Where tender hearts, stiff joints, and big feelings are welcome.
ABOUT ME
I’m Maribeth Wilder Doerr (my friends call me Mari) — a gentle yoga and meditation teacher, Creative Grief Practitioner, and guide for tender seasons of life.
My work is for older adults, caregivers, and tender-hearted humans of any age who could use steadiness, softness, and clarity. This isn’t about performance or perfection. It’s about real bodies, real emotions, and learning how to be kind to ourselves as we age, grieve, and change.
I offer accessible practices that meet you where you are, welcoming props, pauses, curiosity, and the full range of human feeling: grief and gratitude, humor and heartbreak, strength and softness. All of it belongs.
I believe healing doesn’t come from fixing ourselves — it comes from being met with care, and learning to listen inward. Through gentle movement, breath, reflection, and contemplative practices, I create spaces where people can slow down, soften, and remember their own wisdom.
You don’t have to be flexible.
You don’t have to be peaceful.
You don’t have to have it figured out.
Come as you are. Especially if you’re a little tired of being told to “just breathe.”
You are welcome exactly as you are.
Credentials:
Certified Creative Grief Support Practitioner (Creative Grief Studio, 2012 with Kara Jones and Cath Duncan)
Certified 200hr Yoga Teacher (Kimberlee Orenstein at Yoka Loka Reno, 2013-15)
Certified Mindful Grieving Facilitator (200hr Center for Somatic Grieving with Wendy Stern, 2022)
I have worked with bereaved folks in both one-on-one and support group settings since 1988. I have been a pastoral care assistant with an ELCA Lutheran Church since 2013 working with folks in tender seasons.
I am honored to be a faculty member for the Creative Grief Studio and have been a teaching assistant for the Mindful Grieving Yoga Therapy Teacher Training.
Certified Baby Loss Doula (Baby Loss Doulas International, 2014, with Sherokee Ilse)
Other trainings:
Certified Accessible Yoga Teacher from Accessible Yoga (June 2020) with Jivana Heyman and Amber Karnes
Completed Level 1 and Level 2 of Yoga for Eating Disorders Mentorship (2020 and 2024) through Yoga for Eating Disorders with Jennifer Kreatsoulas
Completed Gentle Yoga Teacher Training through Yoga Vista Academy with Sherry Zak Morris
Certified Holy Yoga Chair and Senior Instructor as well as Chair Yoga Teacher Training through Accessible Yoga
Prenatal Yoga with Kim Allcock in Reno, Nevada
Yoga for Arthritis, Level 1 with Dr. Steffany Moonaz
Year long Science of Yoga program with Ann Swanson
Certified Meditation for the Real World teacher with Ann Swanson
Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Kate Lombardo
Testimonials
"I have never embraced my body in such a kind way as I have since I’ve taken yoga with Maribeth. After being shamed at a yoga studio for my size and age, Maribeth’s classes helped me realize that my body is amazing and can practice yoga that’s just right for me. "
-L.P., Yoga Student
"Maribeth is a great listener, reflector, and guide. She will help you recognize and cultivate positive change in your life."
-S., Mindful Grieving Participant
"I have felt seen and heard while working with Maribeth. I’ve learned I’m as normal as any other bereaved person! "
-A., Bereaved Client
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