Faculty- International:
Leela Francis
Leela is the founder and CEO of Vividly Woman and VividExistence. A facilitator of groups and individuals for over 20 years, she is an expert in the field of body, self and soul . Her many studies, trainings, work with individuals and families, shamanic initiations and rich life experience add depth and dimension to her skills.
Leela brings her skills and depth of experience working internationally with thousands of people as an Integrative Body Therapist, yoga, Nia and Trance dance facilitator and keynote speaker and trainer to her circles and event facilitation. With charm, fun, sincerity and sensitivity, She gets people into their bodies, more deeply connected to themselves, more open to connecting with others and most of all source and divine spirit. Celebration, compassion and authenticity are the heart of her teaching, inspiring and nourishing the dance that is her aliveness and her delight in sharing it with others. She is passionately devoted to weaving community that models the values and philosophies of the Sacred Feminine. She lives and shares this dance with all individuals who dream an ever more vivid existence!
Leela designs and facilitates all Vividly Woman workshops and retreats. She is a private and group VividExistence Coach. She divides her time between Mexico, the Pacific Northwest, and the rest of North America.
leela@vividlywoman.com
Tamara Anderson
Tamara has a gift for complete and unconditional loving presence. Combined with her core belief in each individual's intrinsic right to experience a profound connection to the divine in her/his own body, that gift has allowed Tamara to be a conduit through which many people have experienced a deep awakening of their own shakti life force. She is a certified Spiritual Sexual Healer and Educator through the Divine Feminine Awakened Masculine Institute. She leads women's groups using her own Magdalene Labyrinth Training. Together with her husband Chip of 16 years she leads couple's workshops, retreats and private counselling on deepening into intimacy and honoring long term commitment.
Tamara is a Leaders Circles co-facilitator and a Sacred Sensual Splendor Counsellor. She is currently training to facilitate Circles to Spirals. She is located in Ogden, Utah where she lives with her husband and 2 kids. tamara_anderson@mac.com
Maggi Feehan
Maggi Feehan is a therapist, university instructor and writer who brings energy, passion and creativity to individuals and organizations to assist them in implementing change.
For more than twenty years, she has helped individuals, couples and organizations heal, create and grow through a variety of means. Her background includes crisis intervention counselling, alcohol and drug counselling, movement psychotherapy, and in-depth work on creativity and spirituality. As a faculty member at two Universities she trains therapists and instructors in masters and under graduate programs.
Maggi is a professional writer and is published author of The Serpent's Veil , a novel. She is also a certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher who finds passion in standing on her head. A dedicated 5Rhythyms dancer, Maggi also loves kayaking, scuba diving and hiking. Her ill-kept secret is that she is a closet torch singer, and hopes one day to sing in a smoky, dimly-light bar in New York City.
Maggi is a Vividly Woman Leaders Circle Co Facilitator. She lives in Victoria, BC with her 7yr old son. maggif@shaw.ca
Mentors:
Ontario
Katharine Preston
Katharine is a certified Canadian Fitness Professional and has over fifteen years of experience teaching. She believes in being active, and promotes the holistic philosophy of "mind-body-spirit in her classes.
Katharine is the owner of Preston Medical Esthetics Spa and Laser Clinic where she acts as a Medical Esthetic Consultant, Office Manager and Coordinator. Her expertise, attention to details and passion for beauty make her a true blessing to her colleagues and patients.
As a Vividly Woman Leader, Facilitator and Mentor, Katharine welcomes the opportunity to share with you her loving Goddess energy. She believes that all Goddesses are equal and is committed to sharing her powerful love and open heart to Goddesses all around the world.
Katharine is a V Woman Circle Mentor katharinepreston@hotmail.com
Quebec
Nathalie Morin
Nathalie Morin is committed to passion, enlightenment and everything that resonates with the soul. Her career in Human Resources, more specifically in the recruitment, training and equity realms, has directed her on a path of discovery about cultures and diversity, a path of openness.
Through her personal growth, she has recognized her need to connect with mother earth, nature and the mountains. S he has embraced her mission of being of service and sees herself as being a great connector.
One of her latest accomplishment has been to put together multiple groups of engaging, creative and energetic women through a series of artistic workshops, supporting women survivors of War in Bosnia & Herzegovina and the Democratic Republic of Congo. All funds collected are donated through the Vividly Woman Sensual Heart; Women Gathering Together to Dance Can Actually Change the World.
