Writer, Teacher, Healer

Often employing myth, art, and nature, Malisa Garlieb writes personal histories while simultaneously unfolding archetypes. She was poetry editor at Mud Season Review. QUICKFALL (Milk & Cake Press, 2026) “To orbit,” Garlieb reminds us, “is to constantly fall towards something / forever moving out of the way.” Deft with myth and metaphor, as intimate and unflinching as they are multifaceted, the poems of Quickfall orbit Garlieb’s late husband, grieving his sudden death even as

Weaving story, movement, and the arts into academic lessons, Malisa Garlieb's been a teacher for nearly thirty years. She's taught everything from the alphabet to algebra in grades 1-8. Now teaching online classes for Lotus & Ivy, she also tutors students online and in-person. Malisa’s involvement in Waldorf education began in 1999, when she landed at the Urban Waldorf School as a substitute teacher. She was immediately struck by the beauty, vibrancy, and sense of community t

Malisa is a certified Transpersonal Crystal Therapist and Usui Reiki Master. Reiki and crystal healing are types of energy medicine which work synergistically to relax and reattune the body. Physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health are all possible. Your intention to heal, combined with the high frequencies from both Reiki and the stones are a potent team. Reiki is the practice of transferring universal life energy to another person. It's what makes tree sap rise a