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About Spirit Weavers Gathering

Spirit Weavers Gathering is a five day celebration of cultures past, a remembering and practicing of basic human skills to ensure the survival of the body and the soul. Each June thousands of Women make the yearly journey to Southern Oregon to reconnect with the land, women, and now chosen family.

With over 100 different unique and vital classes offered at each session, we come together from all over the world as a collective of women dedicated to sharing, learning, and growing in remembrance of the beauty path and an honoring of our Ancestors. With like mind and heart, we gather in the hope that through our participation in this larger community, we may be inspired, empowered, and supported by one another and by the new skills we exchange.

Through sharing space with so many who endeavor with great earnestness to find unique solutions to the challenges we all are facing, we find we are able to more gracefully arrive at a new understanding of what it could look like for us at a human collective to more fully commit to being in right relationship to each other and to nature.

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About Mea

Mea is the founding Mother behind the Spirit Weavers Gathering. Her love for nature and earth play began at a very young age. She was raised on her family’s farm in Southern California, spending most of her childhood outdoors, camping, connecting with her animals and eating foods and fruits from her family’s abundant gardens.

Mea is a gatherer, artisan, student of the heart path and a Mother. For almost two decades now, Mea has been consistently honing her craft, expanding her creativity and love for earth based skills. With Spirit Weavers now at the forefront of her time Mea spends most of the year deep in gathering prep and organization.

Mea has spent many years diving into her ancestral lineage and understands the importance of honoring those who walked before her in a good way. The Spirit Weavers Gathering is an homage to those Ancestors who lived a life of simplicity and in harmony with the earth.

For the last 14 years, Mea has lived on the Island of Kauai with her partner and twelve year old daughter Naia. Together they enjoy traveling, creating music, skating and meditation. Most recently Mea and her family have been spending the summers on the Spirit Weavers land, Cedar Bloom in Southern Oregon.

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About Cedar Bloom Farm

In 2017, Spirit Weavers Gathering purchased Cedar Bloom, a 100 acre property in Southern Oregon. It is the original home of the Takilma people. The land was purchased as a place to hold a safe space for Women to gather for many years to come. Though we’re open year round as a campground, it’s quiet in the Winter and comes alive in the Summer. The land was previously owned by the town doctor and his family since 1959 and this is now the first time Cedar Bloom has been opened to the public in over 60 years!

Located in the Illinois Valley of Southern Oregon, we are 100 acres of forested land, nestled alongside the Illinois River, just east of the Rogue River and Siskiyou National Forest. The climate and biodiversity of this area over time have created a very abundant environment for a wide variety of plants and animals to thrive, and therefore, a home to humans for a very long time.

We feel honored to be stewards of this land. One of our main visions for this land is to protect its cultural and environmental heritage. The land is in process of being out into a Conservation easement so that it can stay wild and natural forever.

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Areas

A true village is a portrait and mirror of the community who dwells there. From our wellness center where trained clinical herbalists take turns treating our minor discomforts with small batches of crafted herbal medicines, to our tea grove where hot herbal teas are available throughout the gathering, to our empowerment center where licensed clinical psychologists and therapists stand by to offer emotional processing for sisters in need, Spirit Weavers is committed to creating a supportive container. Our village is a true co-creation, and its offerings are the fruits of the community giving of their time, gifts, and creativity to make spaces that engage, hold, soothe, delight, and nourish bodies, hearts, and spirits.

More information about each of the village areas can be found on our official website:

Spirit Weavers Gathering Village

Our Spirit Weavers village includes the following areas :

Wellness Center
Tea House
Empowerment Center
Come-UNITY Village
Adornment
Artist’s Village
Areola Area
Kitchen
Compost & Waste Management
Sonic Sound Stage

Healing Village
Keiki Camp (children’s camp)
Mamabear Lodge
Marketplace
Moon Lodge
Moon Beams program
(youth ages 11-17)
Crone’s Nest
Yoga Deck
Bath House
Archery

Classes

Spirit Weavers Gathering hosts over 100 different classes per session to choose from.

Our instructors come from all over the world to share their skills and knowledge with the community, passing along these integral life skills and lessons. We like to say Spirit Weavers is a “choose your own adventure” event. With classes ranging from basket weaving and fermenting foods, to activism and ancestry, there is truly something valuable offered for everybody at Spirit Weavers.

You can view all our classes for 2025 on our official website:

Sun Session

Moon Session

Our class categories are:

LGBTQ2IA+
Natural Dying
Nourishment
Sacred Activism
Sacred Sounds
Spirituality

Tending the Earth + Sky
Women’s Health + Wellness
Yoga + Movement
Adornment
Art
Birth + Mothering

Ceremony
Earth + Stone
Empowerment
Fiber Arts
Herbalism
Leatherwork

Allyship

Spirit Weavers Gathering recognizes the importance of Solidarity and Allyship work. Over the last eight years we have welcomed women from Australia, Indonesia, Spain, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Chile, Canada, Singapore, Kenya, South Korea, Japan, China, Israel, United Arab Emirates, UK, Netherlands, and Latvia. We share this work and our Social Advocacy efforts as an Organization, in hopes to lead with clear intentions and transparency, as well as encourage our community to take part in this vital work for themselves.

Creating availability and inclusion within the gathering has been a key focus for us. Building the gathering from the ground up has brought forth lots of learning curves, as does anything that is planted as a small seed. We recognize that this work is life long and we are committed to continual growth and needed shifts within the gathering.

