Course Leaders

She is a life member of the Association for Research and Enlightenment, and she has studied and applied the principles in the Cayce readings for 45 years. She has been a speaker and workshop leader at many A.R.E. conferences across the nation over the last 40 years, and she is a former member of the faculty at Atlantic University. Mary Elizabeth now participates in a fifteen-year program through Tara Mandala, a Buddhist Center located in Colorado. Though this intensive program, Mary Elizabeth studies concepts and practices from Vajrayana Buddhism under the direction of Lama Tsultrim, an American born, female Tibetan Lama. As a part of those studies and practices, Mary Elizabeth has acquired certification to guide both individuals and groups through an innovative, deeply transformative process, “Feeding Your Demons.”® Lama Tsultrim Allione developed this effective, well-researched, and respected process. It is rooted in both ancient wisdom and current theories about how one can constructively meet and transform deep emotional and mental patterns.

Mary Elizabeth is a strong advocate and practitioner of “engaged spirituality.” Over the years, she has supported her community through public service work. During law school and for a period time after graduation, she worked for the Charlottesville Legal Aid Society. While in private practice in Virginia Beach, Virginia, she volunteered as the corporate counsel for the battered women’s shelter, The Samaritan House. She was the co-founder of a non-profit organization in Virginia Beach which opened and ran the first shelter for the homeless in Virginia Beach. For this work, she was named the young professional of the year by the Virginia Beach Jaycees in 1987.

Based on her studies and life experience, Mary Elizabeth believes that a strong, abiding commitment to meditation and spiritual growth practices are crucial in order to engage in deep personal and professional transformative work. She has maintained a regular practice of mindful meditation as a way to enhance her health and well-being, to cultivate a deeper capacity for insightfulness and compassion, and to promote the integration of analytical and intuitive cognitive skills – all in order to be of greater service to the communities she serves.

Mary Elizabeth brings her unique set of skills and professional experiences to her workshop trainings and to her coaching and mentoring work with individuals, groups, and organizational leaders. The foundation of her work with each person is the clarification and application of values and strengths.

She developed an innovative “Energy Constellation” technique which taps into and powerfully integrates one’s somatic, intuitive, and intellectual resources. In so doing, it brings deeper understanding and healing to physical, emotional, and mental patterns that stand in the way of fully expressing and living one’s talents in the world.

Using her analytical and intuitive skills, Mary Elizabeth works with each individual to create a clearer vision of the challenges and opportunities for integrative health and well-being and for personal and professional growth, purposeful living and service. Her approach is designed to support each person to build greater capacity for resilience, adaptability, creativity, spirit-filled inspiration.