MAHARA BRENNA

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.