Mara Branscombe

Mara Branscombe is a mother, writer, yogi, artist, teacher, mindfulness leader, ceremonialist and spiritual coach. She is the author of Ritual As Remedy: Embodied Practices For Soul Care and Sage, Huntress, Lover, Queen: Access Your Power and Creativity through Sacred Female Archetypes. Mara is passionate about weaving the art of mindfulness, self-care, creativity, mind–body practices, and earth-based rituals into her life and work, and she has been leading community ceremony since 2000. An adventurous spirit, Mara has sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, trekked across the Himalayas, studied yoga in India, planted trees in Canada’s north, lived off the grid in a remote cabin in the woods, worked as a Waldorf (Steiner School) teacher, and then found her passion for dance and choreography. All the while yoga, meditation, mysticism and ritual have been at the heart of Mara’s journey. Her trainings in the Incan Shaman lineage and the Pagan tradition have greatly inspired her life’s work of earth-based, ceremonial, intentional, and heart-centered living and loving. Mara currently lives in Vancouver, Canada with her husband and two daughters.

Mara Branscombe

Bless Me!

Place one hand on your heart and one hand on your lower abdomen. Focus on soft, …

5 Daily Rituals to Honor Your Inner Elder

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How to Discern Anxiety From Intuition at the New Moon

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How to Strengthen Your Intuition Through the Lunar Cycle

Use these simple but powerful methods to attune yourself to the moon’s phases to…

A Ritual-Full Life

“Every time I have gathered in community ritual or personal ceremony, I have exp…

Book Review: Ritual as Remedy

What does it feel like to be a body on this earth, a mind processing this life, …

Creating Personal Sanctuary

Craft your own personal sanctuary, inside and out, for a safe place of refuge.…

How to Embrace Divine Timing

You get to feel, sense, decide, and direct the life that lights you up. This is …