07/25/2025
✨ Teacher Feature: MARY! ✨
If you’ve ever taken a class with Mary, you already know—she’s a burst of vibrant energy, joy, and pure heart. Her classes are dynamic, uplifting, and full of intentional movement (and yes… a little core fire 🔥).
Here’s a little peek into her yoga journey, in her own words:
🧘♀️ How did you discover yoga?
“I actually first discovered yoga on a TV channel when I was a kid. I remember following the broadcasted class and feeling so relaxed after. Though, I became a regular yoga student in college and found it to be a wonderful way to practice wellness during that phase of life.”
💫 Favorite pose/style? Least favorite (if any)?
“My favorite style is vinyasa flow! I love to move fluidly with the breath, creating internal heat along the way. For my favorite pose—I’d say it’s a tie between upward facing boat (yay, core work!) and half moon (love the balance & opening of the hips). TBH—I don’t think I have a least favorite!”
🤿 Something we don’t know about you?
“Maybe that I scuba dive! This is a recent hobby in the past few years. I find that the controlled breathing involved in scuba diving holds a similar effect as pranayama with yoga (a state of calmness and nervous system regulation!). In my classes, I often reference noticing your ‘natural buoyancy’ or the lifting/lowering of your chest as you breathe in and out in forward folds. Saying this always makes me think about scuba diving.”
💛 Favorite thing about Rising Om?
“There is so much to love about Rising Om! Though, I think a big piece is that Rising Om has been my yoga studio home since I moved to Tally in 2020 (right before COVID-19 lockdown) and I was able to join the yoga teacher training in 2022 which was healing for me. I was able to meet many people with a shared passion for yoga/wellness and to carve out time to dream about incorporating yoga more so into my life personally, spiritually, and professionally.”
Come move, breathe, and shine with Mary in her Vinyasa Flow class every Monday evening! She teaches with so much intention, joy, and a deep love of the practice. We’re endlessly grateful to have her in our Rising Om family. 🧡 We love you Mary!
