Clayton Barker is not a concept; he embodies an Eternal Soul with rich ethnic roots spanning East Africa, Bab El Mandeb, Turkey, Siberia, Dagestan, Polynesia, South Central Asia, Portugal, Ireland, Scotland, Finland, Switzerland, Germany, and England. Adopted into the Maidu, Pit River, and Wintu Native American tribes by his Grand Paa, Wind Walker Blue Skin, Clayton carries a diverse heritage.

Trained in four martial arts—Kung Fu, Karate, Kalari Payattu, and Aikido—Clayton is dedicated to promoting safety and defense in life’s myriad situations. As a visionary multi-disciplinary artist, empathic life coach, and healing conduit of lightning energy, he infuses his work with the timeless expressions of the Mother Earth. He offers conscious co-creations, Empathy Tea Circles, Nonviolent Communication play shops, Interbeing Coaching programs, and Interfaith Harmony containers.

Clayton’s upbringing was profoundly influenced by a family committed to nonviolence. His father, a doctor, served during the Vietnam War, while his mother dedicated her career to suicide prevention and therapy for battered women. These early experiences shaped his understanding of compassion and nonviolence. However, the challenges of growing up in a military family exposed him to violence, leading him to seek solace in meditation, prayer, and peacemaking skills. Clayton intentionally got himself locked up in jail in 2023 so that he could do a 17-day hunger strike and 5 month and 1 week meditation retreat inside Sutter County Jail which is named after a child rapist who raped 12-year-old Indigenous Native American girls. Clayton spent his entire time in jail chanting prayers to the Divine Mother praying for healing and the jail to be renamed after a pure Woman and demolished by wrecking balls and turned into a Goddess Temple to Awaken the Divine Feminine Goddess.

Clayton has trained extensively in Nonviolent Communication (NVC) under Dr. Marshall Rosenberg and has participated in international trainings and leadership programs. A graduate of the One Year North American NVC Leadership Program, He also completed a community apprenticeship program where he co-organized intensive NVC training for youth leaders. He relentlessly dialogues for years to invite people to Empathy Tea Circles to dissolve traumatic conflicts.

In addition to his coaching and facilitation work, Clayton is the CEO of Interbeing Services Inc, a Licensed Handyman business in Siskiyou County. He also has a background in healthcare, having served as a nurse assistant and EMT, all while incorporating spiritual practices into his work. His diverse training spans various spiritual traditions, including Buddhist, Sikh, Taoist, Native American, Jewish, Islam, Christian, Hindu, Sufi, and many more.

Having lived as an unconventional Avadhuta Monk, Clayton’s journey includes teachings from Native American shamans and various spiritual masters worldwide. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies with an emphasis on Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He also obtained a Emergency Medical Technician Certificate from Yuba College and was a graduate of the Certificate in the Year Long www.baynvc.org North American Nonviolent Commnication Leadership Program.

Clayton’s spiritual mission is to foster a world where everyone’s needs are met with love and compassion, honoring Mother Earth and harmonizing the Divine Feminine and Masculine. Embracing his paradoxical nature, he is committed to authenticity and magic in all aspects of his life. His vow is to reincarnate for Eternity in an infinite number of bodies to Protect Mother Earth and serve the Liberation of ALL beings everywhere.

Join him on this transformative journey of Interbeing Coaching, where love, empathy, and understanding flourish, sometimes in very eccentric, authentically challenging, unique, Clowney, backwards, humorous, lightning strike of clarity kinds of illuminating ways.