🌿 Our Educators in 2024

🌿 Our Educators in 2024

Our Educators are selected through a care-full process to determine their match for our themes, aims and values.

  • Pat Collins

    I am known as a down-to-earth Herbalist. I have been practicing for over thirty years and teaching for thirty three years.

    I qualified with a Diploma from the Qld Institute of Natural Medicine in 1989 and then followed that with Diplomas in Reflexology, Iridology and Biochemistry.
    I have taught students at TAFE, Outreach, WEA College and privately.

    Now I only teach privately and travel widely to run my workshops. My workshops are practical and students learn how to make products for their own use.

    I opened The Total Health and Education Centre in 1997 in Muswellbrook where I could run my consultations, make and sell my products along with supporting my classes. We also rent our rooms to other Practitioners.

    I have also written a series of books I call "In Touch with the Earth" as well as my recent book written especially for identification "Wondrous World of Weeds".

    I live at Martindale with my husband (both children are grown and live elsewhere) on a lovely property in a valley surrounded by Wollemi National Park.

  • Heidi Wedd

    Heidi Wedd has been walking the plant spirit path for 25 years. With herbalism, homeopathy and plant alchemy (spagyrics) as early companions, midwifery and shamanism came a little later.

    After years of being fascinated listening to herbs and learning from them, she has since taught hundreds of people how to deepen their connection with nature, hear the whispers of plants, evolve through their wisdom teachings and be inspired to live in greater harmony with self and nature. Her current courses include the Flower Codes Shamanic Herbalism Training; Herbal Alchemy Spagyrics and sporadic herbal or wellspring immersions.

    Acclaimed author of "Wild Flower Walker” and now the first in a series: "The Flower Codes: Plant Spirit Teachings for your Soul to Blossom”, she continues to write regularly on substack, and be on an ever-evolving journey guided by plants!

  • Hollie Wildëthorn

    Hollie Wildëthorn is an off-grid living, luna-loving, outdoor obsessed, constantly in motion witch and priestess of the sacred wild, with a passion for unbound and unlimited life.

    A psychotherapist and coach with a busy practice at the base of he Budawang Range (Walbunja Yuin Country) and a respectful disregard for the status quo, Hollie works with a herd of horses and an unruly hound, to provide therapy in 1:1 and group sessions.

    With more than three decades experience in the Wellness education space, and 23 years in Women's Mysteries facilitation she is staunch in relation to trauma-informed spaces and has an interest in educating others in the health and wellness/mysteries fields in delivering programs with integrity and awareness. She is the Weaver of WWG, and holds smaller intimate Retreats on her property in SE NSW multiple times throughout the year. In 2023 she trained in Psychedelic Assisted Therapies and is a member of AMAPP.

    With her day job comprising mostly of therapy, Hollie mixes it up offering Professional Supervision to women in the health and women's mysteries field, and keeping up an active farm including an extensive medicinal garden.

  • Shenel Engel

    Shenel is a passionate advocate for natural health and wellness, with a strong focus on homeopathy and holistic healing. After being told she would never be able to have children, she healed herself through homeopathy and has helped numerous families, particularly mothers and women, to take control of their health through safe and effective natural remedies.

    Shenel is dedicated to empowering others with the knowledge and tools needed to manage common first aid situations using homeopathy and tissue salts. With a practical, compassionate approach, Shenel provides guidance on how to integrate natural remedies into daily life, fostering confidence in self-care and family health management.

    In addition to private consultations, Shenel has a wide range of homeopathic products including first aid kits and enjoys sharing valuable insights on holistic wellness, natural first aid, and the benefits of homeopathy.
    Shenel aims to inspire and educate others on the power of natural healing.

  • Tatiana Brockmeier at Wise Women Gathering

    Tatiana Brockmeier

    Traditional Chinese Medicine has been a way of life for me for 25 years. It guides my internal and external expression. As a devoted practitioner, I take deep joy in successful practice, particularly with clients who have struggled to find lasting relief from other treatments.

