Martin Bridge was born into a lineage of artists and teachers. He is proudly carrying this family tradition forth as he lives, creates and teaches in the hills of Western Massachusetts. His work spans a wide range of media from Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Theater Design and Site Specific Installations to Performance. His work celebrates the sacredness inherent in nature, the consciousness in all things and power of place and seeks to challenge the cultural paradigms that dictate the way we relate to both the natural world and our brother and sisters. His interest in sustainable practices and fascination with fungi are also deeply integrated in to his artwork, lifestyle and teaching. Martin is also an avid percussionist and one of the founders of the Ritual Arts Collective whose mission is to nurture creative community spirit and lead facilitators of the Amherst Drum and Dance Circle.

Miriam Klamkin is a Glainn Sidhr Witch, professional astrologer, teacher and spiritual coach. She has led many Clans over the years, reimagining the human experience as a conduit into magic.

Moira, shapeshifter, artist, dancer and witch of the Glainn Sidhr Order. She has a MA in Theater from Emerson College and has been leading clans at Twilight Covening for 18 years. She has worked on the Twilight Covening main ritual for 21 years. She also co-creates rituals and workshops at Rites of Spring and A Feast of Lights and is a member of the EarthSpirit Board of directors. This year, Moira will also present workshops at Pagan Pride Eastern Massachusetts, and Celestial Songs.
Moira uses her skills at seeing patterns to facilitate both her clan work and her chosen profession as a graphic designer and artist. You can see her art and photography at her Deviant Art Gallery.

Morwen Two Feathers has been exploring drumming as a path to personal transformation and culture change for over twenty years. Passionate about the power of rhythm to raise energy for good, Morwen has dedicated herself to community service as a drummer, teacher, organizer, and co-creator of sacred space.

Rose Starwind walks with the ancient Mothers, her Path grounded in the blood mysteries. With a practical, earthy approach to restoring the sacred feminine, she unites human and environmental biology, a love of the green nations, and the deep wisdom of the Grandmothers to help women discover and reclaim their power.

Sarah Stockwell-Arthen is a long-time leader and creator of ritual in EarthSpirit, and a Witch in the Glainn Sidhr Order. Through singing she seeks gateways to internal and other-worldly places of mystery, power and healing, and is committed to furthering our use of music to deepen community and ritual experience. Thus, she leads "Peace/Chant/Healing/Sings" about once per season to share the courage, guidance, joy and even physical energy she finds in the music. A lover of the green world who is into sustainable living, permaculture and transition towns, she lives in a solar-electric house that is off the grid. She thinks her CD from the early 90s, "Dark of Moon", still holds up pretty well. (www.sarahstockwell.com)

Sarah Twichell is a witch and an aspiring urban farmer. She has training in Anamanta and the BlackHeart line of Anderson Feri.

Susan G. Curewitz Arthen, a member of the Glainn Sidhr Order, has been leading clans since the beginning. She is currently teaching classes in both Rites of Passage and Tarot at various venues including on-line at Cherry Hill Seminary.

Tchipakkan is an artist, writer, healer, and eclectic pagan-heathen-rustic. I have been worshipping the old gods openly since my teens (in the 60s). I live on a small farm in NH aimed at self sufficiency and sustainability, with 3 adult children- all artists and writers, and a varying assortment of animal friends and livestock. My "day job" is running Cabochons, where we sell our work at various events, and am finishing a book on modern pagans. Recent writings include articles in the spring "SageWoman", and Hex magazines, also wrote Divine Cookies and other pagan cookbooks.
http://www.tchipakkan.com/

Tracy Andryc is a mentor, an advocate for children, student of nature and a certified labyrinth facilitator. She has facilitated workshops and rituals at venues such as Rites of Spring, Twilight Covening, Feast of Lights, and various other events through out New England. Since her introduction to the labyrinth in 1998, her ongoing love of and work with the labyrinth has inspired her to share its magic with others. Tracy has received her training with The Labyrinth Guild of New England and Lauren Artress, founder of Veriditas.

Ulf has been a practicing heathen and a godhi for over ten years, and has studied extensively both on his own and with such Elders as Jane Sibley and Diana Paxson. He is the founding member of the Hammer Kindred in CT, and is a working musician, writer, and editor.

Wolf Grathwol has been studying archaeology and ancient cultures for over 40 years, with his original degree in archaeology /anthropology. He has worked on building, and collaborating on, several aligned stone circles, as well as working with sacred geometry, dowsing, classical / Pythagorean mathematics/philosophy. He and has visited and worked with many sacred sites both in the Americas and Europe.