NikiAnne Feinberg
SOIL Founder, Facilitator, Faculty, and Tour Guide
NikiAnne considers relationships her primary learning ground and her human tribe some of her greatest teachers. To that end, NikiAnne makes her home in community at Earthaven Ecovillage, where one of the main tasks is learning how to be human with other humans rooted in a place.
NikiAnne co-founded the School of Integrated Living in 2012 and has continued collaborative leadership since SOIL became part of Culture’s Edge in 2021. Her life in all aspects of community and her time working in environments that honor learning through personal experience and relationships, have shaped her cooperative cultural values and commitment to supporting people to think, feel, act, and design from a foundation rooted in interdependence and reciprocity.
Whether NikiAnne is facilitating spaces that help alchemize our grief into joy and enhance our sense of belonging, being an auntie to village youth, serving as an end-of-life doula and after-death care midwife and educator, or holding a strong container for people to feel safe and supported enough to be vulnerable and do the courageous, sacred work they showed up to do, she is always partnering with the ancestors, the natural world, the power of ritual, and others to best serve the whole.
No matter what she’s engaged in, NikiAnne’s mission is to foster a sense of belonging within ourselves and the world, enhance healthy connections, and help people to be seen and appreciated for the gifts they are bringing to their communities. She’s especially committed to supporting those in transition — between vocations, stages of life, and those working to live into new, more life-giving stories of the world and themselves. Within this context, she is particularly passionate about community grief tending, and helping people tend their end-of-life matters and reclaim their birthright to tend to their beloved dead.
Testimonials
“I believe that this program truly would not have succeeded, flourished even, without the infinite talents and knowledge of NikiAnne. The majority of us were strangers and are now leaving as friends, something that wouldn’t have happened without the brilliance of NikiAnne.” ~ Caitlyn
“Her focus, planning, flexibility and attention to detail, coupled with her intimate knowledge of Earthaven, helped create an experience both unique, powerful and fulfilling.” ~ Dr. Todd LaVasseur, College of Charleston
“NikiAnne is a beautiful, inspirational, spirit who added a comfortable presence and guide through emotions. She is a bridge to where I would like to bring my life. ” ~ Jule
“She has an inner knowledge that not many possess in today’s world. She is a role model who exudes beauty, humility, intelligence, and an instructional brilliance that any human would be more than lucky to learn from, aspire to be and grow with.” ~ Caitlyn
“NikiAnne facilitates self-exploration beautifully. She feeds the fire of curiosity and passion for making change in community and beyond.” ~ Alli
“NikiAnne shared from not only her mind, but her heart. We really got a wonderful window into life at Earthaven. And she handled hard questions from attendees with grace and ease.” ~ Jonathan
“NikiAnne is exceptional at tracking nuances and working with these subtleties in ways that simultaneously create an honest and grounded sense of reality while also unfolding the wisdom of individuals and groups.” ~ Luke