    My focus is on holding space for my clients as they comprehend the underlying causes of their health issues and navigate the nature of their conditions for an authentic and enduring healing experience. Born under the Dark Moon, I am comfortable in those dark, complex places.

    Being passionate about empowering women and girls to harness their cyclical nature and (re)member their amazing selves, I run Women’s Health Education workshops to help shift the paradigm.

    As a registered practitioner in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine with AHPRA and the Chinese Medicine Board, I originally completed the Oriental Health Sciences program in Barefoot Acupuncture, apprenticing under a traditional Master who prioritised readiness over just academic achievements. My Four Seasons Journey with the School of Shamanic Womancraft in 2016-2017 has profoundly influenced my practice. With 25 years of continuous education in Chinese Medicine and Holistic Health, ongoing learning is essential for effective outcomes in both clinic and life.

  • Sara-Jane Cleland

    Sara-Jane Cleland is a Dancing Freedom Facilitator, Naturopath, Herbalist & Massage Therapist who lives on Gundungurra land in the Southern Highlands, NSW. Her journey as a holistic practitioner began over 25 years ago as a Yoga teacher and organically evolved into Bodywork, Naturopathy and Conscious Dance.

    In 2016, she discovered 5 rhythms dance on retreat with Gina Chick and began regularly attending classes and workshops. At the end of 2018 she journeyed to Byron Bay for intensive training in Dancing Freedom.

    Since 2019, she has offered monthly Dancing Freedom events, bringing this powerful practice to her local community. In 2021, she created the 5 week Women's Embodied Dance Journey which combines meditation, a women's sharing circle and dancing freedom.

    Sara-Jane supports well-known conscious dance teachers on retreats, space-holding, offering yoga and creating sacred altars. She is a guest teacher at conscious dance classes in Sydney and collaborates to offer Heart Medicine events - Cacao ceremony, Dancing Freedom and Somatic Breath work in Manly.

    Her passion is connection, connection to the healing power of nature and the body, connection in community, co-creating and supporting each other, connection to oneself, your whole loving being, worthy of self-love and creative expression.

  • Laura-Doe

    Laura-Doe is an award-winning somatic sex educator, comedienne and singer/songwriter. Using humour, song and science she helps people to reconnect with the wisdom and pleasure within their own bodies and to discover their unique erotic nature.

    In 2008 she founded The yOniversity and has presented the workshops in her yOniversity curriculum in Australia, Bali, USA and the UK. 
In order to educate about sexual anatomy in people with vulvas, effectively and without embarrassment, she created The Vulvalicious Cushions, beautiful anatomically accurate fabric sculptures. These cushions are used in yOniversity workshops, in various sexology practitioner trainings and by educators and ‘vulvalationaries’ all over the world.

    Her other projects include yOnilates®, a fun program of pelvic floor practices performed to specially composed, squeeze-along music, and a comic cabaret, ’Vaudeville of the Vulva’, which educates while it entertains. Laura-Doe is currently the vice-president of the professional association, SSEAA.

  • Yia Alias

    Yia Alias is a Ceremonialist specialising in healing through Ceremony. She is currently living and working upon Darug/Darkinjung country in the Blue Gum forests of the Colo. Yia has been holding sacred space, counselling and honouring rites of passage for women for almost 30 years. She has developed a variety of modalities during that time including GirlStory, Journey with the Seven Greek Goddesses and New Way Walking. She has assisted people with ceremonial choreography ranging from weddings, loss, healing of birth stories and the many situations where the navigation of transitions is needed on the personal or collective level.

    Her present passion is to support women through the eldering transition with a process she has developed called Bone Woman~Conscious Eldering.

    As Yia herself transitions deeper into her own Eldering years, she is focusing her energy on the development of the Bone Woman process to be shared with all women and to continue with her podcast Close to the Bones: Womens Stories of Transformation.

    Her Vision is the activation of a New Global Community, where all Life is held Sacred and Reverence is Recognised and Restored.

