New Earth School PDX
Meet the Teachers
at New Earth School PDX
FERN CAPELLA ALLEN,
CEO of Tarot
Intuitive Astrology
Fern Capella Allen has studied and practiced astrology for over 20 years. She has attended the United Astrology Conference and NORWAC and has spent decades teaching, consulting, and creating original astrology content. She is also the Director of New Earth School PDX, a community learning school she founded around the idea that everyone has something worth teaching and something new to learn. A lifelong psychic and intuitive, Fern blends a strong technical understanding of astrology with intuitive insight in her work with individuals, couples, groups, and parties. Her warm, accessible approach makes astrology personal, insightful, and genuinely useful.
KARIN EDWARDS,
Certified Advanced Rolfing practitioner
Exploring the Enneagram Personality System
Karin Edwards is a Certified Advanced Rolfer with over 20 years of experience, at Awakenings Wellness Center on SE 12th near Belmont. She offers sessions in Spanish and English. Karin has earned her blackbelt in Ki Aikido, a martial art which teaches how to connect with the humanity in all beings -- even when we are under attack. Karin teaches a variety of topics including: the Enneagram, Consent Skills, Personal Growth, Pain, the Nervous System, and "At-Home Jaw Therapy". Adult classes include Flirtation, "Adult" Ergonomics, Hair Pulling, and Feminine Pleasure. Your feedback helps me learn and grow. Here is a google form where you can share about your experience, with the option to be anonymous: https://forms.gle/R6BcSnCD1zor8ydi6
JULIE OSBURNE,
Therapist and Play Enthusiast
Improv As A Life Skill
I am a mental health therapist and a performer who is a play-enthusiast. I see play as an orientation to life, in which we welcome the unknowns of each moment and get to experience and create ourselves as we respond. Youtube channel: The Hungry Id - https://www.youtube.com/@hungryid00
HEATHER HOLLERAN,
Clinical Mental Heath Counseling Intern
The Resourced Parent: Advocacy, Support, and Self-Leadership
for Parents Navigating 504s and IEPs
I am a therapist intern and former special education professional with 12 years of experience working in Virginia and Oregon. As the parent of a child with autism, ADHD, and sensory processing disorder, I understand the complexities of navigating special education systems from both professional and personal perspectives. I am also the parent of a teen who has recovered from an eating disorder and successfully advocated for policy changes within the Hillsboro School District. My therapeutic work is client-centered, trauma-informed, and grounded in Internal Family Systems (IFS). I bring professional expertise, lived experience, and a passion for empowering families to this work. IG: @heather.the.counseling.intern
SUMMER ELIZE SMITH, JD, LLM --
Consciousness Evolution Teacher; Author & Creator, The Consciousness of Nature; Regenerative Community Designer
Becoming One With Nature
Summer Elize Smith is a consciousness evolution teacher & evolutionary activist. She is the author of the upcoming book, “The Consciousness of Nature,” where she illuminates the origin of humanity’s disconnection from Nature, & sets forth a pathway to redesign our human presence, for the conscious creation of Life in harmony with Nature. Summer is an animal & environmental protection attorney, a biocentric & regenerative community designer (specializing in social & ecological design), an elephant conservationist, a somatic practitioner, a trauma healer, a yoga teacher, & a humanitarian, with seven years of experience working in Africa in wildlife conservation, poverty alleviation, & regenerative community-based initiatives.
MOSSY B,
Somatic Nourishment Advisor
Somatic Art Therapy
Britt (Mossy) has been guiding embodiment practices for over a decade. She is a yoga teacher, an instructor at echo theater company, and an active member of the ecstatic dance community. Britt has worked and studied various forms of therapy as well as ayurvedic and chinese medicine.
KIM DAVIES
Creative Realm Facilitator
Beginning Improv for kids (Ages 10-14)
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Beginning Improv: Experiment, Laugh and Connect
As an introvert, Kim is a gentle, compassionate facilitator who loves the intersection of play, theater, and personal growth in ways that feel fun, welcoming, and accessible. She has been using improv games in her summer camps for middle schoolers for over a decade. www.TheCreativeRealm.co https://www.thecreativerealm.co/summer-camp
GABRIELLA KARP
Finding Inner Peace
We’re taught many things in school, but often not how to find peace within ourselves. My own experiences with challenging relationships, loneliness, and feeling helpless to change my experience sparked a deep interest in discovering the patterns of thinking and behaving that can quietly keep us stuck. With a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a background in relationship coaching, I bring both psychological knowledge and lived experience to exploring how our minds create suffering, and how we can begin to relate to ourselves and others from a place of greater love and freedom.
SPROUT
Sufi Yoga
A lifelong Portlander, free spirit, autodidact, artist, and entrepreneur, Sprout has sung and danced her way though life with a laugh and a prayer, with a wild and whimsical soul, she has long resisted squeezing her round peg into any square holes, after seeking magic in the ruins of ancient temples in Mexico and Asia, and studying healing and sacred holistic teachings wherever she wandered, she brings the culmination of these journeys to you at the New Earth School, Sufi Yoga classes.
