Practicing primarily Ashtanga yoga until moving to Kinsale in 2000, she explores other styles including Satyananda, Hatha, Iyengar, Bikram, Kundalini, Anusara and others. She completed 200 hr certification with Contemporary yoga in Ireland. After the birth of her 3 children, Mary turned her attention to sharing yoga with kids. Studying YogaKids (Marsha Wenig) and completing certification in Storytime Yoga with Sydney Solis in 2008. The fun and inspiring journey of doing yoga with children, has taken her down the path of studying Yoga Nidra(deep rest and enquiry) and receiving certification of 40 hour Sitaram Yoga Nidra Training by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and Nirlipta Tuli in 2011.

Recent continuing development:

• Loving Kindness Meditation workshop with Sharon Salzberg

• Certified Teen Yoga instructor with Teen Yoga UK.

• Yoga Tuneup® Shoulders Immersion course

• MBSR course(Mindfulness Based Stress Relief developed by Jon Kabot Zin)

• Yoga for Life workshop with Master Yoga Therapist, Gary Kraftsow of Viniyogi Institue

Mary has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and previously worked on electric vehicles in California before moving to Kinsale, where she lives with her husband and 3 children.

Mary is fully Garda vetted, insured and first-aid certified.