A global community of midlife women

The Initiatory Path to Fiercely & Devotedly Weaving Your Gifts For a More Beautiful World

(WITHOUT BURNING OUT, OR BURNING IT ALL TO THE GROUND)

Let's burn with passion for a more beautiful world. Let's smolder with alivenes instead of burning out, Let's fan the flames on the ways our relationships and work can serve to reorder the status quo and make way for a matriarchal future. 

Not from a place of overblown self-importance…

But as a devotional tidal wave of loving wisdom crashing upon the shores of humanity.

I believe that those of us who care deeply about this world, who see all the children as ours, and who know in our bones that there is a better way, are here to lead the way forward.

BELOVED MIDLIFE SISTERS,

if not now, when?
if not us, who?

matriarchal LEADERSHIP IS A COMMUNITY OF SOULFUL WOMEN in MIDLIFE WHO GET WHAT IT IS TO HOLD SO MUCH + UNDERSTAND YOUR SENSITIVITY, AMBITION, AND CARE

A SPACE WHERE YOU ARE HELD WITH WISDOM, NUANCE, AND DEPTH…

To navigate through the grief and intensity of living a full life in a rapidly changing body and world

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Consistently rooting into deep devotion around your gifts, path, and purpose

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Cultivating your nourishment and aliveness, and expanding your capacity to receive while you stand in your leadership in every area of your life

Together, we devote ourselves to being fully alive weavers of a more beautiful world.

Here, liberatory visioning, deep listening, necessary grappling, and powerful devotion meet in nourishing ways.

WHAT WE'RE CULTIVATING TOGETHER

• DEEPER CONNECTION TO YOUR INNATE GIFTS + WISDOM, AND POWERFUL CLARITY ON HOW THEY CAN BE ARTFULLY WOVEN THROUGH YOUR WORK

• HONEST UNEARTHING OF YOUR LEADERSHIP EDGES, AND THE STEADY SUPPORT TO GROW THROUGH THEM

• PRACTICES IN ANCESTRAL COMMUNION AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNSEEN  THAT BUOYS YOU AND TETHERS YOU TO PURPOSE

• CLARITY ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO SHIFT IN YOUR LIFE, TO FREE-UP YOUR ENERGY TO CREATE WHAT'S YOURS TO CREATE
• PROFOUND CULTIVATION OF YOUR ALIVENESS SO YOU ARE GENERATING ENERGY AND PASSION FOR YOUR LIFE

• A RADICAL REORDERING OF MESSY RELATIONSHIPS – WITH YOUR BODY, MONEY, AND OTHER PEOPLE

• DEEPER INTIMACY WITH ALL THAT WE TRULY LOVE, AND A FEELING OF BEING HELD BY LIFE AND TRUSTING OUR OWN PATH

• COMMUNION WITH OTHER DEEPLY CARING WOMEN COMMITTED TO WALKING WITH WISDOM, INTEGRITY, AND DEVOTION

In a world that desperately needs our wisdom & depth… It’s soul-crushing to be so bogged-down by life that we feel disconnected from our power and purpose as cultural leaders…

LET’S REWEAVE OURSELVES INTO THE TAPESTRY OF HUMANITY + CREATE A GENERATIVE UPWARD SPIRAL IN OUR LEADERSHIP.

JOIN THE WAITLIST.
DOORS OPEN AGAIN IN FALL.

IS AN INITIATORY PATH

EACH SEASON, WE WILL GATHER FOR A LEADERSHIP INITIATION,
THEN WALK THE SPIRAL AS WE DEEPEN OUR DEVOTION.

AS WE DEEPEN ON THE SPIRAL PATH, SEASON BY SEASON, YOU’LL EXPERIENCE A GENERATIVE REORDERING OF YOUR LIFE, A WIDENING OF YOUR CAPACITY, AND AN UPWARD SPIRAL IN YOUR LEADERSHIP 

And because everything affects everything else… When we work on cultivating community, there's more space for our work. When we expand clarity around our work, our embodiment deepens. …and so on.

THIS IS THE COMMUNITY FOR WOMEN WHO KNOW THAT IN A GENERATIVE SPACE OF NUANCE + DEPTH, WISE REFLECTIONS + CARE, YOUR LEADERSHIP WILL EVOLVE IN BEAUTIFUL WAYS.

