MAHARA ASHLIE, creator of Welstar essential wellness spa and Welstar products
With a background in nursing as well as art therapy, alternative healing and visual arts, Mahara combines her talents to bring wholeness to body and soul. Having suffered for years from severe allergies and asthma, which at their peak required hospitalization, Mahara was determined to find a way to help her body heal itself. She tried many alternative treatment modalities and progressed to studying aromatherapy, herbology, reiki, and chakra balancing, reflexology and massage therapy.
Mahara fell in love with aromatherapy and herbology and began her own herbal consulting practice. She created her own skin care and herbal products for gifts, and soon family and friends were asking her to customize blends for them. Encouraged to sell her creations, Mahara became an entrepreneur and sold her line of healing products for 12 years. The positive experience she has had supporting others to heal themselves inspired Mahara to offer a peaceful, loving place in the community to foster wellness; thus, Welstar was born.
Mahara's training and education include graphic arts, art therapy, nurses aide, herbology, Armomatherapy, Reiki (Second Degree), Reflexology (Advanced), Massage Therapy, and Doula (childbirth assistant). It is from this background that she draws her knowledge of wellness therapies and has adopted her philosophy of "Treat it with Love".
Mahara lives with her spouse and daughter in Orleans, MA.