Maya Ward

Maya Ward is passionate about deepening the connections between body, ecology and culture through storytelling, writing and tending the earth. Her book The Comfort of Water: A River Pilgrimage, is an account of her 21-day journey from the sea to the source of the Yarra River, following the length of a Wurundjeri Songline. Maya teaches creative writing workshops around Australia and internationally via zoom. She lives on the banks of Birrarung and co-creates pilgrimage-based ritual, teaches the somatics of altered state experience, and grows food with her home community in the mountain village of Warburton. www.mayaward.com.au