  • Katrina Anderson

    When I'm not in my studio creating ceramics, I'm a Peristeam Facilitator, Transpersonal Art Therapist, artist and teacher. My passion is empowering women and people to help themselves. I do this mostly through sharing what has worked for me as I continue to learn and grow in this amazing earthly realm!

    I experienced 20 years of period pains which weirdly enough, I'm grateful for. Through exploring how to heal them, I learnt so much about different therapies and techniques as well as deep diving into my own psyche and that of the experience of being a woman. Eventually I found art making, art therapy and pelvic steaming. These three areas are my purpose for now!

    At the moment, I practice Art Therapy as well as share with women and people how to Vaginal Steam in a safe and effective way, all in the privacy of their homes. People who have benefitted from steaming are those who experience long term period pain or other menstrual cycle and reproductive area imbalances (e.g. BV, pelvic pain, vaginal dryness, haemorrhoids etc.). I also create personalised steam plans and make organic herbal blends and pelvic saunas for v-steaming.

  • Beth Attard

    Beth is a degree qualified naturopathic herbalist and creator of Ecotone Health - a place of connecting people, plants and place to support wholistic wellbeing that ripples into our communities and environments.

    With a decade of experience in foraging, wildcrafting and permaculture she is constantly amazed and in a state of wonder at the interconnection of life. A deep understanding of how our Earth and our body are mirrors of each other in infinite ways provides a foundation for her clinical practice.

    Within clinical practice Beth is dedicated to being a bridge for assisting peoples deep personal connection to their plant allies and is beginning group herbal medicine consultations.

  • Katherine Cailleach Howard

    Katherine Cailleach is a mother to 3 daughters and grandmother to 6 growing and very lively humans! She lives and works in the Blue Mountains and Sydney, with her beloved partner.

    Professionally, Cailleach is a Mental Health Occupational Therapist, a Psychodramatist and a Teacher with the School of Shamanic Womancraft. She has worked as a therapist for 40 years.

    She has an individual and relationship counselling/psychotherapy practice in the Blue Mountains and Sydney and also conducts personal & professional development groups, as well as Women’s Circles.

    Cailleach has a passion for the Goddesses and land of Ireland- the land of her ancestry.

    She has developed and teaches a 2 year long course called Shadow Cycles: Cyclical Wisdom for Mental Health and is writing a book: "Cycles of the Soul: The Shadow and Mental Health"

  • Sharon Law

    Sharon Law is a seasoned bookkeeper and business consultant with over 20 years of experience helping entrepreneurs and businesses navigate the complexities of compliance, bookkeeping, and business management. As the founder of Sharbara, Sharon has built a reputation for empowering small business owners with practical solutions and resources to achieve sustainable growth.

    Her expertise extends across various industries, and she is passionate about educating women entrepreneurs on the importance of business compliance and financial management. Sharon’s engaging and approachable teaching style has made her a sought-after speaker and mentor. She is dedicated to sharing her knowledge and equipping business owners with the tools to build thriving, compliant, and ethical businesses.

    When she’s not guiding her clients or training the next generation of BAS agents, Sharon enjoys exploring the Australian outback and writing about her experiences as a remote-working bookkeeper.

  • Sally Kingsford-Smith

    I’m a herbalist, reiki master, and crone, and as a women in her crone years, sharing with others the wisdom I’ve gained in life, is incredibly important to me.

    It’s with gratitude to WWG that I stepped out of my comfort zone to do this some seven years ago when WWG commenced and I was astounded to be invited to be a keynote speaker and presenter. I’ve grown immensely with WWG, moving out of the ‘safety’ of my clinic and into this elder, teaching role where I am visible. WWG has grown and evolved too. I love being here each year, sharing my love for and knowledge of herbs and tissue salts. My main teacher was Dorothy Hall, Australia’s matriarch of herbal medicine, and I am forever grateful to her for her wisdom.

    I’m passionate about continuing Dorothy’s legacy for all current and future herbalists, and I’m passionate about encouraging other herbalists to ‘use less and use wisely’. I do this through the presenting here at WWG, through mentoring and presenting in Estuary Learning and other speaking opportunities and through the online courses I’ve developed. My own clinical and life experiences are brought into all these aspects of my work.

