Teaching Style
Maz teaches all-levels classes, offering opportunities for playful introspection, emphasizing connection to the body, and inviting each student to honor their unique needs. Their teaching style is heavily somatics-focused.
How Yoga Serves Maz
Yoga reminds Maz to slow down, to practice compassion and to live with intention.
Words of Wisdom
This being human is a guest house.
Every 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.
-Jalaluddin Rumi
Background
Maz’s yoga journey began in 2019 during a period of intense anxiety and sleepless nights. In Maz’s search for peace, yoga became a transformative practice, allowing them to navigate years of emotional repression and rediscover freedom, self-compassion and joy in their day-to-day life.
They were first inspired by Vedaji, a Himalayan monk at the UGA Bhakti Yoga Club. They studied under Nick Combs and Kate McKenzie at M3 Yoga, receiving their 200-hour Hatha and Vinyasa teaching certification in 2023. In 2025, they received their HIIT Mat Pilates Certification with Matt Chambers. They most recently studied under Jessica Stickler and Hachi Yu to receive their 75hr Jivamukti Spiritual Warrior Certification.
Maz is an Atlanta native currently living in Kirkwood with their two kitties, Sweet Potato and Daisy.
They believe that community is the key to liberation, and that value shines through in both their teaching and their day-to-day life. Outside the studio, you can find them skating the streets of Atlanta with Rollerbabes, popping up with their vintage business, Atomic Rat Vintage, or curled up with a good book.