Traci Marx is a musical prayer leader who prays and plays with great joy and deep reverence. Traci serves as the Spiritual and Musical Director for The Kavana Cooperative in Seattle, Washington, where she leads prayer services, Hebrew chanting sessions, and spirituality retreats. With heartfelt prayer and embodied song, Traci raises vibrations and offers invitations to increased presence and deeper alignment.
As an independent ritual leader, Traci officiates weddings, B’nai mitzvah, memorials, and other life cycle events. Drawing forth personal meaning, she elevates as sacred all of life’s experiences. Traci brings music and Jewish ritual to political actions, uplifting community and offering spiritual focus to political work.
Traci’s leadership style draws heavily from her life experiences, academic and artistic. Traci earned a PhD in Clinical Psychology, and brings warmth, sensitivity, and attunement to all of her work. Her background in the performing arts allows her to infuse her prayer-leading style with confidence and creativity.
Traci parents two children with radical respect and a deep commitment to peaceful communication, free expression, and personal responsibility. Traci finds balance and soul-soothing happiness collaborating with other musicians in her role as organizer of the Pacific Northwest Deadheads.