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Your Energy Ecosystem

Create healthy, adjustable energetic boundaries based on where you are and who you are with. Explore your unique ecosystem, your innate energy temperament.

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Pink lotus flower in pond – Navigating Your Energy Ecosystem provides tools to create healthy spiritual boundaries, enhance your aura, and evolve towards deep empowerment

“It was extraordinary. It’s a masterpiece of understanding our own energy and how others affect us. It was awesome… incredible.”

P.S., Apex, NC

Backyard Shamanism

Finding Your Power at Home

Backyard Shamanism: Find Your Power at Home taught by Mara Bishop. Blue and black butterfly represents transformation and personal evolution through connection to animals, plants, elements and spirits of place

Shining Bright Without Burning Out

Spiritual Tools for Creating Healthy Energetic Boundaries in an Overconnected World

Shining Bright Without Burning Out course lotus flower in pond image. Spiritual Tools for Creating Healthy Energetic Boundaries in an Overconnected World, a Sounds True audio course coming 2022

Shamanic Journeying

Accessing Non-Ordinary Reality

Shamanic journeying classes teach core shamanic methods to access non-ordinary realms and connect with helping spirits for guidance, healing, protection, relationship. Using shamanic drumming, also called sonic driving, we will create safe and sacred space to journey to meet your power animal

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PERSONAL EVOLUTION COUNSELING

Gorgeous Purple and Crimson Clouds Seen During Sunset - Shamans Throughout History Have Studied and Honored The Spirit of Clouds and Sky

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Personal  Evolution  Counseling®

Shamanic Counseling ∴ Intuitive Consulting ∴ Energy Healing

Our world is shifting. These complex and potent times call for new ways of working, living, and healing. Maybe you’re experiencing imbalance, overload, or pain that’s hard to manage on your own. Maybe you’re ready to change old patterns, or feel called to a new path. Personal Evolution Counseling sessions combine three powerful healing modalities—shamanism, intuition and  energy healing—to provide a customized plan for spiritual healing, personal growth, and emotional well-being.

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BOOKS

Shamanism for Every Day

Shamanism for Every Day: 365 Journeys by Mara Bishop. Citadel Press, an imprint of Kensington Publishing. Daily guide for shamanic practice, meditation, or prayer. Available on Amazon

Wherever we are, the powers within the web of life and the keys to our personal evolution are available. Enjoy 365 Journeys towards insight.

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“A beautiful and timely book…These practices are so needed now to restore balance to the planet and our own lives.”

Sandra Ingerman, author of A Book of Ceremony and Walking in Light
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Inner Divinity: Crafting Your Life With Sacred Intelligence, Mara Bishop’s book, helps you rediscover your intuitive instincts and keys to finding peace, power and a life you love

Inner Divinity:
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RELATIONSHIPS

Kensington Publishing Corp is author Mara Bishop’s publisher for "Shamanism for Every Day: 365 Journeys". They are a top-ten independent US publisher. Imprints include Citadel Press, Dafina, Pinnacle, Lyrical Press, and Zebra. Genres include fiction, non-fiction, spirituality, self-help, race and identity, romance, mystery, western, action, historical fiction and others
Kensington Publishing
Sounds True’s mission is to “disseminate spiritual wisdom.” Mara’s course “Shining Bright Without Burning Out: Spiritual Tools for Creating Healthy Energetic Boundaries in an Overconnected World” is a Sounds True audio program
Sounds True
Columbia University Teachers College is one of the nations oldest graduate school of education, health and psychology. The Spirituality Mind Body Institute (SMBI) offers the only Ivy League graduate degree of its kind, combining science and spirituality through research, psychology, practice, leadership and innovative education
Columbia University
Shamanic healer Mara Bishop has been a repeat speaker for the University of North Carolina UNC School of Medicine’s Program on Integrative Medicine. This program combines complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) with conventional medicine. Mind-body-spirit approaches, mindfulness meditation, education, clinical care and education provide the best in holistic health care for patients, students and health professionals
UNC School of Medicine
Duke University is a premier institution in Durham, North Carolina, offering educational programs for graduate and undergraduate students, learning in retirement through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), programs for gifted youth through the Talent Identification Program (TIP) and an integrative medicine center. Mara has been a speaker and contributor to these programs
Duke University
Author and NC-based shamanic counselor Mara Bishop is a frequent contributor to Spirituality & Health magazine. Spirituality & Health magazine serves explorers on the journey to total aliveness. A resource for travel, events, and articles that draw on the wisdom of many traditions and cultures. Topics include nutrition, meditation, yoga, holistic medicine, social justice, public health and the environment
Spirituality & Health Magazine
The Foundation for Shamanic Studies, established by anthropologist Michael Harner, is a non-profit organization dedication to preserving, teaching and researching shamanic knowledge. Core Shamanism trainings are available from beginning to three-year advanced programs. Mara is the only Harner-Certified Shamanic Counselor in North Carolina, and in a three-state region
Foundation for Shamanic Studies
Mara Bishop is a member of the Society for Shamanic Practice (SSP), a worldwide alliance of people integrating shamanic principles and practices into daily life. The SSP provides articles, practitioner listings, ceremonies, trainings, conferences, and the Shamanism Without Borders program
Society for Shamanic Practice
Mara Bishop was trained by Sandra Ingerman as a shamanic teacher and practitioner of Healing with Spiritual Light. Sandra Ingerman is the founder of a global network of trained teachers and practitioners, offering access to classes, books, drumming circles, journeying courses and other resources. Sandra is the author of the books Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self, Medicine for the Earth, and The Book of Ceremony
Global Shamanic Teacher Network
Mara Bishop contributes articles to Health & Healing magazine every other month. Health & Healing magazine serves the triangle area of North Carolina, linking health care providers and consumers with articles about wellness and complementary and alternative medicine. It is distributed widely to medical facilities, libraries, fitness centers, physicians offices, and consumer businesses like pharmacies and Whole Foods
Health & Healing Magazine
Mara Bishop is a contributor to The Rhine Research Center, which was formerly part of Duke University, and explores the frontiers of consciousness, paranormal experiences, parapsychology, ESP, energy healing, remote viewing, PSI phenomena, precognition
The Rhine Research Center
Join Mara for a guided shamanic drumming journey to meet an animal spirit. Part of a meditation series for book Inner Divinity: Crafting Your Life with Sacred Intelligence
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CALENDAR

