Rev. Rachel Sussman, has had many, many lives. Ordained as a Minister of Walking Prayer by the Center for Sacred Studies in 2022, her deep connection with nature began as a child, and her journey of spiritual awakening began in earnest when she undertook her 10-year project, The Oldest Living Things in the World, now a New York Times Bestselling book and exhibition. Whether swimming in Antarctica, working as a new media consultant in the infancy of the Internet age, or performing trapeze in Brooklyn, Rachel learned a thing or two about flying without a net. But it was through navigating her own healing from a profoundly abusive childhood that Rachel’s path presented itself to her: transmuting suffering into service by healing through Love. Rachel weaves together wisdom from disparate sources to bring us back to Source itself. This includes drawing on indigenous principles of respect for all beings and of living in reciprocity, rewiring the hardware of our brains out of trauma and into agency, calming the nervous system, and building self-love from the ground floor on up. This heart-centered and holistic approach to healing aims to help us restore the fractured parts of ourselves back into wholeness, so that we may live life in the highest and best expression of ourselves and our purpose on Earth.

Rachel is a student of Grandmother Láné Saan Moonwalker, and received her certification in MDMA-assisted therapy from MAPS, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, in 2022. She looks forward to hanging up her shingle in the future.