Bob Mackura
What others say...
Other voices
Over the years Bob has worked with ministers and monks, to the newly inspired; with souls in spiritual crisis, to those seeking accelerated awakening. Here is a sampling of what some of them have expressed in gratitude for what their souls have revealed to them:
"... You know that words are inadequate for the gifts you give, the journeys you guide. Your presence of love, clarity, integrity, honesty, and your strong connection to Spirit melted my resistance. You were gentle and relentless in offering doorways to another way of being. Spirit has a wonderful vehicle to work through in you!"
-- Janet, Healer in transition
"You know my soul better than anyone. You have facilitated profound changes in my life and work. This has led to a very satisfying vocation and deeper relationships all around."
-- George, Deacon; Prison Minister/San Quentin
"Bob is able to hold a sacred space where you can meet God and face your fears. His ability to create a place of safety and deep peace allows you to find the God within yourself. Simply sitting with him can stir the Divine within you."
-- Jackie, Spiritual Counselor
"When I look back at where I was 3-4 years ago when I first started working with Bob, I'm amazed! The change has been phenomenal. It's incredible how we get stuck in patterns. I could not have gotten out of those painful patterns without Bob's loving guidance."
-- Kalele, Graduate Student
"I came here beaten down and broken hearted. I'm leaving here full of love, knowledge, and inspiration. Bob is a true healer with much love to give the world."
-- Luci, Film Producer
"Bob, very supportively & lovingly, walked me through a path that helped me confront the horrors of my childhood & remove the armor I had worn for over half a century. With his help & guidance my wounded inner child & my adult finally became one!"
-- Cliff, Retired Military
"By connecting with his own soul essence, an atmosphere of complete openness and trust is established from the beginning. Bob acknowledges the importance of giving attention and care that is due to the different aspects of our being -- 'physical/sexual', 'emotional/psychological', and 'higher/mystical'. Many different types of exercises may be called to connect with and nurture a part of ourself we may have ignored. Each session is exciting and unpredictable."
-- "Ish", Buddhist Monk
"...Words are inadequate to express what I am feeling and experiencing as a result of the time I spent with Bob. The unconditional love, special bodywork, time spent in silence, the nurturing hugs, - all worked in creating a "let go" awareness that my body is still embracing..."
-- Patte, R.N. University Instructor
"In my first session with Bob I found out what 'truth' really felt like. My whole being vibrated to the sound of his words. It was not the ordinary truth we all profess to speak, but a deep resonating truth, the one of Spirit."
-- Mary, Hotel/Restaurant Owner & Manager
"There are lessons to be learned here that only your body knows. There are gifts to be received that are for you alone -- created by the spirits that surround us, lovingly crafted and presented by Bob."
-- Karen, Business Owner
-- Janet, Healer in transition
"You know my soul better than anyone. You have facilitated profound changes in my life and work. This has led to a very satisfying vocation and deeper relationships all around."
-- George, Deacon; Prison Minister/San Quentin
"Bob is able to hold a sacred space where you can meet God and face your fears. His ability to create a place of safety and deep peace allows you to find the God within yourself. Simply sitting with him can stir the Divine within you."
-- Jackie, Spiritual Counselor
"When I look back at where I was 3-4 years ago when I first started working with Bob, I'm amazed! The change has been phenomenal. It's incredible how we get stuck in patterns. I could not have gotten out of those painful patterns without Bob's loving guidance."
-- Kalele, Graduate Student
"I came here beaten down and broken hearted. I'm leaving here full of love, knowledge, and inspiration. Bob is a true healer with much love to give the world."
-- Luci, Film Producer
"Bob, very supportively & lovingly, walked me through a path that helped me confront the horrors of my childhood & remove the armor I had worn for over half a century. With his help & guidance my wounded inner child & my adult finally became one!"
-- Cliff, Retired Military
"By connecting with his own soul essence, an atmosphere of complete openness and trust is established from the beginning. Bob acknowledges the importance of giving attention and care that is due to the different aspects of our being -- 'physical/sexual', 'emotional/psychological', and 'higher/mystical'. Many different types of exercises may be called to connect with and nurture a part of ourself we may have ignored. Each session is exciting and unpredictable."
-- "Ish", Buddhist Monk
"...Words are inadequate to express what I am feeling and experiencing as a result of the time I spent with Bob. The unconditional love, special bodywork, time spent in silence, the nurturing hugs, - all worked in creating a "let go" awareness that my body is still embracing..."
-- Patte, R.N. University Instructor
"In my first session with Bob I found out what 'truth' really felt like. My whole being vibrated to the sound of his words. It was not the ordinary truth we all profess to speak, but a deep resonating truth, the one of Spirit."