9/18-19

Shamanic Journeying Weekend:
Your Personal Pantheon

10/9-10

Your Energy Ecosystem Weekend:
Healthy Spiritual Boundaries

11/6-7

Backyard Shamanism Weekend:
Finding Your Power at Home

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PODCASTS & INTERVIEWS

Technically Spiritual: Navigating the
Web of Life and the World Wide Web

Reawaken Your Brilliance:
Creating Strong Energetic Boundaries

ONEConsciousness Deep Conversations

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ARTICLES

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Claiming Our Spiritual Homestead

Nature's Healing Movements: Be Still or Dance Like a Bird of Paradise

Be Still or Dance Like a Bird of Paradise?

Backyard Shamanism:
Finding Your Power at Home
 

Energetic Personality Archetypes: Building Your Natural Strengths

Your Energy Ecosystem: Strengthening Your Invisible Immune System

Pink azalea in backyard of WholeSpirit Center. Backyard Shamanism is possible even in urban settings.

Is There Healing
In Your Backyard?
 

Shamanic Healing:
When All Else Failed
 

Healing Empathic Overload: Shamanism and Energetic Boundaries

When Healing Is Right In Front of You (and free) An “Aha” Moment

Raising Spiritually Healthy Children, Cultivating Resilience and Honoring Sensitivity

Soul Retrieval:
Returning Home After Trauma
 

Are There Energetic Supplements?: Craving Place and Space

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ART

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LAND

Fire, a powerful element of transformation. The dancing flames of fire can be part of ceremonial work, and are necessary for our survival. Finding trusted resources and recommendations for spiritual work can be challenging. Here are some ideas for partner practitioners, bookstores, products and wellness centers

RESOURCES

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Mara Bishop

MA, MS, ThM, CSC

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. More information about the services provided by WholeSpirit are on the Sessions pages. Learn more about Mara Bishop’s training and background on the About Mara page.

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Art | Creativity

Creating art was one of the first ways I connected to spiritual assistance. Over time, I’ve merged my spiritual and creative practices. Before I start a painting, I set the intention of opening myself to peaceful, healing energy and allowing it to come through me onto the canvas.  When I paint I enter into a meditative state and let color and form flow naturally. In my art, as in my life, I am inspired by nature and the spiritual aspects of the world around me. My intention is for the viewer to be positively affected by the energy the paintings radiate, in addition to the way they look in their homes, offices or places of worship. By focusing on my intention, and by painting while embodying healing energy, I create healing objects that beautify and harmonize any space.

 

Commissions are available.

Land Acknowledgment

Mara Bishop and WholeSpirit recognize that the place where we live and work is situated on land that was taken from indigenous peoples by white colonists. The land in the Piedmont region of North Carolina in and around Durham was that of the Adshusheer, Eno, Occaneechi, Sappony/Saponi, Shakori, and Tuscarora people. Many other tribes lived, and live currently, in North Carolina, including in the beautiful mountains in the west, where this photo was taken. This land has also witnessed over 400 years of the enslavement and mistreatment of African people and their descendants. In order to create healing for the future we believe we need to acknowledge and learn about the past, and to recognize how we can collectively work toward bringing justice and peace to this place for all people, as well as for the other livings beings who share this place with us.

Inclusivity | Diversity | Equality

At WholeSpirit we value diversity, inclusivity, and equality for all people regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, sexual orientation or identity, education, disability, or religious or spiritual affiliation. Our goal is for everyone we work with to feel valued and respected.

We also believe that respectful and compassionate inclusivity must encompass the non-human beings with which we share this world. Animals, plants, mountains, rivers, and ecosystems, should, in their own way, be honored and considered in how we interact with one another and create healthy communities for us all.

WholeSpirit sessions and trainings focus on direct revelation, recognizing the spirit in all things, and creating mutual relationships with nature. While these practices are aligned with many shamanic beliefs from around the world, they are not seated within a specific indigenous culture. We are careful not to appropriate traditions, ceremonies, or rituals, or claim the title of shaman.

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