Maria Chietera: Mindfulness & Coaching

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18/11/2025

For the last few weeks, life pulled me away from socials.

And that’s just how it goes, isn't it?

Life is what happens when we are busy planning a social media strategy 😜

This is a bit of what has been unfolding behind the scenes.

I am on the Yen Tu mountain in Vietnam 🏔️🇻🇳

I celebrated a special birthday here ❤️

I've been completely immersed, learning so much about Vietnamese Trúc Lâm (Bamboo Grove) Zen Buddhism and witnessing the interesting tension that exists between the ancient, traditional path as a religion and our modern, secular approach to mindfulness.

Even the basic meditation here is a strong reminder:

We sit in lotus pose and contemplate the sheer impermanence of this very body. It’s a profound, immediate practice, a different kind of honest cultivation than what we often emphasize back home.

I'll share more soon. May we keep opening to it.

M x

10/10/2025

I've got a couple of new slots in my weekly schedule ✨

I design my classes to be a mindful pause in your week, and I always pour my heart into making them as accessible as I possibly can.

I’ll be there with props and modifications, and always a warm invitation to listen in and meet your body right where you are today.

I’d love to see your lovely faces there!

Got a private or corporate yoga need?
I'm here for you in East and Central London, just slide into my DMs!

P.S. My Wednesdays classes at the belong to the Wellness Wednesday initiative to make holistic wellness accessible and affordable 🪷
They are drop-in and donation-based (5-10£ recommend per activity)
Plus, there are many more new activities lately to complement the schedule, check out , , and for more details.

12/09/2025

👆 Exhibit A 😅
(exaggerating for comic effect… but if even 1% of this feels familiar, you’re not alone)

That’s where mindfulness coaching can come and help.

→ Learn how to stay and stay grounded even when your mind wants to run off.

→ Leverage your client’s present-moment experience (and YOURS) in their service.

→ Bring in secular mindfulness wisdom to inform your interventions.

→ And of course, in true
.studio style: practice, practice, practice.

Our next Mindfulness Coaching Certification program kicks off next week! Sept 18th.

📅 Sept 18 – Oct 16, 2025
🕟 15:30 – 17:30 GMT
📚 5 classes
🏅 Up to 30 ICF CCE
📖 Led by me and the wonderful .baldelli.coach

This is for professionals who already started their professional coaching education and want to bring additional depth to their practice.

Come train your mind and your coaching presence to stay steady, spacious, and human.

Not too late to join us 🤍

11/09/2025

During our Mindfulness Coaching demo with .studio on Tuesday, someone asked me:

“Mindfulness and coaching… aren’t they opposite?”

It made me smile, because I used to think the same thing.

When I first started coaching, it was all about goals, plans, results.
Forward, forward, forward.

And when I practiced mindfulness, it felt like the complete opposite: slowing down, softening, letting go, compassionate attention.

For a while, I kept those two worlds in separate boxes.
The “doing” box 📦
The “being” box 📦

But as my practice deepened, I realized that:

👉 I cannot reach a goal without first knowing which goals actually matter
👉 I cannot let go of what doesn’t serve me without discipline and boundaries
👉 Mindfulness without action is just zoning out
👉 Action without mindfulness is just blind restlessness

So no, they’re not opposites.

I see them as two branches of the same tree.

One reaches inward, one outward.

Both rooted in presence.

Mindfulness teaches us not to believe every thought. It helps us to look at our current landscape as data.
It gives us space to pause, to choose instead of react.

Coaching takes that awareness and puts it into intention motion, toward goals that are chosen with clarity and intention.

And I feel that this is where meaningful change happens!

We need both.

If you’re a coach curious about weaving these two worlds together, our next certification program starts Sept 18th.

📅 Sept 18 – Oct 16, 2025
🕟 15:30 – 17:30 GMT
📚 5 classes

A chance to let action grow from awareness, and presence drive transformation.
Link in bio 🔗

08/09/2025

Let this be your invitation to come and practice with me this week (online and in person) ✨

Monday (today!)
⦾ 18:30 Gentle Yoga (covering for lovely ) , donation based
⦾ 20:30 Restorative Yoga

Tuesday
⦾ 06:45 Morning Flow
⦾ 16:00 Mindfulness Coaching Demo (online) .studio

Wednesday
⦾ 12:00 Yoga for Women’s Health , donation based

Sunday
⦾ 11:00 Hatha Yoga

See you online or on the mat 🤍

25/08/2025

New slot alert! ❤️

Our Wellness Wednesdays at just got even better, a Mindfulness Meditation Circle is now part of the agenda 🧘‍♀️

💛 Take a mid-morning pause to breathe, reset, and reconnect:
🕚 11:00–11:45 Mindfulness Meditation Circle
🕛 12:00–1:00 Gentle Yoga

Both are donation-based (£5–10 suggested).

