Core Team 2023
Pollinate Ritual is honored to bring powerful women into service for emerging women of the Maiden’s Weekend. Each Maiden will be paired with a Core Team member that will be their “Mama Bear” for the weekend. Read about them below.
Meg Kinney
“Pollinate women’s weekend changed my life. when i found out we were going to be extending this programming and community to women my daughters age i was so excited. i can’t wait to make the power of art and creativity available to these young women!”
Meg, a mom to her own amazing Maiden has been working with children for years as a independent art teacher. meg is curating our art house to provide maidens with access their creativity and a place to collaborate with other maidens on the weekend.
Sandi Hoover
Sandi is a Rieki and yoga master who has been practicing and teaching for 15 years. Founder of Roots pre-natal yoga and Family Tree Yoga, sandi has deep knowledge of working with mothers and children from conception on.
sandi is also a registered nurse and will be serving in that capacity on the maidens weekend as well. read more here!
Lindsey LG Good
“WORKING WITH WOMEN IS LITERALLY MY LIFE RIGHT NOW. I’M THRILLED TO SHARE MY PASSION FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH AND EMPOWERMENT WITH THE MAIDEN’S WEEKEND. POLLINATE HAS BEEN PART OF MY LIFE FOR YEARS AND I’M SO EXCITED WE ARE EXPANDING OUR REACH TO YOUNG WOMEN.”
LINDSEY IS A PASSIONATE OUTDOORSWOMAN, AND INNOVATIVE RITUAL CREATOR/FACILITATOR. SHE CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE ‘GO RED FOR WOMEN’ DIRECTOR AT THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, FOCUSING ON INCREASING WOMEN'S HEART HEALTH AWARENESS.
Kaci Pegues
Kaci is our core team sister from kansas and has been working in the healing arts for over 25 years. she is the owner of the the spahh in sedgewick kansas.
“I believe teaching young women, passing on knowledge of the way our bodies are constantly working to help us, is the best use of my skills. Young women can overcome anything with the right tools and support.”
Christina Fernandez Morrow
Christina Fernandez Morrow is a leader in empowering hispanic woman. She is the Founder of The Latina Leadership INitiative and has work with high school and college age women over the last decade in her role as educational mentor at dmacc.
christina is also an accomplish writer of memoir and children’s books and a mother.
Kathryn Dickel
“THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT THE RETREATS I ATTENDED AS A TEEN WOMAN SAVED MY LIFE. DOING THE MAIDENS WEEKEND FEELS FULL CIRCLE AND I’M HONORED TO BE IN SERVICE IN THIS WAY BECAUSE I FUNDAMENTALLY KNOW WHAT IT CAN MEAN FOR A YOUNG WOMAN.“
KATHRYN IS THE FOUNDER OF POLLINATE RITUAL. DURING HER TEEN YEARS KATHRYN WAS LUCKY TO ATTEND DOZENS OF RETREATS CREATING A SPIRITUAL BASIS FOR NAVIGATING HER LIFE AS AN ORIGINAL LATCH KEY KID.
AS AN ADULT, KATHRYN TOOK INSPIRATION FROM HER CHILDHOOD RETREAT EXPERIENCES TO START POLLINATE RITUAL AND HELP PEOPLE LIVE SOUL-CENTERED LIVES.
KATHRYN IS A spiritual director, and a LIFE-LONG ENTREPRENEUR. ALONG WITH POLLINATE, SHE IS THE CO-FOUNDER OF MIDWESTIX, CITY SOUNDS: THE DES MOINES PUBLIC PIANO PROJECT the Des moines music collective. read more here
Kristine Lindell
“working on the Maidens weekend is a dream come true for me. as a therapist i know the value of working with women early on. as a women i can’t think of something more i’d like to devote my time and experience to.
as part of her therapy practice kristine has worked with children and youg adults as a core constituencies. Along with traditional therapy practice Kristine weaves in reiki and voice therapies to assist those she works with.
Shannissy Catron
“WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO GROW UP IN THIS WORLD AS A WOMAN. ON THE BEST DAYS IT’S A CHALLENGE. THIS IS SO NEEDED AND I WISH WE COULD DO IT FOR EVERY TEENAGE WOMAN IN OUR COMMUNITY.”
SHANNISSY CATRON IS A DOULA AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PRACTITIONER ROOTED IN THE SYNERGY OF INTUITIVE MASSAGE. AS A DOULA SHE SPECIALIZES IN WORKING WITH WOMEN WHO ARE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL TRAUMA AND SHE’S ASSISTED DOZEN’S OF TEENAGE MOTHERS THROUGH THEIR PREGNANCIES AND BIRTHS. AS SUCH, SHE IS THE 2023 YOUNG WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTER IMPACT AWARD WINNER.
SHANNISSY IS THE DIRECTOR OF HEALING ARTS AT POLLINATE RITUAL and the Pollinate Hive House. CURATING THE HEALING PRACTITIONERS AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR WEEKENDS AND CREATING NEW HEALING MODALITIES AT POLLINATE THAT BRIDGE RITUAL AND STANDARD THERAPEuTIC MODALITIES. Read more here!