I’m Mary Beth, but you can call me MB. I’m a yoga teacher, coach, and Integrative Somatic Practitioner. Originally from small-town Iowa, I now live on a mountaintop in Colorado with my husband, our son, and two crazy bulldogs.

I’m the founder of Embodied by MB — a collection of offerings rooted in presence, nervous system wisdom, and soul. This includes virtual slow flow classes, a somatic-based teacher training, a signature online coaching program, and retreats that feel like coming home.

I believe in the power of slowness, in rituals that ground us, and in the quiet strength that comes from being fully in your body. My hope is that every space I create—whether a class, training, or conversation — helps you feel more at home in yourself.

I love a good cup of coffee, fresh air and fresh flowers, road trips and Sunday mornings with my family. And all humans and things that are full of soul.

My work has taken me around the world and deep into the heart—offering practices in rehab centers, shelters, and with the Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles. I created a mentorship program to support fellow teachers, completed life coach training with Martha Beck, and regularly share our family’s foster adoption story through writing and speaking—including for HBO, Good Morning America, and Yoga Journal.

I’ve led immersive retreats at Kripalu and 1440 Multiversity, and partnered with brands like Nike, Amazon, Lexus, and Vital Proteins to bring intentional movement and presence into unexpected spaces.

What remains constant in all of it—whether I’m guiding a room full of students or sitting in stillness alone—is the belief that our bodies hold the wisdom, and our breath is the way back.

I’m so glad you are here.

I’m a Virgo sun, Leo rising, Libra moon.
I don’t care much for labels, but “extroverted introvert” feels like a close-enough fit. I fill my cup in solitude—usually with a warm mug in hand, tucked into a corner of a cozy coffee shop or wandering somewhere green and quiet.

Connection, embodiment, and soulfulness aren’t just values to me—they’re the compass I use to design my days, my work, and the way I move through the world.

For over fifteen years, I’ve guided people home to themselves through the practice of yoga. From Wanderlust Festivals to the cover of Yoga Journal, from stadiums filled with professional athletes to quiet circles of teachers-in-training, I’ve had the honor of holding space across a wide spectrum.

I’ve completed thousands of hours of yoga teacher training with Schuyler Grant, Kia Miller, Tiffany Cruikshank, Donna Farhi and more. I am also a certified life coach through Martha Beck. My studies in somatics include certifications as an Integrative Somatic Practitioner through both The Embody Lab and the Integrative Wellness Academy.

BRANDS I’VE WORKED WITH

My first true experience of embodiment came during a yoga class in a quiet rowhouse in Washington, DC. At the time, I was deep in depression and anxiety — moving fast, pushing hard, rarely pausing. That day, on a carpeted floor, I felt something I hadn’t in a long time: myself. I didn’t yet have the language of somatics or embodiment, but I knew something had shifted. My breath slowed. My shoulders softened. I felt my own aliveness.

That moment planted a seed that would become my life’s work.

To return to the body is to return to truth. The body holds what the mind cannot—our rhythms, our signals, our stories. Through somatic practice, we learn to listen more deeply, to regulate gently, and to show up with presence in real time.

I don’t want my students to simply follow cues — I want them to feel. To notice their breath moving in and out. The beat of their hearts. The subtle shifts of sensation. The space between each sound. I want them to experience themselves—not just on the mat, but in the everyday.

Somatic work is a practice of remembering — of reclaiming the body as a place of safety, expression, and choice. It’s the art of noticing what’s here, and choosing how to respond. Its presence, woven into the fabric of daily life.

At the end of the day, embodiment allows us to look back and say: I was there for that.

Not just surviving, but alive. Awake. Creating a life that feels true, moment by moment.