Mary Watson - Laughter yoga professional
and hatha yoga instructor
Mary is Laughter yoga professtional.
She leads a weekly Laughter Club, is able to train future Laughter Leaders and can give hilarious Laughter Yoga seminars.
Mary has been practicing hatha yoga for over 12 years and has been teaching yoga for over 6 years. She received
her teaching training from Erich Schiffman in February of 2005 at the Santa Barbara Yoga Center and has attended many yoga
events to enrich her knowledge of yoga. Mary is also a black belt in American Kenpo Karate.
Currently she is teaching at Newbury Park Athletic Club. She also teaches a
hatha yoga at Christ the King Church. She also does volunteer work in presenting seminars for the local schools
and community organizations in both laughter yoga and hatha yoga. The following is a list of organizations that Mary
has done presentations, classes or seminars for:
L.A. County Mental Health
Conejo
Valley Kiwanis
Thousand Oaks Teen Center
City of Thousand Oaks
Conejo
Parks and Recreation
Ventura Boys and Girls Club
St. Julie's Church OWLS and 80+
social clubs
Curves of Redmond
Child Development of Camarillo
Conejo
Valley Unified School District
My goals as a yoga teacher
I have learned that hatha yoga is much
more than exercise. Yoga helps us mentally to empty our minds and pay closer attention to what is going on in our lives.
As you practice yoga you find that you learn a great deal about yourself and who you are. You find a feeling
of relaxation and peace that you'll want to bring into your everyday life on and off the mat.
As a Laughter
Yoga leader, my goal is to get my students comfortable with the idea that laughter can be a physical exercise.
Whether you fake laughter or laugh for real, your body doesn't know the difference. I will educate my students
on all the wonderful healing benefits of laughter and hope that some will be guided to become laughter leaders themselves.
As a teacher, my goal is to instruct a class that is easy for the beginner and yet challenging enough for
the advanced practitioner. Students can modify their yoga practice to their own needs or limitations. A student
should feel good leaving a yoga class and have the desire to come back for more. As the student gains more practice,
he or she will learn about some the deeper meaning that hatha or laughter yoga has to offer.
Namaste
