Rue McDonald, M.A.
(they / them)
Rue (they/them) is a Magical Mentor with the Magic School based on Cortes Island, the unceded territories of the Klahoose, the Tla’amin, and Homalco Indigenous Nations. They are a lineage-keeper in training as a storyteller, folk herbalist and ritualist rooted in their ancestral traditions, most deeply Highland Scottish and Irish.
Rue is completing the Ancestral Healing and Ritual Training with Shauna Janz and will soon be available to take on new clients supporting 1:1 ritual containers for those seeking accompanyment in their ancestral connection journey.
Rue is guided by values of decolonial healing and acknowledges that connection with ancestrally rooted wisdom traditions fortifies to engage in full dignity, responsibility and humanity for the vital process of decolonization and climate action. Rue lives in Whaletown offering local programming for many ages, writes and performs locally and on the road.
Mika Kumagai
(she / her)
My name is Mika Kumagai. Among other things, I am an astrologer, mother, animist, and Earth medicine apprentice. With these backgrounds, I act as a bridge between the celestial movements and the cycles of the Earth. “As above so below.” Using Ancient Astrology techniques, I offer inclusive readings for our modern society. My mission is to use astrology to empower you, so that you can live your life to the fullest
Otis Bell, RAc
Queer transgender astrologer, acupuncturist, body worker, herbalist brings insights about the astrological archetypes of the signs and planets and Medical Qi Gong therapist, and witch! I bring insights interweaving the healing arts with queerness, social justice, and witchcraft.
Cadence Moffat McCann
(she / her)
Sacred Space Holder at Inner Cadence Healing
~ ritualist / village tender / facilitator / guide ~
I am a queer settler of mostly Celtic and Slavic ancestry. I have facilitated land-based education and healing for nearly 20 years throughout Turtle Island. I am dedicated to helping us remember our place in the web of life through deep nature connection and sacred circles.
Kip Alden Neweduk
Kip (they/them), is a genderqueer forest school mentor who seeks to re-enliven the child-like wonders and spirits that we may have lost along the way of growing into our adult selves. They believe accessing space for playfulness in our lives is one of the many beautiful ways we can reconnect and help to heal our relationships with our little ones within. With Kip’s background in land-based education & relational somatics they will facilitate a variety of games that represent some of the ecological relationships connecting all around us, as well as hold space for reintegrating a felt sense of our inner-children.
Above all else, Kip believes in the power of play as a doorway into a type of embodiment that allows us to show up more wholly for tending the needs of the cultural wounding in our modern world. At a time when the need for systems-wide transformation is so deeply needed, Kip believes the ability for our nervous systems to be adaptable, attuned and playful is essential to our imagining and birthing of new paradigms of being.
Join Our Mentor Team
Teach Your Own Class
Are you a queer or allied learning facilitator or healer? Do you desire to share your skills and gifts in the community? Are you in need of a platform to promote your work? This offering gives you an opportunity to share your offering in an in-person or online setting through the Queer Directions Plateform and receive mentorship and community support in the process.
Please see our values section to make sure your work aligns with the Queer Directions Learning center vision statement. If so, join up with the Edge School Network.
This is a platform for a variety of facilitators to hold space for magical outdoor learning. Twice a month amongst the network of mentors, we can schedule and take turns facilitating as we feel inspired. Rue will coordinate scheduling and promote the offerings. When Rue has received your write up, they’ll reach out with follow up questions and proposed scheduling. Prospective mentors must submit a proposal: See The Edge School Workshop Proposal Template.
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