Writing Your Story of Loss & Transformation

Mirabai Starr is at the forefront of the emerging Interspiritual Movement. She has received critical acclaim for her revolutionary new translations of Dark Night of the Soul by sixteenth century Spanish mystic, St. John of the Cross, The Interior Castle and The Book of My Life, by St. Teresa of Avila, and The Showings of Julian of Norwich. She is author of the 6-volume Sounds True series, Contemplations, Prayers, and Living Wisdom. Her poetry collection, Mother of God Similar to Fire, is a collaboration with iconographer, William Hart McNichols. Her book GOD OF LOVE: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity and Islam is the winner of the New Mexico/Arizona Book Award for Religion, the Nautilus Gold Award in Western Spirituality, and was named one of the Best Spiritual Books of 2012 by Spirituality & Practice.

Mirabai is an adjunct professor of Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos and teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and interspiritual dialog. As a certified bereavement counselor, Mirabai helps mourners harness the transformational power of loss. Her newest book is Caravan of No Despair: A Memoir of Loss and Transformation. She lives with her extended family in the mountains of northern New Mexico.