After building up and managing her own Yoga studio "2nd Floor Yoga" for 2 years in New Zealand,

Mahara realized that she was wasting all her energy towards marketing and managing her studio instead of doing what she really wanted to do, which was helping others to help themselves with Tantric & Shamanic Arts, Mindfulness and Meditation, Body Work, Yoga Therapy, Authentic Movement and Dance. 

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In 2017 she decided to sell everything in New Zealand and combine her two biggest passions;

Traveling & Facilitating Workshops, Trainings and Retreats around the globe. 

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FESTIVALS SHE HAS HELD WORKSHOPS

Tantra Festival India, Goa & Delhi

Tantra Festival, Ibiza

Cosmic Lovers Israel

Impulstanz Festival, Vienna

Odessa, Amsterdam

The New Yoga School, Amsterdam

Yoga Festival, Goa

Shakti Festival, Goa

Natraj Spirit Dance Festival, Delhi

Osho International Festival, India

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TEACHER TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS/ COMPLETIONS

Tantra Philosophy & Tantric Hatha / Tridosha at Shri Kali Ashram, India 

300h TTC Yoga Alliance certified (Tri Dosha balancing series, Ayurveda, Tantra Philosophy & Pranayama)

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Woman's Wisdom & Feminine Embodiment with Nianna Bray *

TTC Yoga Alliance certified 

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Science of Tantra, with Maha (Mihaiela Pentiuc MD, DPT, CCH, E-RYT)

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Earth Priestess Shamanic & Tantrika Arts Facilitators Training

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Conscious Connected Breathing, Shamanic Breathwork with Mike O Meara

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Yin Yoga with Jo Phee www.yinyoga.com

 TTC Yoga Alliance certified - with focus on Hip Anatomy & Chinese Medicine  ​​

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Hatha Dharma (Mindfulness & Meditation) with Chris Cotty

TTC Yoga Alliance certified

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The healing power of sound with Menaka Desikachar, the daughter of Krishnamatcharya

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Anusara Yoga with Emily Kuser 

TTC Yoga Alliance certified with refinements in Meditation, Pranayama and Asana

Carlos Pomeda – Yoga Philosophy & Meditation 

Octavio Salvado - Voice & Mantra ​

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Vinyasa & Yin Yoga with Timy Howard  

TTC Yoga Alliance certified 

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Bliss Baby Prenatal (Yoga through Pregnancy) with Jennifer Allen 

TTC Yoga Alliance certified​

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Ista Level 1, Greece with Ohad - Pele Ezrahi , Rex McCann & Jasmine

Ista Level 2, Greece with Bruce Lyon, Ohad - Pele Ezrahi & Dawn Cherie Ezrahi

Ista Level 3, Turkey with Ohad, Rex & Janine

Assisted Ista Level 1, Sweden with Rex, Dawn Cherie & Kamala Devi McClure

Mahara is a 500+hr ERYT certified Yoga instructor and founder of 2nd Floor Yoga, NZ.

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Pranayama TTC in India, Himalayas, Anantyoga.com

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** I don't recommend all the trainings I've done or  teachers I've studied with

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FURTHER STUDIES

Wim Hof Method 10-week training

10-Day Vipasana 

Depack Chopra, Primordial Sound Meditation training

7 Day Somatic Movement with Melcolm Manning

1 Week with World-Renowned Choreographer-Performer Benoît Lachambre,

somatic practice around embodied resonance and magnetism 

1 Week Lap Dance with Dani Brown

7 Day Watsu, Water Flow & Water Dance 

Osho Meditation Centre Pune several Multiversity courses from Tantra studies, painting, dance,

Osho Dynamic Meditations, Kundalini Meditation, Chakra Breathing Meditation, Whirling Meditation 

Initiation into Kriya Yoga, Pranayama with Swami Shankarananda Giri (Rhishikesh, India)

1 Month with Swamy Niranjan Dev - Kriya Yoga Ashram (Rhishikesh, India)

Ayurveda Philosophy with Agrawal Harsh (Rhishikesh, India)

Several Workshops at Tantra festivals & Contact Dance Festivals around the globe.

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MAHARA'S FINEST TEACHERS ARE NATURE, CHILDREN & LIFE. 

DIVING ALL IN. EXPERIENCING ALL OF LIFE - PAIN AND PLEASURE.

With every passing moment in every chapter of life comes a world of lessons and knowledge.

From her quiet, humble beginnings, through the glitz & glamor of fame, and back to a simple,

introspective path, LIFE continues to be Mahara's finest teacher,

reinforcing the notion that what really matters is

TRUTH, LOVE for all living beings & COMMUNITY.

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Mahara facilitates the following:

Tantric & Shamanic Arts & Rituals

Sacred Sexuality & Healing Arts

Emotional Release, Body Work, Clearing Sessions

Breathwork (Classical Pranayama, Wim Hof, Breathwave, Holotropic )

Feminine Embodiment 

Life Coaching

5 Element Massage

Walking Massage

Tridosha (Tantric Hatha)

Meditation (several techniques)

Yin Yoga , Yin Nidra, Yoga Nidra

Prenatal / Pregnancy Yoga

Ecstatic Dance , Mahara's TRIBAL 5 Element Dance, Authentic Movement

Mahara was working 9 years as an international DJ  (2003-2012)

Watch her DJ Showreel (2012) here.

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