PAYGE PERDUE
Breathe Like Water
Payge Perdue is a certified yoga teacher and qigong instructor trained in the Daoist Water Tradition. She found this tradition six years ago, already teaching yoga, and has spent the five years since studying and teaching breathwork within it. Her approach blends movement, stillness, and breath training into practices people can actually live with, not just perform on a mat. She teaches breath as a tool for everyday life: something to reach for in hard conversations, stressful mornings, and ordinary moments, not just during class. www.theaquarianpayge.com IG: @aquarian_payge Payge has a recorded version of this course available for purchase if you would like access to these practices: https://theaquarianpayge.com/breathe-like-water
KATIE CLAYTON
Goat Milk Soap
I live on a small 5 acre homestead in Eagle creek, Oregon. For over a decade I’ve been raising goats, chickens and ducks. I run a booth named Nemophilous Farm and Forage at the Estacada farmers market, as well as dabble in other markets around town when possible. Where I sell my own products including ceramics, felted soap, alpaca dryer balls, eggs and tinctures made from foraged plants. This is a passion of mine that has allowed me to be immersed in a like minded community. I think it is important to share the abundance of knowledge through hands on learning. IG: @nemophilous_farm_forage
SUCHITRA KOMANDUR, CERTIFIED ZENTANGLE TEACHER
Untangle & Create: Zentangle For Beginners
Suchitra is a Certified Zentangle teacher originally from India, currently residing in Portland, OR. After her graduation in Computer science and Engineering she worked in the IT industry for over 10+ years with HP and Motorola. She rediscovered her childhood passion of art and drawing during the covid lockdown days and decided to learn Indian folk art forms online. This lead to the discovery of the zentangle art form and she found it to be very beneficial in aiding relaxation and reducing anxiety. So she decided to become a zentangle teacher and spread the benefits of the art form. She loves to teach Zentangle/Zentangle inspired art to adults and kids. The official Zentangle website - https://zentangle.com IG: @suchitrakomandur
MATHIAS MANTEL
Permaculture Design
Mathias Mantel holds a Permaculture Design Certificate from the Permaculture Research Institute of NSW, Australia, completed under Geoff Lawton in 2016 (700+ hrs including final design practice). He has practiced permaculture for 15 years and gardened organically since childhood. Mathias previously guided Springwater High School students in designing an urban food forest, bringing hands on experience to teaching practical, city adapted permaculture design.
DR. CAMMI VANCE, DC,
Health and Movement Coach
Living Consciously: Philosophy, Physiology, and Agency at the 1000 Crossroads - A Guided Elemental Self Examination and Toolkit for Calibration
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I am a chiropractor and movement specialist, and I work with patients on their overall strategies to stay oriented towards a healthy and enjoyable life aligned with their values. With an extensive background in movement, including teaching yoga, dance, and corrective exercise, behind my in-depth healthcare training and background as a clinician, I have amassed a great toolkit for getting us all excited about improving our health and quality of life. I continue to learn while working on healing my own injuries and conditions, how to help others optimize their health and path. I find there are a handful of lessons I keep giving on repeat, that my patients and students have found extremely valuable in improving quality of life. www.sunnysidecocare.com https://www.facebook.com/cvancedc/
MIMI
Grounded Breathwork: A Journey Inward
My name is Mimi, and my journey with breathwork began after years of traditional therapy and self-help books left me searching for deeper healing from childhood depression. Everything changed when I discovered breathwork. Just a few sessions provided a profound breakthrough that years of other modalities couldn't reach. Experiencing such a powerful transformation inspired a deep passion within me to complete formal training so I could guide others toward the same relief. I view breathwork as a magical, accessible tool for self-realization, emotional release, and lasting inner peace, and I am honored to support you on your own path to healing. IG: @groundedseedwellness
DR. NYSSA G CASTLE
Intro to Ayurvedic Detox - Self-Care for Improved Health
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Nyssa Grace Castle was raised on a small farm outside Portland, OR. After traveling the world, her personal experience with extreme health conditions led her back to Portland and a life in natural medicine. Through her work in nutrition, yoga therapy, and Ayurvedic medicine, Nyssa was able to heal her autoimmune diseases and overcome an airborne anaphylactic peanut allergy she had from childhood. Dr. Castle is an internationally registered C-IAYT and holds a postgraduate degree in Yoga Therapy with training in Ayurvedic medicine in both America and India. She has worked in the Portland hospital system and in private practice for the past 16 years as the founder of Eclectic Yoga Therapy. Her heartfelt work is to guide her patients to self-healing and thriving through detoxification (Pancha Karma), nutrition education, lifestyle changes, deep meditative practices, and mental health support (manasika swasthya). Outside of the office she enjoys sipping tea, deep conversations, and living the Vedas. https://eclecticyogatherapy.com IG: @eclecticyogatherapy FB: thenaturalisticyogi
RYAN CHIN
Memoir Writing/Publishing Online to Medium.com
After living and teaching in New Zealand, I saw how the Maori children were willing to create freely and it inspired me to write and never stop. That was over 20 years ago. Since then I have completed two books, published over a hundred of stories on Medium, including a story about finding $1000 along the Williamette river that won the Oregon Writer’s Colony Contest. More than any awards though, knowing a story, a paragraph, or even one line could change a person’s outlook, is what keeps me writing. With the flood of AI content, it's more important than ever to share our stories. “We are nothing without stories…” Wendell Berry