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Kohenet Rae Abileah offers life cycle ceremonies from baby naming to weddings to rituals to mark significant but often under-recognized transitions. She facilitates ritual live and online. Rae is a trainer at Beautiful Trouble, and co-creator of the global Climate Ribbon art ritual, which emerged during her studies at Kohenet, as a way to weave her spiritual practice and climate activism together. She is a facilitator with The Nature Conservancy’s Agility Lab, and founded CreateWell consultancy, where she serves as a project midwife and book doula for visionary leaders at the intersection of spirituality and social change. She is a contributing author to books including Beyond Tribal Loyalties: Personal Stories of Jewish Peace Activists, and the Olam haBa Hebrew Planner (5782). Rae graduated from Barnard College at Columbia University, was certified as a Full Spectrum Doula by Birth Advocacy Doula Training, and received ordination by the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute, when she received the priestess name Oreget haNevuot (Weaver of Prophesies). She’s a first-generation American, and her Dutch and Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry informs her work toward dismantling white supremacy. She’s based on unceded Ramaytush Ohlone land, also known as the coast side of the SF Bay Area in California.
Socials: @raeabileah