About Maryanne

I am a somatic depth psychologist, researcher, educator, and guide who has devoted my life to exploring what it means to truly come home to ourselves. For more than three decades, I have been creating spaces where body, psyche, and spirit meet, and where real transformation can take root.

My work is grounded in my own original research, published scholarship, and decades of practice with individuals, couples, and groups. I hold a PhD in Somatic Depth Psychology, and I’ve developed research-based healing programs that integrate movement, systemic inquiry, trauma-informed practice, and wisdom traditions. I am the founder of Bodyrites, a project dedicated to revisioning the feminine and restoring balance between the divine masculine and feminine.

I am also a certified Open Floor Therapy in Motion practitioner, and the steward of Gassho House, my retreat property in Nicasio, California. Gassho House is home to a vibrant community of seekers, healers, and creatives. Here, I offer my signature Equine Inquiry workshops, embodied divination practices, transformational group retreats. I’ve also held a weekly online meditation circle for six years running. Every offering is designed to help people reconnect with their inherent worth and reclaim their embodied sovereignty.

Over the years, I have facilitated thousands of hours of group work, founded a nonprofit, and worked alongside some of the most inspiring leaders in the fields of psychology, spirituality, and social change. My work has taken me into hospital wards, community centers, private practice rooms, and sacred spaces all over the world.

These days, while my dedication to guiding others remains strong, I am also embracing a season of restoring my own feminine balance: working less, playing more, and savoring the pleasures of being alive. Teaching from this place, where joy and depth meet, feels like my truest work yet.

Whether you join me for a retreat at Gassho House, a private session, a group workshop, or a guided meditation, my hope is the same: that you leave more connected to your own truth, more at home in your body, and more free to live the life that has been waiting inside you all along.