Maya Nadeem

Poetry has been a powerful pathway for Maya Nadeem to process her own emotions since she was six years old. With a background in sociology and spiritual psychotherapy, Maya has also taken training in creative facilitation and in movement for trauma and trauma sensitive mindfulness. Trained in suicide intervention by ASIST, she has been a volunteer at the Toronto Distress Centre for the past twelve years on its crisis phone lines, giving in person suicide and homicide loss bereavement support. Her art, writing, and dance explores the nuances of the inner self and the human journey.