Hello and welcome wonderful people!
I’m Maribeth (and you’re welcome to call me Mari if you pronounce it like Mary). I’m delighted you’ve stopped by my corner of the internet. Let’s get acquainted . . .
I am a bereaved mother, sister, daughter, and auntie. Throughout my life I’ve known extreme sorrow and incredible joy. This is what it means to live wholeheartedly, embracing the bitter and the sweet.
I am a certified Creative Grief Support Practitioner (Creative Grief Studio, 2012 with Kara Jones and Cath Duncan), a certified Baby Loss Doula (Baby Loss Doulas International with Sherokee Ilse), a Certified 200hr Yoga Teacher (Kimberlee Orenstein at Yoka Loka Reno), and a Certified Mindful Grieving Facilitator (200hr Center for Somatic Grieving with Wendy Stern). I have worked with bereaved folks in both one-on-one and support group settings since 1988, and I have been teaching yoga since 2017. I am honored to be a faculty member for the Creative Grief Studio and have been a teaching assistant for the Mindful Grieving Yoga Therapy Teacher Training.
Other trainings:
- Certified Accessible Yoga Teacher from Accessible Yoga (June 2020) with Jivana Heyman and Amber Karnes
- Completed Level 1 and Level 2 of Yoga for Eating Disorders Mentorship (2020 and 2024) through Yoga for Eating Disorders with Jennifer Kreatsoulas
- Completed Gentle Yoga Teacher Training through Yoga Vista Academy with Sherry Zak Morris
- Certified Holy Yoga Chair and Senior Instructor as well as Chair Yoga Teacher Training through Accessible Yoga
- Prenatal Yoga with Kim Allcock in Reno, Nevada
- Yoga for Arthritis, Level 1 with Dr. Steffany Moonaz
- Year long Science of Yoga program with Ann Swanson
- Certified Meditation for the Real World teacher with Ann Swanson
- Mindful Eating and Living Training with Rajaa Azouqa
- Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Kate Lombardo
Beyond grief, yoga, and meditation, I enjoy my family most of all (husband of 39 years, two healthy adult sons, one beautiful daughter-in-law and a perfect grandson). I’m an avid reader, an amateur gardener and a ho-hum quilter. Music is my muse and nature soothes my soul! In the summer, I spend time in my Quirky Courtyard.