Ms. Teri Owens, RN, BS, began her training as a Critical Care and ER nurse in Chicago in 1983. She has studied herbal healing arts since 1995 and is currently completing her Masters' Equivalent Degree in Herbal and Chinese Medicine. She has taught herb classes to all ages about hands on cooking and medicine making, medicinal and edible weed walks, and herbal first aid in the home, at area grammer schools, and in the field. She is the founder of EcoKids, a kids' learning program focusing on herbal fact and lore, medicine making and Earth ecology. Teri's garden contains over 70 medicinal herbs, many of them endangered.
Featured fire spinners from Chicago!
All you fire-spinners or fire-spinner-wanna-bes, Dragon's Breath will be vending all manner of fire toys and POI articles at this year's Beltaine as well as doing some fire-spinning for your entertainment!
The Stinkee Beetle tribe Live Fire Art Show is a jumping, spinning, twirling dance gaurunteed to entrance. Witness the graceful, hypnotizing swirls of the Poi. Watch Batons flip, flop and fly through the air. Look, if you dare, at the deadly and dangerous Dragon's Breath. The Stinkee Beetle Tribe Live Fire Art show with Fire's light we Ignite the Night!
Michael is the founder of an online community of Qadishti, priestesses and priests of sacred loving in the ancient Middle Eastern tradition. He has been a student of divination, magic, and comparative religion since childhood, a seeker of shamanism and earth-based spiritual traditions since the late 70s, a licensed minister since 1984, on-air radio host, community organizer and teacher.
"I want to bring perople together to celebrate. It's my way of adding good feelings to the world. Most of all, I just want people to have fun with my music."
-K.C. Wilkerson
"a strong voice and engaging presence" --Chris Herrington,Memphis Flyer
"Tucker [aka Skinny White Chick] has a voice in a million -- powerful, hypnotic, untamed and yet utterly controlled. She sings fromt the gut, but hers is a trained instrument." -- Maria Nutick,Green Man Review
What a show this one is!!
From the time they hit the stage at their Our Haven debut perfomance at Octoberfest '05, BSR is known at Our Haven as a show to not miss. From heavy metal to ballads, these guys put on a show to rival any venue!
"Science fiction and fantasy readers would easily fall into the mystical, hoofen, ambient world of Nuada."
"Nuada alters the aura balance of synths."
-- Eric Weddle - The Bloomington Independent
"An aural opiate...Builds a world you can find yourself in...the sounds that lie under being..."
-- Louis Martinie - Author
"And if you find yourself someplace beautiful, tell 'em Nuada sent you."
-- Bear - PaganNet News
i.e.Gnome always brings cool, original, cosmic dance music to any perfomance.
Don't miss this truly original perfomance.
Once again Magic Candle's Blue Moon Cirle will be presenting our Main Beltain ritual and dance. Join in the fun.
This year's labryith is presented by Gathering Place Gifts, Dragon Circle With over 2,000 candles envolved this is a sight to see and an expericence to participate in.
Back at Our Haven this year is Dragon Bob. Doing puppet theater for Children of all ages.
Michael is a Companion of Chalice Well, Glastonbury. Worked as a digger at the Camelot Site (Cadbury Castle) and Author of A Dragon Rises. He was a Bard to Garran Abhain Triskele, the now-disbanded ADF Grove in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Okiya del Fuego is known for dancing a bewitching blend of traditional and fusion style belly dance. Mariposa DeLuz and Emilina Phoenix the captains of this tribal pirate gypsy and fire trybe each have over 10 years of belly dance experience and have performed in a wide variety of venues as well as taught private belly dance lessons. Okiya del Fuego welcomes long time bonfire dancers and those that have never dared to shake their hips to join us for a beginning workshop on the this ancient and beautiful art!
The Sarvaga Institue strives to bring mind, body, and spritual awareness to all those who seek a more intimate relationship with self, and others. A new offering this year at Mabon, the Sarvaga Institue will offer a series of workshops at this festival: 2 Tantric and 2 Reiki.
The original Indiana poi teacher, WyldFyre has been teaching to groups of all sizes the art of poi since the first time she lit on fire. She has taught workshops and individuals all over the Midwest and throughout the United States. She has a way with words to help even the most difficult moves seem effortless and easy. Since she started teaching in 2002 she has taught more then 1,000 students with some going on to perform professionally on occasions. In this workshop WyldFyre will teach a mix level poi group. The workshop flows to fit the student’s knowledge and skill levels. Workshop ranges from planes to moves, turns, transitions, partner poi and combinations. Advanced poisters contact WyldFyre to see if the workshop would be beneficial. mollywyldfyre@gmai