Marta Gaunt, M.A.

Marta has been drawn to the fecund, fruitful dark places since childhood – to mystery, myth, night, and the wild intelligence of the more-than-human world. As a soul initiation guide and mentor, she is particularly called to the territories of the underworld and to creating ceremonial space for profound transformation and soul encounter. For Marta, the body is a primary portal to soul. She brings years of somatic practice – including 5Rhythms, contact improvisation, and Dance Healing – into her guiding, alongside her training in wilderness education and nature connection with Alderleaf Wilderness College and Wilderness Awareness School. Her work also draws on a love of dreamwork, ceremony, art, and the imaginal realms. She sees the vulnerability and courage required to shed old skins and surrender to transformation as essential to participating fully in the world at this time. Marta lives in the wilds of the American Southwest, where she is continually undone by the soft beauty of black widows breathing the desert night, the lovemaking between saguaro and bat, and the magic of toads emerging in monsoon rains.