Amber's Bio

“The longing - to be polished like a stone in the stream of initiating fire…” was the phrase from a book by Martín Prechtel that marked a moment of becoming for me, as a young person seeking my path through life. As tears sprang to my eyes, my heart made an involuntary prayer that I would one day be an initiated adult member of a village where such things as culturally-sanctioned appropriate initiations took place. Since that day I have been blessed to participate in, cook for, help organize, help lead and facilitate various community rituals, including Dagara-style Grief Rituals and Ash Circles (for conflict resolution); ancestral technologies skill share gatherings; red tent events; elemental pilgrimages; Artists Way groups; spirit-song circles; Ecstatic Dances; dream-sharing circles; and both young women's and young men's initiation rituals. I have been a Waldorf teacher, an event chef, a student of Plant Spirit Medicine and flower essences, a taco truck co-conspirator, a poet, singer songwriter and theater geek. I am at my core a collaborative experiential artist, and I look forward to sharing an experience of Village with those of you called to show up and help bring it to Life!

(Photo by Elizabeth Agee)