Since graduating from my teacher training course in 2012, I’ve taught Hatha at the Yoga Ranch, gyms, yoga studios, and privately on both coasts. My classes are simple and posture-focused – not flowy or aerobic, except for maybe the Sun Salutations. Each class leaves time for breathing exercises and a few minutes of meditation/mindfulness as the cherry on top. In the Sivananda tradition, we favor a no-frills, almost anti-modern approach. Yogis and their chelas (students) have practiced this way for hundreds of years, without props or music – though I certainly won’t stop you from using a prop if you’d like. The idea is that it’s just you, me (your instructor) and your mind. I meet students where they are in their practice and flexibility. I believe that there are physical, mental/emotional, and spiritual benefits to be derived at every experience level!

Yoga asana (the postures we do on the mat) works well as a stand-alone practice for greater flexibility and feeling more comfortable in one’s body. It also prepares you for the deeper, more contemplative practices of concentration and meditation that become oh so much more easeful and enjoyable when loose and limber. Whatever your aim and experience level, I am honored to help you further yourself along the yogic path!

Since graduating from my teacher training course in 2012, I’ve taught Hatha at the Yoga Ranch, gy... Read More

Maria loves people, she loves building community, hearing folks’ stories, and working with someone on their healing journey. She is interested in pain conditions, digestion, women’s health including fertility, and how emotions are stored in the body on the cellular level.

What happens when we experience physical or emotional trauma? Something stopping really fast that shouldn’t? When you look at matter on the cellular level, atoms are comprised of a whole lot of electrons whizzing around that core. So really the building blocks of life are primarily electromagnetic repulsion – that’s not “empty space” in between.

Acupuncture is an ancient medicine looking at the energetic pathways of the body and how blockages contribute to pain and other internal conditions. Like a holistic approach to the body, whole plant medicine uses all the constituents of the plant to contribute to full body resonance.

She’d love to work with you. Let’s be curious together.

Maria loves people, she loves building community, hearing folks’ stories, and working with someon... Read More

My yoga journey began with a gentle nudge in 2000—though my first Ashtanga class nearly sent me running! Fortunately, I discovered alignment-based yoga the following year in a Bikram class, and everything clicked, I was hooked. Within months, I was in teacher training in Iyengar style, and I’ve never looked back.

Over 20+ years and 840 hours of training later, I’ve studied everything from restorative yoga to yoga nidra to Budokon, with tai chi and qigong rounding out my movement practices. I’ve had the privilege of teaching many students and training new instructors to share this transformative practice

My yoga journey began with a gentle nudge in 2000—though my first Ashtanga class nearly sent me r... Read More