Maria Rojas
certification type:
20-hour
certification #:
0070
status:
Active
location:
Boulder, CO, USA
I began practicing yoga shortly before graduating from high school. I stuck to it when I got hit with intense anxiety and panic attacks throughout college. Fast forward to me working in corporate for a few years when my panic attacks returned with things associated to my work. I tried to fight it and worked through it, only to experience absolute burnout. I experienced burnout for the first time. I felt like I was running without energy or motivation. I turned to meditation to help me change my internal world and also to help me understand enough to change my external world. I decided to pause my corporate life when it happened again and took a yoga teacher training to help me understand all of the tools that have helped me along the way.
I trained to earn my 200-hour yoga certification (all online just as the pandemic started in 2019!). I began teaching friends and family. I went back to working in my previous field of digital marketing – back to corporate. Since then I have been trying to teach in different ways, but I also try to make it affordable for everyone as yoga is something I don’t think should have barriers or should be gate kept. I want to work with companies for the same reason.
I have been focused on mat yoga, but want to also be able to help people through desk yoga – a place where we spend most of our day. I even created a desk yoga card deck (www.theyogatoolkit.com) for people to have on their desks – another example to show just how passionate I am about this. I also have a youtube channel, and an instagram where I share my yoga practice, my thoughts, and yoga tips.