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About Jeffrey and Briana Pierce
Jeffrey and Briana Pierce are partners, soulmates, and holistic healers. They're parents, practitioners, and artisans. With Jeffrey trained as a shaman and Bri's background in Reiki and herbal healing, they devote their time to teaching and serving the spiritual community through Old Ways and their holistic healing practice.
The Pierce's are committed to serving you, the spiritual community, and have long range plans that involve expanding what they freely give through Old Ways, developing a tribal business model through Sage and Scribe, and creating a holistic healing institute and eco-village.
And to think, it all started here with the first issue of Old Ways in March of 1997.
Jeffrey Pierce
jeffrey@oldways.comI'm reaching that point in my own practice where I find that I've been living my spiritual practice longer than some of my students have been alive!
On March 21, 1987, I dedicated myself to my spiritual path, closed my eyes, and leapt. The dedication was a pledge to go wherever I was led, to learn from those who came my way, in order to truly understand the nature of Spirit. I can honestly say that I've been true that calling, exploring a variety of spiritual paths that I've been led to embrace and learning from each and every one of my students. But paganism is home - and you, you are my "magickal family."My path has been an interesting one. I studied for two years with a Native American (Mi'kmaq) shaman, learned under the guidance of an old "gypsy" (Roma) crone for more than a year, and was dream taught for almost a decade beginning at the age of three or four. Various religions and cultures have prophesied over me regarding the path I walk and the work I do, but in the end, I'm simply honored to have been given the opportunity to serve you through Old Ways, the offline teaching I do, and my holistic healing practice.
In my offline world, I'm a writer and photographer who is working on moving from "amateur" to "professional." Between Bri and myself, we count four children as our own, which is enough to keep anyone pretty busy.
Briana Pierce
briana@oldways.comI've been a voracious reader from my early days, simply wanting to know how things worked, why they worked, the bigger answers behind life's questions. Even as a child I'd study wild edible and medicinal plants, experimenting with herbal concoctions.
It's not unusual to find me going into the woods behind my grandparents' farm to gather wild nettle, burdock, comfrey, or other herbs and our office is usually filled with drying herbs that hang from the ceiling racks that Jeffrey installed. What began as curiosity became a passion and I'm thrilled to make learning and healing my life's endeavor.When you consider that I have a mother who is both a nurse midwife and a women's health practitioner and a grandmother who owns an herb nursery, it's easy to understand why healing and the study of herbs are in my bloodstream. I hold a certificate in Nutrition, Bodycare and Herbalism from the Australasian College of Health Sciences, am a Reiki II practitioner, and I'm currently pursuing certification through the American Herbalists Guild.
In addition to the articles and insight that I'll share here through Old Ways, I've developed my own line of holistic herbal remedies in the form of soaps, salves, oils, and teas. As word has gotten out about these goods, demand has slowly grown. I'm excited to have the opportunity to share both my knowledge and the products that I make with my own hands with you, as Jeffrey and I continually expand our ability to serve you, the spiritual community.