Guest Instructors

JoAnne guides ceremonies, retreats, and community gatherings to support personal and collective healing and build the bridge to heart-centered ways of living.

For twenty-four years, JoAnne has been learning and living the path of the kala keh nah seh – a medicine storytelling tradition and ceremonial way of life. With deep respect and gratitude for ancestral ways, JoAnne shares the healing ceremonies with permission from lineage carriers and guidance and teachings from the spirits.

JoAnne has a doctorate in Counseling Psychology with a specialty in Holistic Health. As a therapist and community activist, she worked in trauma healing centers and college counseling centers. She has been on the faculty in Transpersonal Psychology, Women’s Studies, and Holistic Health programs. Earlier in her career, JoAnne was a teacher in public schools and residential programs for adolescents. She also served as the director of a women’s shelter.

To share her passion for the healing medicine of stories, JoAnne has written several books, including Spirit of Chocolate: A Woman’s Journey to the Rainforest in Search of Her Dreams and UnLeashing Love. She lives in the enchanted lands of New Mexico.