Nathalie is a V Woman Circle Mentor nathaliemorin@rocketmail.com
Saskatchewan
Stacie Noble-Wiebe
Stacie is a writer, facilitator and mom who understands first-hand the challenging juggling act most moms perform on a daily basis. She also knows that the last person most moms prioritize and look after is themselves. Through RechargeForMoms.com , Stacie encourages moms to tend to their bodies, minds and spirits.
Stacie embodies a unique blend of skills flowing from her own journey of personal growth, as well as her background as a speech-language pathologist, entrepreneur, writer, facilitator, dog agility trainer, Laughter Yoga Leader, teacher and mom.
Stacie is passionate about the importance of family, living life consciously, discovering our inner wisdom through sharing our stories in community, and guiding others to discover their inner spirit of joy in a world that is often far too serious and stressed. Stacie brings her own compassion, joy, deep sensitivity and authentic love of life to each session she leads, guaranteeing a meaningful and memorable experience.
Stacie is a VividExistence group Coach
Alberta
Stephanie Gruss

Stephanie is a passionate consultant, artist and teacher of creating sacred space in homes and businesses. Her training in Reiki, Feng Shui, Dowsing and Sacred geometry make her a leader in international workshops on Earth healing. The commitment to healing physical challenges in her eyes and knees since early childhood and 20 years of practise in meditation and therapy as well as becoming a practitioner of Reconnective healing inspire others to trust in their inner power of creativity and surrender to source. She invites you to connect with her to receive the love and wisdom of Mother Earth to lead inspired, peaceful and meaningful lives. Knowing that our inner world creates our outer world she calls you to her Sacred Play Circle in Edmonton.
Stephanie is a V Woman Circle Mentor stephanie@livinginunison.com / www.livinginunison.com
British Columbia
Diane Anderson
Diane is the principle of Diane Anderson & Associates Clinical Counselling and the founder and clinical director of the West Coast Canada Institute for Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP). As a psychotherapist, she is dedicated to helping individuals and couples create the loving, healthy, happy and passionate relationships they desire. She is trained in Imago Relationship Therapy (with Harville Hendrix--Oprah?s favourite therapist) and body-centred psychotherapies such as Self Regulation Therapy (SRT) and Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP).
Through the West Coast Canada Institute for ISTDP, she is highly committed to training psychotherapists to be the best in their field. She provides instruction, supervision and professional development in specific and precise therapy methods that allow people to free themselves of long-standing, self-destructive patterns that impair their ability to live and love to their fullest!
For over 20 years she has been involved in the field of personal growth and development, including 15 years as a clinician in private practice. She has been on all sides of relationships?single, married, divorced, remarried?and she knows what it takes to make relationships not only work, but thrive! Diane lives and loves her life in beautifully lush White Rock, British Columbia on Canada ?s West Coast where she can indulge in her love of the ocean and the forest that surround her.
Diane is a Sacred Sensual Splendor Counsellor and V Woman Circle Facilitator www.DianeAndersonCounselling.com
New York
Mary Agnes Antonopoulis
Mary Agnes is a talented writer. For the last several years, she has supported women in business with beautifully written blogs, newsletters, web page copy and social media campaigns. She has a unique gift for providing a clear voice for each of her clients and translating their message, voice and mission to the written page. She writes for home-based new business owners to Fortune 500 CEO?s and NY Times best selling authors. Mary Agnes embraces not only your business focus and your market, but also your voice . That is a precious, uncommon service. It is also invaluable when creating your brand and recognition as a sought-after expert. She is a lso amazingly fun to work with and only works with four or five clients at a time. Finally, Mary Agnes runs workshops on using writing as a tool to reconcile broken hearts and lost or painful memories, circling women together for healing through pen-to-page conversations with our past, and occasionally, our future.
Mary Agnes is a V Woman Circle Mentor ma@rockawaywriter.com
Georgia
Francine Brown
Francine Brown is an exceptional Massage Therapist and teacher of Massage. She is certified in many bodywork and energy modalities, emphasizing the healing of the whole person. Francine has the innate ability to see the person behind their physical limitation.
She discovered her gift as a healer at the age of 7 helping her stepfather, who, in the Navy, was paralyzed from the waist down. After working several years in the corporate world, Francine began to re-explore a career in the healing arts. In 2006 she became a Reiki Master, and continued her training to become a Reiki Master Teacher.
Francine's ability to see a whole project from conception to completion transfers to her healing work. With each client, she sees a whole picture of health taking into account the structure and energetics of their body as well as their diet, lifestyle, and work environment.
Francine is a VWoman Circle Mentor
francinebrown.lmt@gmail.com