about me

In 2009, I began my first career as a teacher. At that time, I had absolutely no idea about self-care and boundaries so it was common to find me working all through the weekend and until late each weeknight. If you were to ask me how I’d describe myself at this time of my life, I’d say, “a ball of anxiety”. Sometimes, I’d come home from work and burst into tears because I was so stressed and tired. 

Enough was enough and in 2013, I quit teaching for good and re-enrolled at university with the aim to re-start my career. I saw a counselling degree and something inside me knew that this career was for me. 

The long story is that it didn’t all end here. After graduating, I went through several more years of stressful jobs before completely up-ending my life, deciding that I would never work full-time hours again and I enrolled in a yoga course (a life-long dream!). 

In 2018, I’d had the idea to turn my two passions (counselling and yoga) into a business but, at the time, I didn’t believe that I was ‘good enough’ or ‘smart enough’ to run my own business. In 2020, the advent of the pandemic prompted me to assess what I really wanted out of life, and I began taking steps to make my dream a reality. 

Believe me, I still struggle at the best of times – if there’s something happening in my life, you can bet I’ll be worrying about it! But I’ve found that yoga is the one tool that I constantly come back to that helps me to heal, feel more grounded and connected to myself - and then, I find that I can flourish! 

Here’s what other people have had to say about my yoga sessions:

"Maria has been great about listening to my needs and experience level in yoga to make it perfect."

Ellen 

"Maria is very encouraging and extremely friendly. I highly recommend her for anyone wanting to try yoga."

Melissa

“Maria oozes a beautiful kindness and understanding.”

Andrea