About Miriam Schafer


Growing up in Brisbane, Australia, my interests lay in music and travel.  After two overseas trips by the age of 21, I decided I wanted to live in Europe and I chose the Department of Foreign Affairs as my vehicle. First came a posting to Beijing in the early '80s and next Kathmandu, where I was one of a two-person team sent to establish the new Australian Embassy.  Then, third time around, I got my wish:  Vienna, city of my dreams!

Here I soaked up music and art like a sponge.  I continued some voice studies and during this time developed a deep belief in the healing power of beauty and pleasure.


After a few years back in Brisbane, with Film Queensland, I returned to Vienna in 1990, this time joining the United Nations.  I worked with UNRWA (the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) and, after 5 years, during a time of renewed optimism in the Middle East peace process, this organization was transferred to the Gaza Strip.

Eighteen months later, I found myself at another crossroads and knew there was something more I was called to do.  During the Vienna years I had become an avid reader of all things metaphysical and actively began a journey of self-discovery and personal growth.

So from Gaza, I moved to New York in 1998 and enrolled in the four-year Professional Studies Program at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing (BBSH) (the world's premier institute of hands-on energy healing and personal transformation).  Initially, I had no intention of working in the healing arts but, as time progressed, I realised the power of the work and knew that it was leading to a new career.

Meanwhile, I had an exciting job with the Australian Trade Commission in Los Angeles for a few years, with lots of travel throughout North and South America.    It was here in California that I became a fan of Deepak Chopra and learned more of the mind-body connection.  I came home to Queensland in 2002 and set up my full-time practice in Noosa Heads.

In late 2005 I took 3 months off from my practice to accept a U.N. assignment to Beirut, Lebanon, to assist the investigation into Prime Minister Hariri’s assassination.

I have conducted seminars and workshops both in Australia and overseas, and my client base has become world-wide.  I continue to enjoy the diversity of different cultures and the individual gifts we each bring to the planet, at the same time realising how alike and interconnected we all are.

I draw upon nature and design for my inspiration; my motto in life is: "Beauty Heals".


“As human beings,
our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world…
as in being able to remake ourselves..."

                                                                                                       Mahatma Ghandi

Tel: (61-7) 5455 4550   mjs888@optusnet.com.au    Fax: (61-7) 5455 4551
Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia