YOUNG Maidens
INTRODUCING OURYOUNG Maidens Program
For girls ages 7–17 (limited tickets)
This year we have an incredible program devoted to the Young Maidens amongst us. A day camp / supervised-style program for all scheduled Young Maiden offerings, allowing Guardians to enjoy the festival knowing the girls are in safe and caring hands. Mothers/Guardians can sign in and drop off Young Maidens at allocated times throughout the days, often around meal & ceremony times.
Offerings will be primarily held in our NEW Spark Tent, the Young Maidens main hub, with some offerings spread amongst our main stages. Each experience is crafted with love and intention to inspire, educate, and celebrate young maidens as they journey toward womanhood.
YOUNG MAIDEN SCHEDULE
MEET OURYOUNG Maiden GUIDES
Young Maiden Program Coordination Team. Part of a triad of women who collectively steward, organize, and hold the Young Maiden programming. Together, we coordinators create a safe, grounded, and inspiring container for young maidens, while guiding and supporting volunteers who assist in the delivery of the programs.
Team Lead
Kelsey Robson
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Kelsey Robson
Salt Spring Island, B.C.
Kelsey Robson is a Registered Clinical Counsellor who offers compassionate, trauma-informed therapy for women, teens, and couples. In addition to her one-on-one work, Kelsey offers sacred after-school circles supporting pre-teen girls through the transition into adolescence with community, ritual, emotional skills, and belonging. Rooted in nature, expressive arts, and mindful mentorship, her work helps girls build confidence, resilience, and deep self-awareness within a nurturing community.
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ARTFUL INTENTIONS
This gathering invites young maidens to consciously step into their time at Earth Daughters. Through creative journaling and collage, each girl will craft a personal journal to use throughout the experience. As we create together, we’ll share intentions - naming what each girl hopes to explore, grow, or welcome during our days together.
CASTING OUT, CALLING IN
Our closing circle offers a gentle ritual of release and remembrance as the young maidens prepare to journey home. Participants will name what they are ready to leave behind and use the elements to release it. Then, we’ll take time to name and honor what they wish to carry forward, including the creation of a custom herbal tea blend - a tangible reminder of their Earth Daughters intentions.
Artful Intentions + Casting in, Calling Out
Team Lead
Alley Biniarz
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Alley L. Biniarz
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Alley feels most alive when she’s in communication with the plant world around her or learning a new (well, old or forgotten) skill. She is a folk herbalist, regenerative gardening guide, writer, and kitchen witch who is perpetually questioning modernity and its endless growth mindset. She guides spaces that encourage us to tap into the rhythms and cycles of nature, as well as the seasons of our bodies.
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CONNECTED: FINDING OUR PLACE WITHIN THE WORLD
This youth circle experience will help the Young Maidens connect to themselves and their
unique way of being in the world. The space will allow for conversations around anxieties and
insecurities, as well as an opportunity to shine in sharing what lights them up! We’ll dance, we’ll
sing, and we’ll leave this circle with tools on how to stay connected to our place in this world and
knowing that we can make a difference by being ourselves.
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This is a workshop for our Young Maidens to help connect to themselves and their unique way
of being in the world. When the doors of the outside world shut, what is it we’re drawn to
creating? Do we love to paint? Dance? Help others? Cook? Garden? Within this space we will
explore how we feel most ourselves so that when we show up in the world, we aren’t
abandoning ourselves and our essence. By showing up as our true selves, we are then able to
connect to peers and create deeper friendships. This youth circle experience will allow for
conversations around anxieties and insecurities, as well as an opportunity to shine in sharing
what lights them up! We’ll dance, we’ll sing, and we’ll leave this circle with tools on how to stay
connected to our place in this world and knowing that we can make a difference by being ourselves.
Connected
Team Lead
Tami Nisbet
Mindfulness Magic
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Tami Nisbett
Calgary Alberta, Canada
Tami Dandelion is a Wilderness Goddess, who has a huge open heart and a presence which can be truly felt. Everyday she arrives with playfulness, curiosity and deep gratitude for the life she has been gifted. She guides young people into deeper connection with the self, by utilizing experiences in play, mindfulness, dance and hands on outdoor skills; Trees, plants, soil, and all of nature elements are her allies in the experiences she provides.
Meditation Coach, Wilderness Educator & Therapy Guide, Child & Youth Counsellor,
Usui Reiki Master, Mother, Lover & Pasion Seeker.
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Join our Young Maidens Guiding Team as we welcome each other into circle together and discover the land with a guided walk. Through gentle reflection, sharing, movement and play, our Young Maidens will begin to unravel a deeper connection with the land, the self and the sisters in our circle. We will weave together a sacred space for each Young Maiden to be seen and welcomed into the warm embrace of Earth Daughters.
