About Starheart
Meet Courtni Starheart
Courtni “Starheart” Hale is a Traditional Spiritual Guide, Shaman (Medicine Person) and Visionary Artist. She has completed a 7-Year Residency in Traditional Southwestern Shamanic Practices by Medicine Man Patricio Dominguez (of DMT: Spirit Molecule) She was authorized to independently hold ceremony and certified in 2008 by the Church of the Spiritual Path. She is the Founder of the Church of the Natural Law and the Medicine Retreats of Finding The Force.
As a National Merit Scholar, she received a full scholarship from American University and completed two bachelor’s degrees to Graduate from the School of International Service Class of 97, BAS Latin American Studies/ Culture and BAS International Relations/ Politics. She went on to Doctoral Studies in Political Science at the University of Delaware.
She has been the Executive Director of the Center for Natural and Traditional Knowledge since 2005.
As a National Merit Scholar she received a full scholarship from American University and completed two bachelors degrees to Graduate from the School of International Service Class of 97, BAS Latin American Studies/ Culture and BAS International Relations/ Politics. She went on to Doctoral Studies in Political Science at the University of Delaware.
She has been the Executive Director of the Center for Natural and Traditional Knowledge since 2005. She is a yoga teacher, singer-songwriter, herbalist, author, as well as podcast and radio show host. The main focus of this has been to serve the community which she developed with Patricio Dominguez and share ancient global traditions in today’s changing world.
Courtni has extensive experience in facilitating Sweat lodge, Medicine Journeys, Spiritual Readings, Kambo Ceremony, Pipe Ceremony, EcoSpiritual tours, Events and Retreats, Soul Retrieval and other spiritual practices.
Courtni Starheart is a traditionally trained Medicine Person with 20+ years of study, BAS International Relations from American University, BAS in Latin American Culture, and Doctoral studies at the University of Delaware.
She has studied for 7 years under the tutelage of traditional Medicine Man as well as carrying a Sacred Pipe in the BearHeart Tradition, authorization to pour Sweat Lodge, and Herbal Shamanic studies with Susun Weed.
Leader/ Organizer and Speaking Events
World Economic Forum (4 Steps Into The Vortex: Biology of Personal Power)
EcoVillage Event (including Pete Seeger, Grandmaster Ken Lo, Grandmother Flordemayo, Carole Hart)
Monday Night Talks on Consciousness, KUNM with Patricio Dominguez and Lucio Urban
Talk Radio NYC: Finding The Force Podcast Series
Installations, Activities, & Classes:
2007-11
Garden Installations, 2007-11, Warwick NY (Doc Fry Community Center, Goshen Farm Biodynamic Coop – Herbal Install with accompanying instructions on medicinal properties, Orange County Historic Sites, Hill Hold) as well as consulting for camp activities at several sites
2007-2016
Events with Pete Seeger, Jose Ruiz, Susun Weed, Charles Eisenstein, Best-Selling Author Mike Murphy, PingZhen Cheng, Carol Hart, Don Patricio Dominguez, Pat McCabe, Phil BlueHorse, Mike “Two Bears” Andrews…
Film Production of Project Girasols
8 Filmettes on Programming Collaboration for Youth in Nature: Girasols (Sunflower) Education Package for Common Core in the Garden, Liberty Gardens (special raised bed gardens for elderly), AcTah (Labyrinth Installation)
New Dynamic Design of Church Sweat Lodge, 2012.
Includes group organization, implementation, funding and materials acquisition
Newspaper Article, Local IQ Albuquerque NM
Silk Art Retreats and Seminars for Groups
Including world religion meditations, drumming, journeying and tools for visionary art (Ananda Ashram, NY, Warwick Artists Coalition, Chabad, Reform Temple Monroe, NY) 2006-2018
Adobe Eco-Friendly Building Demo (Historic Ironwood Farm, NM) 2012
Gallery exhibitions
(Bertoni, Sugar Loaf NY, 2008. Event with Susun Weed Goshen NY, 2009. Woodstock NY, 2010 gallery and KTD. The Range, NM 2010-2016 Rotating pieces. World Studio NM 2013-14, owner, group organizer, world renowned New Mexico artists in multiple mediums)
Retreat Facilitator
Ananda Ashram 2008-9 Yoga instruction, Sound Bath and Drumming
Aquaponics workshops and Building in Group, Ironwood Farm NM
Live Feeds Weekly
“Standing Lunch” Updates on Standing Rock, 2016
Live Feeds Weekly
“Standing Lunch” Updates on Standing Rock, 2016
Sacred Sites Tours NM
2001- present (10 day tours with shamanic students from across the US to visit Chaco, Bandelier, Taos, Albuquerque, Pueblo Cultural Museum, Santa Fe Canyon Road and many Ceremonies including Josh Shapiro of Crystal Skulls, Sweat Lodge, Kiva and Pipe Ceremony
Interviews on Radio with KUNM
Albuquerque, NM Live Radio, Collaboration with Maori Indigenous Elders to share Cultural Exhibit “Wai”, as well as many segments on Consciousness
Independent Radio Podcasts
Extraordinary Healing Arts Academy, Our Daily Magic, Farm-A-Yard, Finding The Force, and more…
EcoTour to NM Sacred Sites Teaching on the Sacred Medicine Wheel
Drum-Making, Health and Wellness from Mineral Baths and Spa Retreats such as Ojo Caliente and more…
Join our Life-Changing Medicine Retreat & Supercharge Growth in Your Life
Join us in this Sacred Ceremony led by experienced, trained, and professional Guides. Ayahuasca & Kambo are 100% legal for Church of the Natural Law members practicing in religious faith about their healing with Plant Medicine.