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MAHARA BRENNA
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BIOGRAPHY
Born in Vancouver, Canada in 1954, Mahara grew up in a playground
of ocean, forests and mountains, tremendously influenced by the
power of the elements and her love of Mother Earth. Her parents,
she considers, were ahead of their time; her Father politically
and socially, and her Mother holistically and spiritually. “Think
for yourself” was a family motto, and therefore ‘thinking
outside the box’ became a way of life at an early age.
In her late teens to mid 20’s, Mahara pioneered many fields
as yet unavailable to women. On sea, on land, and in commerce,
she broke new ground and was hired where women had previously
been denied. However, believing in something more than the ‘women’s
movement’, she was also equally struck with the plight of
male conditioning, and therefore held the journey to be that of
a “People’s Revolution”. This belief was the
catalyst that propelled her spiritual searchings and lead to the
reclaiming of the ‘divine feminine’, the aspect of
life negated in both men and women, to which she now dedicates
her life.
During this time of pioneering, the epilepsy Mahara had privately
endured through her childhood, now escalated into grand-mal seizures.
Diagnosed as incurable, she was told she would live a severely
restricted life. In 1977, leaving her 3rd year at Simon Frazer
University, she left for California to begin her studies in Holistic
Health Education. It was there that she healed the epilepsy
through the process called ‘Rebirthing’,
an experiential healing modality so powerful that it has become
the foundation of her life’s work. And so began Mahara's
30 year career as a healer and planetary change agent which has
so far spanned 4 continents.
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