SPRING

devotional
creator

SACRED WORK

WE HONOR AND CULTIVATE THE WORK THAT YOU ARE HERE TO BIRTH INTO OUR WORLD. NO MATTER WHAT STAGE YOU ARE IN ITS CREATION, THIS IS ABOUT KNOWING IT, DEEPENING IT, AND AMPLIFYING IT.

SUMMER

vivacious
sage

EROTIC ALIVENESS

WE EXPAND INTO YOUR HIGHEST ALIVENESS IN THIS SEASON OF LIFE. THIS IS ABOUT COMMUNING DEEPLY WITH THE ORACLE OF YOUR BODY, TUNING-INTO YOUR EROTIC WISDOM, AND TENDING YOUR NOURISHMENT.

FALL

community
weaver

COMMUNITY CULTIVATION

WE BUILD THE MATRIARCHY, ONE HOUSEHOLD AND ONE THREAD OF THE WEB AT A TIME. THIS IS ABOUT STEPPING INTO OUR ROLES OF POWERFUL COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP, CREATING STRUCTURES THAT NOURISH.

WINTER

liberatory
dreamer

DECOLONIAL DREAMWEAVING

COMMIT TO THE PERPETUAL PATRIARCHAL PURGE NECESSARY TO IMAGINE AND LIVE-INTO A LIBERATORY FUTURE FOR ALL. CULTIVATE RELENTLESS ORIENTATION TOWARDS POSSIBILITY

"The matriarchial oasis we all need...

Devotional Leadership is a haven of meaning making and a soft place to help me make sense of my leadership in this world and season of my life. It’s not easy to find like-hearted women who are passionate about their life’s mission, and who operate from a place of depth, ambition and ethics. The most nourishing and healing aspect for me has been to feel Nisha’s heart and embodied wisdom in everything, from the way the space and the community is curated, to the calls and the coaching. It is a women’s circle as much as it is a brave space. In short, it is the matriarchal oasis we all need to ripen and journey toward our own unique leadership. 

- LUCE BEAULIEU | SOMATIC GUIDE & MIDLIFE
TRANSITION COACH

"A strong and generous container...

Devotional Leadership feels like a strong and generous container that you get to fill with all of your favourite hopes, dreams, and longings. Nothing is off limits. Nisha meets us all so beautifully on the live calls with her deep presence and lived wisdom, while Elisha's breath work sessions help move things from the head into and through the body. What's also wonderful is the sweet thread of kinship that we're slowly weaving together in her gently held space. It takes a village to make it work, and I'm excited to see how we continue to grow and evolve together. Thank you Nisha, for sharing your heart with us and the world!

- SURI STAHEL | Self-LOVE COACH

"A space...for my deeper truths to consistently emerge...

Nisha provides a grounded, loving, compassionate and permissive space for authentic expression which allowed my deeper truths to consistently emerge. I’m incredibly thankful to have made this investment in myself and recommend this to any woman looking to rise in her highest potential. “

- Aine Kimsey | Breathwork Facilitator & Couples Coach

"An abundance of wisdom...

When I joined this program, my expectations were high. They've certainly been met. The live sessions are where this program shines for me. Nisha brings an abundance of wisdom which she shares thoughtfully and generously. Elisha's sessions have shifted something in me that I couldn’t quite access alone. Between them, I'm leaving each session more replenished than I arrived, and that's carrying directly into my work.

- SkYLAR ROSE | CEREMONIALIST & GUIDe FOR WOMEN
IN MID-LIFE

RECAP OF WHAT’S INCLUDED

• SEASONAL LIVE leadership initiations

• quarterly quests: access to a new SElf-paced course each season (over $2000 value)

• weekly LIVE group coaching

• monthly LIVE guided journey

• MONTHLY LIVE dance journey

• MONTHLY LIVE co-working jam

• monthly LIVE breathwork journey

• monthly matriarchal council *optional*

• access to our intentionally designed app

JOIN THE WAITLIST.
DOORS OPEN AGAIN IN THE FALL.

WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT

IT’S ALL CONNECTED, SO WE CONNECT IT ALL.

