About Mari

Raices profundas, guerrera del alma, sabiduria emergente, y corazón de melon.

Rooted in Love. Guided by Purpose. Fueled by Passion.

I’m Mari — I won’t venture to say I am a wellness guide, but I am a friend, helper, researcher, me-searcher, educator, certified yoga teacher, and perpetual student of life, love, and everything in between.

For over 20 years, I’ve worked in higher education, helping people find their voice, their rhythm, and their way. I’ve worn many titles — academic advisor, researcher, storyteller, analyst, presenter, consultant, and so many more — but at the heart of it all, I am someone who believes deeply in cultivating human potential and the quiet power of living authentically.

I created Hummingbird Health & Wellness as a sanctuary — not just for yoga or skincare, but for the whole self: mind, body, spirit, corazón.

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About the Site

Hummingbird Health & Wellness was born from corazón — a longing to create a sanctuary where we honor all the layers of our lives.

This is not just a wellness blog, learning space, idea finder, or guide—it’s a place to breathe, to bloom, to connect, and to come home to yourself.

Here, we explore how to live well (ish)— not just with green smoothies and asanas, but with boundaries, soft rituals, fierce joy, gentle growth, comunidad, and authenticity.

We talk about skincare and sombra work, healing your gut and healing your lineage, books that change you, moments that break you, and breakthroughs that bring you back.

You’ll find stories, herramientas, and sacred reminders to help you move through the world with intention. To tend your mind, your cuerpo, your space, your soul.

Some days, you’ll come for inspiration, other days for stillness, and sometimes you might find a laugh. But always, always — you’ll be met with love.

This is for the ones who feel deeply, laugh loudly, cry freely, fight fiercely, dance wildly, and rise again and again.

Bienvenid@ — this space is for you.

Fun y Corazon

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I love

  • Dogs

  • Yoga

  • Good stories

  • Unexpected adventures

  • Music that moves your soul

  • Long, tight, hugs

  • Books that provoke

  • Food that heals

  • Laughter that makes your belly hurt and eyes water

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I Believe

  • In learning, growing, evolving

  • In loving with your whole heart

  • In fighting for my life and protecting my peace

  • That yoga is more than asanas, its a whole thing

  • That mistakes are opportunities

  • That forgiveness heals

  • That we are worthy because we exist

  • That every person has a gift to share

  • That Sundays are meant to be lazy

  • And, that therapy works if you do the work

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This Site is For

  • Dreamers. Doers. Healers, Seekers.

  • Storytellers and people who give us stories to tell

  • People of color who move through life with courage and corazon

  • Gente that yern to live authentically

  • People still finding their voice and people whose voice resonates

  • Anyone ready to come home to themselves