Twerk Fit Activation: An energetic exploration of the hips and booty

with Simone Sobers

Get up and MOVE your body in this fan-favorite from return MRF teacher, Simone Sobers! This is a dance-fitness workshop that explores TWERKING (you read that right!) as an effective and fun physical exercise, a sensual exploration of the hips and booty, and a resource for releasing stored stress and trauma in the body. Simone will get you up and booty-shakin in your own living room, unlocking a new and powerful connection with your female body through playful and intentional movement. In this workshop you will learn her signature "5 Ways to Move the Booty", follow along in a beginners Twerk Cardio Sweat Session, and learn a fun "Twerkography". It's one of our favorites at the festival, and we are so excited for this to be available to you year-round!

Broomcraft with Emileigh Zola Renee

with Emileigh Zola Renee

More than a handcrafts class, Emileigh guides you through a ritual space to settle in and create something meaningful with intention.

Pull up a chair and join her for a short guided meditation to open the ceremonial space, an intention setting exercise, and a step-by-step demonstration on crafting a traditional Appalachian style whisk broom, with a ceremonial spin. 

Emileigh will walk with you as you quiet your mind, work with materials grown from the earth, learn to trust yourself in your artistic process, and create natural beauty in the ways of old, as our ancestors once did.

Menstrual Rites, Rhythms, and Rituals

with Kristin Hauser

In this workshop, Kristin Hauser will explore the hormonal rhythms of your menstrual cycle, rituals for different phases of your cycle and how to honor menstruation as a rite of passage.

Dive in to the rhythms of your life as Kristin teaches about each of the four phases of your menstrual cycle hormonally and energetically while reclaiming the embodied experience of tending to your womb. This is a space to heal, honor, and celebrate this aspect of your womanhood with intention and exploration.

You'll walk away with not only a scientific understanding of your body and why it is the way it is, but also clear practices and rituals to support you all month long.

Summer Herbs of The Magic Place

by Arielle de Martinez

Learn from queen herbalist, Arielle de Martinez! In this free eBook, you'll get to access Arielle's expansive plant wisdom and learn about some of the plant allies that grow here on festival grounds, how to utilize and commune with them, what their properties are, and more. This is a sweet way to connect with the spirit of "The Magic Place", as so many women have called it, before actually arriving on the grounds.

And, if you want to meet these herbs (and many more!) in person, Arielle will guide you on her famous Solstice Herb Walk at Matriarch Rising Festival, where you can learn from her first-hand, collect and work with the plants in person, and ask her any questions you may have about these medicinal, powerful beings.

Chakra Dance

with Kat Harmon

Are you ready to move stuck and stagnant energy OUT of your body!?

Chakra Dance is a vibrant and healing movement practice that balances your energy centers with targeted, easy to follow, energy-aligning dance moves to high energy music. It's a wild and free, expressive experience!

This dance-series will leave you feeling aligned, energized, and truly loving the shit out of yourself - as Kat puts it! You don't need to be a dancer, or even feel comfortable dancing in public - this is for you to connect with your internal energy systems and move through them with somatic and wild expression, in the comfort of your own home!

Come ready to love the way YOUR body needs you to move, and honor it!

*BONUS* MRF Coloring Pages

with Sister Nettle

Download and print a set of FREE coloring pages from clothing designer and in-house MRF graphic designer Sister Nettle! Tap into the spirit of play and childlike presence (with or without your kids!) and enjoy a peaceful coloring or painting sesh in gorgeous Matriarch Rising Festival branding.

This can be a sweet collaborative craft with your children as you talk about your plans for the festival and get them excited for kids camp, your art can become contributions to an altar for manifesting the festival onto your path or remembering the joys of MRF if you've already been... the possibilities are endless! Take a moment to pause the hustle and bustle of life, slow it down, and get into your inner-child.