About your Guide

Mary is an experienced trauma-informed yoga teacher who believes deeply in the transformative power of movement, mindfulness, and embodied healing. With over 20 years of personal practice and 9 years of teaching experience, she offers a grounded and compassionate approach that supports students in reconnecting with themselves through the wisdom of the body.

As a survivor of domestic violence and narcissistic abuse, Mary’s path into trauma-informed yoga was deeply personal. After leaving an abusive relationship in 2018, she devoted herself to understanding how trauma impacts the nervous system, mind, and body, and how healing can occur through yoga, somatic practices, meditation, and nervous system regulation. Through years of study, research, and lived experience, she developed a deep understanding of the interconnectedness between the body and emotional healing.

Mary completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Certification in 2016 with the Kula Collective at The Yoga Forest in Guatemala and later trained in trauma-informed yoga through Yoga Outreach. She has taught in a wide variety of environments, supporting women recovering from abuse, addiction, PTSD, and other forms of trauma. Witnessing the profound healing and transformation within her students continues to inspire and shape her work.

Most recently, Mary served as a lead yoga teacher at Moksha Yoga Amazonica Retreat Center in Peru, where she guided 200-hour yoga teacher trainings for international students from around the world. She led lectures and trainings in nervous system regulation, yin yoga, the energetic body, yoga philosophy, asana, sequencing, and teaching methodology. During her time in Peru, she also assisted a Peruvian curandero in holding space during ayahuasca plant medicine ceremonies, deepening her understanding of healing and consciousness.

In addition to her foundational training, Mary has completed continuing education through Yoga Alliance in advanced sequencing and Hindu mythology, and studied Buddhist meditation with monks in Thailand. Her teaching style blends trauma-informed facilitation, intuitive movement, and mindfulness to create spaces where students can feel safe, empowered, and deeply connected to themselves.

Mary’s deepest intention is to support people in healing, awakening, and reconnecting to the beauty, truth, and sacredness of life.