Process

morning time. take basket and go on walk.
stay alert. watchful. forage. 
hike to hill or creek bed. 
clear space.
be quiet and listen. 
build altar: feathers, leaves, berries, bones. 
pray. offer it. 
watch it alter. 

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Bio

Day Schildkret is internationally renowned as the author, artist and teacher behind the Morning Altars movement, which Esther Perel has called, “a beautiful commentary on nature and ritual.”

With nearly 100K followers on social media and sold-out workshops, installations, trainings, and public speaking events worldwide, Day has worked for close to two decades with thousands of individuals, communities and organizations to heal themselves through nature, creativity, and ritual.

Day is the founder and lead instructor for the Morning Altars Teacher Training, a 9-month certification program, now in it’s fourth year, which has graduated over 200 teachers from 13 countries. Our alumni have integrated our modality to impact: 10,000 Elementary School Students, 8,000 Therapy Clients, 7,500 Grieving Families, 6,000 Summer Campers, 5,500 Memory Care Residents, 5,000 Families in Congregations, 4,000 Yoga Students, and 500 Veterans.

Day is the author of Hello, Goodbye: 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration and Change (Simon Element/Simon & Schuster) which hit Amazon’s #1 book in three categories, as well as, Morning Altars: A 7-Step Practice to Nourish Your Spirit through Nature, Art and Ritual (The Countryman Press/W.W. Norton).

Day has taught workshops and created installations at Google, The 9/11 Memorial Plaza, United Palace, The Hammerstein Ballroom, The Andy Warhol Foundation, California Academy of Sciences, Esalen, Modern Elder Academy and many others. Morning Altars is also on permanent exhibition at the California Museum of Oakland.

His work has been featured on NBC, CBS, CBC, Buzzfeed, Vice, Well+Good, My Modern Met and four times in Spirituality & Health Magazine.

More about Day at morningaltars.com and dayschildkret.com and @morningaltars on Instagram / Facebook.