Namaste,

"Our evolution into conscious contact with Spirit depends upon our ability to become fluid and changeable."
~ Sherrie Dillard

Maryz is a yoginī, artist, and vibrational yoga facilitator with over thirty years of experience in the cultivation of sacred spaces. She gracefully weaves together Earth and body wisdom, yogic practices, creative arts, mantra chanting, vocal activation, sound healing, rituals, and dance to create transformative experiences. Through her classes, workshops, retreats, and training, she designs offerings that align with the natural cycles and rhythms of the Self. As the founder of the School of Mystical Embodiment, she guides seekers on profound journeys of self-awareness and sacred embodiment. Additionally, she is the co-founder of SuryāChandra, a yogic music ensemble that offers kīrtan internationally. SuryāChandra has produced four albums, seamlessly blending ancient mantra traditions with contemporary soundscapes to inspire, harmonize and uplift.

Maryz’s formal credentials:
-Death studies, college degree at Cegep Rosemont, Montreal, 1989 - 1993.
-Sivananda Yoga teacher, certified from a 200 hrs training at the Sivananda Ashram of Val-Morin, QC, Canada, 1997.
-Herbalist degree from the Académie de phytothérapie du Canada, 1000 hrs, Montréal, QC, Canada, 2001.
-Laughter Yoga Leader, certified by René Robichaud, Moncton, NB, Canada, 2007.
-Trance Dance Ritual facilitator, certified by Wilbert Alix, Kalani Oceanside Retreat, Hawaii, USA, 2008.
-Ecstatic Trance Posture practitioner, certified by the Cuyamungue Institute, New Mexico, USA, 2010.
-Yin Yoga teacher, trained by Bernie Clark, Whistler, BC, 2010.
-Healing Sound Intensive training, trained by Jonathan Goldman, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 2010.
-Sacred Sound advanced training, with Vickie Dodd, Sacred Sound School, Washington State, USA, 2011.
-Women Circle Teacher Training Course with Feminine Soul Awakening, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2018.
-Heart of Sound teacher, certified from a 200 hrs training with Anandra George (www.heartofsound.in), Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India, 2020.
-Sound therapist course from Vibrational Consciousness School. Himachal Pradesh, India, 2025.

Maryz’s offerings over the years:
Hosted more than a thousand kīrtan events with SuryāChandra throughout Canada, USA, India, Thailand, Nepal & the Netherlands.
Taught yogic practices classes, workshops, trainings and retreats for 30 years.
Co-facilitated a monthly Barefoot Ecstatic Dance for 10 years in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Trained facilitators of Sacred Sound, Movement & Rituals for women.

Offered workshops and events on:
- Yoga & Chanting for women
- Yin Yoga & Sound bath
- Nāda yoga (yoga of sound)
- Sound healing/ vocal activation
- Herbal Transformation
- Śakti; a mystical path for women
- Cakra Dance
- Barefoot Ecstatic Dance
- Trance Dance Rituals
- Moon Rituals
- Goddess Journeys
- Ecstatic Body Posture
- Auṁ circle

“You create a path of your own by looking within yourself and listening to your soul, cultivating your own ways of experiencing the sacred and then practicing it. Practicing until you make it a song that sings you.”
~ Sue Monk Kidd