Ninefold Festival

Diana Byron

Diana Byron has been on a Goddess path for over 25 years and an active member of the Sisterhood of Avalon since 2003. She serves on their Council of Nine as Healer Matron and is also an Awenydd of the Anglesey Druid Order of Wales, UK. Diana is a certified Kripalu yoga teacher, meditation coach, and herbalist, offering yoga and wellness classes at her studio, Dhyāna Yoga and Wellness in Putnam, Connecticut, as well as online. She specializes in facilitating empowering, transformational retreats and workshops. 

Website: https://www.dhyanayogaandwellness.com

In times of deep uncertainty and collective shadow, it is more vital than ever to tend to our own flame—to nourish and protect our life force energy so we can remain steady beacons for others without burning out. This interactive workshop offers a grounded, soul-nourishing space to explore how we can support ourselves physically and energetically, drawing on earth-honoring wisdom and simple, esoteric practices that align with the rhythms of nature.

Participants Need To Bring: A journal and pen.

Diana Byron has been on a Goddess path for over 25 years and an active member of the Sisterhood of Avalon since 2003. She serves on their Council of Nine as Healer Matron and is also an Awenydd of the Anglesey Druid Order of Wales, UK. Diana is a certified Kripalu yoga teacher, meditation coach, and herbalist, offering yoga and wellness classes at her studio, Dhyāna Yoga and Wellness in Putnam, Connecticut, as well as online. She specializes in facilitating empowering, transformational retreats and workshops. 

Website: https://www.dhyanayogaandwellness.com

Incorporating her training as an End of Life Doula, research on Celtic death and funeral practices, and principles of the Avalonian cycle and goddesses, Robin will lead participants in a workshop which offers a powerful method for understanding and grieving our shadows as well as envisioning a life without them. Workshop topics include: 

• How death doula practices can be used in a process of letting go what no longer serves us; *Information about how the Celts approached death and honoring the deceased; 
• Exploration of how each of the goddesses in the Avalonian tradition can help us to better understand the purpose of our shadows and craft a ritual for honoring and releasing them; 
• Looking at the alignment between the Avalonian cycles and the stages of death from a death doula’s perspective. (Trigger warning for discussions of physical death and loss)

Participants Need To Bring: Something to take notes with. If you have any symbols or herbs to reflect the shadow issue you are working on that may be helpful, but is optional. 

Robin Corak is the author of “Dream Magick”, “Persephone”, and “Demeter”. Robin is a certified death doula and life coach and has presented locally and at national conferences including Paganicon, Sacred Space, Water Priestess Confluence, and Ninefold Festival. A long time member of the Sisterhood of Avalon , Robin currently writes a blog for Agora Patheos entitled “Phoenix Rising”. Robin is currently working on her forthcoming book about Medusa. Previously, she was a CEO of a large non-profit social services organization working with individuals experiencing challenges such as trauma, homelessness, and poverty.  In addition to teaching workshops on a diverse array of metaphysical topics, she also offers services including Reiki, coaching, and tarot reading. 

Website: https://www.phoenixawenrising.com

In this presentation, participants will learn how to activate their nighttime dreams into a fertile space of shadow work and otherworld travel.

Participants Need To Bring: Just a notebook and pen.

Charlotte Eléa is a Ceremonial Priestess initiated in the Magdalene Rose, Irish Celtic Shamanic, and Avalon lineages. She is the founder of Goddess Temple Central Coast in California, and leads shamanic priestess initiations and an Avalon priestess mentorship. She guides women to remember their wild and divine feminine natures and activate the magical alchemy within their bodies.

Website: https://www.goddesstemplecentralcoast.com

How to become a living Goddess and embody Her in a Modern World. We will test ourselves to find ways that we can better serve ourselves and our community while spreading the values of the goddess to empower other women.

Participants Need To Bring: Notebook, Pen, and Mirror.