Mindfulness Magik
Join Tami Dandelion and spend time with each other, challenging the patterns of the mind and bring more awareness to the sweetness of your soul. With interactive practices, including movement, sound and stillness, we will learn about the power of mindfulness and the benefits for the female body.
Alchemized Anger
Step into a gentle practice of awareness surrounding intense emotions and ways to transform this energy into personal power. Using breathwork, visualization, mindfulness and a hands on practice, come join Tami Dandelion in the fires of Alchemy.
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Leighanna Gardner
Eugene Oregon USA
I’m a mother turned ceremonial leader, called to guide women back to themselves. Through my circles and ceremonies, I hold space for grounding, growth, and inner wisdom, leaving each person feeling seen, supported, lighter, and inspired to explore more of their own path.
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The Red Thread – Maiden First Moon Ceremony
I guide girls and women through a gentle, heart-centered rite of passage that connects generations. Through simple witnessing and rituals, maidens are welcomed into womanhood and the sisterhood of the red thread. This ceremony honors growth, celebrates womanhood, and fosters connection, leaving every participant feeling seen, supported, and celebrated.
The Red Thread – Maiden First Moon Ceremony
Leighanna Gardner
Body Poetry
Eden Elizabeth
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Eden Elizabeth
Chilliwack, British Columbia
Eden Elizabeth is a movement facilitator and artist specializing in embodied storytelling. She created Body Poetry as a space where dancers and non-dancers explore the meeting of body, voice, and narrative through somatic practices and intuitive movement. Her work emphasizes presence, precision, and the body as a powerful vessel for story.
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Body Poetry Ritual Movement
Body Poetry is an embodied storytelling practice where spoken word, sensation, and intentional movement meet. Through somatic exploration, improvisation, and ritual, participants translate story into the body… moving slowly, listening deeply, and allowing meaning to emerge without choreography or performance pressure.
The Ripple Effect
Erin Barnes
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Erin Barnes
Saskatoon Saskatchewan
Erin Barnes is the founder of Sound Haven Wellness and a sound therapy practitioner based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Having grown up across the province, she carries a deep appreciation for community and land. She now facilitates sound journeys throughout Saskatchewan as a devotion to sharing presence, rest, and connection, offering immersive experiences that support nervous system regulation, emotional balance, and gentle ripples of healing within the community.
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The Ripple Effect
The Ripple Effect is an interactive sound experience that invites youth and women into curiosity, presence, and embodied awareness. Through hands-on sound exploration and a guided sound journey, sisters are supported in understanding how sound, words, and vibration move through the body and emotions. This offering encourages mindful listening, emotional awareness, and a deeper understanding of how each ripple we create within ourselves moves outward into the collective.
The Miracle of YOU
Aspen Percival
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Aspen Percival
Kelowna, B.C. Canada
A licensed Naturopathic Doctor, Integrative Pelvic Therapist, and yoga teacher devoted to helping women reclaim vitality, aliveness, and embodied power. Through pelvic therapy, intimacy coaching, and women’s circles, I support women in reconnecting with their primal feminine nature and innate wisdom. As Co-Founder and CMO of V-Metrics: Health Creation Lab, I help create tools that nourish life force, longevity, and legacy. Rooted in sacred sexuality, my work invites deeper intimacy, presence, and vitality in both body and relationship.
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The Miracle of You:
Learning the Language of Your Beautiful Body
Friendship Bracelet Making
Yana, Mia & Masha
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Yana, Mia & Marsha
Vancouver, Canada
Yana Bordon is a mother of four, a doula, and a childbirth educator. She supports women throughout their lives by helping them through important life events such as childbirth and other rites of passage. She also organizes creative workshops and educates women about health and wellness in her community. Yana's approach to her work is based on the Wise Woman tradition, which emphasizes caring for women's physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
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Girls will gather in a circle to get to know each other. They will introduce themselves and choose beads for their bracelets. Each bead will have a special meaning that the girl can think about as she wears it. The girls will string the beads together to create a unique bracelet that represents their strength, memories, and love. They will also exchange beads with each other, wishing each other good luck and forming a strong bond.
Witch Wands
Hannah Stinson
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This immersive workshop invites participants to reconnect with their inner magic through the ancient practice of wand making—a ritual of remembrance, creativity, and empowerment.
Zenshine
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Zenna Hansen-Moore
Zenshine's heart is open to all living things, believing that every creature holds its own kind of wisdom. She radiates joy, grounded presence, and gentle curiosity, inspiring those around her to move, breathe, and see the magic in the world.
Through her playful and nurturing energy, Zenna encourages others to connect with their own inner light, courage, and kindness. She reminds everyone she meets that even the smallest voice and the quietest heart can shine brightly, guiding themselves and others with love, wonder, and radiant presence.
Co-teaching Young Maiden Yoga with her mother, Delaney Shaye. Growing up in the mountains, she brings joy, curiosity, and a grounded presence. Through movement, breath, and playful energy, Zenna guides girls to honor their bodies and voices, awaken their inner light, and step courageously into connection, creativity, and the magic of sisterhood.
