Craig Root

Craig is in Love with his mesa, all it holds, and its reflection of Self and relationships with the seen and unseen. During his second apprenticeship, he experienced the Love of the mesa growing in the hearts and lives of his hoop’s brothers and sisters. That was the glowing ember that warmed his desire to become a Sanctioned Teacher. He dedicates his teaching to co-create: with his students; the lineage; with Nature; Spirit; Love; compassion; acceptance; and the game of life; to facilitate a space of peace within, as a container offering an experience of relationship to the mesa and the PMT supported by an interdependent community of aspirants; Spirit; the lineage; ancestors; in service to the greater good of all and the vibrancy of our Earth Mother, Pachamama. Craig is a heart-centered mesa carrier; ceremonialist; ritualist; and an earth honoring steward as he walks his path in service. He honors and cherishes the beauty of Creation, and is eternally blessed and grateful for where he lives, travels, recreates, and who he encounters along the way. His learning has been through experience. He strives to bring a deep, rich and meaningful experience in his service as a ceremonialist, ritualist, and Sanctioned Teacher of the PMT. Craig has a degree in Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, and a graduate degree in Environmental Microbiology and Soils. Using this knowledge, his work has been applied to protecting and preserving earth’s way of sustaining and healing itself. A larger part of his career was applied to preserve the health and healing of the earth, its environments, and the living beings upon it in service as an Environmental Health, Safety, and Industrial Hygiene provider for a university. He is now gracefully retired carrying on in new ways. He feels he has been blessed with physical health and ability to be athletic and engage actively with Nature outdoors as a camper; hiker; huckleberry picker; trail runner; Nordic skier; paddler; biker; snow shoer; gardener; and sailor. He has explored movement through Martial Arts; Tai Chi; dance; somatic healing; as a Nia movement instructor; and finding Joy in expressing and channeling the relationship of sound, rhythm, heart, soul, creatively with choreography. He enjoys a little writing of poems and musings when they surface, and a bit of child-like playfulness. Craig is grateful for his late-in-life artistic endeavor in needle felting inspired by beauty and his experience with the PMT. He lives with his soulmate Robin in the beautiful Cascade Apus.