Mystic Gardens Collective Leaders

Our diverse team of healing artists collaborate to design the program curriculum. We offer you additional optional personal healing services at the retreat.

If you are a business owner or healing artist, this retreat program is an excellent opportunity for you to expand your entrepreneurial pursuits by fostering new deeply meaningful connections.

If you are interested in leading future Mystic Gardens events, please contact Francisca at mysticgardenshealing@gmail.com. 

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    Francisca Crutchfield

    Founder & Wellness Facilitator

    Francisca has helped hundreds of women collapse their healing timeline through retreats & educational programming. She curates immersive experiences that are accessible for diverse perspectives and demystify the world of Yoga, energy work, and feminine wellness practices.

    YTT-200 | M.A. in Ed

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    Justine Lemos

    Master Ayurvedic & Yogic Practitioner, Ph.D.

    As an expert Ayurvedic practitioner, Vedic astrologer, and cultural anthropologist (PhD, UC Riverside), she has spent over twenty years guiding women through embodied transformation — integrating myth, mantra, and somatic ritual into modern healing. Her center, The Shala in Mendocino, offers Ayurvedic bodywork, Tantrik kriyas, and trauma-informed nervous system practices that support feminine radiance and spiritual coherence.

    https://justinelemos.com/

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    Kawana Barbosa

    Yoga Therapist & Teacher

    Originally from Brazil, a Yogini, doula, entrepreneur, circle facilitator, empowerment educator, and intuitive vegetarian chef. Certified in Traditional Hatha Yoga and Pre & Post Natal yoga she specializes in women's vitality and well-being as a Yoga therapist and full-spectrum doula with an emphasis on the BIPOC communities.

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    Nnemoma Chukwumerije

    Somatic Embodiment & Breathwork Coach, LMSW

    Nnemoma is an expert Liberation Guide who helps women move from fear into aligned action through the art of identity shifting, releasing who they’ve been told to be and becoming who they truly are. As the founder of Essence of Freedom, she creates experiences that invite women to slow down, reconnect with their intuition, and live from a place of flow and wholeness. Her approach helps each woman ground her visions into reality while honoring rest and softness as sacred.

    https://www.essenceoffree.com/

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    Mackenzie Cohen

    Herbalist, Massage Therapist & Holistic Health Practioner

    Mackenzie runs Healing Heart Apothecary, a mobile and holistic spa serving Sonoma County and Orange County. She is certified in polarity healing and Reiki Level 2, and also offers herbal consultations and educational talks on herbs, plant medicine, and integrating botanical remedies into daily life. Her background includes corporate wellness as well, where she has provided on-site massage and stress relief workshops.

    www.healingheartapothecary.com

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    Jennifer Lothrigel

    Artist, Tarot Artist, & Intuitive Healer

    Jen Lothrigel is a San Francisco Bay Area multidisciplinary artist, healer and teacher. She is inspired by the natural world, the body, dreams, ancestral connections, and a lifelong devotion to mysticism. Her work is an invitation into the unseen realms in each of us, an entry into the intuitive creative interior. She has been working in the realm of the healing arts for over 20 years and carries the medicine of shamanic healing, expressive arts, Voice Dialogue, herbalism and aromatherapy in her medicine pouch.

    www.JenniferLothrigel.com

  • Zenith Hiliard

    Retreat Chef

    Zenith Rose is a Mendocino Coast–raised retreat chef devoted to seasonal, plant-based cuisine crafted with organically and locally grown ingredients. With roots in farm life, raw and vegan culinary training, herbal studies, and decades of professional kitchen experience, she brings joy, care, and grounded nourishment to every gathering. Her work honors local farms, conscious sourcing, and food prepared with grace.

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    Talia Davis

    PROGRAM LEADER

    Expert of meditation and breath techniques known as Kriya who studied at the Sattva Yoga Academy in Rishikesh, India.

    Talia is a Sattva Master Teacher with a passion for teaching breath methods to release trauma from a cellular level. Guides her students to come out of a constant state of fight or flight and use these teachings to establish an in depth relationship with our life force. The breath. 

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    Heather Murphy

    PROGRAM LEADER

    Expert in helping women and mothers deal with food, body, anxiety, & depression challenges. Through somatic practices, she guides women to master emotional and energetic states, enabling them to resource themselves effectively. Trauma-Informed Breathwork Facilitator, Certified Embodiment Coach, MA Expressive Art Therapy.

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    Kyle Jason Leitzke (he/they)

    Kyle is a Spiritual Life Coach, 1,000 hr certified Ayurvedic Counselor, and Men's Facilitator with 15 years professional experience in personal development. Kyle is trained in life exploration, career advising, trauma-informed emotional regulation, compassionate communication, conscious manifestation, Ayurvedic pranayama, Vedic meditation, mantra, mudra, chakras, and more.