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Young Maidens Partner Empowerment Yoga
Zenna and Moma Delaney Shaye lead Young Maidens Empowerment, a magical mother-daughter circle of movement, breath, crystals, and imagination. Together, they guide participants to explore courage, kindness, and connection. Each gathering closes with quiet reflection, grounding in the earth and reaching toward the stars, honoring the light, magic, and wisdom within and around each girl.
Yoga, Crystals & Play
Gillian Rice
Vocal Activation
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Gillian Rice
Canora, Saskatchewan
A well sought after musician, clinician, composer and music guide Gillian is the creator of the Earth Daughter’s Mantra. Being with Earth Daughter’s since it all began back in Saskatchewan, she is honored to be a part of the 5th Earth Daughter’s Festival and share her passion for song. Stepping into a role as a support team this year Gillian is honored to share her love for Earth Daughters and the community while being a source of support and guidance in the meadow.
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Vocal Activation Circle
Light the fire for song already within you and sing with your fellow daughters of the earth. For centuries women have gathered and come together to sing and chant in circle. Activate your unique sound and energy as a healing tool for yourself and the higher purpose. Let us lift eachother up into a higher resonance as our voices unite and become one.
Jennifer Elliott Fern
Forest Flower Crown Making
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Jennifer Elliot Fern
@raspberryroseacreage
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Step into the magic of the forest and awaken your inner queen as we gather to weave nature’s treasures into beautiful crowns. In this gentle, joy-filled workshop, you’ll create your very own Forest Crown using flowers, leaves, and woodland wonders, guided by love, creativity, and the spirit of sisterhood.
This is more than a craft, it’s a ceremony of becoming, a celebration of your unique beauty, and a chance to walk the festival grounds crowned in nature’s grace.
Traditional Metis Drum Making
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Traditional Drum making - 5pm Thursday (early arrival offering)
This year will be Lana's 5th year holding traditional drum weaving at the festival. Here, all are welcome to come hear traditional stories and bring their own drum to life. Drums hold sacred meaning in almost all ancient cultures, Canadian Indigenous being one of them. This medicine helped guide ceremony, visions and healing. We respectfully weave these drums in honour of our ancestors and those of who lost this medicine. You will walk away with a beautiful drum to take and share in our own community.
Drum Awakening - Sunday morning
This ceremony is part 2 for all women who make a drum over the weekend. Lana was taught that our drums are the medicine of our ancestors and to use a drum we must hold it with the utmost respect. This ceremony honours the journey, the birth, of that drum. All are welcome to come learn traditional songs and be a part of this drum ceremony.
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Thursday 5PM
Angelica Keilback
Wild Sun Catcher Making
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Angelica Keilback
Outlook, Saskatchewan
My name is Angelica. I am a mother of five beautiful children and live in a small town in Saskatchewan. This will be my 3rd year attending the Earth Daughters Festival. I am so excited to gather with all the lovely women and young maidens in the meadow to create something beautiful together.
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I will be guiding you through a Wild Sun Catcher Making workshop. A variety of materials including traditional crafting items, crystal beads, repurposed items, and foraged items will be provided for you to use to make a sun catcher that represents your own creativity. Feel free to bring any items of your own you may want to use or include. Once the sun catcher is hung in a window that receives direct sunlight, the sun rays will hit the crystal bead and reflect off making beautiful rainbows throughout the room.
Robyn Prossner
Rattle Making
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Robyn Prossner
Enderby, BC, Canada
Robyn Prosser is the owner of Rob Pross Wholeness, a Métis hide worker specializing in rattles and drums. Guided by her ongoing healing journey, she weaves energy, artistry, and consciousness into sacred tools. Based in Enderby, BC, she offers custom tools, workshops, and hybrid journeys throughout the Okanagan and across Canada. Robyn is a proud mom of two, a trained artist and hypnotherapist who weaves her training, lived experience, and deep connection to the universe into all she offers.
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Participants are invited to create their own sacred Rattle through intention, artistry, and ceremony. Blending energy, consciousness, and sound, this workshop offers a rattle that will be an activation for each participants life.
WHAT’S INCLUDEDThis offering is for girls ages 7–17 and includes early arrival, shower, and camping tickets.
Baby boys and girls ages 0–2 are free. Little girls ages 3–6 can purchase a kids pass but are not permitted at workshops without the supervision of a Mother/Guardian.
IMPORTANT NOTE:Although we encourage Young Maidens to participate in the Young Maiden program, they are welcome to join other offerings on the event schedule (not listed as 19+) under supervision.
Young Maiden offerings include a sign-in and sign-out system for drop-off and pick-up. While Guardians may feel comfortable leaving their girls during some sessions, Earth Daughters is not responsible for them outside of the designated program, and it is advised they remain under guardian supervision at all times.
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