Team Earth Path
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Team Earth Path 〰️
Lena Eastes
Founding Director, Visionary Leader, Ceremonial Guide
Lena Eastes is devoted to cultural renewal, Earth connection, and sacred rites of passage. With contagious joy and deep empathy, she inspires others to live in alignment with their inner wisdom, the rhythms of nature, and the call of justice and beauty.
For over 16 years, Lena has led transformational Rites of Passage for girls and women, including Earth Path’s five-day “Growing Goddess” ceremony. As a thresHOLDER, she lovingly officiates life’s major thresholds—birth, motherhood, marriage, self-marriage, and the sacred passage from girlhood into womanhood.
She is a singer for the Earth, a protector of childhood and human dignity, and a creative artist of community and ceremony. Whether she's playing flute to the sunrise, blessing waters, crafting herbal medicine, or hiding in a bush during a Deer & Coyote game, Lena brings fierce grace, presence, and a wild-hearted devotion to all she touches.
Lena walks as student, teacher, mother, mentor, and friend—with reverence for the plant world, the spirit world, and the deep intelligence of each being she meets.
Iya Sangoma Oludoye
Sacred Activist and spiritual midwife. She is a traditional Yoruba priest of the ancestors and Obatala. As founder of the Kindred of Sangoma, she is an Elder to the Earthskills Rendevous community and many other tribes in the Southeast. Sangoma is the mother of three daughters, the grandmother of 12 and the great grandmother of one. A Multicultural artist and the facilitator of programs that push the envelope of cultural regeneration, rites of passage and ancestral trauma.
Sharon Oxendine
Sharon Oxendine is a First Nations woman of the Lumbee Tribe in Southeast NC.
Sharon has studied with Native and Indigenous Teachers for over thirty years. She established a created a Nonprofit Community Organization-Medicine Wheel Way in 2019. The land is eight acres located in Fairview, NC. The mission is dedicated to supporting BIPOC and Underserved communities in Nature Restorative practices.
Sharon is a Sacred Pipe Carrier and provides grief ceremonies and rituals including land blessings, Rites of Passage and soul retrievals. She has studied with many Indigenous teachers including the late
Malidoma Some. She traveled to his village and studied with his shaman teachers in 2009. Sharon has been initiated into the medicine lodge of J. Grate and she was named as an Elder by her community in 2009.
You can find information about Medicine Wheel Way on Facebook and at www.medicinewheelway.com
Cyndy “Snake Dancer” Paige
Wise Guide, Drum Weaver & Sound Keeper
I love my drums. I love circles of women with drums. I am a lover of Spirit and I sing and dance reverently and lightly on the face of our mother, the Earth. I am happiest when I drop into that precious moment of profound connection with … all. That moment when tears stream down my cheeks in heart expansive gratitude for my life and my place in it.
Many years ago, I made a promise to create a container for women to feel safe enough to wildly explore their power and their soul’s purpose. We do this by sitting in the highest vibration of love and sharing our hearts, our original drums. I invite you to come circle with me. To create a drum with me. To share sacred sound and breath with me. And to hold hands and dance with me around the medicine wheel of life.
I honor the amazing teachers, medicine people, and shamans, seen and unseen, who have taught me their ways. I will do my very best to carry them with honor and respect.
My spiritual mission is to sing, dance, drum, and play in the highest vibration of love with all beings. In my humble opinion, as we open our hearts in gratitude and a belief in the oneness of all, we create an opening for Spirit to flow through us. In that space, boundless creation is possible. It is a lifelong dance
Aixa Morales
Medicine Woman, Ceremonial Leader & Founder of Inti Runa NAC
Born in Neiva, Huila, Colombia, Aixa Morales has spent her life immersed in the recovery and sharing of ancestral wisdom from Indigenous traditions across the Americas. Her journey has taken her from the heart of the Amazon to the Andes and the plains of South Dakota, where she has studied natural medicines and ancient healing practices firsthand.
