Aching community members and skeptics are invited to a two-day event where they can learn about wellness, natural healing, energy and spirituality from subject experts.
The second annual Healers Festival will take place Aug. 24-25 at the Coupeville Recreation Hall and is free to the public, though $5 dollar donations are appreciated.
Intuitive Coah, Psychic/Medium, Meditation Guide and former skeptic Nina Wasankari, who owns Island Body Soul, created the event to give people an opportunity to explore different healing modalities, which she said can be costly to learn about and access.
The festival might be particularly beneficial to people processing traumatic events and experiencing physical ailments, Wasankari said. The healing techniques presented can support a person’s current regimen while the spiritual coaches can provide some guidance in the healing journey, she said.
“It’s really about waking up the healer within all of us,” she said.
The event features a variety of speakers and vendors, including yoga and meditation teachers, shamanic healers, reiki masters, light workers, spiritualists, astrologists, psychic mediums, tarot readers, dream interpreters, alchemists, coaches, philosophers, hypnotists, herbologists, mystics and more, according to the website.
People are free to come and go. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, guests can network with businesses and healing professionals, resuming at 5 until 6 p.m.
A series of speaker presentations will kick off at 2 p.m. The speakers will talk about how to “learn to identify your edge of growth and create a wisdom-based relationship with your guides,” heal chakra and heal with the “energy enhancement system.”
Doors open at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, a day where guests are invited to bring their own yoga mats, pillows and blankets to get comfortable while bathing in sound waves.
From 10 to 11 a.m., Sound Healer Deborah Koff-Chapin will lead the sound bath, a form of meditation where people lay down and immerse themselves in the sound of Tibetan sound bowls and crystal bowls for physical and spiritual benefits.
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m., people can explore different vendors and connect with healers. From 3 to 5 p.m., speakers will talk about ways to identify one’s own healing skills through astrology, and how to rebuild society through personal healing.
To snatch a seat, pre-register at healersfestival.com.