Most groups like this focus on one thing – your work, your money, your connection with spirit, your romantic relationship, your parenting, your wellbeing, etc. This can cause us to pendulum swing between different areas of focus, throwing others out of balance or straight-up ignoring the impact that each has on the others. Here, instead of pretending anything is happening in a silo, we honor the impact of all our relations, and work to tend the upward spiral everywhere.

WE EVOLVE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SYSTEMS.

Most courses focus entirely on our personal eorts but not on the cultural conditions and systems that impact our lives. That approach is myopic and lacks honesty, leaving folks feeling like they are constantly failing. Here, instead of pretending broken systems don’t exist or cause harm, or feeling helpless in the face of them, we work to evolve our relationships with them as we culture-make new pathways forward.

WE MOVE WITH THE REALITY OF THE TIMES. 

The world is changing rapidly and dramatically, and we are being called to continually evolve our relationships, our strategies, and our perspectives. Here, we are in touch with the times in a way that allows us to activate our deeper leadership, and be open-hearted and clear-eyed about our paths. This is why the teachings are completely emergent, so we are always tracking the heartbeat of our deeper callings.

WE GATHER THE WISE WOMEN.

We’re not doing this alone. Every session is a gathering, a communion, a conversation, and a deepening with women who truly care, are invested in true wisdom, and want to live in their own rooted truth. No popularity contests, no cool girls club, no bonus points for being special. Just real, grounded, wise connection, and the encouragement to bring our full selves to the table.

- Ritu Aneja | Professor & Breast Cancer Researcher, Founder of a Global Consortium

"I don’t even know what comes close.

[Nisha's] coursework and group calls create such a loving space that feels as if I can ask anything, and it allows me to dig much deeper than I have ever been challenged to. It’s been so different that I don’t even know what comes close."

"Since joining I had so many amazing insights & saw a deep shift in my sense of self worth.

...which allowed my deeper truths to consistently emerge. I’m incredibly thankful to have made this investment in myself and recommend this to any woman looking to rise in her highest potential. “

- Marina Nabão | Holistic Sexuality Teacher & Coach

Our Promise

We are thrilled with what we are creating with Matriarchal Leadership, and feel confident that if you resonate with the words on this page, you’ll love it too. That being said, if you engage with the welcome materials and community and decide it’s not for you, you have 14 days from the day you sign up to withdraw and receive a refund. After that, you’re all-in and there are no refunds or cancellations for the year, so we can cohere our community and co-create magic.

Core Guides

LEADERSHIP GUIDE + CORE FACILITATOR

I carry mixed ancestry (Tamil, Indian and Scottish-French-English), and gratefully reside on the lands of the SENĆOŦEN + Hul'qumi'num speaking peoples.

For nearly 20 years, as a Leadership Coach and the founder of Global Sisterhood Day, I’ve led intimate councils, online courses, and over 60 retreats – walking with deep-hearted, visionary, culture-making women: entrepreneurs, healers, and artists who are committed to giving their gifts in service of a more just and beautiful future.

As a single mother who holds a lot; as a biracial woman who grew-up in a family that was passionate about liberation, democracy, and justice; and with a background in health & executive coaching, ancestral healing, and community building – I have a passion for shifting the conversation around leadership to include the realms of spirit and soul, and to uplift us all.

SACRED SOMATICS GUIDE
CO-WEAVER: SEASONAL LEADERSHIP INITIATIONS

Elisha is a Priestess & Oracle, Nervous System Alchemist, and Sacred Somatics Facilitator. She will be guiding our monthly Embodied Expansion Sessions, and co-facilitating the Quarterly Ceremonial Activations.

Elisha guides leaders to embody their essence, allowing them to trust their power, have greater impact in their communities, and authentically express their truth. Elisha weaves her 20+ year career as a tenured professor of somatics + dance with breathwork, Neurosculpting, energy work, intuitive channeling, and transpersonal psychology for a whole system approach to healing and transformation.

Ginny Muir is a wildness advocate and woman of ceremony, a barefoot-treading devotee of the mycelial intelligence of this planet. She is a recovering debutante, a tantrika-in-training, a writer, a second-time wife, a (somatically rooted, mystically attuned) relationship coach and a guide on the cyclical path of birth-life-death-rebirth. A relentless mythopoet, she is obsessed with the malleable impact of the stories we tell ourselves. Spend enough time with her and she'll ask her favorite question: "what would bring you so alive it might feel a little like dying?" And then lovingly invite you to step into that narrative, where the juiciest transformation happens.