June Jennings is an Initiated Priestess in the Alexandria tradition of witchcraft, a Priestess of Avalon of the Rose lineage, and a student of North Seidr Magick. June is passionate about the protection and conservation of wolves, Wolf dogs, and coyotes and volunteers at three sanctuaries throughout New England.

Website: https://wolfwitchjune.com

Anger is an emotion that is often misunderstood and even more often avoided. Hurtful or harmful experiences with what is deemed anger often creates a longstanding trauma response to anger, thus  resulting in its true potency being marginalized. But lasting change, especially in the face of abuse or oppression, requires anger. It is the emotion that tells us where the line in the sand is drawn and what action needs to be taken. It is a necessity.

Providing an overview of the different nuanced faces through which anger can appear, this presentation will connect the main five to the Avalonian goddesses, highlighting each particular anger guidance and how to work with it with our own lives and communities. 

Website: https://www.tiffanylazic.com

What if your healing path wasn’t linear—but cyclical, like the turning of the year? This creative, reflective workshop invites participants to explore how the Wheel of the Year can become a mirror for their personal shadow work. We’ll trace each sabbat as a symbolic stage of transformation—uncovering seasonal patterns in how our wounds and wisdom emerge. Through intuitive mapping and visual journaling, each participant will create a personal Wheel of Shadows—a symbolic guide to track, honor, and work with their emotional and spiritual cycles over the course of a year. (This should feel supportive and is unlikely to trigger unless someone is currently in a very fragile state.)

Participants Need To Bring: Pen and paper or journal.

Nicole Luna is a Spiritual Advisor and Educator with over a decade of experience in transformative spiritual practice. Based in Salem, Massachusetts, her work integrates Celtic pagan tradition with modern approaches to ritual and divination. In session, she guides clients intuitively and using tarot and astrology, offering insight, clarity, and support through life’s spiritual and emotional thresholds. With a foundation in education, Nicole brings both scholarly insight and experiential depth to her offerings, creating structured, meaningful spaces for growth, reflection, and empowerment.

Website: https://www.highestgoodreadings.com

Poison plants as liminal beings, always in between light and shadow, can be powerful allies during shadow and healing work. This presentation is an introduction to the Spirit of Poison plants, and how to connect with them, create and maintain a relationship, and learn about their wisdom and Medicine

Cristina Pandolfo (Astrum Lucifera) has been initiated in the Dianic Tradition and officially ordained as a Dianic Clergy (Priestess) by the Temple of Diana (Los Angeles, CA). Cristina is also author, ritual perfumer, esoteric herbalist, certified Plant Spirit Healing practitioner, member of the British Flower Essence Producers (BAFEP), and landscape architect specialized in healing gardens and therapeutic landscape. She is the creatrix of the esoteric herbal apothecary ‘In Lumine Lunae’ and founder of the Dianic spiritual organization ‘Templum Dianae’ and of the female occult society ‘The Ladies from Outside’. Cristina has been teaching classes and workshops about esotericism, esoteric herbalism, and female spirituality in Italy and abroad since 2010.

Website: https://www.astrumlucifera.com

Join Rachel on a journey with the She-Wolf, Goddess Lupa, to experience the alchemical magic of the cave; where pain becomes truth, where doubt becomes certainty, where fear becomes courage. There will have been times in your life when you have been lost, confused, doubt-filled; where questions arise such as who am I? why am I here? how can I go on? Through guided meditation and compassionate reflection, in this workshop, you will explore how these times have been your moments of incubation in the cave of the She-Wolf and how they were alchemical experiences on your path of remembering and actualising destiny.

Rachel is the best-selling author of ‘Lupa. She-Wolf of Rome, Mother of Destiny’, as well as ‘Wolf. Embody your Inner Wolf’ and ‘Pantheon. The Romans’. As well as a writer and historian, she is also a sacred dance teacher and empowerment and flower essence coach. Her desire has always been to create a bridge between history and spirituality and mythology and well-being.Her work focuses on transmuting ancient mythology into embodied wisdom, so that the past becomes a modern tool of healing, empowerment, and awakening for men and women.  Rachel is the creatrix of Wolf Woman Rising, an international online wisdom school where she empowers you to embody wisdom, reclaim your wild, untamed Self, and create a life lived on purpose. Rachel read History with Religious Studies at University and then went on to complete post-graduate qualifications in History and Heritage Management. She has also worked in the heritage sector for over a decade, primarily working with children and interpretation. Using her own journey and over 18 years’ experience of teaching and training she empowers and inspires students to deeply understand and practice courage, trust, and authenticity.

