Collaborators, Co-creators, & Mischief-makers

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Lisa Cheney-Philp is the founder of Women of the Water and a dedicated apprentice to the arts of breathing new life into old stories, weaving the sacred threads, and transforming aching wounds into soul medicine. She is guided by an insatiable curiosity and, as such, is trained to support others as an end-of-life doula, coach, creative facilitator, and river guide, among other things. Lisa currently has a foot in two worlds, holding space in Denver and Fort Collins with her husband, Joel, and daughter, Juniper.  

Women of the Water Contributions:

• Weave in Ends: courting death as a gift to life (lead facilitator)
• Return to Zero: resolving regret through restorative action (lead facilitator)
• Be the Course: calling women to lead with water (lead facilitator)
• Death Plans Living (visionary, storyteller, artist)
• Death and Mothering (visionary, storyteller)
• Women of the Water online store (artist)

April Tierney is a poet, collaborative artist, activist, and lover of the world. Her background is steeped in the study of language, culture, crafts(wo)manship, and the skills of human-making.
She is the author of two full length collections of poetry, Singing to the Bones (2018) and Origin Stories (2020) which can be ordered here. She is also the cofounder of Fire Feeders, a collaborative press and women's writing collective along the foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. April lives outside of Lyons on a wild hillside with her beautiful family. To see her baskets and other wearable art, visit her Etsy page. 

 Women of the Water Contributions:

• Weave in Ends: courting death as a gift to life (participant)
• Death Plans Living (storyteller, artist)
• Death and Mothering (storyteller)
• Women of the Water online store (poet)

Ellen Geoffrion (MA, LPC, R-DMT) is a licensed professional counselor and registered dance movement therapist.  With a background in professional dancing and teaching, she brings a radically joyful, compassionate, humorous, and vulnerably honest approach to her counseling.  She believes that people have innate goodness and worth, in addition to the need to be fully valued and seen. Through her soul's work, Ellen is dedicated to providing the encouragement and tools for creating empowered, life-affirming repair and healing.  She also supports her clients to discover and contribute their creativity and unique purpose, as a gift to our fellow community, and the Earth. Ellen specializes in: her new model of dancing and moving through life events to create deeper inner knowing, attachment-based couples counseling, and honoring the grieving process leading up to and after a death loss. Ellen lives by the Middle St. Vrain River in the mountains of Lyons, Colorado with her husband Jason and daughter Coraleigh. You can find Ellen on Psychology Today or by emailing her at geoffrioncounseling@gmail.com.

Women of the Water Contributions:

• Weave in Ends: courting death as a gift to life (participant)
• Death Plans Living (storyteller, artist)
• Death and Mothering (storyteller)

Christine Miller is a group facilitator and movement teacher, inspired by many forms of dance, yoga, art and nature. She was raised in the wisdom of the Appalachian Forests and draws upon the lessons of the elements for her inspirations and teachings. Christine marries the poetic and pragmatic aspects of life by providing guidance and support in lifestyle habits, creative community and transformational programming.
You can find more about her at www.flowblu.com.   

  Women of the Water Contributions:

• Return to Zero: resolving regret through restorative action (participant)
• Death and Mothering (host/facilitator)

Amy Biondo, M.A. is a vocalist, composer, dancer, and music educator based in Lafayette, CO. Her unique approach to training the voice, using contemplative practices and improvisation to unleash the full power of the body and emotions of the student and integrate them into the voice, has made her a go-to vocal coach for those seeking a more holistic approach to vocal training. Amy also writes custom love songs for weddings and other special events and has written and recorded original music for television. Her performance experience spans diverse genres, including world, popular, jazz, musical theater, sacred, and improvisational music, and bands include the Amy Biondo Ensemble, Los Bohemios, and Milestone. Amy holds a Master of Arts degree from Naropa University in Contemplative Psychotherapy and has been a meditation and yoga practitioner for over 20 years. For more information, please visit www.amybiondo.com.  

Women of the Water Contributions:

• Death and Mothering (vocal coach for "Weave in Ends")