A close student of the legendary Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach of blessed memory for over 20 years, she received ' semicha" ( ordination) from him to serve as a spiritual guide and transmitter of Jewish meditation, prayer, Torah in 1989. She was also a close student of Rabbi Yitzchak Kirzner of blessed memory in the 1980's, studying basic Jewish texts.

Miriam Shulamit is a licensed social worker who serves as a spiritual psychotherapist, guide and healer in private practice for individuals, couples, and groups for over 20 years. Her healing work offers a unique synthesis of the depths of meditation, kabbalah, gestalt, inner child, body-centered psychotherapies and angelic spiritual transmission. Sessions are tailored to the needs and interests of individuals. In recent years, she has served as a spiritual and kabbalistic guide for life transitions such a weddings, and End of Life. She received semicha ( ordination) as a mashpiya ( spiritual guide and transmitter), maggidah ( spiritual preacher) and rabbinic pastor from the head of the Jewish renewal movement, Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi in 2006. She is also a certified yoga teacher, and holistic health counselor.

She is the author of four books on Jewish spirituality, meditation, healing and personal transformation Three of them, Everyday Kabbalah, New Age Judaism, and Kabbalah Month by Month are available at bookstores throughout the country and through various online venues. The fourth book, The Gift of A New Beginning is currently out of print, but an updated revised version is planned.

Though a long-time spiritual explorer of many different mystical traditions, the heart of her work is rooted in the deepest teachings of many schools within Kabbalah and Torah. She is personally Shomer Shabbat for 30 years and currently single. She travels throughout the United States, Canada, and Israel sharing her work. On a personal level, she loves to dance, do yoga, meditate, sing, daven, travel, read spiritual books and be in the nature hiking.