meet our leaders
And Team Members
Charlotte Eléa Dovechild
Temple Founder, Board President, Director of Ministry & Education, Ceremonial Priestess of Avalon, Priestess of the Rose, Priestess of Brighde, Priestess of Hathor.
Charlotte is a Ceremonial Priestess initiated within the Magdalene Rose, Irish Celtic Shamanic and Avalonian ancestral lineages and wisdom traditions. She is a ceremonial leader and space holder, shamanic healer, HERstory teller, radical visionary, walker between worlds, and a mentor in transformational, embodied and feminine spiritual leadership.
She devotes her life to alchemical transformation, stewarding the earth, embodying the Goddess and guiding those who are ready to embrace their own Divine Feminine path… Read full bio.
Joyful Aurora
Priestess of Avalon, Priestess of the Rose, Priestess of Inanna, Community Care Specialist and Ambassador, Temple Dancer, Sound Healer, Board Member.
Joyful is a native to the central coast, born and raised in Arroyo Grande. Along with being initiated as a Priestess of Avalon within Remembering Avalon mystery school, she brings healing offerings and medicine through the gifts of dance and sound. She has been a dancer her whole life, and is a trained and certified Worship Dancer and fire dancer. She is a certified sound healer and offers sound baths devoted to the transmission of divine feminine frequencies. She also loves bringing healing and inspiration to the collective through art such as painting, makeup art and jewelry making.
She officiates weddings: “As a priestess of Goddess Temple Central Coast, I would love to officiate your vows. I am very connected with this land. I would love to be a part of your special and sacred day. Whether it be simple and sacred or elaborate and festive, there is no limit to what type of ceremony we can create.”
Alyssa Roush-Tatum
Priestess of Avalon, Priestess of Loki, Board Treasurer, Administrative Manager.
Alyssa is initiated within Remembering Avalon mystery school, brings an extensive background in spiritual training in other spiritual and shamanic lineages, and a plethora of administrative skills and wisdom in her leadership roles at the goddess temple. She is an energy intuitive, HERstory teller, a devotee to the original Norse spiritual lineage, and works with Loki extensively in her spiritual, ceremonial and healing offerings to her community. She lives on a boat with her partner and two dogs in Morro Bay.
Barsha Fishtail Dahal
Priestess of Avalon, Priestess of the Poison Path, Board Secretary, Creative & Marketing.
Barsha is initiated within Remembering Avalon mystery school, and is devoted to the spiritual gifts and initiations of the mermaids and Dark Goddesses, particularly Kali, in their abilities to help us heal and purify our bodies and our world. She brings a long career in creative design, direction and marketing to the goddess temple, and brings her passion for creating beauty, stimulating content and creative thought to the public face of our website and social media. Barsha is passionate about communicating and working with animals and creature-kind, and teaches others how to commune with their animal companions and the world of wild flora and fauna around them. She lives with her wife, 2 dogs, 2 cats and 3 chickens in Paso Robles.