2010
This will be Shelley's third year participating in Phoenix Fire with her son, Hank. Shelley says, "Phoenix Fire has been inspirational in sharing and building community with us. The values that have been impressed upon my son have made me want to share this with other families. Creating sacred space for families is essential as our children grow up to be our future leaders." In addition to being a mother, Shelley is a Reiki Master & En ...more
Gina has attended fires at this site since the very beginnings in the 1990's Her passion for life fuels her song and movement. Her love for children and family has inspired her to want to bring more families to the community to share this experience with the next generation. Living, loving, breathing, weaving the rhythm and rhyme into every day to hopefully inspire others to do the same. Gina is a Licensed massage therapist, Certified Kundalini Yoga instructor, singer/song writer, and a D ...more
DidgMan Chris and Gaiella have been active in the Sacred Fire Circle community for the past 10 years and have organized several small annual gatherings (GaiaFire and TipiFire) that focus primarily on building community. Over the past few years they have explored many ways to take the lessons learned at the Fire and apply them to the mundane world to affect positive change in individual lives and in the community at large. They are the co-creators of ...more
Dorothy started out in medicine working for the wilderness program, where she taught wilderness skills such as rock climbing, white water rafting, cross country skiing and survival courses. When the program ended in 1976, she became a nurse. She lives in Ventura with her husband and two dogs. There, she is active in working to end homelessness, organizing yearly women's retreats, and doing ritual and labyrinth work with CUUPS (covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans). She works as a pri ...more
Daja says, "I dance, I drum, Some days I drive. Hail Eris, Hail Yes!"
Carin McKay loves to cook. She says “I am lucky that I get to do one of my favorite things for a living, and that is to cook for alot of people, and I get to cook the kind of food I like…. I like to cook for events where people care about organic, about community, and about health of themselves and the environment.”
Carin began as a prep cook in a small café in Mendocino cou ...more
Morganne Baum is a talented musician, composer, and performing artist living in Las Vegas. She is a long-time co-conspirator in the fire circle community, currently serving as the Business Manager for Vegas Vortex and Treasurer for Fire Family, Inc. Morganne enjoys creating beautiful altar spaces, teaching drum workshops, playing numerous percussion instruments, and singing both in and out of circle. She writes fire circle chants a ...more
Roe Griffith is a Spiritual Woman, Fire Dancer, Herbalist, Priestess of Isis, Mother, and Grandmother. She lives in the Central Coast region of Northern California where she is the facilitator of a growing Wiccan Circle and has been active in her local Spiritual and Religious Communities for well over 15 years. Roe is a Rock hound, Soap Maker, Public Speaker, Volunteer, Planner, Community Builder, Woman’s Group Facilitator, Fire Dancer and adventurous Traveler!
Amelia Hogan has been an active artist since before she could walk and has always brought color, texture, and fun to whatever endeavors strike her fancy. She graduated top of her Class from Mills college in 2009 with her BA in Studio/fine Arts with an emphasis on mixed media. She has taught Grad and Undergrad students in book arts, and been in numerous juried Art exhibitions which push buttons and awaken things inside and out a ...more
When he first encountered the fire circle in 2003, Terence fell in love with its mix of motion, emotion, spontaneity, connection, and song. It felt like sacred, earth-based theater games – and he knew he was home. Since then, he's served in various volunteer roles with the Fire Family and the Spark Collective. (Lately, his favorite form of magic is blues dancing.) Drawing on sweet memories of his first circle seven years ago, ...more
In this circle we move together! Some call it dance, others, walking the fire. Whatever you call it, it's movement! Kimba comes to Phoenix fire as an engaged mover, using her body to stir the cauldron and raise and lower energies within and without. Whatever we are feeling or seemingly not feeling we can let that inform our physicality and perhaps get a glimpse, ...more
Clifford is the founder/owner of Felt Sense Consulting (FeltSense.org), specializing in transforming life and work. A heart based entrepreneur for over thirty years dedicated to making this universe a wonderful place for all. His deep level of commitment to ...more
Dakini Uma Amitabha has been a performing artist and dancer for 30 + years. Her dedication to dance and seasoned passion for performance art gives her a unique and intimate understanding of the world of Dance Theater and the arts. Dakini is a graduate of Helene Eriksen’s “Women’s Dances of the Orient” project, a former sponsor of the DAME Fest world music a ...more
Song leader DJ Hamouris brings four decades of vocal experience and training to her teaching. Leading the vocal group Women & Song since 2004, she mines old and new musical sources to find material that is fun and memorable both for singers and their audiences. DJ's recordings include "Welcome to Annwfn" with brother Rick Hamouris; "The Chorus of Life" with Gaia's Vo ...more
Born and raised in the Las Vegas valley, Ruffells is an Eagle Scout, former scout leader, and outdoorsman. He brings woods wisdom and an eagerness to learn, listen, live and love.
Oliver is fascinated by the use of co-created spontaneous ritual as a tool for mapping internal experience and connecting us with unknown personal sources. He is a student of the way of the heart, and a believer that empowered communities can heal the wounds that divide us. Oliver was introduced to the fire circle in 2006 and has been enthusiastically attending fire family events since. He is a member of the Spark Collective core. He is also a professional software developer and computer boff ...more
Venee comes to Phoenix Fire with a wide range of experience in the volunteer /event realm. She has a BA in Arts and Social Change with an emphasis in Interdisciplinary Arts and Education from the New College of California. She is a ritualist, altarist, artist and dancer. Venee has been a priestess for rituals at events such as Ancient Ways and Pantheacon. She has served as a stage and event manager, event planner, artistic director, altarist/ installations artist, and curator for a varie ...more