About Sacred Centers East

Our work is based on an understanding of the Chakra / Energy system as the juncture between body, mind and spirit. This system holds both the blueprint of our essential nature and the imprint of every life experience, revealing how the two have shaped our reality. As we discover the contradictions between these two experiences and realign with our essential nature, we find our truth, our health and our enthusiasm for life. All of our offerings are designed to support this fundamental realignment.

For thousands of years this vital knowledge was in the hands of a chosen few. In an era of information and communication it has surfaced and become available to us all. It reveals a larger picture of life, its potential, our place in it and how we can move beyond the experience of limitation to abundance and the fulfillment of our chosen destiny, both personally and universally.

The Chakra System

The Chakra System is a highly-organized system created by the flow of two complementary and opposing forces within us (yin and yan, femenine and masculine, expansive and contractive, light and dark). These forces, one flowing upward the other downward through the central energetic pathways in the body, create 7 major centers (energy vortexes) aligned vertically along the spine from the tailbone to the crown of the head.

Each center has a specific function physically, emotionally/mentally and spiritually. Each also corresponds to a developmental stage from the womb through adulthood, a specific nerve ganglia steming from the spine, gland, set of organs, aspect of our identity, element, color, sound etc. Together they form a dynamic system which bridges the physical, mental/emotional and spiritual dimensions of our human experience.

The Founder and Director

Maria J Garcia was born in Spain and raised in Buenos Aires, Maria’s passion for service to humanity began at a very early age and has been a driving force in her life. As a young woman in New York City she was introduced to yoga, meditation, macrobiotics, Science of Mind and other transformative modalities. These studies marked the beginning of a thirty year journey in conscious living and service to those seeking transformation and spiritual awakening.

Maria is a visionary thinker, Transformational Coach, workshop leader, yoga teacher, wife and mother. She is cofounder of The Way Of The Butterfly - Sacred Passage From Girlhood To Young Adulthood and has also worked in business, marketing, non-profit management and the arts. For five years she lived and worked at “Kripalu at Sumneytown,” a residential yoga and holistic health center serving a worldwide community. Here she played many roles, eventually becoming executive director.

Several years ago she began a focused exploration of her experience of the Divine Feminine. From this deeply personal work emerged an awareness of the chakra system as a framework for understanding the Self and as a map for healing and empowerment. This understanding and her connection to the creative feminine principle inspire her work, which she is committed to bringing to all people, not just yoga enthusiasts.

Maria has trained with many inspiring and powerful teachers throughout her life. Her training on the Chakra System was done with Anodea Judith, world renowned author and teacher with whom she is now in creative partnership, and Anodea's life long teaching associate Selene Vega. Her Chakra coaching training took place under Master Coach Lion Goodman.

Teacher Bios

Mamatha Talluri (Therapeutic Yoga, Beginner Meditation and private Yoga Therapy)

Mamatha received her certification as a Yoga Therapist from the highly respected Yogavahini Center in Chennai, India. She was first exposed to Yoga Therapy after the onset of Spondylosis in 2003. Having personally experienced the healing power of yoga, gave her the inner conviction to leave her work and begin a wondrous journey into the world of yoga and yoga therapy.

 She has worked with individuals with asthma, spinal problems, arthritis, migraines, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. as well as emotional conditions. Mamatha has also taught yoga to children, has worked with children with autism through yoga therapy and taught  yoga in English to Foreign students at Hyderabad Central University.

She brings her skills, compassion and loving presence to her work. Mamatha is married and has two beautiful daughters.

She can be reached through office@sacredcenterseast.com or at 484-860-4033.