Website: https://wolfwomanrising.com

Craftivism is crafting as a gentle form of activism. It can be a subtle form (the kind that lands “when the ear is ready to hear”) or it can be bright, bold, and hard to ignore. Our sparks of Awen are always wonderfully contagious when we gather, and gathering together Artisans and Guardians is definitely aligned with the gentle resistance of Craftivism. It’s a small way to make a big impact on the world we live in, and we know the power of infusing our work with positive intention! If one trickle of water can reshape a mountain over time, just by running on it over and over, we can surely make a difference in shaping the world we wish to see. Come learn new ways and new ideas to make a difference in the world, one tiny piece at a time, one small act of craftivism at a time. 

Website: https://sisterhoodofavalon.org

Facilitated by Sisters from the Sisterhood of Avalon’s Artisan and Guardian Roundhouses.

With stories of struggle, seduction, and self-love, the Goddesses of Avalon, Blodeuwedd, Rhiannon, Arianrhod, Branwen, and Ceridwyn, have much wisdom to share about experiencing (and surviving) life’s challenges. In the myths and legends, they experience very real, very human tragedies which allow them to relate to us. Each Goddess has a lesson that we can remember in times of sadness and despair, anger and rage, and anxiety and panic. They guide us through the dark, reminding us that we are not alone. This presentation will be fun, focused on mythology, and packed with useful information that attendees can utilize daily.

Participants Need To Bring: A copy of the Mabinogion and pictures of each of the Five Goddesses of Avalon – Blodeuwedd, Rhiannon, Arianrhod, Branwen, and Ceridwyn.

Michelle Skye has been following the Path of the Goddess for over twenty-five years. She is the author of three books published by Llewellyn Publications focusing on the feminine divine: Goddess Alive, Goddess Afoot, and Goddess Aloud. She has also written two children’s books: Harriet Tubman, Follow Your Star and Clara Barton, Angel of the Battlefield. She is a member of the Crafty Witches magical circle in southeastern Massachusetts, as well as the international Sisterhood of Avalon. Michelle is a New Paradigm Master-Healer-Teacher, a Unicorn Healing® practitioner, Angel Healing® practitioner and teacher, Merfolk Healing Master-Healer-Teacher, Shamanic healer, and a Usui Reiki II healer. Michelle brings all these modalities into her healing sessions and workshops, which she has presented nationally and internationally. She is passionate about empowering people to follow their own path, claim their power and voice, heal old wounds, and experience relaxation, joy, and grace. Michelle aspires to bring magic, peace, and love into the world every day.

Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/MichelleSkyeAuthor

The Mórrígan is an ancient Irish goddess frequently associated with warfare and Magick. Yet in many myths, the Mórrígan shape-shifts, influencing major events in Irish mythology. This class will begin with a brief introduction to the Mórrígan, with a special focus on the myths in which the Mórrígan changes shape. Through original exercises inspired by these mythologies, participants will have the opportunity to explore ways in which they can shift different courses of events in their personal lives.

Courtney Weber is a Witch, award-winning author, Tarot adviser, and influencer. She is the author of Brigid: History, Mystery, and Magick of the Celtic Goddess; Tarot for One: The Art of Reading for Yourself; The Morrigan: Celtic Goddess of Magick and Might; Hekate: Goddess of Witches; and the newly released Sacred Tears: A Witch’s Guide To Grief. She is a co-host of “That Witch Life Podcast.” Courtney has been featured in Maxim, Huffington Post, Vice, and the Thom Hartmann Show. 

Website: https://www.courtneyaweber.com