IN THE MOON WE TRUST

April Miller McMurtry

April McMurtry (Mick Myrrh Tree) is a visual artist, mother, and guide for repairing our relationship with the cyclical nature of time by attuning to the moon.

She is the founder of THE MOON IS MY CALENDAR, LLC and has independently published the New Moon Calendar Journal since 2014 with the help of many supporters. This tool for lunar tracking helps to access inner wisdom, be present with every stage and phase of the unfolding process, and live in more harmony with life’s cyclical nature.

With a Masters of Arts in Teaching and a background in expressive art, yoga and meditation, April loves to share the language of the Moon to support courageous creatives on their path of growth and transformation through the simple yet profound practice of self-study in relationship with cycles.

May this work repair our relationship with ourselves, each other, and our beloved mother Earth!

April as a bluebird with the flowers

Both of April’s grandmothers are first generation born in the United States from England and Ireland. She spent much of her teens and twenties studying and volunteering in Latin America and is bilingual in Spanish and English. April grew up in the Bay Area in Northern California close to four generations of her family, and learned much of what she knows about cycles from her father and the flowers.

DEGREES AND CERTIFICATIONS

  • MA in Teaching, School for International Training in Brattleboro, VT

  • BA in Art History, UC Santa Cruz

  • 220hr Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training with Madhur Nain Webster

  • Dynamic Mindfulness Level 1+2 Niroga Institute with Bidyut BK Bose

Courses and trainings That have informed me

  • Original Voice: Dark Night of the Soul with Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés

  • Venus Immersion, Mooncenters, and Eclipse Immersion with Paramatma Siri Sadhana

  • Creativity and Yoga with Hari Kirin at the Kripalu Institute

  • Movement Ritual and Dance Exploration with Anna Halprin at the Tamalpa Institute

  • Creative Dreamwork Training with Wilka Roig

  • In the Stars: Astrology + Creative Practice with Hali Karla

  • Maidens and Menstruation with Way of Yin

  • Murmurations and Energetic Basics with Ishita Sharma

  • School of Inclusion and Activism with Patti Digh and Victor Lee Lewis

  • Both/And Everyday Anti-Oppression Facilitation

  • Printmaking studies at Taller Rufino Tamayo in Oaxaca, México

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"MY ART IS THE WAY I REESTABLISH THE BONDS THAT TIE ME TO THE UNIVERSE."

This powerful quote by the artist Ana Mendieta says everything to me about the drive to create. Her earth-body-works made a deep impression on my understanding of place, belonging, mother nature, identity, and embodiment.

When I want to learn something new I usually find a way to color-code it. All the hundreds of hand drawn flashcards from my undergraduate degree in Art History were color-coded so I could visually remember them. This is how my Moon in Virgo works with the details of learning - in color!

I am drawn to all things that keep me connected to the cycles in nature and reminders that life is an unfolding work in progress.

In a previous chapter of my life I was a classroom Spanish and Art teacher and I’ve worked with all ages from pre-school to adults in several countries.

I have a deep appreciation for the complexity of communication across languages and cultures and I bring what I know to teaching you the language of the moon and the symbolic system of astrology in a visual and visceral way.