Workshops
Welcome singers of all levels, all people, all genders! In this workshop, we will explore the voice from a multi-cultural perspective, using Deborah Axé’s body based singing methodology. Most vocal teachers use belle canto or European Based training to tame the wildness out of our voice, resulting in a circus dog style that can do tricks, but not emote in an authentic way. Instead, we honor a fusion of singing techniques from Mexico, Spain, India, West & North Africa, Brazil, & the Middle East. Let your wildness free! We will integrate the teachings of Caroline Myss, Joe Dispenza & Isabelle Tierney, to raise awareness about the types of energy we use when speaking or singing. We will do this by including emotional regulation techniques, & neuroscience in our vocal warm ups that will profoundly change your relationship to stress & well-being.
Deborah Axé will be offering a 20% discount for private Music Lessons in voice, guitar, uke, songwriting to all Phoenix Rising participants.
Deborah Axé is a trilingual multi-instrumentalist who draws upon her Celtic heritage for ovate wisdom. In studying to be a therapist, she found her love for Music Coaching, allowing her to engage people in their highest calling of creating Bliss On Earth. She is a fierce ally, dedicating her life to social justice & unpacking colonization in her weekly podcast: You Are A Culture Keeper. She supports Musicians, Activists, & Artists. She is committed to sharing knowledge & traditions that were passed down to her by master teachers from around the globe. She has taught world music in schools & privately throughout California as well as Brazil, & Mexico. She moved to San Diego in 2020 and has attended several Sacred Flame ceremonies, grateful to find community similar to those in Sonoma County: Earth based ceremonies, inipi lodges & Starhawk’s annual gatherings. She is looking forward to building community with all of you at Phoenix Rising! She is available for private lessons, group workshops, guest speaking & performances. IG: @you.are.a.culture.keeper Please reach out if you would like to be a guest on our podcast. YouAreACultureKeeper.com
Move Your Voice:
Inclusive Singing For All
Connecting Our Hearts
Through Rhythm
The sacred fire circle is a drumming focused event but it is not a drum circle. In this playshop learn how to use drums in service to the ritual, and learn lots of tools about drumming while you’re at it. Cory will share how to feel the beat and contribute to the rhythm (even if you are a total beginner), the different kinds of drums and what they are for. You will also learn how to play various drums and the language and tools we use to co-create spontaneous rhythmic magic and basic drum etiquette. All skill levels will feel welcome to play together and be inspired by the power of rhythm.
Cory Woodrow, born and raised in El Cajon, California, started learning percussion when he was 10 years old and has been playing professionally for 18 years. He graduated with a degree in music therapy from Arizona State University in 2016 and currently works as a music therapist serving Veterans, active duty service members and military family members. He has had the pleasure of studying under Burton Grant, Spencer Caldwell, Carl Reed, Keith Stickney, Richard Almanza, Hugo Ramirez, Derek Cannon, Dom Moio, J.B. Smith, Dr. Mark Sunkett, Evan Dabbs, John Young, Kawika, Dramane Kone, Nana Obrafo Yaw Asiedu and Mark Lamson.
7 Alchemical Operations
This playshop is an informative introduction to Hermetic Alchemy and the 7 operations of personal transformation. Dev will explain each stage of the transformational process; Calcination, Dissolution, Separation, Conjunction, Fermentation, Distillation and Coagulation and how they correspond to our lives.
This playshop is intended to prepare all participants in co-creating ritual theatre segments after this introduction for the first all night sacred fire circle on Friday night.
Devra Gregory AKA Dev, is the creator of the Sacred Flame Fire Tribe and Phoenix Rising. Her first career was in dance and entertainment then she worked as a Michael Jackson impersonator for 20 years. Dev produced and performed an autobiographical, award winning one-woman show and and then went on to create sacred events. She is a massage therapist, intuitive healer and a Wiccan High Priestess. She holds space for others to awaken their magick through rituals, one-on-one work and her year-long program for women called Path of the Priestess. Learn more about Dev at www.Devragregory.com
Chakra Yin Yoga
Chakra Yin Yoga can help calm the nervous system, improve flexibility, restore joint movement, improve motivation and help manage stress. Chakras are energy centers along the spine from the base to the top of the head. Sometimes energy can get blocked or unbalanced; using a combination of chakra energy flow and the stillness of Yin Yoga poses, we can balance our energies and restore our mind-body-soul connection. Yin Yoga is a slow-paced, meditative and restorative form of Yoga.
Ronna Kirkland was a gymnast and dancer in her youth, but became less active as an adult. Feeling that this was unhealthy, she eventually decided to change her lifestyle. She changed her diet and started to participate in online Yin Yoga classes. Working with chakras in Yin Yoga was life-changing and she knew she had to share this with others. She is now certified to teach Yin Yoga, and obtained her 200-hour yoga teacher training through Gypsea Yoga School in Yosimite, CA.
Connecting with the Elements
In this workshop, we will use movement to connect to the four elements of nature: Fire, Earth, Air, and Water. This is the opening workshop for the event to begin awakening our bodies, minds and spirits. We will use low, heavy movement to connect with Earth for grounding, balance, strength and support. We will use light, elevated movement and breath to connect with Air for communication and intelligence. We will use sharp, fast movements to connect with Fire for energy, passion and igniting your inner flame. We will use slow, flowing movement to connect with water for emotion, relationships and community. By the end of the workshop, you will have connected with the four elements and learned some movements that can be incorporated into the fire circle.
Marisol Elizarraras is a Priestess of the Sacred Flame, initiated by Devra in 2021 after completing the 1-year “Path of the Priestess” program. "I really enjoyed and learned a lot from Devra. I sought a leader to guide me in my spiritual awakening and journey, and that is when I met Devra and joined her program. I learned a lot: casting a circle, ritual work, Goddess lore, crystal work, moon cycles, magic, alchemy and more. Most importantly, I learned how to have compassion for myself, see my worth, love myself, focus on my healing, be the best that I can be and inspire others to do the same." Marisol has her sun is in Leo and Moon in Virgo with Libra rising. Marisol’s interests include fire dancing, animals and the outdoors, meditation, working with energy, elements, candles, chakras, crystals and sound healing. She is sweet, kind, respectful, sensitive, independent, loyal, ambitious, goal-oriented, family-oriented, educated and a career woman. Marisol's Goddess name is “Mah-rri-so”. “Mah-rri-so” is a Goddess of courage, leadership, hope, strength, energy, passion, fun, ferocity, motivation and encouragement.
Body Psychology:
Body Trauma and
Psychic Readings
We will begin with the teachers background and testimony of body psychology and how it’s immersed into her practice. We will go over a brief background of body syndromes in the body, how to detect them and how to counter the physical manifestations of these pains/ traumas. Then the teacher will demo a 5-7 minute assessment (psychic tap in and Reiki/traditional Chinese medicine technique). At the half way mark classmates will partner and practice on each other for 10 minutes each and log their findings. They will have an opportunity to ask questions afterwards and share their experience of self-actualization. This course is meant to give student awareness of their own bodies and how to intuitively receive from others without having to verbally communicate. This is a part of shadow work.
Summer Dowding Is the founder of High Priestess Sanctuary. She is a psychic, manifesting influencer, dream-worker, shadow-worker, hypnotherapist (past life regression and PTSD), a tantric massage therapist and more. She brings women and abused individuals (sexually or otherwise) to a place of power and helps them change the course of their lives.
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