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

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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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