Maya Weil

Sweet Pea Parent Teacher

"The small moments of epiphany create excitement, joy, and understanding. One of these moments for me, is knowing the power to decide what is beautiful. Actively bringing my attention to that which I personally find beautiful is what has brought me to Prairie Moon Waldorf School.

"My journey started as a young child just like us all. I see, feel, and honor the small humans of the world as I honor my own inner child. We are blossoming in mind, body, and spirit, and all parts need nourishment to thrive as happy, healthy individuals and communities of any age. My values are rooted in the magic and intelligence of life. To me we are all expressions of the divine and deserve to feel this in the hearts and minds of the adults that surround us. I share the utmost respect and awe of small humans that surprise me with wonder spontaneously. I strive to create understanding, patience, and compassion around each child that the jewel in each may have an opportunity to shine; to view the child as intelligent and to give them a stream of unconditional love. This is my intention as a teacher and my spiritual work.

"I was born and raised in Lawrence, Kansas. At a very young age, music, dance, teamwork, and the curiosities of other cultures were deeply instilled. Travel and the desire to experience the world took me as a teen through the British Isles, Germany, France, Italy, India, Bali, Hawaii, and much of the west coast of the United States. I studied at university for one year exploring dance, environmental geology, ceramics, biology, and political science. With too many passions I again took to find my beautiful, my purpose, my experience of the world. I studied Massage Therapy in San Francisco at the National Holistic Institute, and began to nanny small children. I did an Herbalist internship at the Herb Pharm in Williams Oregon. I experienced bringing a spiritual being into the world with my confidence that the Earth is my home and to trust. My son became my next chapter of schooling. What was most important to me was to be with him; to observe him. I made my practice to be present as much as I could. Parenthood is a massive learning process that is delivered, breathed, and lived differently by each child and parent anew. Igniting love, compassion, understanding, and joy are the balms of this time and continue as they, we, all change and grow.

"As in many great tales, the heart shows the traveler that what they were seeking was where it all began, at home. With new perspectives and many treasures of information I return to my birthplace to share and grow new roots and branches. Community, family, and genuine caring for a space, a bit of earth, is at the heart of all the beautiful places and people I have met no matter where we are on this incredible globe.

"Prairie Moon holds me in a community devoted to the values in my heart, and I hold Prairie Moon with my head, heart, and hands."