-- Mary, Hotel/Restaurant Owner & Manager
"There are lessons to be learned here that only your body knows. There are gifts to be received that are for you alone -- created by the spirits that surround us, lovingly crafted and presented by Bob."
-- Karen, Business Owner
Shelby; Yoga Instructor:
"I have spent many years seeking paths to the Divine. I have traveled down many roads and each one has gifted me a deeper understanding of Truth. The study and practice of Yoga brought me to my sweet teacher Ram Dass. Under his tender guidance, I learned the true meaning of devotion. As the years passed, I studied archetypes, sacred contracts, rituals, breath work, and much more. They have all been important stepping stones in my journey. Yet, they each felt incomplete. I came to a dead end and wondered where to look next.
It was then a copy of Bobs book came into my hands. The concepts were strange in some respects. Some familiar, using different words. When I met Bob for the first time, I knew I had found the direction I was looking for.
Soulwork and Bob became the door way through which I am finding the Divine within myself. Soulwork has given me a space to breath and begin to come alive for the first time in my life. I am learning who I truly am. With the loving support of Bob and other Soulworkers, I am learning to honor the Divine in all of life.
Bob holds within his heart, body, and mind the ability to guide others with tenderness, honesty, safety and love. Through Soulwork I am learning to become Divinely Human. Words are empty to express the gratitude I have in my heart for all I have received in my journey with Bob."
"I have spent many years seeking paths to the Divine. I have traveled down many roads and each one has gifted me a deeper understanding of Truth. The study and practice of Yoga brought me to my sweet teacher Ram Dass. Under his tender guidance, I learned the true meaning of devotion. As the years passed, I studied archetypes, sacred contracts, rituals, breath work, and much more. They have all been important stepping stones in my journey. Yet, they each felt incomplete. I came to a dead end and wondered where to look next.
It was then a copy of Bobs book came into my hands. The concepts were strange in some respects. Some familiar, using different words. When I met Bob for the first time, I knew I had found the direction I was looking for.
Soulwork and Bob became the door way through which I am finding the Divine within myself. Soulwork has given me a space to breath and begin to come alive for the first time in my life. I am learning who I truly am. With the loving support of Bob and other Soulworkers, I am learning to honor the Divine in all of life.
Bob holds within his heart, body, and mind the ability to guide others with tenderness, honesty, safety and love. Through Soulwork I am learning to become Divinely Human. Words are empty to express the gratitude I have in my heart for all I have received in my journey with Bob."
Megan; Teacher:
"I came to Bob over 3 years ago during a time of spiritual emergence, and the moment I felt myself break open, I knew I needed to call him. I had only met him once, yet something told me that he and the Soulworkers Centre were the right choice to look to for support. Through working with Bob, I not only have kept this new existence of fully feeling alive, but also have continued to broaden my understanding and growth within it. Soulwork and Bob have given me the framework, tools, guidance, and unfaltering care and support that I have needed to finally comprehend and FEEL my soul, my truest self.
There really are no words that can accurately paint a picture of what this work means to me. It is more of a feeling I want to share, the feeling of liquid gold happiness and love flowing through every cell of my body, and I wish I could package that precise experience up and hand it out to everyone instead.
One of the many things I am beyond grateful to Bob and soulwork for is the fact that I now exist as a whole and complete being. I’ve spent most of my life walking around existing predominantly in my head, acting out of fear, and in general always feeling that something was wrong, though I couldn’t put a finger on what it was. Looking back, I now see that I was completely unaware that my self consisted more of just these thoughts. Through continued soulwork with Bob, I now feel my soul exist in every molecule of my body. It’s as if I can feel how every cell I have is interconnected, each supporting the others. I now get to check in with not only my head, but also my heart and gut and truly FEEL what they all have to say about what is going on in my life. The experience of this is mind blowing for me daily, and the gratitude I hold for this leaves me speechless.
Through Bob, I have not only seen the dedication needed to fight for our souls, our truest self, but the most organic and clearest example of what soulful and egoless contact means. I have taken his repeated and gentle examples with me into my daily life, and find that the richest moments I now experience are because I am following my soul and know what kind of contact, care, and soulfulness I prefer, dictated by my soul and not some outside source.
I know that without Bob’s mentoring and my involvement with others at the Soulworkers Centre, I would have slipped back into darkness, confusion, and sadness. It is the most important connection I’ve ever made, and I will continue to give thanks for Bob and my soulwork for the rest of my existence."
"I came to Bob over 3 years ago during a time of spiritual emergence, and the moment I felt myself break open, I knew I needed to call him. I had only met him once, yet something told me that he and the Soulworkers Centre were the right choice to look to for support. Through working with Bob, I not only have kept this new existence of fully feeling alive, but also have continued to broaden my understanding and growth within it. Soulwork and Bob have given me the framework, tools, guidance, and unfaltering care and support that I have needed to finally comprehend and FEEL my soul, my truest self.
