Rae Diamond is a Qigong teacher, nature advocate, poet, mentor, and multidisciplinary artist. Their work and writing are rooted in their lifelong observation of and collaboration with nature's cycles. Rae is a meditative and studious middle aged hermit on Salish land, but has a colorful past as a homeless punk youth who rode freight trains and resided on rooftops. Her first full length book, The Cantigee Oracle, is published by North Atlantic Books. Rae's first collection of poetry and art will be available through First Matter Press in September 2023.