A devoted Sun Dancer, Moon Dancer, and Medicine Woman, Aixa works to fulfill the prophecy of the Condor and the Eagle—bridging North and South American traditions in harmony and respect. She is an Energetic Healer, Certified Massage Therapist, Herbalist, Birth and Postpartum Doula, Placenta Specialist, and Doula Trainer with over 20 years of dedication to healing womanhood.
Aixa is an ordained minister of both the Native American Church and the Universalist Church. Through her own church, Inti Runa – People of the Sun NAC, she leads ceremonies such as sweat lodges, weddings, naming ceremonies, blessingways, and traditional plant medicine rituals. She is also co-founder of Fundación Inti Wasi (House of the Sun) in Colombia, which supports the spiritual and economic revitalization of local Indigenous communities.
Her past roles include board member of the Inti Wayna Foundation in Peru, Colombia, and the U.S., and of the Greenway Foundation in Massachusetts—both of which empower Amazonian youth to reconnect with their elders and ancestral teachings. Aixa continues to guide international gatherings including Vision Quests and Condor Eagle Gatherings, and is currently establishing the Inti Runa NAC community in South Florida.
Alinahh Ever
Alinahh Ever is honored to support Earth Path Education in guiding young people into deeper connection with nature, identity, and community. With a background in wild foods, plant medicine, and ecological education in the Southern Appalachians, she brings reverence for the land and its teachings into every aspect of her work.
A long-time ceremonialist and founder of several ritual communities in the Bay Area, Alinahh is deeply committed to collective healing and cultural transformation. She has training in mindfulness with children, mediation, and anti-oppression education, with a lifelong devotion to racial, gender, and social justice. As a queer, agender person and child of Holocaust survivors, she brings unique sensitivity and support to youth navigating identity and belonging.
Alinahh is the founder of The Faerie Kin—a magical troupe of stiltwalkers and storytellers raising awareness through joy and play—and of Singing Alive Appalachia, a beloved gathering of communal singing. As a songleader, she uplifts spirits and fosters connection through earth-honoring music.
Also a visual artist and craftsperson, Alinahh works with natural dyes, weaving, basketry, wood carving, and earth art. She previously founded and directed the Children’s Global Peace Project in Asheville, teaching Nonviolent Communication, HeartMath, and conflict resolution. She holds a Master’s in Education from San Francisco State University.
Cat Hood
Expressive Arts Facilitator & Marketing Mystic
Cat Hood is a multidisciplinary artist devoted to awakening the sacred through collaborative creativity. With a deep reverence for beauty, spirit, and the unseen, she weaves together body painting, dance, adornment, singing, and ritual theatre to create living, moving art. Her work invites others into spaces where art becomes prayer and where community becomes ceremony.
Cat is a vision carrier and cultural builder, devoted to co-creating experiences that bridge mysticism and embodiment. She draws on the wisdom of nature, ancestral guidance, and spontaneous creative flow to craft transformative environments—whether through immersive ritual spaces, collective performances, or sacred adornment.
She is a lead collaborator in GaiaMari Adornment and a core artist within Taproot Arts Collective, and brings her presence to events and festivals as both muse and ceremonial anchor. Cat supports others in stepping into their own radiance and expression, especially through threshold crossings and rites of passage.
Her work is rooted in reciprocity, reverence, and right relationship—with the land, the spirit world, and the community. She walks the path of artist, mystic, guide, and beloved friend—devoted to beauty that heals and honors the mystery.
Mariah Nolan
Mariah is beyond grateful to be part of the EarthPath Education community.
For over a decade, she has walked alongside children and youth in a variety of settings—from schools and daycare centers to summer camps, wilderness therapy programs, nonprofits, and Rites of Passage work with young women. Through all of these environments, Mariah has witnessed a profound truth: children awaken more deeply to who they are when they feel held by the natural world.
Her work is rooted in the belief that stillness, deep listening, and embodied connection with the Earth support young people in remembering their wholeness. She is devoted to creating spaces where movement, nature, and soul are honored as vital parts of learning and growth.
