Maria Santoferraro, joy spreader, E-RYT 500 yoga teacher, storyteller, and always a practicing yoga student, lives in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. After spending over 25 years as a stressed-out corporate executive, she needed a detox from an unhealthy Blackberry addiction, lack of sleep, and an aching back caused by scoliosis. She sought out a healthier lifestyle and is grateful to have found her physical and spiritual release through yoga. Today, she is living a balanced and blissful life, teaching yoga, leading international yoga retreats, and providing inspiration on a Substack page titled We're All Just Here to Help. Her playful, heart-opening teaching combines meditation, breath, alignment, and asana in slow-flowing Hatha yoga classes that incorporate inspirational class themes, music, chanting, and smiling.