Clarity. Confidence. Balance. A Life Led From the Inside Out.
Whether you’re a leader navigating complex challenges, an individual seeking deeper purpose, or someone ready to reconnect with your own inner wisdom — private coaching with Maria offers a rare combination of tools that work on every level: mind, body, and spirit. Drawing on over two decades of experience in leadership development, Ayurveda, mindfulness, theater, and meditation, Maria meets you exactly where you are and walks alongside you toward where you want to be.
Who This Is For:
Private coaching with Maria is for you if:
- You’re a leader, educator, or professional feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected from your purpose
- You’re going through a personal or professional transition and need support and clarity
- You want to reduce stress and develop sustainable wellness practices rooted in ancient wisdom
- You’re ready to do deep inner work and show up more fully — in your career, your relationships, and your life
- You want a coaching experience that honors the whole person: your body, your mind, and your soul
Coaching Offerings:
Embodied Leadership Presence Coaching
Great leadership isn’t just about what you say — it’s about how you show up. Embodied Leadership Presence Coaching is a customized coaching experience for leaders who want to communicate with clarity, confidence, and authenticity in high-stakes moments.
Blending actor training, applied improvisation, mindfulness, and a science-based understanding of the nervous system, this work helps you strengthen your voice, refine your presence, and respond in real time without losing yourself. Together, we build practical, repeatable tools so your internal confidence and external impact are fully aligned — especially in high-pressure situations where clarity and connection matter most.
“Working with Maria was unlike any business coaching I’ve ever experienced. I expected strategy, structure, and accountability, which I received — but I also experienced something far deeper and more transformational. Maria’s Embodied Leadership Presence Coaching helped me reconnect with myself in a way that unexpectedly changed how I lead, communicate, and show up in both business and life. Her approach is deeply intuitive, passionate, and personal. She creates a space that challenges you to move beyond surface-level goals and into authentic alignment with who you truly are. I’m incredibly grateful for the insight, clarity, and confidence I gained through working with her.”
Alison, Nonprofit Leader
Ayurvedic Coaching
Rooted in one of the world’s oldest systems of holistic health, Ayurvedic coaching with Maria helps you understand your unique mind-body constitution and create a lifestyle that truly supports your wellbeing. Through personalized guidance on diet, daily routines, seasonal rhythms, and stress management, you’ll discover a path to balance that is sustainable, nourishing, and deeply aligned with who you are. Maria is a certified Ayurvedic Health Counselor.
“I knew next to nothing about Ayurveda when I started this workshop. Maria is a natural teacher and through her lessons I gained a new perspective on myself and the world. I highly recommend this for anyone looking for insight and balance in their relationship to the world and their loved ones.”
— Lauren, Workshop Participant
Mindfulness & Meditation Coaching
In a world that rarely slows down, learning to be present is one of the most powerful skills you can develop. Maria’s mindfulness and meditation coaching gives you practical, accessible tools to quiet the noise, regulate your nervous system, and cultivate a steady inner calm — whether you’re a complete beginner or someone looking to deepen an existing practice. Maria is a certified Gaja Meditation and Mindfulness Instructor and Vedic Meditation teacher.
“Each of Maria’s meditation workshops has been a life-changing opportunity for me. She generously shares her wide knowledge and carefully selects tools that have helped me find my own path for meditation. She crafts her lessons so that ancient knowledge blends with the present moment, allowing the meditation experience to unfold in a conscious and truthful way. Beyond words, I am forever grateful for her teachings.”
— Connie, Workshop Participant
How It Works:
All coaching is offered as personalized packages — because real transformation takes time, consistency, and a relationship built on trust. Sessions are available 1-on-1 or in small groups, both in-person in the Sarasota area and virtually for clients anywhere in the world.
Each coaching package begins with a discovery conversation to understand your goals, challenges, and what kind of support will serve you best. From there, Maria designs a customized path forward that may draw on one or all three coaching disciplines — because in practice, leadership, wellness, and mindfulness are rarely separate.
Why Maria:
Maria brings something most coaches can’t: a genuinely integrated approach. She is simultaneously a certified meditation teacher, a certified Ayurvedic Health Counselor, a trained Theater of the Oppressed practitioner, a Harvard-connected educator, a published author, and a deeply experienced community leader. Her coaching doesn’t pull from one tradition — it draws from many, woven together with warmth, wisdom, and over 20 years of real-world experience helping people transform from the inside out.