Alia Michaels

Alia Michaels

Alia Michaels

Alia Michaels, MA After receiving her undergraduate degree in mathematics from Stanford University, Alia studied electrical engineering at Stanford while working in Silicon Valley. After a major life crisis, she found the joy of body movement and dance and left the world of technology. In the '80s, through the discipline of dance and subsequent interest in body work, she eventually discovered shamanism. This led her purposefully on a path of personal development. She received her master's degree in creation spirituality from Holy Names College in Oakland under the guidance of Matthew Fox. Subsequently, she committed to an ever-unfolding spiritual journey of Sufism. Alia is a spiritual teacher (Sheikha) and regional representative in the Sufi Movement International of the USA. She is an ordained interfaith minister and has worked as a hospice chaplain.

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