About Me
Rainer is a bardic storyteller and healing arts practitioner. These two vocations have developed alongside one another since his early 20’s.
His study of somatic therapies began in Ventura, California in 2009. He’s an active bodyworker and incorporates trauma-healing into his bodywork and one-on-one coaching practice as he completes certification with Somatic Experiencing International.
During his study of singing and music composition at Portland State University, he discovered the writing of the mythopoetic movement of the 90’s. His formal study of music soon became woven with an avid exploration of myth. In 2022 he helped co-found The School of Mythopoetics and began his bardic practice, bringing story, song, and poetry to his local area and abroad. He took over as the head of The School of Mythopoetics in 2025.
Amidst these formal studies and professional endeavors, tended by many guides, teachers, and mentors, walking alongside many cherished collaborators, Rainer has followed a thread. That thread seems to weave in and out of something that is often stamped with the label “men’s work.” Over the course of 17 years of study and practice in the healing arts, grieving, singing, and learning to be with men in a heartful and beautiful way is the most healing form of “men’s work“ this particular man has found.
Rainer lives in Cascadia with members of his chosen family and has enjoyed wiling away the hours over the fall and winter months watching TV shows, movies,and playing the most recent games in the Legend of Zelda series.