Wisdom Keepers
aka Coaches, Consultants & Celebrants
Wisdom Keepers are multi-talented, open-hearted, skilled, visionary Creatives who bring a wealth of experience, expertise, love, and inspiration to your community through sharing our Wisdom & Leadership. Collectively, we are Mothers, Mentors, Ministers, Administrators, Educators, Entrepreneurs, Artists, and Activists dedicated to celebrating Life in community, honoring the intersection of Indigenous and Intuitive wisdom, and valuing Hueman Beings of all origins and identities.
Together we set the tone and sustain the sacredness of SoWisdom from Birth Education to Education for Sustainability, from Expressive Arts and Fashion Design to Relevant Rituals and Ceremonies, from Sacred Circles and Coaching Quests to Seasonal Celebrations and Community Events, from Couples Coaching and Pleasure Seeking to Financial Fertility and Corporate Consulting.
Meet the people who make SoWisdom grow.
“Trust in the process of Life. The Process is the Purpose”
Rev. Karma Cloud is the founder of SoWisdom. She is a seasoned mother of two, Minister of Metamorphosis, Song Catcher, Creative Life Coach, Life Celebrant, Birth Practitioner, Certified Art Educator, Expressive Artist & Facilitator. She has developed an Intermodal Expressive Arts Approach to Art/Life Education (Ubuntu Education & Shared Leadership) that develops & enhances social/emotional intelligence, refines artistic skills, harvests transferable life skills, increases awareness of self, Source & others and cultivates a sense of purpose through engaging with the Creative Life Process in community. Rev. Karma, a Mellon Fellow & graduate of Hunter College, is ordained by the Center for Sacred Studies as an Earth-based Minister, and holds a Master’s in Expressive Art Therapy from the European Graduate School.
Offerings: Celebrant Services, Relevant Rituals & Rites of Passage, Spiritual Guidance, Creative Life Coaching, DEIB & Shared Leadership Consulting, Professional Development, Art/Expressive Art Education, Birth Education, Intuitive Wisdom Oracle Readings, Mentoring Programs for Girls & Women, Motivational Speaking.
Funmilayo Brown, is a Queen of Prosperity & Pleasure and founder of Layo Philanthropic. With more than two decades of experience raising funds and leading non-profit organizations, Funmilayo has mastered the art of leading teams toward organizational equity, efficiency and productivity that affirms the individual while advancing the whole. As an Organizational Strategist and DEIB Consultant, she focuses on igniting the highest good in others and creating conditions for the greatest potential to become real and expressed.
She is a proud African American woman and mother of two and she lives to bring joy and peace to life; where her being causes shared humanity to be understood, and celebrated.
She holds a Master of Public Administration in Financial Management, is trained in Dare to Lead and Education for Sustainability, is a Certified Childbirth Doula, proficient in Spanish, and fluent in humor.
Offerings: Philanthropic Legacy planning, Prosperity Coaching, Nonprofit Strategic Development Consulting, Wellness Retreats
Celia Feliciano (she/her) is a Working Artist, experienced Fashion, Visual & Interior Designer, Creative Life Mentor & a proud mother of two. Her work, which has been exhibited in the US and Canada, falls within the genre of Provisional Painting, favoring a looseness & intentional inconclusiveness. Through her professional, artistic and educational endeavors, she generously shares her passion for Life with others empowering them to nurture the inspiration within.
Offerings: Art for private collection and public spaces, Mentoring, Interior Design, Visual Design Consultation, Professional Development in Leadership Training, Motivational Speaking.
Maria Nichim Luna (she/her)is a holistic educator, mother, wife, artist, and community advocate, with 20 yrs of experience working with children and youth in the tri-state area. Founder of The SolutionHeirs Homeschool program, a once a week interdisciplinary program that focuses on the holistic development of each learner as they uncover their own curious and inquisitive minds to become the SolutionHeirs of tomorrow. She has been a homeschooling parent of three for the past 14 years, combining a project based approach with community engagement. Her community advocacy has lead her to work with arts programs, cultural organizations, and local libraries. She brings her passion to inspire children and adults in developing a practice of reciprocity, so that as learners and human beings, we can find deeper connectivity to each other and to our planet earth.
Offerings: Home School Educator/Consultant/Advocate, Cultural Programming, Professional Development, Motivational Speaking, Education Lectures
Lenise Dazzel-Harris (she/her) is a self proclaimed Queen of affirmation, women’s advocate and owner of women’s empowerment service, We CreateShop. Through her fantastical creativity, love of decor and passion for authenticity, Lenise has created workshops for women and teens that empower them to become “forward thinking participants in fulfilling their purpose filled destiny”. When Lenise isn’t planning her next inspirational CreateShop, she is writing poems, receiving affirmations, singing and catching songs with her son or learning a new skill.
Offerings- Inspirational Event Planning, Bridal & Baby Showers, Personal Empowerment Workshops/Coaching for adults and teens, Motivational Speaking.
Jocelyn Ffriend, Minister of Financial Fertility, is a Finance Professional, Tantrika, Activist, Poet and Farmer/Homesteader motivated by her vision of thriving families and thriving communities held whole by the power of love. She offers financial planning and portfolio design consultations for individuals and families through her family practice, Ffriend Enterprises. She serves on the vision steering committee of the Liberated Lands Festival, on the board of A Womban's Way Warrior Midwife Training Program, and on the advisory board of the Westchester Land Trust. She is a member of the ASILE Artist Collective, a Certified Authentic Tantra Practitioner, and a Certified V-Steam Facilitator. She is the founder of the Roots and Culture Farm, a Community Farm that provides space for garden-to-table wholistic wellness events led by BIPOC organizers. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in Spanish. Born and raised in New Rochelle, she now resides in upstate NY with her two daughters. She loves to play tennis, to garden, and to share her abundant harvests.
Offerings- Financial planning and portfolio design consultations for individuals and families, and space rental for BIPOC centered wellness events.
“Life is Art. Art is Healing. Healing is Essential.”
John Villa, founder of Therapeutic Healing Touch, a mobile wellness center, is a Two-Spirited man of Afro-Indigenous European descent. As an Artist, Scholar, Healer, Speaker, Leader, and Facilitator, his work bridges the wisdom of his mixed ancestry with a deep commitment to healing and transformation. He is a member of the Asile Artist Collective and serves on the vision steering committee of the Liberated Lands Festival. John also sings with the traveling music group Mantra Medicine and the community choir Voices of Wisdom (V.O.W.). Additionally, he serves as a Wedding Reception Coordinator and Host for Montclair Wedding Sanctuary. John consistently seeks ways to lead himself and his community closer to the earth and to the truest versions of themselves. He believes that you are your greatest investment and that the habits and systems you cultivate shape the tone for your life. Through his work, John invites others into a space of connection, creativity, and conscious transformation.
Offerings: Motivational Speaking, Event Planning, Coordination and Hosting, AV Technician Services, Healing Art Creation and Curation, Therapeutic Healing Massage and Transformational Coaching, Energetic and Sound-based Healing.