Maria Wada is a passionate yoga practitioner and teacher also a former professional dancer based in Los Angeles.
She was a principal dancer on several world tours with artists such as Taylor Swift and Britney Spears. Being a dancer led her to yoga practice in 2012. Yoga has helped her both physically and mentally. She found self love and acceptance through Yoga and it became her passion to share that with others. She did 200 hour Hatha/Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training with Lindsay Dombrowski and Julia Planine-Troiani in 2018 and she completed 300 hour Advanced Vinyasa YTT in Goa, India in 2022. She also practices various styles of yoga and completed 200 hour Rocket YTT as well as 60 hour Yin YTT with Meredith M and Tiffany K.
Teaching and connecting with people through yoga gives joy and purpose to her life. With 15 years of experience teaching dance and movements, she has an understanding of the physical body. She provides a safe space for everyone in all levels to practice safely and effectively. "Inclusivity" is vital to her teaching. She wishes more people would practice yoga beyond the poses.