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Annie Spencer, founder of Hartwell, is a ceremonialist and workshop leader with an Oxford MA and a diploma in Humanistic Psychology. She has been running groups and trainings for over 20 years including the groundbreaking Women's Mysteries courses; and was a co-founder of the Shamanka School of Shamanic Studies for Women and Openings, the Bath based centre for therapies and group work. Her writing on earth mysteries, women’s mysteries and ceremony can be regularly found in many major magazines.
She is currently involved in the establishment of Circle of Life Rediscovery, which is devoted to bringing earth based spiritual traditions to young people.
Annie has worked in many spiritual traditions over the past 30 years. Introduced to Native American Medicine work in 1982, she was apprenticed in this tradition. She has undertaken ceremony at Macchu Picchu; sat in sweat lodge in North America with elders from the Mi’kmaq and Ho Chunk nations; and has been studying Guatemalan Mayan teachings for the past five years.

Knowing the importance of integrating these teachings with her own land, Annie has built up an intimate relationship with the sacred sites of her Cornish ancestors; and she follows her own ceremonial path. Annie opens pathways for others - illuminating their life's journeys. Her primary interest is the renewal of ancient ceremonial forms for creating a path of beauty upon Grandmother Earth.

Comments on Annie Spencer’s work:

‘Thirteen thousand thank yous for what you do for our children and the community’

‘I won’t forget the many moments of care, support, concern and laughter I experienced in our work’

‘It was an extraordinarily powerful training with an amazing course leader’

‘I will never forget the ceremony for the rest of my life.  Thank you.  I am so honoured to have you in my life’

‘One of the most amazing experiences of my life.’

 
Cathy Shea has run workshops and trainings for over two decades.  Cathy discovered Native American teachings in the mid 90s and these brought spirituality into the centre of her life.  Being Irish by descent, she has long had a love for our Celtic Heritage and the two traditions have consistently fed one another on her journey.  Cathy holds a deep love for our Mother the Earth and all that she provides.

Robert Estrup comes from Denmark.  He has been running off into the wilderness since childhood.  For many years now Robert has taken people out on Vision Quest and works on issues of gender with men and more recently men and women .

Anne Lynn has been working with earth based spiritual traditions for many years.  Her great love is the plants and she is a plant spirit practitioner and a fire keeper with the Sacred Fire Community.
 
Willa Harlatt first met the Goddess when, at the age of eight, she had a near-death experience. In the 1980s she began working with the Medicine Wheels of Turtle Island. A Vision Quest led her to Peru and Bolivia to work with indigenous teachers. In the 1990s Willa also began to explore the traditions of her own land. She continues to weave these three threads together, forming her own unique pathway to Spirit.
 
Nick Hurn has worked in the healing field for nineteen years as an acupuncturist and also using sweatlodge. Through Sun Dancing and working with various shamans he has come to have a great love for the people and the land and his vision is to connect the one with the other.