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.

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Custom Ceremonies: Alone or Together are Powerful and Accessible

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Custom ceremonies, alone or together, are powerful and accessible. Common and Uncommon Ceremonies Some occasions worth marking with a ceremony are familiar: births, marriages, deaths. Some are not given deliberate attention in a ritual way as frequently: more subtle life transitions, divorce, career change, new ventures, grieving, cutting ties or forging new ones. House blessings […]

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Arachnophobes, Don’t Read This! Halloween, Samhain, Spiders & Denial

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Arachnophobes, Don’t Read This! Spiders, Halloween, Samhain & Denial. There are some extraordinary spider decorations up for Halloween this year. Most people find spiders a little spooky. Is it because they’re so different from humans? So many legs perhaps? The way they move? Have you seen any close-up photos of their faces, though? Some are

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Paying Attention is Excruciating: We Are Not Special. We Have Been Gifted

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Paying Attention is Excruciating: We Are Not Special. We Have Been Gifted. Paying attention is excruciating. Years ago, I wrote an article titled “Electric Shocks or Sitting Quietly? Which would you choose?” In the study I referenced, more participants chose electric shocks over sitting quietly with their thoughts. Meditation is hard. Our inner landscape can

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Expanded Hours, Session Discount (+Request), Circle News (+Thanks)

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Expanded Hours, Session Discount (+Request), Circle News (+Thanks) Expanded Hours More in-person hours are now available. If you’re looking for a different day or time to come in, look here. Session Discount (+Request) Would a session be useful right now? Perhaps some guidance in this tumultuous time, or a space where you can be heard,

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