Spiritual Transformation and Empowerment Program (STEP)

The STEP Process
The Spiritual Transformation and Empowerment Program (STEP) is a 4-part journey designed to guide you through profound healing, personal growth, and spiritual connection. Each step builds on the last, ensuring that participants experience progressive transformation across all aspects of their lives. The program combines Soma Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Pranayama, Breathe Release It All Breathwork, meditation, therapeutic art, Yoga Sutra principles, and the Heal What Hurts Process for emotional healing, leading to an ever-deepening connection to the Divine.

STEP 1: Chakra System Healing & Reset

Dates: October 10 – December 5, 2024 (no class on November 28)
Price: $477 (Early bird discount: $397)
Duration: 8 weeks, 2 hours per session

Overview:
STEP 1 is the foundation of the Spiritual Transformation and Empowerment Program (STEP), designed to reset and heal your entire energy system by working through the chakras. This 8-week course will bring balance to every area of your life by exploring each chakra, from the Root to the Crown. You will engage in a transformative process that integrates Soma Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Pranayama, Breathe Release It All breathwork, meditation, therapeutic art, and Yoga Sutra principles to help you release blocked energy and reconnect with your true source of divinity.

What to Expect:

  1. Chakra Exploration
    Each week, we will dive into a different chakra, addressing the energetic and emotional aspects associated with it. You’ll experience gentle movements through Soma Yoga and Hatha Yoga to release tension and bring harmony to each chakra. Pranayama and the Breathe Release It All breathwork will help clear energetic blockages, allowing you to connect more deeply to each energy center.

  2. Meditation and Therapeutic Art
    Each session includes guided meditation to cultivate stillness, awareness, and a deep connection to your true self. Through therapeutic art exercises, you’ll express emotions and insights that arise as you work through each chakra, creating a safe space to explore your inner world.

  3. Heal What Hurts Process
    We’ll use Maria’s signature Heal What Hurts process to identify and release emotional triggers stored within the energy system. This process helps you access emotional wounds, heal them, and bring yourself closer to wholeness, making it a cornerstone of the STEP 1 experience.

  4. Yoga Sutra Principles
    Ancient Yoga Sutra principles will be woven into the teachings to provide philosophical guidance and help you stay grounded in the timeless wisdom of yoga as you heal and transform.

  5. Surrender to the Divine
    As you move through the chakras, you will be guided to let go of ego-based, neurotic, and anxious thoughts, and connect more deeply with the Divine. This course helps you cultivate an ever-deepening relationship with the Divine within, surrendering control and trusting the process of spiritual transformation.

STEP 2: Healing Emotional Triggers & Mirror Work

Dates: January 9 – February 27, 2025
Price: $477 (Early bird discount: $397)

Overview:
Building on the foundation of chakra healing, STEP 2 focuses on healing emotional triggers using the Heal What Hurts process. Through Soma Yoga, Hatha Yoga, and the Breathe Release It All breathwork, we will explore how emotional triggers serve as mirrors for growth. The Heal What Hurts process will guide you in recognizing and healing deep emotional wounds, helping you surrender the ego’s grip and trust in the Divine unfolding. Pranayama, therapeutic art, and meditation will further assist in processing these triggers and enhancing your connection to the sacred. Yoga Sutra principles will be revisited as we deepen our understanding of the path to liberation.

STEP 3: Advanced Energetics & Trauma-Informed Practices

Dates: March 13 – May 1, 2025
Price: $577 (Early bird discount: $497)

Overview:
In this advanced step, we delve deeper into trauma-informed healing practices that guide you in releasing trauma, egoic patterns, and energetic imbalances. Using Soma Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Pranayama, and the Breathe Release It All breathwork, we will continue to peel away layers of trauma and ego, allowing for a clearer connection to the Divine. The Heal What Hurts process will support you in working through trauma at a deeper level, and therapeutic art will give you a creative outlet for emotional expression and spiritual insight. Yoga Sutra principles will guide you in holding space safely and ethically, helping others release their own barriers to Divine connection. Meditation will deepen your practice of surrender and trust in the Divine flow.

STEP 4: The Master Teacher & Leadership Embodiment

Dates: May 15 – July 3, 2025 (including a retreat day)
Price: $677 (Early bird discount: $597)

Overview:
This final step is for those ready to step into their roles as teachers and leaders, guiding others on the path of spiritual transformation. You will refine your teaching skills by incorporating Soma Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Pranayama, and the Breathe Release It All breathwork into your offerings. The Heal What Hurts process will be a core part of how you teach others to release their emotional triggers and ego-based limitations. As you help others connect with their Divine essence, you will also deepen your own surrender to the Divine. Yoga Sutra principles will serve as ethical and spiritual guidelines for your leadership. The retreat day will allow for a fully immersive experience, helping you embody your role as a master teacher and spiritual guide.

Program Structure:

  • Each STEP consists of 8 weekly sessions, 2 hours each

  • STEP 4 includes a retreat day to deepen your learning

  • The steps are progressive; students are encouraged to continue through all four steps for a complete transformational journey