  • Christine Soundz

    Christine is a Diploma qualified Sound Healing Practitioner, Bhakti Yogi, Sacred Frame drummer, Vocalist & Chakradance Facilitator.

    She has spent over two decades playing music in a professional capacity, as well as working in the front line of the community sector facilitating groups & sharing her love and commitment to Sound healing.

    Sound healing and movement therapy are her passion because they have the capacity to transform peoples lives in a subtle yet powerful way. She has a particular passion for the rich cross-cultural history and lineage of Women and the Sacred frame drum through out the ages, and brings this wisdom into her teachings.


    Christine has a private studio in Lake Macquarie where she offers 1 on 1 Sound healing sessions for Women, as well as weekly group offerings, workshops and retreats. She is based in Lake Macquarie.

  • Carly Walker-Smith

    Dr Carly Walker-Smith originally trained as a medical doctor in London, UK where she worked in a variety of specialities including general practice, gastroenterology, colorectal surgery, acute medicine and psychiatry.

    Ultimately specialising in psychiatry and psychotherapy, she recognised many limitations both systemically and in the healthcare models implemented in the public and private sectors where she worked.

    This led her to pursue a variety of different trainings in Nutrition and Ecotherapy in order to be able to offer more holistic and empowering ways to support the people she works with.

    She now works from her clinic, ‘Grounded Health’, based in the NSW Central Coast’s Narara Ecovillage. Using holistic nutritional and lifestyle approaches she offers a gentle and nurturing approach to support her clients with any areas of their health which are coming to their attention.

    She also offers Ecotherapy sessions which take place in the surrounding bushland of the Strickland State Forest.

  • Kerri Alexander

    Kerri is a naturopath, herbalist and a women's wisdom educator living and working on Darug and Guringai Country.

    She holds an Advanced Diploma of Naturopathy from Nature Care College and has completed post-graduate studies in Western Herbal Medicine at the University of New England in Armidale.

    Kerri is passionate about helping women heal and reconnect with their bodies and the rhythms of the natural world. She supports women by using a beautiful combination of naturopathic medicine, western herbal medicine and menstrual cycle awareness so that they can live their fullest, most vibrant lives.

    She can often be found bushwalking, gardening, making medicines or sitting in a cosy spot with a book and a cat or two.

  • Kerstin Buccoliero

    Kerstin, is a physiotherapist from Germany, her birth country, since 1986.

    She embarked on a transformative journey exploring the interplay of body, mind, and soul. Her extensive studies include dance therapy, shamanism, meditation, and mindfulness culminating in her opening and operating a health and wellness studio on the outskirts of Berlin.

    She's a specialist in Biodynamic Craniosacral Balancing, neurological treatments, and light touch therapies like Orthobionomy. Raising her son with autism disorder and ADHD deepened her understanding of neurological diversity, including the realisation of being neurological diverse herself. Kerstin's background and personal experiences, combined with her holistic approach, make her an invaluable resource for those seeking healing and support.

  • Stephanie Grant

    Stephanie Grant is an experienced psychotherapist and clinical social worker with over two decades of practice, specializing in complex trauma and grief.

    A mother of three, Stephanie brings a rich understanding of the personal and relational aspects of healing to her work.

    Her background spans child and adolescent mental health, family violence, child protection, and trauma-informed care. Stephanie combines holistic, heart-centered approaches with traditional therapeutic practices, creating spaces where clients feel safe, respected, and genuinely understood.

    She currently divides her time between her private practice in Katoomba and her role as a trauma therapist with NSW Health, guided by a commitment to fostering deep, authentic connections.

  • Cindy Hurley Leister

    Cindy is a certified mindfulness facilitator and leadership coach based in the Blue Mountains.

    She supports people around the world in connecting with themselves, others and nature.

    As a small business owner and parent, she cares deeply about our planet and the footprint she leaves through her work and life.

    To support this journey, she is engaged in the Coralus and BCorp community.