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Meet the Release & Embrace Founder

Cindy Mahler

Professional Mind Body Spirit Release (MBSR) Practitioner, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Informed Practitioner, Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner*, and founder of Release & Embrace, a virtual practice serving clients across the United States, Canada & the UK/Europe. 

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Cindy has spent over two decades as an integrated systems engineer supporting numerous NASA Human Spaceflight programs but when she encountered difficulties with recovering from a chronic illness she put her systems integration knowledge to the biggest test of all, learning how the human body is an integrated system. Mind Body Spirit Release, one of many healing modalities she embraced, was so impactful on her healing journey that she was motivated to start Release & Embrace to help others release the past and embrace the future through the utilization of Mind Body Spirit Release to release stored emotions from the body.

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Cindy received her Professional Level MBSR Certification from the Mind Body Spirit Release Academy in Houston, Texas. She has also taken courses in Internal Family Systems, Biology of Trauma, and is working on her Holistic Wellness Approach certification.  Cindy plans to integrate her learnings to offer integrated solutions for her client's needs.  She holds a Bachelor's in Aerospace and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University and a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) from Rice University.

 

Cindy has worked with adult and child clients (including neurodiverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+) using Mind Body Spirit Release intentions to release low frequency vibrations and emotions around grief & sorrow, relationships, spirituality, defensive patterns, as well as attachments to a variety of health conditions including anxiety, depression, GI issues, brain fog, insomnia, inflammation & pain, and chronic illnesses (including Long Covid, Chronic Lyme, Reactivated Epstein-Barr, and more). She considers it an honor when she is trusted to perform a clearing to help ease the transition of a loved one ahead of their passing. And clearings can also be done for beloved pets as Cindy has worked with cats and dogs thus far.  Cindy will craft the perfect intention for her clients depending on their needs at the time of the clearing.

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*A Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner is someone who has been certified to have met the requirements of an accredited training program in holistic health practices demonstrating their competency in assessing and addressing a client's overall well-being by considering physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual factors.

Completed Coursework

2025     Internal Family Systems (IFS) Training

2025     Holistic Wellness Approach by MBSR Academy

2024     Biology of Trauma: Stress, Rest and Resilience

2024     Biology of Trauma: Grief & Heart Shocks

2024     Biology of Trauma: Freeze & Overwhelm

2023     Biology of Trauma: All Parts of Me

2023     Mind Body Spirit Release Academy

2022     Biology of Trauma: Attachment & Neurodevelopment

2022     Biology of Trauma: 21 Day Journey

Cindy Mahler

Completed Books

2025     The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate, MD

2024     Our Polyvagal World by Stephen W. Porges

2024     No Bad Parts by Richard C Schwartz, PhD

2024     How to Be Sick by Toni Bernhard

2024     The Quantum Body by Deepak Chopra, MD

2024     The Energy Codes by Dr. Sue Morter

2024     The Way Out by Alan Gordon, LCSW

2023     Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price, PhD

2022     Cured by Jeffrey Rediger, MD

2022     Breath by James Nestor

2019     Scattered by Gabor Mate, MD

2019     Differently Wired by Deborah Reber

2019     The Explosive Child by Ross Greene, MD

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Floating in the Sea

Her Journey

2025     IFS Informed Practitioner

2024     Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner

2024     Inducted into Space Camp Hall of Fame

2024     Developed and Teach Meditation Level 1 to 4th-9th Graders

2023     Founded Release & Embrace

2023     Certified Professional Mind Body Spirit (MBSR) Release Practitioner

2023     Received Purdue Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Award

2020     Strategy & Technology, University Partnerships

2020     Diagnosed with Long Covid

2019     Graduate of Boeing's Leadership Next (LX) Development Program

2019     Established Purdue Space Day Leadership Scholarship

2018     Strategy & Technology, Space Commercialization

2013     Became a Mom

2010     Founded SpaceUp Houston, an Unconference Organization

2010     Commercial Crew Systems Integration Engineer

2004     International Space University Space Studies Program

2004     International Space Station Systems Integration Engineer

2003     Rice M.B.A.

2001     Licensed Private Pilot

2001     Received NASA Silver Snoopy Award

1998     International Space Station Astronaut Instructor

1998     Purdue B.S. Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering

1996     Space Camp Crew Trainer

1996     Founded Purdue Space Day, a STEM program for 3rd-8th graders

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"Cindy is a highly skilled practitioner who has been to the depths in her own health journey. 

Her education and first hand experience has created the knowledgeable, caring and empathetic practitioner that Cindy is.

 

Cindy and MBSR have been an integral part of my journey.

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Thank you, Cindy!!!"

Lacy F.

Texas, U.S.A.

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​I understand that I am here to learn about holistic health and spiritual practices. The services are at all times restricted to consultation on the subject of holistic health matters intended for the maintenance of the best possible state of energetic and spiritual well being, are never intended to be a replacement for professional counseling/therapy or medical care and do not involve the diagnosing, treating, or prescribing of remedies for disease. 

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