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Always a mother first. Amber is an Eco-Spiritualist, Deep Ecologist, Master Naturalist, and Spiritual Guide. For decades she has served her community in ways of trauma informed leadership, mindfulness education, environmental advocacy, and compassionate engaged action. Amber’s diverse background weaves a tapestry of interconnectedness to earth, spirit, body, and each other. In addition to her programs, one on one direction, and retreats, Amber has founded Earth Sanctuary, a spiritual community for those looking to connect more deeply with Earth and each other.
Amber is also the founder of Mindful School of Yoga, a mobile training and learning lab dedicated to making trauma informed, healing centered yoga & mindfulness more accessible throughout our communities. And she proudly serves as a board member for Beyond the City, a local non-profit organization created to share the love of and access to travel with underserved youth in the Greater Grand Rapids area.
To give proper credit where credit is due; Amber’s Work is inspired and influenced by her work and study with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, psychologist & mythologist Sharon Blackie, activist & author Joanna Macy, and the Center for Wild Spirituality.
With sincere gratitude and respect, Amber ackowledges she is an inhabitant of the unceded ancestral lands of the first people of Michigan. She honors the Anishinaabe: the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Bodéwadmi people, also known as the People of the Three Fires - past, present, and future. Also recognizing with gratitude the land herself upon where she lives, works, and communes.