Giselle is an Eclectic Pagan with over twenty years of experience exploring spirituality, energy work, metaphysics, and mysticism. Her practice draws from animistic and shamanic traditions, Druidry, Norse paganism, and Sanātana Dharma. In her magical practice she blends together hedge, green, kitchen, and thorn-blooded witchcraft into an eclectic practice shaped by lived experience and relational spirituality. Rooted in the landscape and seasonal cycles of the Pacific Northwest, her work is shaped by a reciprocal relationship with the land, informing both her spiritual and magical practices.

With more than ten years of experience teaching pagan spirituality and witchcraft, Giselle has led workshops, designed and facilitated group rituals, and supported others in developing meaningful, grounded spiritual practice. Her approach emphasizes discernment, personal responsibility, and spirituality that is lived through daily relationship with the land and community.

Giselle’s educational background includes graduating from the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts, where she studied Integrative Healing Arts, Holistic Nutrition, Spiritual Coaching, and Guided Imagery Facilitation. She also completed the Master Reiki and Shamanic Healers program through Tree of Totems: Spiritual Wilderness School, further grounding her work in experiential, land-based spiritual practice.

Within the Coven of the Ancient Grove, Giselle offers spiritual and life coaching, mentorship, ritual facilitation and, alongside her co-priestess, and guides new members through the coven’s year-and-a-day dedicant program. An ordained celebrant, she has had the privilege of crafting and officiating weddings that reflect each couple’s unique values and bond

Drawing from a holistic approach to spirituality, Giselle encourages others to honor their relationship with the natural world and cultivate a respectful, reciprocal connection with the Earth through both belief and action. She supports individuals as they navigate their own spiritual paths with open-minded compassion, integrity, and care.

Beyond her work with the coven, Giselle finds joy in painting, photography, gardening, camping, hiking, skiing, and rock climbing. She values time with loved ones and remains committed to her own spiritual and educational growth, understanding that ongoing learning, reflection, and lived experience deepen her practice and guide her presence within the coven.

Chayney has been actively practicing witchcraft and pagan spirituality since 2010, though her connection to the Craft began much earlier in childhood, long before she had language for it. Since 2012, she has shared her knowledge through teaching and mentorship, and in 2015 she co-founded the Coven of the Ancient Grove alongside Giselle, serving as a founder, priestess, and teacher.

Her personal practice is deeply rooted in nature-based spirituality and draws primarily from animism and druidry, with additional influences from Norse and Egyptian traditions. She also works with hedge witchcraft and nature-centered techniques inspired by Indigenous ways of relating to land and spirit. Together, these blended influences shape both her spiritual worldview and her approach to magical practice.

Chayney is deeply passionate about supporting others in discovering their own spiritual paths. She finds great fulfillment in witnessing moments of insight and connection, when someone realizes they are not alone and that their experiences have meaning within a larger spiritual landscape.

In addition to her work within the coven, Chayney is an ordained clergy member and a certified Reiki Master, offering spiritual guidance, energetic healing, and officiates weddings as part of her broader service to the community.

Beyond ritual and teaching, Chayney’s life is closely intertwined with the natural world. She works as the lead farm hand at a local alpaca farm, specializing in animal care, training, and well-being. She enjoys camping, hiking, and spending time outdoors, as well as creative pursuits such as dance, art, and cosplay. A lover of storytelling and imagination, she also enjoys gaming, including tabletop roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons.

At the heart of her life and leadership is a devotion to nature, creativity, and community, woven together in ways that are warm, grounded, and deeply relational.