Our Clergy Members
Meet our Clergy and Board members
Our clergy members have spent years training to be in connection with the Divine. Their dedication, devotion, and love for this work shines through in all they are and do! Each clergy member has their own unique Path in our Sacred community and shares their work in their own way. We HONOR this as a beautiful way to express the Divine flow within and thus share a unique message to the community.
Our Story
We all came together after many years of training, searching, walking and dedication to create an umbrella of services, offerings, teachings, and Divine work to the community. We each walk this Path and in the world in our own way, honoring inclusivity, heart-centered communication, and integrity.
Meet The Team
Rev. Priestess Christina Sabella
~ President ~
Christina is a transformational reverend priestess, ceremonialist, and ordained spiritual guide whose work blends psycho-spiritual integration, Reiki Mastery, Medical Qi Gong, and sacred circle facilitation into potent pathways of personal and collective awakening. Living off-grid in the Santa Cruz Mountains, she is the founder of HeartSong Sanctuary and The Phoenix Temple—a sacred ceremonial sanctuary on her land dedicated to deep healing, community ritual, and embodied remembrance. Rooted in her own lived journey through depression, anxiety, and C-PTSD, Christina supports individuals in reclaiming their inner truth, integrating transformational experiences, and stepping boldly into aligned, purposeful living through ceremony, energetic healing, and soul-guided mentorship.
Rev. Priestess Jen Nami Padgett
~ Treasurer ~
Jen is an ordained Priestess and herbalist living in the Santa Cruz Mountains. She makes herbal remedies under the label Aum Herbs and runs the Namitha Priestessing school, a chapter of Heart Somg Sanctuary. She also is the creator of the Dear Nami Broadcast on the Everyday Priestess Channel on YouTube where she answers questions from a Priestess point of view and sends prayers out to the universe to transmute problems into loving solutions.
Rev. Priest Joshua Michael
~ Secretary ~
Josh is an ordained Reverend priest of the Phoenix Temple and the Temple of Isis, bringing a decade of dedicated spiritual practice to the Heart Song Sanctuary community. As a mindful palmist, his journey is centered on regaining and sharing personal autonomy, guiding others to understand and reclaim their lives. Josh specializes in empowerment tools—including meditation and the profound insights of palmistry—which are modalities for deep self-understanding. He helps individuals fine-tune their empathic abilities by fostering a clear awareness of their physical and energetic bodies, offering precise guidance and innate wisdom tailored to their unique spiritual path.
Priestess-Initiate Leslie Cueva
After a long career in corporate healthcare as a project manager and writer, she answered a divine calling into wellness, intuitive development, and energy healing—a path that led her to become a Healing Touch Practitioner, Certified Yoga Instructor, and a compassionate guide for transformational growth. Known as a gifted empath and loving catalyst, she blends Healing Touch, mindfulness, sacred talk therapy, intuitive coaching, and yoga to help clients reconnect with clarity, balance, and inner truth. Now training as a priestess within The Phoenix Temple, she is deepening her ceremonial and energetic mastery, expanding her work into clearing energy and harmonizing spaces to support both personal and environmental alignment. Based in Northern California, she offers in-person and remote sessions, mindful business consulting, and space-clearing services, all grounded in the belief that healing unfolds through intention, connection, and unconditional love.