Kate Maranville-Hiser

Kate Maranville-Hiser is the founder of Evolving Stardust, a retreat leader, wellness festival producer, certified Kambo facilitator, Usui Reiki teacher, Akashic Records practitioner trained through two lineages, Iboga initiate, integration specialist, folk herbalist, sound healing practitioner, multimodality co-creator, visionary artist, and lifelong lover of nature.

Kate creates intentional retreats, ceremonies, and immersive journeys rooted in connection, remembrance, creativity, and relationship with the land. Her work has grown through years of personal practice, ceremony, study, travel, and learning both from and alongside trusted teachers, facilitators, and wisdom keepers.

Her role shifts depending on what each experience is asking for. Sometimes she leads ceremonies, spiritual activations, sound journeys, reflection, and integration. Other times, she holds the larger vision and creates a grounded, supportive container for local and Indigenous practitioners to lead the traditions and medicine they carry. She chooses her collaborators carefully, honors the people and places holding each experience, and allows the journey to be shaped by the land itself.

Preparation and integration are central to Kate’s work. She supports participants in arriving with intention, feeling held throughout the experience, and bringing what they receive back into their everyday lives. At the heart of everything she creates is an invitation to slow down, listen more deeply, connect with the natural world, and remember the wholeness that already lives within.