WELCOME

KARYL HUNTLEY
has had careers in high school teaching, college publishing, and New Thought Ministry.  She is currently the senior minister of the Golden Gate Center for Spiritual Living, A Science of Mind Center, in Corte Madera, California.  She is the author of the book, Real Life Rituals, a book of sacred ceremonies for many of life’s experiences and transitions.  She has created rituals in sacred, educational, community, and family settings for decades.

MICHAEL SULLIVAN (MA, LPC)
is a Holistic Counselor in private practice in Petoskey, Michigan.  He is passionate about health, nature, and drumming.  Through Solitude in the Wilderness, Michael believes that we can be re-ignited and restored to Life.

GAIL WILLENS
worked for many years as a registered nurse in critical care.  Most recently she has studied herbalism in the Wise Woman tradition, and has crafted personal and small group rituals for women.   "I believe our hearts open to a deep and ancient knowing when we bring ourselves to wild places.   The land teaches us in language beyond words if we can only stop...and breathe...and listen..."

SEAMUS MULLIN-NORGAARD (MS)
has a degree in environmental studies and is a peacemaker and life coach, writer and history professor who has lived and studied with native peoples of Ireland and the American West.  He is a carrier of the Celtic Spirit and the originator of the new shamanic movement meditations "Celtic Body Prayers."  During the summers, Seamus welcomes folks out to Tara’s Meadow Retreat Center near the warm shores of Irish-settled Beaver Island in north Lake Michigan.  He resides, October through April, on the mainland, at the School-on-the-Hill near historic Wolverine, Michigan

SALLY WAGONER
is an herbalist, nurse, massage therapist and Plant spirit medicine practitioner with decades of experience in the healing arts.  As a healer and teacher she has worked extensively with Native American communities and natural environments in the Great Lakes region.  Sally will share her love and familiarity with the island, along with her great spirit of sensitivity, balance, and humor during our Beaver Island adventures.