Hannah Maher High Rise Yoga

Hannah Maher

About

My yoga mat has taken me halfway around the world.

I spent a decade in corporate sales, international business, and team leadership. Then I followed a deeper calling, traded my blazer for a yoga mat, and went where it took me.

My story

I spent 10 years building a successful career in international business and sales. At the end of 2019, I went on a life changing service trip to Nepal. I was never the same. Within the next year, I quit my stable corporate job, packed up 1 suitcase and headed out to teach yoga & do outreach work all around the world through an organization called Adventures in Missions.

Since then, my yoga practice has taken me to eco-lodges and surf resorts in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, where I taught yoga every day. I learned to surf while leading yoga at a Christian surf camp, and I fell in love with it. I spent a couple years in northern Nicaragua doing a yoga work trade at an ecolodge and surf camp called Amaru, teaching our guests and the local staff who lived alongside us. And we surfed, a lot!

I’ve walked close to 120 miles of the Camino de Santiago as I led a transformative leadership retreat for women from several nonprofits. I’ve also hosted retreats in Southeast Asia and led yoga, surf & adventure retreats for women in Costa Rica.

Now I’m rooted back in Northwest Arkansas, teaching in studios, with organizations, and to students around the world on YouTube.

Hannah on the rocks by the ocean
Hannah teaching

How I teach

I teach slow, soulful movement with a lot of breath.

I want you to leave feeling safe, supported, and seen, and a little more at rest than when you came in. Much of what I teach is about calming the nervous system: moving intentionally, breathing well, and resting deeply.

I teach a wide range of yoga, from trauma informed, slow flow, gentle yoga, restorative, yin, yoga nidra, heated vinyasa, yoga sculpt, power flow, alignment-based yoga, mobility and stretch, and breath-centered mindfulness. I also teach yoga for pregnancy and baby & me yoga, because I love supporting women through pregnancy and postpartum.

Faith and welcome

Everyone is welcome here.

I’m a Christ-centered yoga teacher, and I’ve trained in faith-based yoga and contemplative practices as a form of Bhakti & Hatha Yoga. My faith is a big part of my life, and my YouTube channel is full of prayer and scripture.

I also teach in secular, corporate, athletic, and community settings, and I mean it when I say everyone is welcome. Whether you follow Jesus, have a different faith, are a seeker, or don’t believe in anything at all, that’s more than OK.

You’re welcome here, and I’d love to practice with you.

Hannah in a quiet moment

Background

Here’s a little more about my work.

  • I’ve taught for more than seven years in studios, retreat centers & destinations around the world, corporate offices, and online.
  • I was the lead clinical yoga instructor for a Kansas City Medical University and Missouri Southern State University medical research study of yoga and stress in college athletes, presented at the KCU Research Symposium in 2023.
  • I’m the Owner & Founder of High Rise Yoga LLC, bringing Christ-centered yoga & embodiment practices to people around the world & online.
  • I’m Co-Owner of Yogipreneurs, which brings mindfulness to business professionals, creative entrepreneurs, and mission-driven teams.
  • I’ve been a monthly contributor to The Yoga Abbey since 2020.
  • I’m working toward my Master Yoga Instructor certification.

Projects

I do a lot of different things.

People always ask what I’m working on. Here are a few.

Amaru, Nicaragua

Amaru Nicaragua is a retreat center where I did one of my long-term yoga work trades, and I might host retreats there one day. I’m in their trailer.

Watch the trailer

A documentary – “From Poacher to Protector”

I narrated a documentary and was its assistant director, and it’s headed to film festivals.

Outreach

I take yoga where it’s needed.

I’ve partnered with nonprofits to bring trauma-informed yoga and emotional support to underserved women and communities, with Wholeness Journey and Adventures in Missions, among others.

My outreach is sponsored by The Cause, a 501(c)(3). Gifts keep my weekly YouTube teachings and prayer flows free, and they support live community gatherings.

Donate through The Cause

Photos

Here’s a look at where yoga has taken me.

Hannah teaching a seated class on an open-air deck
Hannah surfing a wave
A yoga class on a deck above the trees
Hannah in a yoga pose on the rocks by the ocean
Women on a retreat, standing together above the jungle
On the Camino de Santiago
Hannah in a twisting lunge on an open-air deck
A group of women with surfboards on the beach
Retreat guests in a pool surrounded by jungle
Hannah on the rocks with her surfboard at sunset
The beach at Amaru in northern Nicaragua
Hannah looking out over the jungle from a balcony

Press bio

Hannah Maher is a yoga instructor, corporate mindfulness facilitator, and global wellness guide based in Northwest Arkansas, and the founder of High Rise Yoga LLC. After a decade in corporate sales, international business, and team leadership, she has spent the last 7+ years teaching yoga & leading retreats in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Spain, and Southeast Asia. She facilitates mindfulness, yoga, meditation, and breathwork for corporate & executive teams through Walton Whole Health & Fitness, Blake Street House, Bee Well Yoga and number of other studios, organizations & online. She has guided sessions for Walmart leadership groups across supply chain, logistics, and human resources. She was the lead clinical yoga instructor for a Kansas City Medical University and Missouri Southern State University study of yoga and stress in college athletes, is Co-Owner of Yogipreneurs, and has been a monthly contributor to The Yoga Abbey since 2020. She is working toward her Master Yoga Instructor certification.

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