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Physical & Energy Healing
Physical & Energy Healing
Physical & Energy Healing
Amara has been studying holistic healing since 1978, seeking education in smaller schools and private trainings rather than in traditional universities.
She was a licensed masseuse in Oregon, and studied Swedish, Esalen and deep bodywork, Polarity and pressure point techniques at the Berkeley Holistic Health Institute and Heartwood Instit
Amara has been studying holistic healing since 1978, seeking education in smaller schools and private trainings rather than in traditional universities.
She was a licensed masseuse in Oregon, and studied Swedish, Esalen and deep bodywork, Polarity and pressure point techniques at the Berkeley Holistic Health Institute and Heartwood Institute.
She studied Chinese healing, herbology, and Macrobiotics for a year and a half with Michael Tierra at the Heartwood Wholistic Health Institute.
She was trained in psychic reading, healing and meditation for two years at the Berkeley Psychic Institute, and has taught numerous classes in the same since then. She is developing an online study class on Psychic Skills for Sensitive People.
Amara has been trained in Reiki and other forms of hands on energy healing, and incorporates this powerful technique into her classes.
Amara has also written "The Torus of Life Healing Meditation" which gives information about the power of the torus shape in nature, and instructions on qi gong movements using this form for healing.
Emotional Healing
Physical & Energy Healing
Physical & Energy Healing
Amara taught Re-evaluation Co-counseling, a method of peer counseling, for over five years, and has been studying and practicing it since 1983. She has led many 12 week classes, support groups and one day workshops using this style.
In 1994 she began developing her own approach to peer counseling, then called Wholistic Peer Support, int
Amara taught Re-evaluation Co-counseling, a method of peer counseling, for over five years, and has been studying and practicing it since 1983. She has led many 12 week classes, support groups and one day workshops using this style.
In 1994 she began developing her own approach to peer counseling, then called Wholistic Peer Support, integrating many ideas from RC with spiritual meditation practices, psychic healing and body centered techniques. This has now evolved into using a new name, Holistic Peer Counseling.
One of her primary goals is to empower as many people as possible to be effective, supportive allies for each other, and to encourage people to grow emotionally and spiritually, to be free and have fun.
She studied Body Centered Counseling, Breathwork and Conscious Relationships with the Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks, who wrote "The Conscious Heart" and "At The Speed of Life”.
Amara developed Heartbeat Nurturing Therapy, a method of healing the inner infant-self using cradling, hypnotic induction and suckling to address emotional issues stemming from lack of breast feeding & loving closeness as an infant. She is the author of "Heartbeat Nurturing Therapy- Healing Our Hearts Together”.
Spiritual Leadership
Physical & Energy Healing
Spiritual Leadership
Amara has led and participated in many Goddess song circles, camps and Neo-pagan rituals since 1980, being attracted to the honoring of Nature, women and the natural cycles. She helped to start two ritual groups in the Eugene area.
She is a minister, Sheikha (teacher) and initiator on the Sufi path (specifically the Sufi Ruhaniat Internat
Amara has led and participated in many Goddess song circles, camps and Neo-pagan rituals since 1980, being attracted to the honoring of Nature, women and the natural cycles. She helped to start two ritual groups in the Eugene area.
She is a minister, Sheikha (teacher) and initiator on the Sufi path (specifically the Sufi Ruhaniat International), and has been studying that path, which encourages honoring of all religions, since 1983.
She is a leader of Dances of Universal Peace, an interdenominational form of spiritual circle dance. She served as Secretary, and then Chairperson, on the Core of the International Council for the Dances of Universal Peace.
She has traveled to many Dance training events and studied with the founding members of the Dance Network.
She has been on teaching staff many years at NW Sufi camp focusing the Dance concentration, and staffed many weekend Dance workshops.
She was the coordinator for the 2002 International Dance Network meeting in Holland, and is beginning a project called Dance France to spread the Dances in France.
Neo Tantra
Camps and Festivals
Camps and Festivals
Amara began studying Tantra and Sacred Spot massage work, a method of sexual healing, on Maui, Hawaii with Joan and Tomas Heartfield, starting around 2003. She has since studied 6 different methods of pelvic bodywork.
She traveled and taught in France with her partner Chetan Samarpan, who studied with Margot Anand. She also studied with David Bruce Leonard on Maui, and learned to teach his unique erotic massage form called Rivers of Love.
She has been teaching Sacred Spot sexual healing massage for men and women, and leading neo-tantra ceremonies, on Hawaii and the west coast of the USA since 2007.
She developed her own forms of this work, called Sacred Pelvic Healing Massage (more detailed techniques for opening the tissues around the pelvis), and Blissflow Massage (more focused on sensual, erotic flow of energy).
Camps and Festivals
Camps and Festivals
Camps and Festivals
Amara is an organizer of larger festivals and week long trainings.
She has been involved with Network for New Culture, a group focused on creating a culture based on responsible polyamory, emotional transparency and relationship skills for many years, and she is the Director of the New Culture Hawaii Winter Camp.
Amara created and is a main organizer of the Oregon Tantra Festival, and the Cascadia Tantra Festival, both events that offer a variety of classes on sacred relationship and sexuality as a spiritual path.
She also organizes for International School of Temple Arts, for their Level One and two week long trainings in sacred sexual healing through Karuna Retreats, in Hawaii, Oregon and Washington.
Artwork, Video and Music
Artwork, Video and Music
Artwork, Video and Music
Amara has been an graphic artist and scrimshander since 1980, and has illustrated several books and magazines. She sold reproductions of her art as batiked banners and prayer flags for many years, and is still selling a few of them.
She created, edited and published Heartsong Review, a resource guide for New Age spiritual music, for nine years.
She led song circles for many years, and has written many circle songs. She is also a singer/songwriter, although she does not perform to live audiences, you can hear her inspirational mystical music on Soundcloud or buy them as CDs on Amazon.
Amara is a videographer and has numerous videos on her Youtube channel, including many music videos illustrating her original songs.
Community
Artwork, Video and Music
Artwork, Video and Music
Amara lives in Oregon part time, and on the Big Island of Hawaii. She is a member in the New Culture community called La’akea Permaculture Community.
This unique community has been going since 2005, and incorporates egalitarian, consensus based decision making, open relationships, good communication skills and emotional intelligence.
La'akea is a small farm and we accept farm supporter for work trade, guests and visitors, and are open to new members. We look for people familiar with community and with great communication skills, and a good work ethic for working on the land.
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