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We are honored to host Yaka Banu & Nawa Siã for a Huni Kuin Fundraising concert!
May 27th Eugene e June 3rd in Portland - OR.
Mark on your calendar!

Yaka Banu Huni Kuin, born in the Pinuya village, is a talented artist and a female leader of the women’s group Mawa Isa Keneya. Her work not only promotes gender equality, but also strengthens the ancestral traditions of Indigenous women.

She has already toured several times throughout Brazil and Europe, sharing her art and prayers. This will be her first journey to the United States, traveling together with her husband, Nawá Siã. Her main source of wisdom is her grandfather, Pajé Kupi, who transmits the ancestral values that inspire and guide her work.

Nawá Siã Huni Kuin is a spiritual leader from Pinuya Village and a recognized musician whose work is rooted in the sacred traditions of his people.

Since the age of seventeen, Nawá Siã has traveled to share his teachings through ceremony and song. His melodies and rhythms are inspired by the strength of the forest and the wisdom of his ancestors. This will be his third tour in the United States. On this journey, he is traveling with his family, including his wife, Yaka, and his daughter, Kaya.

Let your heart be moved by traditional chants and joyful rhythms that carry the wisdom of the forest and the strength of cultural resilience.

Ticket information coming soon!

Past Retreats & Healing Work

Zen New Year Retreat 2026

The New Year Retreat was exactly what we needed to begin the year fully recharged!
A truly wonderful group. Together, we wove a living vibration through yoga practices, meditation, sound yoga, river baths, gatherings, ceremonial cacao, dance (ecstatic dance), bonfires, presence, many smiles, and new friendships.
There were even fire juggling performances, celebrating life in motion!

It was a true reconnection with our biorhythm. And by accessing this state, we touched our essence: joy, authenticity, our inner power, and inner peace. Rooted and open, this is how we began the year.

Deep gratitude to this beautiful group who wove this experience with us and were part of this transformative journey.

Gisele & Lotus Healing Arts at
Conscious Growth Convergence 2025

It was a honor to bring my work (Lotus Healing Arts) to the Conscious Growth Convergence, a transformative four-day gathering rooted in community resilience, earth-based wisdom, and cultural change.

At the Lotus Healing Arts booth in the healing area, I offered body work and Ancestral Healing sessions, creating a safe, peaceful, and restorative space for people.

During the event, I also supported Fernanda Samambaia as part of her team during the Grief Ritual, assisting with energy cleansing for both the team and the space.

Hapé, Sananga & Hampaya Circle
September 7th | 2–5 pm | Cottage Grove

We were deeply honored to host Txana Masha & Txana Masha — brothers, Pajes (medicine men), and sons of a traditional chief of the Huni Kuin tribe.
Born on the Humaitá River Kaxinawá Reserve in Acre, Brazil, they carry forward their lineage with devotion, serving as dedicated advocates for the ecological and cultural heritage of their people’s ancestral lands, both in Brazil and internationally.
Traveling from the heart of the Amazon, they will share with us their sacred medicines, healing songs, and stories of life through the wisdom of their tradition. This gathering was a rare opportunity to learn directly from the Huni Kuin, and experience the living presence of this ancient culture.

Organizer: Fernanda Samambaia and Gisele Domingues

Biruany and Bixku - Huni Kuin Concert

August 6, 2025 | Portland, OR. The Haven PDX

An unforgettable evening of ancestral sound, spirit, and song with Sâmia Biruany & Bixku —
guardians of the sacred music of the Huni Kuin people from the Amazon.

Let your heart be moved by traditional chants and joyful rhythms that carry the wisdom of the forest and the strength of cultural resilience.

Organizers: Fernanda Samambaia, Gisele Domingues, Ashley Bonn and Cascadia Culture

Brazilian Native Concerts and circles

Aniwa Gathering 2025

May 29 - June 1 - Mendocino, CA | Pomo Territory

Aniwa is dedicated to fostering global unity and spiritual growth by celebrating the diverse traditions of Indigenous cultures.

Gisele worked as a volunteer at the Healing Village.

In these times of immense collective grief, coming together is a radical act. Join us in these ancient ways of ritual and ceremony, as we walk each other home. As we stretch our capacity to feel the sorrow, we also stretch the capacity to take in joy.

This is a day-long workshop, where we will be using multiple Trauma-informed techniques to allow grief to rise and overflow, witness each other, and finish with a ritual inspired by the Dagara people in West Africa, as well as Afro-Brazilian-Indigenous spiritual practices.

The Grief Ritual was guided by Fernanda Samambaia, a Crisis Counselor with over 10 years of experience with grief rituals.

Dani Stormes has facilitated ceremonies and supported women through birth and pregnancy loss for 12 years. And Grisha Stewart, a grief tender at Village Rising Grief Rituals in Corvallis, Oregon.

Gisele Araújo was worked as energy healer supporting people in their process through energy cleansing and responsible to keep the ceremonial space free from negative entities and low vibration energies as anger, sadness and grief.

Gisele is an Advanced Pranic Healing practitioner, spiritual channeler, and ceremonial support with over 20 years of experience in spiritual healing practices. Born and raised in Brazil, she brings warmth, intuition, and grounded presence to those moving through transformation and grief.

Ceremony supported by Cascadia Culture - A bioregional booking and events company shaping culture in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Zen New Year's Retreat - Dec 29th - Jan 1st 2025 - Teresopolis - Brazil
Reconnection with our natural biorhythm

Yoga, meditation, trails, Yoga of sound, medicinal plant workshop, renewal rituals, kirtan, energy healing, Energy cleansing Herbal bath, cacao ceremony, and much more! It was a profound experience to support our participants to reconnect with nature and their true self.