Mariah is drawn to EarthPath Education because it empowers young women to stand fully in their truth. Through rites of passage rooted in ancient, earth-based traditions, girls are supported by nature, by community, and by the wisdom of transition. These ceremonies honor change as sacred. They teach young people to move with the rhythms of the Earth, celebrating their own shifts and phases as they grow. In this work, each daughter is held in the arms of nature—reminded that she is capable, deeply connected, and never alone.
Maayan Chelsea Greenheart
Maayan is a mother, Earth steward, Flower worshipper and belly feeder. She has spent the last decade of her life dedicated to feeding the people in nourishing ways. She lives in community at SunSong where she collaboratively tends an abundant garden, sings to the Flowers and hugs the Grandmother Trees. She deeply values rites of passage and initiation, song sharing and spiritual reciprocity. Full of aliveness and connected to her emotions, Maayan embodies and inspires celebration of life's miracles while holding space for the grief that comes with honoring the tragedies of the state of humanity & Planet Earth.
Maayan has been working with Earth Path Education since 2015 and is grateful for the opportunity to be with young adults in the wild and to support their path to knowing themselves. At Growing Goddess she facilitates song & ritual, holds space for the initiates, and is a grounding presence for anyone with big feels on the journey. Maayan feels very blessed to be a part of this beautiful Earth Path family.
Margaret Hilton
Margaret grew up on her family's land in South Carolina, picking blueberries and collecting pecans. She has had the privilege of traveling around the world- studying, teaching, and learning about the beauty of this life.
She is nestled in Appalachia, where she is honored to be an advocate for teens to have creative outlets to support their mental health and soul paths. Her private psychotherapy practice serves teens and adults through nature-based, expressive arts, and body- centered modalities. She is a dancer and movement facilitator. She spent a decade training as a 5Rhythms student, as well as being a part of different performance groups, such as The Fractal Society- a circus company based in Boulder, Colorado. She is a Moon Dancer in Costa Rica, a ceremony she holds close.
Receiving her Master's Degree from Naropa University, she believes in the merging of Eastern and Western philosophies, the power of emotional attunement, and the full spectrum of the human experience. Margaret was a counselor for teenage girls (as well as a mentor to counselors) for seven summers in the pine trees of Camp Augusta, a community steeped in the philosophies of Non-Violent Communication.
She is a student of herbalism, gardening, and guitar. She loves to sing, tend fire, and weave the threads of Joy and Grief. Supporting young women on the path of embodiment, nature connection, and creative expression is a calling that Margaret is devoted to continuing to nurture.
Evie Irving
is an Ayurvedic practitioner, wellness guide, and founder of both Ayurveda With Evie and Full Cup Catering Co. Her work bridges ancient wisdom with modern living, offering grounded, seasonal support for individuals and communities seeking nourishment in body, mind, and spirit.
With a deep background in hospitality — from food trucks to fine dining — Evie integrates her culinary expertise with her knowledge of holistic health to create vibrant, nourishing meals that celebrate the seasons. Whether cooking in a retreat kitchen or for a family table, her food reflects a belief that nourishment should be beautiful, accessible, and deeply satisfying — a ritual of presence and pleasure, intentionally crafted for the moment at hand. She holds that when we nourish the physical body, digestion extends beyond the gut to support emotional and spiritual processing as well.
Evie brings over two decades of experience in the healing arts, with training in clinical massage therapy, integrative nutrition, Western herbalism, and studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine. She is a recent graduate of The Ayurvedic Institute, where she had the honor to study under Dr. Vasant Lad. Her approach is rooted in honoring each person’s unique constitution, rhythms, and capacity.
A lifelong horsewoman, Evie draws deep inspiration and wisdom from her time with animals and the land. Horses have taught her to listen beyond words, to lead with softness, and to trust the intelligence of instinct. That same presence shapes how she holds space — with steadiness, intuition, and care.