WEAVING WITH THE NUSTAS

Kripalu, the Center for Yoga and Health, in collaboration with Golden Threads is offering a free introductory course to work with the sacred feminine energies of Earth and a deeper dive.

Free Introductory Program
Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2025 
Time: 7:00–8:00 pm EST
Length: 1 hour total

The Deeper Dive Live Online Program
Dates: October 8–29, 2025 
Wednesdays: 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29/2025
7:00–8:30 p.m. EST
Length: 6 hours total

  • A woman in traditional clothing sitting by a campfire near a lake, with a mountainous landscape and cloudy sky in the background.

    Nelida Vilca Huaman

    Chinchero Village

    Nelida was born the 29th of November in 1986 in Cusco with family origins from Apurimac (the Apu who speaks) and from Chumbivilcas where she carries a lineage of warrior healers. In 2010 she met master Puma - he started teaching her, and initiated her as a master in the path of Kapaq Ñan and since then, she’s been walking and sharing all of the knowledge, ceremonies, offerings and mesa work in Chinchero.

    Nelida is offering online teachings. Visit her page to see.

    Nelida Vilca Huaman biography

  • Smiling woman in a black hat and yellow shawl sitting outdoors on a rock in a hilly landscape with ancient ruins in the background.

    Lea Motlow

    Lea Motlow is a mother, grandmother, business owner, and a woman that has been walking the Medicine Path for many years. She was gifted her medicine name “Thunderbird Heart” in 2014 and her walk since then has been to “follow her name”. She has been in healing circles with her first teacher Kedar S. Brown for many years in his Rites of Passage Program. She has assisted him in his programs and is a Certified Vision Quest guide.

    Lea Motlow biography