Pen Name:
Bear
Genre:
Memoir
Websites:
RavenBearStories.com
FeldenkraisJourney.com
Movement-Educators.com
Social Media:
Bio
My life has pulled me in many directions but the strongest for sure was my life in the Alaskan wilderness. It was there that I found my spiritual connection to the land and to the ravens and my introduction to the Alaskan grizzly bears. And now it has led me to share my life in Alaska with all of you at last.
I am still working on understanding who I am, who I was, and what to make of my life of 80 years. Writing my memoir was a process of opening my memories and my understanding of my motivations, my faults, my passions… and more. How could I share the very intimate details of my life, how could I allow myself to be so vulnerable for all the world to see?
More from Efrem
At 80 years old I don’t know if I can make a new career as a writer. I am a healer with a Masters degree in Dance/Movement psychotherapy and teach the Feldenkrais® Method of Somatic Education. I started writing a sequel to my memoir detailing my life in Alaska after my frostbite experience. I would love to write more about my experiences as a healer over the last 60 years. Also, we have a small retreat center in Valladolid in the Yucatan of Mexico where we hold a Feldenkrais® retreat each January and also have ranches in the forest and I though about writing about my relationships with the land and my Mayan crew as we have built a life there.
Books
Title: Becoming Ravenbear, An Alaskan Magical Memoir
Published: June 27, 2024
Genre: Memoir
Becoming Ravenbear is set in the late 1960s through 1975. Follow Efrem/Bear/Ravenbear through his adventures and struggles as he travels around Europe, the United States and in the wildness of Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Join him as he searches for his spiritual connections and comes to trust the spirits of the deep wilderness.