RELATIONAL ALCHEMIST 
CO-WEAVER: RIPE

SANGOMA PRIESTESS + ARTIST
CO-WEAVER: OPEN {to} TO WAY

Jillian Rootwalker serves a living inquiry into what our lives, relationships, cultures, and systems are organized around—and what becomes possible when they are organized differently.

Through initiation, story, song, discernment, and lived practice, she explores the roots beneath human experience: ancestry, family, embodiment, dreams, belonging, money, power, creativity, relationship, and continuity. For those who sense there may be an Other Way.

The Ancestral, bodily, and relational ask the simple question: What is your life organized around?

Cat Wilson is a dance facilitator, DJ, bodyworker, and somatic therapist devoted to the wisdom of the body. For over a decade, she has been guiding transformative movement journeys through conscious dance, trauma-informed embodiment, and ritual healing. As a longtime facilitator at Dance Temple Salt Spring, her sets blend poetic voice, deep bass, and emotional resonance into soul-stirring dances of reclamation.

Rooted in her upbringing in South Africa and shaped by earth-based rites of passage, Cat’s work is anchored in a longing for harmony, justice, and belonging.

Cat facilitates intimate group containers where eros, dance, and nervous system healing meet—spaces where the body becomes a temple of transformation.

Kelsey is a mother, Registered Clinical Counsellor, and community builder. As a therapist, she offers compassionate, trauma-informed therapy for women, teens, and couples. Rooted in reverence, belonging, and the belief that every season of life deserves to be honoured, her work supports people in finding their way back to themselves.

Alongside her counselling practice, Kelsey facilitates sacred after-school circles for pre-teen girls, weaving together nature, ritual, expressive arts, emotional learning, and mindful mentorship.

She also serves as Business Manager for the Center for Devotional Leadership and tends many of the behind-the-scenes elements of Matriarchal Leadership. 

Ariana Fotinakis is a woman of mixed ancestry (Anishinaabe and Greek) is the co-founder of Decolonize and Rize, a trauma-responsive coach, breathwork facilitator, and devoted advocate for decolonized well-being. She brings over a decade of experience working with hundreds of individuals and organizations globally, offering a grounded and compassionate approach to personal and collective change that integrates nervous system awareness, cultural reclamation, and systemic transformation.

Her work creates spaces where people and teams can build resilience, deepen self-awareness, and cultivate sustainable well-being.

Outside of her work, Ariana is a devoted mother homesteading on 1/3 of an acre, raising chickens, growing food, and working towards a dream of supporting food sovereignty. 

DECOLONIAL FACILITATOR + BREATHWORK GUIDE

Somatic therapist + DANCE JOURNEY WEAVER

REGISTERED COUNSELOR + 
COMMUNITY WEAVER

PLEASE KNOW THAT there are no sidekicks here. The women below are deep collaborators, friends, and teachers of MINE (NISHA), and they have my utmost gratitude, trust, and respect.

MATRIARCHAL LEADERSHIP IS NOT A BRAND.

IT’S AN ORIENTATION, A PATH, AND A PRACTICE.

With great humility, I acknowledge that most of our current leadership around Matriarchy comes from Indigenous women and nonbinary folks, and Black women. I honor their embodied wisdom and traditions, and offer myself as an ongoing student of matriarchal ways.

This journey is not a playbook on how to build a matriarchy. This is also not rooted in a lens on matriarchy that simply places women at the top of a hierarchy. It's an exploration of our participation with life that necessitates tremendous unlearning, courageous vision, rooted hope, and the commitment to move in the way of nature – giving and receiving in generous, true, and reciprocal ways. Here we practice surrendered engagement in the flow of emergence, a rewilded relationship with time, animist listening, and legacy through the lens of intimate belonging with the cycles of birth, sustenance, death.  

I do not come with answers, but I'm here to live into the questions with you, as we build something more beautiful for our lives, our children's, and their children's.

If you are feeling this, come on in.

With love, Nisha