Max Pearl

Max Pearl (he/him) is a Black, queer, trans man who has been on a life-long journey of learning about and re-connecting to his body. He has been fascinated by the body, the spirit, and culture, and more particularly, the ways in which these meet, interact, and connect. He has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, and a Certificate in Theological Studies from Pacific School of Religion. He started a Buddhist meditation practice in 1990. He has been trained in a wide variety of embodiment modalities, including Authentic Movement and classical Tantra. He has spent his vocational life in a wide variety of endeavors, from academia, to non-profit technology, writing, and most recently, teaching relationship skills, mindfulness, emotional awareness, consent, and embodiment. He is a certified facilitator of the Wheel of Consent, and a member of the EroSomatic Arts Collective. In his previous life as a lesbian, he co-founded Conscious Girlfriend, a dating and relationship education organization with his ex-wife, who continues to steward it.

He also explores the topics of body, culture, and spirit as a multi-genre writer, publishing fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction. He lives and works on a ranch in unceded Kashia Pomo territory, also known as Cazadero, California.