Author Archives: Mara

About Mara

Mara Bishop, M.S., Th.M., C.S.C., is an intuitive consultant, shamanic practitioner, teacher, author, and artist. She is the owner of WholeSpirit. In her private practice, Mara combines intuitive consultations, shamanic healing, shamanic counseling, Reiki, and Healing with Spiritual Light. Her Personal Evolution Counseling™ provides each client with an integrated approach to spiritual healing, personal growth and emotional well-being. Her book, Inner Divinity: Crafting Your Life with Sacred Intelligence, explores ways to rediscover your "inner divinity," the spirit you were born with which holds your unique key for bringing balance, healing and joy into your life. Mara has worked in the fields of intuition and shamanism since 1995. Mara is a graduate of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies Three–Year Program in Advanced Shamanism and Shamanic Healing with Michael Harner and Sandra Ingerman, and Sandra Ingerman’s Teacher Training program in Shamanic Journeying and Healing. She is the only Harner Certified Shamanic Counselor® in North Carolina or neighboring states such as Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Mara is also a Reiki Master, and a founding member of the Society of Shamanic Practitioners. In addition she holds Master's degrees in Energy Medicine and Theology. Mara conducts workshops in core shamanism, intuitive development, and the concepts she developed in her book Inner Divinity, among other topics. She has presented for various programs at Duke University, the Rhine Research Center and at events such as the Body-Mind-Spirit Expo. Feel free to contact Mara and schedule a class or event. She can be reached via her web form.

Finding Your Passion Shamanically

I’m getting ready for drumming circle tomorrow and thinking about how we find joy in life. Meaningful joy. Sometimes the requirements of daily life, the beliefs we carry with us from childhood, and the messages from society can distract or … Continue reading

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Can Nature Help Us Heal? Forest bathing, a room with a view, and new studies about nature, stress and brain function.

With the burst of extraordinary weather we’ve been experiencing here in Durham, many of us are turning our thoughts to the outside (if you can brave the pine pollen that’s drifting down like snow!). Whether it’s planting a garden or … Continue reading

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Going Dark, Pregnant Opossums, Easter, & Personal Evolution

On Sunday we participated in the Pledge to Go Dark for the Earth and turned our lights off for an hour. It was a symbolic gesture, a display of universal commitment to protect the planet. We sat and talked in … Continue reading

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Spiritual Art on Display at Unity Center of Peace in Chapel Hill

Unity Center of Peace in Chapel Hill is currently showing my paintings. They will be on display until June.  I’m very happy to have them there. Since I paint from a spiritual perspective it’s always nice for me to have … Continue reading

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Drum in the Spring at the next Circle!

Spring Drumming Circle The next circle will be on Monday March 25th from 7:00 – 9:00. As usual, our focus will be on journeying and creating sacred space as a group. There will be time for drumming. We will journey … Continue reading

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Are you Stuck in the Muck? Are Cliffs of all kinds Looming? Read this.

Every once and a while I peruse old posts for new insights. Sometimes I find something that is quite timely for what my clients or I (often there is an overlap) could use a refresher on. This has been an … Continue reading

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Facing Global Collapse? Prince Charles, Nature, and Home Organizing

I read this headline in a newsletter called The Future put out by John L. Petersen the Arlington Institute.  Experts Fear Collapse of Global Civilization – (Inter Press Service – January 11, 2013) Horrified, but not surprised, I read Petersen’s … Continue reading

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Thank you CNN! Love, Healing & Nonsearch.

Last night I started to look around for some research on the ways that love affects our ability to heal. It was a relatively broad search, motivated by my continuing movement toward a practice that focuses on generating a particular … Continue reading

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Time for a Chat with Your Spirit Teacher?

Come to our first drumming circle of 2013. Next circle, this Monday, January 28th, 7:00– 9:00. Please RSVP by Friday Jan 25th if possible.  We will journey on a group topic and also on your own questions. Please contact me if you would … Continue reading

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Core Shamanic Drumming Circle ~ January 28, 2013

In 2012 I started a second core shamanic drumming circle as more people asked about joining a circle that met regularly to share shamanic work. I’ve been delighted with the groups that have evolved over this past year. I say … Continue reading

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