There really are no words that can accurately paint a picture of what this work means to me. It is more of a feeling I want to share, the feeling of liquid gold happiness and love flowing through every cell of my body, and I wish I could package that precise experience up and hand it out to everyone instead.
One of the many things I am beyond grateful to Bob and soulwork for is the fact that I now exist as a whole and complete being. I’ve spent most of my life walking around existing predominantly in my head, acting out of fear, and in general always feeling that something was wrong, though I couldn’t put a finger on what it was. Looking back, I now see that I was completely unaware that my self consisted more of just these thoughts. Through continued soulwork with Bob, I now feel my soul exist in every molecule of my body. It’s as if I can feel how every cell I have is interconnected, each supporting the others. I now get to check in with not only my head, but also my heart and gut and truly FEEL what they all have to say about what is going on in my life. The experience of this is mind blowing for me daily, and the gratitude I hold for this leaves me speechless.
Through Bob, I have not only seen the dedication needed to fight for our souls, our truest self, but the most organic and clearest example of what soulful and egoless contact means. I have taken his repeated and gentle examples with me into my daily life, and find that the richest moments I now experience are because I am following my soul and know what kind of contact, care, and soulfulness I prefer, dictated by my soul and not some outside source.
I know that without Bob’s mentoring and my involvement with others at the Soulworkers Centre, I would have slipped back into darkness, confusion, and sadness. It is the most important connection I’ve ever made, and I will continue to give thanks for Bob and my soulwork for the rest of my existence."
Lita; Massage Therapist, Guided Meditations:
"'Soulwork' for me is accelerating the natural process of… practical learning to give this growing awareness of the truth of my being full expression through this body and into this life. 'Soulwork' is teaching me first to become more fully aware of my Soul; that part of my being that's aligned with and knows its oneness with Source and has been patiently, lovingly, waiting for me to listen and allow it to guide me. Soulwork and Bob's guidance is helping me to tune in more to what my Soul is telling me and how to open to allowing it to express more freely through this body (temple). Its teaching me to become more aware of all the ways I've become habitually and unconsciously blocked to the flow of my souls expression.
Through Bob's guidance I'm becoming more aware of the blocks that I carry, and learning to access the power on my soul to move towards living as my soul has always intended. Fully, authentically, freely, courageously and possibly even outrageously, with full awareness and compassion. I find it to be a gradual process of learning, more consistently, to let the ego become a servant of my soul, rather than letting it blindly run the show.. a gradual process of testing the waters as my body and mind try new ways of being, more in alignment with my soul purpose. For me Soulwork is about the ultimate process of shedding the relatively tiny and confining box my ego-mind has "safely" created for me to live in. To experience living instead from the joy and true freedom of my soul. This I feel is my foremost soul purpose. I feel excited and grateful for the guidance and support of Bob."
"'Soulwork' for me is accelerating the natural process of… practical learning to give this growing awareness of the truth of my being full expression through this body and into this life. 'Soulwork' is teaching me first to become more fully aware of my Soul; that part of my being that's aligned with and knows its oneness with Source and has been patiently, lovingly, waiting for me to listen and allow it to guide me. Soulwork and Bob's guidance is helping me to tune in more to what my Soul is telling me and how to open to allowing it to express more freely through this body (temple). Its teaching me to become more aware of all the ways I've become habitually and unconsciously blocked to the flow of my souls expression.
Through Bob's guidance I'm becoming more aware of the blocks that I carry, and learning to access the power on my soul to move towards living as my soul has always intended. Fully, authentically, freely, courageously and possibly even outrageously, with full awareness and compassion. I find it to be a gradual process of learning, more consistently, to let the ego become a servant of my soul, rather than letting it blindly run the show.. a gradual process of testing the waters as my body and mind try new ways of being, more in alignment with my soul purpose. For me Soulwork is about the ultimate process of shedding the relatively tiny and confining box my ego-mind has "safely" created for me to live in. To experience living instead from the joy and true freedom of my soul. This I feel is my foremost soul purpose. I feel excited and grateful for the guidance and support of Bob."
Merlin; Entrepreneur, Business Owner
"I had no idea what or who my soul was and the only thing I did know about religion was it didn't resonate with my inner truth from my life's experiences. The way ahead was paved when I was introduced to Conversations with God, then to Eckhart Tolle whom I am still impressed with.
Curiosity and a lot of prompting from a friend led me to go to one of Bob's Spiritual Groups. When Bob started Tolle's 'A New Earth' afternoon book discussion group, I found I loved the readings and discussions. I eventually started opening up enough with Bob's help to start going to the Wednesday night group meetings as well.
