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"The spiritual journey is one of constant transformation. To grow, you must give up the struggle to remain the same and learn to always embrace change."

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About Mara

Mara Benner has always been intrigued by our body-mind-emotions-spirit connections and holistic care. Her passion is in how we can adopt “whole person” care in partnership with the current healthcare system and more importantly with each person.

Over the years, Mara has had the pleasure to train in a variety of healing modalities. She has trained in China with a Qigong Master, with Lokota Shamanic Healers, and combined the spiritual approaches through a wonderful two-year seminary program in interfaith/interspiritual concepts and practices. Mara studied mindfulness with Duke University, and Reiki through the GW Center for Integrative Medicine. She is also trained in reflexology, Healing Touch®, Holy Fire Reiki® and even medical intuitiveness. She is honored to be a practitioner with the GW Center for Integrative Medicine and lead the Reiki program at GW Hospital until COVID.

Prior to forming Four Directions Wellness, Mara has enjoyed over 20 years in healthcare, working at various times in hospitals, nursing homes, home health, hospice and elder protective services. She received a degree in Gerontology, and has led a national nonprofit healthcare organization, worked for the CEO of a $2 billion healthcare company, enjoyed the success as a small business entrepreneur and worked at the federal and state level on healthcare and aging policy. She now combines her executive leadership expertise with her holistic wellness training to partner with clients for successful transformations. For more details on Mara’s career, please visit her LinkedIn.

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Are you ready to explore the inner power and strength that resides within you? How do you tap into that still small voice within and then act on its guidance?

Through a collaborative approach, Mara helps you tap into how you personally connect with that creative and authentic aspect of you. She helps you delve more deeply into your personal messaging of mind, body and spirit – allowing for clarity of insights and direction. She encourages you to fully develop your spiritual template and to make it practical in your daily life. Mara provides the tools for your discovery and manifestation.

Through this wholistic executive coaching application, you align with your inner knowing and then executive through action in our world. Each personalized session draws from an array of ancient spiritual/healing approaches and mind-body techniques.

Remember: "Once you make a decision, the Universe conspires to make it happen." Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Personalized sessions through integrative executive coaching may include:

Meditation/guided imagery;

Self-awareness and self-regulation;

Intuitive guidance;

Mind-body techniques;

Spiritual exercises;

Professional development;

Goal setting and execution;

Problem-solving;

Emotional intelligence;

Addressing blockages keeping you from acting, and

So much more depending on your journey!

About Catherine

Catherine Miller is an integrative wellness professional in the DMV who strives to make wellness accessible and empowering for others. By day, Catherine works in corporate wellness supporting efforts to increase engagement and help employees make small but lasting changes to improve their health and wellbeing.

Catherine’s real passions, however, are Reiki, Yoga, mindfulness, and trauma-informed practices. She first experienced the benefits of Reiki as a brain tumor survivor and witnessed the benefits in others when she served as a Reiki volunteer at a local hospital. Catherine is a Reiki Master Teacher and Practitioner, providing services to community members and teaching Reiki Level 1 and 2 classes through Four Directions Wellness, a studio based in Alexandria, VA. Catherine is a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher and is also trained in Divine Sleep® Yoga Nidra, focusing on creating spaces that help students relax, unwind, and be more present. Catherine completed her M.S. in Nutrition, is a mindfulness teacher, a Certified Crystal Practitioner, a Certified Health & Wellness Coach, a Certified Energy & Sound Healing Facilitator, and is also trained in Holy Fire® Reiki. For her work at Four Directions Wellness, she was named an honoree for the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce’s 40 Under 40 Awards for 2020. Overall, she loves how powerful each of these wellness practices are in building self-awareness and helping in one’s healing journey.

Prior to these trainings, Catherine received her B.A. in History from Dartmouth College, and a minor in Anthropology, and participated in the Bridge Program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

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Are you seeking relaxation, rebalancing and calmness? Reiki, a Japanese approach to bring the body, mind and spirit into balance, is the perfect option. Reiki is wonderful at helping a person move from a state of stress to a state of full relaxation. By helping the physical body to leave its “fight or flight” response, Reiki helps a person transition to a place of “rest and digest” otherwise known as the parasympathetic.

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