Arammai Services, Bringing Our Whole Selves to Work and Play

mara evans

About Arammai

We are all multi-faceted people, and my struggle, like that of many others, is integrating my interests and strengths into a cohesive whole, so that I may step into my life’s purpose. The name “Arammai” came out of that integration process; it is simply (and deeply) “I am Mara” spelled backward.

I don’t have many buzzwords or a good elevator speech to describe what I do. I bring to the table deep listening, intuitive insight, and the rare ability to be both a systems and a detailed level thinker.

Below I describe my academic, professional and experiential training. I also discuss my research interests and where my energy is currently going. To see how I can apply this training and background, visit the Services and Workshops & Classes portion of the website.

Contact Mara

mara@arammai.com

1935 Pauline Blvd

Suite 200

Ann Arbor, MI 48103

734-255-0852

“Over the past four years I have had the opportunity to witness Mara’s very talented work in personal counseling, meditation class, and teaching. She has a strong spiritual base from which she provides an integrated approach to her work. Coupled with a transpersonal approach which takes into account my spiritual, intellectual, emotional and physical self, her insights have been right on the mark. By providing sensitivity and compassion to my issues and situation, Mara has put forward insights and realizations that have freed me from the places where I have been stuck.”

- Ann Jones

“You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.” –Indira Gandhi

Educational Background

  • Master of Transpersonal Psychology
  • Institute for Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, CA
  • Thesis: The Healing Potential of Organizations: A Heuristic Exploration of Self-Actualization and the Integration of Spiritual Principles into Business
  • Certificate – Spiritual Psychology
  • Institute for Transpersonal Psychology
  • Bachelor of Arts, with High Honor (Major of Anthropology, Religious Studies)
  • Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
  • Associate Degree in Arts, Summa Cum Laude (Focus in Foreign Language Education)
  • Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI
  • Certificate – Realization Process Teacher – Spiritual Psychotherapy Subtle Self Work
  • Realization Center, Judith Blackstone, P.hd.

Professional & Experiential Development

  • Seminar: Engaged Spirituality: The Movement of Spirit in Action
  • Menla Mountain Retreat and Conference Center, New York – A series of workshops:
    • Spiritual Processes: Inner and Outer – Don Bisson, F.M.S.
    • The Devotional Journal: Mapping Your Life as Spiritual Practice – Cait Johnson, M.F.A.
    • The Way of the Psyche: The Transcendent Dimension of Image – Priscilla Rodgers, M.P.S.
    • Hands in the Earth: Storytelling in Combination with the Natural World – Ilka List, Ph.D.
    • Encountering the Sacred in All Creation – Nancy Rowe, Ph.D.
    • Self-Cultivation in Everyday Life – Henry Poon, Ph.D.
    • Stillness Dancing – Judith Blackstone, Ph.D.
    • Research and Applications of Transpersonal Wisdom – Zoran Josipovic, Ph.D. & Judith Blackstone, Ph.D.
  • Seminar: The Path to Wholeness
  • Omega Institute, New York – A series of workshops:
    • Dreams, Wholeness and Individuation – Richmond K. Green, M.Div.
    • The Healing Image on the Path to Wholeness – Dennis McCarthy, M.P.P.
    • The Tao of Wholeness – Henry Poon, Ph.D.
    • The Alchemical Power of Voice – Mimi Baczewska
    • Kabbalah and Ecopsychology: Ancient and Modern Practices in Wholeness – Alan Levin, M.A.
  • Workshop: Getting the Love You Want (Imago Relationship Therapy)
  • Southfield, Michigan
  • Seminar: Desert Visions: Earth, Ceremony and Prayerful Ways
  • Santa Fe, New Mexico – A series of workshops:
    • Call of the Feminine – Flordemayo (13 Indigenous Grandmothers>
    • Reconnecting with the Earth – Joe Lucero
    • Games for Life: Traditional Native Games – John Eagleday
    • Sacred Witnessing: Earth, Dance & Prayer – Nancy Rowe, Ph.D.
  • Apollo Management Training – 2004 – Executive training course for change management and leadership
  • Usui Reiki Training – Levels I, II, and Master/Teacher – 1999 – Pathways Center
  • Hypnotherapy Certification – 1994 – Hypnodyne Foundation

What I’m Reading

Note: This part of the site is currently under construction – I lost about a year’s worth of edits due to a hacker. Since it is lower priority, it will take me a little longer to rebuild this portion of the site. Thanks, -Mara

  • The Tree Bride, by Bharati Mukherjee (2004)
  • The Bhagavad-Gita, Translated by Barbara Stoler Miller, Introduction by Huston Smith [this is my third reading]
  • Transpersonal Research Methods for the Social Sciences: Honoring Human Experience, by William Braud and Rosemarie Anderson (1998) [this is my second reading]
  • Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, by John W. Creswell (2009) [this is my second reading]
  • Hegel: A Collection of Critical Essays, Edited by Alasdair MacIntyre (1972)
  • The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou (1981)
  • Synchronicity by C.G. Jung (1960), Translated by Hull