Mayke Beckmann Briggs was born in Cologne, Germany. After completing a degree in pre-med, she moved to England to attend art school in London.

Moving to the US in 1978, she studied Macrobiotics with Michio and Aveline Kushi in Boston , Massachusetts, and became a Macrobiotic Counselor, primarily assisting AIDS and cancer patients in both healing and dying. Her practice evolved into family counseling, which grew into spiritual counseling, teaching and writing.

She draws her inspiration from the ancient teachings of the world's religions, and years of conversations with children.

She is presently involved in an extensive five-year research study in collaboration with San Francisco State University on the possible benefits of meditation for  student populations in an effort to reduce violence and suicide at our nations schools.

Most of her time is spent in Northern California where she lives with her husband  and the youngest of their five children.

She can be reached by email at  maykebeckmannbriggs@gmail.com,
or through her Blog.

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