Books & CD by ORIAH MOUNTAIN DREAMER

Oriah grew up in a small town in northern Ontario close to the lakes and trees and rocky wilderness of the Canadian shield. Coming to Toronto when she was nineteen, she trained as a social worker and worked there for years with teens on the street, abused women and families in crisis.

A gifted speaker, Oriah has shared her insights and stories with audiences throughout the world at conferences and retreats and through radio and TV appearances (Oprah, NPR, PBS, Wisdom Network). Blending ruthless honesty, humour, insight and compassion for our human struggle, Oriah seeks to inspire and challenge herself and others to live life fully.

In addition to sharing stories of both her personal life and her years of training in an inter-tribal tradition of shamanic medicine, Oriah draws upon her years as a facilitator of spiritual retreats, as a social worker assisting women and families in crisis and as a student of philosophy in seeking to understand how we can be all that we truly are. Her name was given to her by the elders with whom she apprenticed and means one who likes to push the edge and can help others do the same.

The mother of two sons, Brendan and Nathan, Oriah currently lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.