Mauna
by Maray Sutti Picq
About Maray
When I first came to yoga, what captivated me was the peace I could find there. I felt this pace calm my mind and caress my heart. I could not find that peace anywhere else. That feeling kept me coming back. It still does.
How do you know when a practice has become your own?
Twenty six years later, I am still asking that question. I spent five years at the Sorbonne studying philosophy of yoga, Buddhist philosophy, and metaphysics. That training taught me to examine assumptions, to follow an argument to its end, to question what others accept without examination. I believe the body is not something to dominate, but something to understand. I teach online from Chamonix, in the French Alps, reaching students wherever they are.
If something in you recognizes that question, you are welcome here.
Mauna Notes
A quiet place for the questions that decades of practice leave me sitting with.
Mauna Notes is where I explore what I am still learning. Some pieces are short. Some take their time. I write without a schedule, when the practice surfaces something that needs to be followed. The only commitment is to honesty.
You are welcome to read them
LEARN WITH ME
Teacher Training Philosophy Studies
Deep dives into Ashtanga
each offering is built for practitioners who want to understand what they are doing, not just perform it.
Precision, philosophy, and presence. The three threads that run through everything I teach.
Read
Principles on Practice. Reflections on the body, the breath, and the questions that the practice keeps asking. Free. No signup. Just writing I wanted to exist in the world. You will also find here the books I return to, the ones that shaped how I think about yoga and what it is for.
Watch
The Learning Library is where I put the practices I record. Short sessions, full classes, conversations about philosophy and the body.
