Bios

Bright Hawk is an inspired and inspiring story teller, djembe drummer, performer, teacher and playful spirit. Bright Hawk truly shows up for the participants and organizers of any festival she attends. She shares her expansive and playful spirit with the all night Fire Circle and drumming communities she is a part of.

In 1994 Bright Hawk began performing with Mz. imani and Rhythm Alive! She has performed with Circle Skin and Bone, Sister Adsum, Jeff McBride, Abbi Spinner, and Billy Wo ...more

Dana Mari is delighted to be "tending fire" in the kitchen at Phoenix Fire this year, helping to prepare your meals with love. Dana's spiritual path is one of songcraft and devoted bhakti service to the Beloved in each of you. She tends a hearth in the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon, where she is an active facilitator in the women's spirituality community. Dana has been working on a team over the past year to establish a strong national program for the Fans With Cans ...more

Devra Gregory, AKA DevRa (Dev) lives in the San Diego area. Her life's passion has been in the area of dance and the performing arts, from classical ballet, modern, jazz, hip hop, African dance, to impersonation. She also studied music as a youth and feels the link between dance and music is inseparable.

As her spirituality transitioned from traditional Judaism to a more Pagan perspective, her dancing also expanded, connecting with the spiritual nature of dance and movement, and ...more

James L. Bianchi, Esq. is among the first graduating students from the oldest public interest law school in the country, New College of California, School of Law and is best described as a community activist. Over the years he has been on Boards and Commissions, or founded non-profit corporations, that operate homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, sexual assault programs, drug treatment programs, legal aid offices, and after school programs for elementary school children. Jim practic ...more

Jason is a self proclaimed student of the Mysteries. Having studied and practiced Shamanism for over thirty years, he has also studied many of the worlds religions. These include both Christian and Earthbased. (As a healer, it helps to know about those you are healing.) He was trained as a Combat Paramedic while serving with the USArmy counter terrorism group. He is also trained and certified as a Rape, Crisis, and Family councelor. Jason was a member of the Firedance team since its begining ...more

Jasper finds inspiration from cooking, knitting, tending fires, building things with her hands and spending time with inspiring people. Currently, she resides in Berkeley, CA with her husband, Tao, and is self-employed as a FileMaker database developer.

Jasper is honored to have been part of the birth of Phoenix Fire in 2006; she is currently on leave of absence from the Council but continues to serve as Treasurer.

Jimi Two Feathers, co-founder of Earth Drum Council, is a teacher, facilitator, and community organizer who has been building drum and dance community for over thirty years. In addition to EDC, Jimi is an original member of Dance Free and co-founder of Dance New England. Jimi builds and repairs computers and serves on the Board of Community Change Inc, an anti-racism non-profit in Boston.

Missy is a Vibrational and Shamanic healer, Awareness-Oriented Massage Therapist, Reiki Master/Teacher, Personal Growth Instructor, Theatrical Lighting Designer and Business Consultant. Her healing work draws from many different practices including movement, sound, breathwork, meditation, visualization, Ipsalu Tantra Kriya Yoga and Transpersonal Psychology. Missy comes to her teaching and healing work from a focused center of compassion, presence and deep listening to create a sacredness of s ...more

Morwen is a drummer, musician, teacher, writer, and facilitator who has been exploring the connections between rhythm, consciousness, and healing for many years. She is co-founder of Earth Drum Council, and has been teaching rhythm since the early nineties throughout the Northeast. She works as director of program development at a community art center in her hometown in Massachusetts. At the fire circle, as in life, Morwen is developing the skill of simultaneously sinking into the deep groove ...more

Mushrafali draws from many sources for his inspiration and loves to share that with others in sacred space: jazz, classical, West African, North Indian, Middle Eastern and Sufi. His instruments include piano & synthesizer, hand & mallet percussion, alto flute and voice. He has performed or recorded with jazz legends Paul McCandless (reeds), Stefon Harris (vibes), Zakir Hussain (tabla) and members of Bobby McFerrin's "Voicestra". He leads and composes for the groundbreaki ...more

The Pigeon Hawk is a rare bird of the Mystery with a keen sense of Vision and ability to catch his Pray through a startling array spiralacious flight. Often seen around water, especially water that has been enlivened, he is often considered an indicator species for recovering ecosystems, and can sometimes be found teaching Permaculture workshops and tinkering with Flowforms. Pigeon Hawks also seem to have a strange affiliation with mushrooms- especially edible ones that have magickal healin ...more

Sonic Alchemist Peter van Gorder promotes the philosophy that every sound and movement we make is but a mere carrier wave for the more interesting data of: Thoughts, Feelings, and Emotions. His unique view and teaching style has led him to create "Conscious Drumming" a workshop where the mind and body-energy are the primary instrument and the drum [or any instrument] is the amplifier.

As a facilitator he has both organized and led drum & sound circles, sonic journeys, hea ...more

Rafael Cevola takes great pride in creating safe space for "sacred work and play". He feels most comfortable among the towering redwood trees and so it is fitting that he offers his service to this festival. While not at festivals he is a freelance artist and a showroom "wizard" but, that just pays for the gas to get back to the people he really loves working and playing with. During the day he can be seen running around in a kilt, getting as many hugs in as he can. By nig ...more