    Kyle's approach is holistic, transformational, trauma-informed, and intuitive. It mixes modern coaching with ancient wisdoms of Ayurveda, Yoga, and Vedanta to help you take control of your life from the inside out and lead a fulfilling life.

    AHC 1,000, MS Coaching

    www.kylejasonleitzke.com

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    John Hatanaka

    PROGRAM LEADER

    John Hatanaka grew up in Aspen, Colorado. He’s a songwriter and guitarist, but in the last ten years the spiritual path has been a way for him to heal and be healed. He has spent four years living in Japan and has also lived briefly in Sedona as well.

    John is a Gendai Reiki Master, Licensed Massage Therapist, meditation facilitator and soon to be a certified yoga instructor.

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    Brianna Boyd

    Yin & Restorative Yoga Instructor​

    Brianna is a yoga instructor and holistic practitioner devoted to guiding others through holistic practices rooted in breath, ease, and self-attunement. She creates a safe, supportive space for healing, growth, and intentional living. She is a RYT 200 with a focus on styles and breathwork that shepard feelings of ease, security, acceptance, love, gratitude,  relaxation and rejuvenation.

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    Candice Brunlinger

    Herbalism & Energy Work Instructor​

    Candice Brunlinger is a certified EFT Practitioner, Mindfulness Coach, Herbalist, Fermentationist, Tai Chi Instructor and Heath Coach who is passionate about supporting others on their journey of emotional, physical, and spiritual healing using nutrition, mindset, and neuroscience. She helps guide others in their self-exploration, inner child healing, removing limiting beliefs, and strengthening healthy connections and relationships. 

    www.herballivingandhealing.com

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    Nichole Schembre

    Yoga & Sound Healing Instructor

    Nichole Schembre is a trauma-informed yoga teacher, educator, and the founder of Yoga Your Way, a training and wellness platform rooted in inclusion, choice, and embodied autonomy. Her work bridges yoga, somatics, and mental-health–informed practices to create spaces where people feel safe to show up exactly as they are.

    With a heart for community and a respect for every body’s lived experience, Nichole holds space that celebrates uniqueness, sovereignty, and connection—inviting participants to reconnect with themselves and one another through presence, compassion, and choice.

    www.yogayourway.me

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    Monique Riofrio

    PROGRAM LEADER

    Has empowered dozens of women for the past 7 years, awakening their innate strength and wisdom. Crafts practices that activate self-discovery, familial healing, and helps women unlock the body’s inherent intelligence for holistic well-being.

    E-RYT 200, RYT 500, YACEP

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    Nicole Durant

    PROGRAM LEADER

    Has taught over 5,000 hours of Yoga classes and is trained in Restorative, Yin, Vinyasa, and Iyengar Yoga.

    Nicole has expert knowledge in Yoga philosophy, the Chakra system, meditation, in teaching Yoga in the virtual realm! E-RYT 500, YACEP

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    Jess Lofton

    PROGRAM LEADER

    Expert in guiding women through the practical and spiritual realms of herbalism, astral awareness, and human design. Teaches returning to a more simple way of being through nervous system regulation. Certified herbalist through Jane Bothwell and Rosemary Gladstar. E-RYT 200, Reiki attuned & shamanic apprentice.

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    Rachael Riggs

    FOUNDER & PROGRAM LEADER

    Rachael is an educator, microdosing guide, and founder of Myco Dose. A dedicated farmer and beekeeper, she teaches safe, intentional microdosing practices rooted in integrity. Her work weaves together holistic healing, regenerative farming, and herbal alchemy. Passionate about helping others shine their inner light, Rachael empowers people to stay grounded in love and authenticity in all aspects of life.

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    Amelia Mosher

    Retreat Chef & Culinary Herbalist

    Amelia was raised fishing and foraging in a small Alaskan island community, where she learned the value of wildcrafting. She is passionate about thriving ecosystems, sustainable living and food that nourishes body and soul.

    Culinary Herbalist & Holistic Practitioner

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    Cerise Lovely

    Yoga & Sound Healing Instructor

    Cerise Lovely is an expert in evoking an alternative perception and appreciation of internal and external wellness. She offers Yoga as a tool that grants you the opportunity and space to tap into your own mental and physical capabilities. Her ministry is called Collective Light.

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    Annalise DiSalvo

    Ayurvedic Teacher & Retreat Dinner Chef

    Annalise is an Ayurvedic Practitioner and Chef who studied at Mount Madonna Institute in the Santa Cruz Mountains. With a deep passion in supporting bodies with food as medicine in transformational spaces, she is honored to serve your body temple with the highest quality, deeply nourishing food to support your journey into your whole self. She infuses each step of the process of making a meal with intention and love.

    www.elementsofhealing.org