Episode # 79: Taking your Power Back from Anxiety with Maria Mayes

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In today’s episode I sit down with Maria Mayes a well-being coach and teacher who helps her clients find the freedom that only inner peace can offer.  She is the founder of Take 5 and is on a mission to help others take their power back from anxiety.  

Together in this episode we break down: 

  • Maria’s journey into overcoming anxiety and transitioning from the tech space into the yoga space.

  • Maria’s process for seeking out different ways to handle anxiety

  • How Maria found her baseline for inner peace

  • Launch of Take5 in November of 2020 and moving full time in this work

  • Examining limiting beliefs and stepping into the place of trust with detachment.

  • Difference between going all in and going half way in

  • Maria’s process for trusting herself through consistency and daily practices

  • Unwinding of the continuous doing and being comfortable with being

  • The practice of catching yourself quickly for your own self awareness

  • The importance of having curiosity and finding your own way in to meditation

  • Maria’s break down which led to her breakthrough

  • Importance of being physical comfortable in the body prior to meditation

  • Maria shares her outcomes that come when working with clients of Self awareness, being fully present, and compassion.

  • Maria walks through a Take5 Meditation break

  • Learning how to dialogue with your body

  • Practicing continued acceptance with self when it comes to choosing to embark on certain trainings

  • Challenges in running own business and finding what works for you

  • The importance of scheduling in time to step into inspired space for creativity

  • Untapped Power of full presence and the collective Untapped power of Breath

Connect with Maria @take5health or check out her upcoming offerings:

Course coming out in October: Chakras and Chardonnay mindfulness around drinking

Amanda Strojny