28 Dec Miriam Grace
Miriam (she/they) has been studying and practicing traditional earth-based skills for over 15 years,creating beauty by working closely with earth elements that illuminate our inter-connectedness.
Born and raised in a spiritual community in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas, spirit and nature connection were intricately woven into Miriam’s early life. She grew up climbing cedar and apple trees on the lands that held her. Days spent exploring the river, running barefoot through the woods: red dirt toes, berry stained fingers, pine tangled hair. This upbringing planted seeds of a lifelong pursuit for connection and collaboration with the plants and creatures that cultivate the world around us.
Miriam finds particular joy working with her hands in all forms of alchemy: cooking, making medicine, carving, weaving. She is in a lifelong courtship with the element of Fire, and has an especially deep connection to fire-by-friction and hearth-tending: finding sweet and soft ways to share this magic.
She studied ancestral arts at the Tracker School in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, under the lineage of Grandfather Stalking Wolf (Southern-Lipan Apache) and his student Tom Brown Jr. She went on to deepen her relationship with earth-living skills on her own and with many mentors along the way. She has taught classes for children, teens, and adults across the United States and Europe.
Miriam has been an integral part of Spirit Weavers Gathering since its second year: building and tending the Hearth Fire, and supporting the heart and flow of the gathering.
Miriam will be teaching Courting Fire: Intro to Fire by Friction.