Functional Yoga Therapy
Your Pathway Towards Wholeness



The Guest House
Being human is like a guest house.
Each morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness
comes as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!

Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.

He may be clearing you out for
some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame,
the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

Rumi

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Functional Yoga Therapy honors ancient yoga techniques while combining modern wisdom to identify imbalances and facilitate your healing and wellness path.



Functional Yoga Therapy techniques can be utilized in your daily life to enhance your comfort levels - body/mind/spirit.


The Functional Yoga Therapy process is based upon the Panchamayakosha model of yoga, recognizing our human existence as consisting of 5 sheaths or layers:


•Anamayakosha         - the physical body and its systems

•Pranamayakosha      - the energy body and breath

•Manomayakosha       - the psychoemotional body

•Vijnyanamayakosha - the watcher state or higher mind

•Anandamayakosha    - the bliss body, higher consciousness and the enlightened state


About Maria Kali Ma



Kali Ma has a rich history in the field of wellness and spiritual awareness. She is an RN, with an MS in Community Health. She has worked extensively in the field of Rehabilitation and also Women's Health. She went on to receive extensive teacher training in yoga, and then yoga therapeutics, and has both a private practice in yoga therapy and an extensive teaching curriculum for advanced students of yoga therapy. She teaches both nationally and internationally with Integrative Yoga Therapy, and then with her own group of Functional Yoga Therapy.