I've spent over two years working with Bob on a weekly basis to face my deepest fears, learn who my Soul is and align myself with my life's purpose. Through work with Bob I was able to realize what I was missing my whole life. Bob has great passion to help others find their individual life's journey, tremendous patience as those he gently teaches struggle fall down and he picks them up with his soothing voice and heart felt compassion. Bob is a great personal counselor. Why did I choose to do this work? That's easy. I want to be part of the evolution of human kind and to come as close to enlightenment as I can in this life time.
I have changed from a person that spent a lifetime of never being able to share his deepest feeling with anyone to a person that is well on his way to being a kind and loving person that shares freely with others and I deeply enjoys it all…."
"I had no idea what or who my soul was and the only thing I did know about religion was it didn't resonate with my inner truth from my life's experiences. The way ahead was paved when I was introduced to Conversations with God, then to Eckhart Tolle whom I am still impressed with.
Curiosity and a lot of prompting from a friend led me to go to one of Bob's Spiritual Groups. When Bob started Tolle's 'A New Earth' afternoon book discussion group, I found I loved the readings and discussions. I eventually started opening up enough with Bob's help to start going to the Wednesday night group meetings as well.
I've spent over two years working with Bob on a weekly basis to face my deepest fears, learn who my Soul is and align myself with my life's purpose. Through work with Bob I was able to realize what I was missing my whole life. Bob has great passion to help others find their individual life's journey, tremendous patience as those he gently teaches struggle fall down and he picks them up with his soothing voice and heart felt compassion. Bob is a great personal counselor. Why did I choose to do this work? That's easy. I want to be part of the evolution of human kind and to come as close to enlightenment as I can in this life time.
I have changed from a person that spent a lifetime of never being able to share his deepest feeling with anyone to a person that is well on his way to being a kind and loving person that shares freely with others and I deeply enjoys it all…."
Mary; School Business Manager:
"I wrote my first testimonial back about 12 years ago. I began it by saying that I felt like a struck bell. That the words that came from Bob’s mouth were so true that my whole being rang with the truth of those words and I knew I would never be the same again. The truth of his words were so powerful that I could not help but change. This has not changed in the 12 years since. I am more struck than ever.
Bob is and has been a beacon of light to my soul. When darkness descends and I can not see a way out… there he is with a light to show me where I am lost and to guide me deeper in to discover the way out. I know this to be true even if I were not his partner.
Being his partner I am privy to seeing him 24/7. Our partnership is bound by the dedication to our souls. Bob is the model for this dedication. He would give up me and everything he owns rather than give up following his soul.
Soulwork and Bob teach me everyday how to be; how to live a more full and rich life. I often say that my life doesn’t look very exciting. I don’t really “do” much, but my inner life has never been so interesting and exciting. I have no need to appear interesting or exciting to the outside world as it could never measure up to my inner world.
My view of myself is no longer a concept. I can’t really say who Mary is. I can only be her. I have always felt a strong need to be authentic. Since soulwork has come into my life I am more authentic, even when I struggle through trying to find that authentic part. It is always a good struggle. I come out feeling stronger and more myself which makes the struggle very precious to me. It has been the hardest thing I have ever done and it has been the easiest thing I have ever done. The easy part comes because it is the first thing in my life that really ignited my passion.
Soulwork ignited the flame that now fuels my life. With Bob’s help and beacon-ship I know that flame will never go out for the rest of my life."
"I wrote my first testimonial back about 12 years ago. I began it by saying that I felt like a struck bell. That the words that came from Bob’s mouth were so true that my whole being rang with the truth of those words and I knew I would never be the same again. The truth of his words were so powerful that I could not help but change. This has not changed in the 12 years since. I am more struck than ever.
Bob is and has been a beacon of light to my soul. When darkness descends and I can not see a way out… there he is with a light to show me where I am lost and to guide me deeper in to discover the way out. I know this to be true even if I were not his partner.
Being his partner I am privy to seeing him 24/7. Our partnership is bound by the dedication to our souls. Bob is the model for this dedication. He would give up me and everything he owns rather than give up following his soul.
Soulwork and Bob teach me everyday how to be; how to live a more full and rich life. I often say that my life doesn’t look very exciting. I don’t really “do” much, but my inner life has never been so interesting and exciting. I have no need to appear interesting or exciting to the outside world as it could never measure up to my inner world.
My view of myself is no longer a concept. I can’t really say who Mary is. I can only be her. I have always felt a strong need to be authentic. Since soulwork has come into my life I am more authentic, even when I struggle through trying to find that authentic part. It is always a good struggle. I come out feeling stronger and more myself which makes the struggle very precious to me. It has been the hardest thing I have ever done and it has been the easiest thing I have ever done. The easy part comes because it is the first thing in my life that really ignited my passion.
Soulwork ignited the flame that now fuels my life. With Bob’s help and beacon-ship I know that flame will never go out for the rest of my life."