Below you will find a few of the programs we have created over the last 8 years, and are continually developing and deepening. The gathering itself is truly an ever-changing and evolving workshop. We have a beautiful opportunity each year to work directly with women within the SW Community for needed shifts and focus.

2025 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM:

We share an amazing raffle throughout the weekends and all funds from the raffle go toward scholarships. In addition, we have an official Spirit Weavers Merchandise booth and online store where all proceeds go to the following years Scholarship fund. This year we are happy to announce we have 20 scholarships available for the 2025 gathering.

Indigenx/First Nations: Four scholarships available to First Nations/Indigenx womxn
disABLED Beings: Two scholarships available to beings with visual impairment, developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, Deaf/HOH, and/or chronic illnesses
Beings of Color: Eight scholarships available to all BOC, including multi-racial and/or self-identified womxn
LGBTQ2IA+: A scholarship available to those identifying as LGBTQ2IA+
Elder and Crone: A scholarship available to womxn over 60+
Earth Day: A scholarship available to tenders & caretakers of the Earth
Guardian Gratitude: One scholarship available to mothers and non-binary & GNC parents/legal guardians

2025 ALLYSHIP WORK:

Continue to provide and nurture the space within the gathering led for and by Beings of Color, Non-Binary, Gender Queer, LGBTQ2IA+ and anyone else who feels called to gather, create and share which you can find under the Village section of the website under Come-Unity

*Each Body worker practitioner chosen will donate a free session to a B.O.C. We will also have someone present to give body work to B.O.C at sliding scale prices

Continuous work with Anti-Racist Educators including in person workshops & lectures within the SW Organization
The Wellness and Herbalist team will make and donate tinctures for the Come-Unity Village
300 Tickets reserved for B.O.C
All Instructor, Staff and Seva must commit to our Anti-Racism work guidelines that are shared each Spring through our Allyship book.

Our Allyship Booklet was created in service to bridging the gap not only at the gathering, but in our everyday lives as well.

The Allyship Booklet is offered by the Spirit Weavers ComeUNITY Village, an inclusive village within SW committed to creating community, conversations, and educational opportunities that center issues of equity and collective liberation.

This booklet was created in 2017 as we, the Spirit Weavers community, became increasingly aware of the following needs:

1. The need for greater safety and inclusivity of the BIPOC SW Community

2. The need for white instructors and participants to understand and do their part in contributing to the greater gathering’s goal to fulfill those needs through allyship.

Learn more about our advocacy work on our official website:

Spirit Weavers Gathering Advocacy

The Growth of

Spirit Weavers

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2013

The vision for Spirit Weavers comes through in the Summer of 2013, on the Wainiha River on the Island of Kauai. Mea holds the first gathering that November on her Family’s land in Southern California. The tickets for the gathering sell out within a day. There are 75 women total. The gathering was a life changing moment for all those who were there.

2014

Spirit Weavers holds the 2nd gathering in Joshua Tree, CA. The attendee numbers are doubled to 250. The tickets sell out within hours. The word is getting out about the magic of the gathering.

2015

The gathering is moved up to Camp Navarro in Mendocino CA to accommodate the growing numbers. SWG once again doubles the attendee numbers to 500. The tickets sell out within minutes.

2016

SWG expands the attendee numbers once again and adds in a 2nd weekend allowing for the “Sun & Moon” sessions. Attendance grows to 600 per weekend (1200 total) & the gathering sells out within minutes. The website crashes due to such a high demand to secure a ticket.

2017

Spirit Weavers searches for land of their own and purchases 100 acres in Southern Oregon which they name Cedar Bloom. The land holds a mile of the Illinois river that runs along the land. They grow the gathering to 800 Attendees per session (1600 total, which feels like the magic number moving forward) and the gathering once again sells out within minutes.

2018

Spirit Weavers builds the land out to accommodate the gathering and all of the women. Cabins, bath houses and a sauna are added to the land. They open the land to the public for the first time in 60 years. They join Hipcamp creating a retreat space and campground so that all can enjoy Cedar Bloom. The gathering once again sells out within minutes.

2019

One of the most successful gatherings to date. The land is built up and established, the community is thriving! Tickets sell out within minutes for the 7th consecutive year in a row.

2020

Spirit Weavers takes the year off due to the Pandemic

2021

Spirit Weavers hosts 4 intimate gatherings with 200 people each on the land during the entire month of June.

2022

Spirit Weavers returned at full capacity and opened the gathering up to larger sponsors for the first time ever. Spirit Weavers once again sold out within minutes of ticket sales.

2023

Spirit Weavers looks forward to our 10th year anniversary, which is completely sold out. We have special performances and surprises in store for our big anniversary coming up in June!

2024

The Spirit Weavers Community came together for the 11th time, in celebration and culmination. With a decade of gathering experience, it was shared that the 2024 event was the smoothest and most streamlined event yet. Hundreds shared their hearts and hands under the stars, joined by special live music performers and new and returning community, collaborators, and sponsorship partners.

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Our Book

When Women Gather, A Decade with Spirit Weavers

We Launched our first book last June!
It is 9x11 hard bound and sustainably printed.

“The book captures the intimate feminine experiences of living in community in the deserts of Joshua Tree, in the redwoods of Northern California, and realizing a dream at Cedar Bloom in Southern Oregon. With contributions from celebrated SWG community members as well as over 300 pages of stories, photographs, recipes, songs, meditations, and poems from beloved sisters, When Women Gather commemorates the Weave’s enduring presence in our hearts long after the Hearth Fire fades to embers.”

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