Come for one, stay for both, or explore the other beautiful offerings with Jayne and Lucie throughout the day 🌿

🌸 Drop-in friendly (but booking is always appreciated!)

📍 Women’s Natural Health Hub, High Street, Walthamstow

Join us?

22/08/2025

❌ I’ve got a stressful freelance job that depends entirely on me
❌ Constantly hustling for clients and opportunities
❌ A predictable long-term relationship
❌ A flat that constantly wants fixing
❌ And a body with a chronic illness

I know, not the usual tone of my posts.

But that’s definitely one way to tell my story!

It's called the "Maria is struggling" story. And frankly, it's a little exhausting, don't you think?

Now, here’s another version:

✨ I’ve built a job that builds around what I love
✨ I’ve got freedom to experiment, play, and adapt
✨ I’m in a relationship that’s steady and safe
✨ I get to care for a home
✨ And I’ve got a body that lets me move, connect, love, and live

See what I did here?

Same exact life.
Very different narrative.

The way we label what we're going through determines the quality of our experience. Often way more than the nature of the experience itself.

Read the rest of the newsletter from the link in the first comment 💌

And follow the link in bio not to miss my next letters 🔗❤️

18/08/2025

Meet me on the mat! 🪷

I’ll be holding space for gentle sessions this week at .community (soon to be ) and at the . Come join me.

PS: Do you work in an office in London? 💼

A lunchtime yoga class could be a simple, powerful way to bring a little more focus and ease to the day.

It's a chance for your team to:

👉Reset and recharge, returning to their work feeling more energized.

👉 Release tension from sitting at a desk and let go of stress.

👉 Connect with one another in a relaxed, non-work setting.

I have space for one more corporate client in London starting in September.
If this feels right for your workplace, let's talk.

You can find me through the link in my bio 🔗

11/08/2025

We all have it.

That invisible backpack stuffed with “Am I okay?” questions.

Mine usually sounds like an over-caffeinated flatmate who spent the night playing videogames and now refuses to shut up:

Did I say the right thing?
Am I wearing the right pants?
Do they secretly hate me?
Have I done enough today?
Should I be drinking more water?
Wait… is this mole new?? Am I dying?? Should I Google it? No, *do not Google it*. 👀

And what do we do with this voice?

We chase the next “okay” fix:

The next holiday, the compliment, the next certification, we buy another object.

To me, it’s like playing a never-ending game of musical chairs except every time I’m about to sit down, life moves the chair three steps to the left and then someone else sits on my head.

And the music starts again.

So, here’s the number one takeaway I carry dearly from my 15+ years of mindfulness practice. 🪷

(Read the rest of the newsletter from the link in the first comment 💌 🔗)

10/08/2025

If only I had a better job..
If only my body were different..
If only that person treated me differently..

We wait for life to match our wishes, and miss the life that’s here.

THIS is what’s true right now.
We can meet it with kindness.
We can notice what’s needed, and take one small step in that direction.

Whether I’m teaching leadership, mindfulness, or yoga, we begin here:
Pausing, paying attention, meeting the moment as it is.

If you’re looking for ways to support your team’s wellbeing and performance, a lunchtime yoga class can help your people:

👉 Reset and recharge mid-day so they return to work more focused and energised
👉 Connect with colleagues in a relaxed, non-work setting
👉 Release physical tension from hours at a desk and let go of stress

I have space for one more Corporate Yoga client in London starting in September.

I can help make your workplace a more focused, joyful, and more productive place to be.

🔗 Connect via my contacts page or link in bio: www.mariachietera.com/contacts 🧘‍♀️💼

06/08/2025

This week, you can join me and my very committed messy bun for 3 gentle yoga sessions in Walthamstow (London E17)

Yoga for Women’s Health
📍Wednesday at 12 PM, at Women’s Health Hub , 38 High Street, E17
Donation-based 5-10£ and drop-in friendly

🕯️ Gentle Candlelit Yoga
📍Wednesday, 6 August at 6 PM, at Orford House
Donation-based 5-10£ and drop-in friendly

🌞 Gentle Morning Flow
📍Sunday, 9 August at 10:15 AM, Yonder Community .community
Book on their website!

Bring yourself in comfy clothes and your mat.
I’d love to see you there 🤍

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