Mary Paffard has been teaching yoga and training teachers since 1985 nationally and internationally. She co-founded Yoga Mendocino, a non profit yoga center and was Director of Teacher Training 2000-2010. Mary completed the Dedicated Practitioners Program at Spirit Rock in 2007 and is currently part of a Buddhist Ecology Chaplaincy program at the Sati Center; she has taught gentle movement at many meditation retreats over the decades for teachers such as Ajahn Amaro, Christina Feldman and Narayan Liebenson, and delights in weaving the teachings into a cellular experience. For the last 24 years, Mary has been part of a cross-cultural exchange with Cuban yogis and meditators (www.yogavalatino.org)

Mary lives on a collective apple farm in rural Northern California with her partner and family, blending outdoor life, caring for grandkids, and continuing this meandering, humbling and inspiring path in the yoga, eco and meditation worlds! (www.maryyoga.com)