Brigette Binesikwe Nies currently lives on Lake Superior in far northern Minnesota.   She has called Grand Marais home for the past 24 years and lives on a small piece of land just outside of town with her partner and two children. Gardening for her is a grounding and meditative practice and she has a living apothecary of over 100 medicinal herbs growing there on the land. Binesikwe is the owner of Ancient Traditions Healing and has been empowering women through her work, Women’s Circles and Women’s Retreats for many years.  She is a Body Worker, Soul Wisdom Coach, Yoga & Meditation Instructor, Master Herbalist and has been journeying with and learning from the sacred plant teachers since 2009. She will be guiding the yoga practices and lending her heart and experience to the co-led opening and closing circles and the sacred ceremonies we will experience during our time together.

"  I feel there is something really special and magical about the land here in Northern Minnesota, especially in fall.  There is something so raw about the land that it easily draws up back into a state of remembering our sacred relationship to all of the natural world.  The richness of the fall colors, the crispness of the morning air, inviting us into presence, giving us permission to slow down and simple be. I cant think of a better way to reconnect with and nourish oneself.”

To learn more visit www.ancienttraditionshealing.com

Instagram @ancienttraditionshealing

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Jen Quade is a holistic nurse who has served in an inner city ICU as well as studied with master healers in the jungle. After becoming frustrated, disillusioned and burned out by the conventional medical system, she began exploring alternative medicine 2009 and she left the hospital in 2012 to begin a private practice. She dedicates her life to sharing the transformational benefits of holistic healing and spirituality. She shares her work in her women’s health private practice, Qoya women’s movement classes and retreats, and through her passion for coaching and teaching. She loves to create spaces where women can remember their essence through movement, ritual, music, meditation and more. 

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