Mary Wolters

She is also a CE provider through Yoga Alliance. Mary has been practicing yoga since 1997 and teaching since 2001. She has studied with master yoga teachers from around the world. Mary has taken teacher trainings with various well-known instructors since 2001 (such as Deb Lister, Daren Friesen, Gary Kraftsow of Vini-Yoga, Seane Corn, Natasha Rizopolous, Scott Blossom, Ashtanga yoga teachers: Kino McGregor, and Lino Miele. She has been most inspired by several Prana Vinyasa Flow teacher trainings with master yoga teacher Shiva Rea, such as Fluid Power. Mary continues to study Prana Vinyasa Flow with Shiva Rea as often as she is able to do so. Mary has been fortunate to travel to India and assist with Yoga Teacher Training Programs twice. On the second trip she stayed in Kerala, South India to learn about a South Indian Martial Arts form called Kalari with Shiva Rea. Mary has been affiliated with Yoga Alliance since 2007 and has been a Yoga Teacher Training School since 2014 offering 200 hour yoga teacher certifications. Committed to the process of learning, she believes that we are all students of what our life has to teach us. ​ In 2012, Mary took an informal study of hot yoga with Bhakti Norma under the lineage of Bishnu Ghosh. She has loved how the practice of hot yoga has helped her cleanse and purify her body over the years. Mary has also had training in prenatal yoga with Amy Owen at Yoga View in Chicago. Sharing knowledge of yoga’s 5,000 year old tradition gives her great joy. She loves to incorporate the knowledge of the past (asanas, meditation, bandhas, mantra and mudras) with what is relevant in the here and now. ​ Mary is also a Licensed Massage Therapist and an accredited Thai Massage Therapist since 2005. “Lazy Man’s Yoga”, as it is referred to in Thailand, is a form of partner yoga that combines gentle stretching, acupressure, and breath work in one beautiful and meditative experience. During a Thai Massage session the practitioner and the receiver share a sense of flow as the practitioner may help move the receivers joints through a full range in circular movements, to increase the synovial fluid in the joints, then pausing in a gentle stretch and breathing. The effects of Thai Massage include more energy and a deep sense of relaxation. Mary traveled to Thailand and take up an in depth study of Thai Massage and Meditation in January 2019. And in July 2019, she attended a silent meditation retreat for 10 days under the guidance of a local Vipassana Meditation Center. Mary loves to hold space for mindful meditation practices. ​ Her meditation practice has been valuable in the application of a new emerging work of Compassion Circles. After studying and practicing Nonviolent Communication (CNVC.org) with a circle of friends at Green Yoga Spa and sharing knowledge of Marshall Rosenberg's work, she has lead several compassion circle workshops. She is currently finding more and more ways to integrate this knowledge into her teaching and into her life. When Mary leads workshops, you can expect to learn about yoga, meditation, and nonviolent communication.