Meet Maria Toso

Maria emigrated from Europe to the United States in 1998, perfecting her English through daily life and work and eventually making Minnesota her home. While she maintains deep ties to her Scandinavian roots, her life’s work has unfolded in the heart of America, where she has become a yoga teacher, author, and somatic energy guide sparking a movement to remember the healing power of loving presence as the Divine within.

Fed up with the endless cycle of lashing out, numbing out, or checking out, thousands of people turn to Maria’s Heal What Hurts method to heal emotional triggers at their root. Her approach is based on a profound truth: the dynamics we find ourselves in are precise manifestations of the programming held in the energy field of the body. Just as a projection on a screen can only be changed by clearing the lens, our painful life stories keep repeating until the energetic contractions in the body are dissolved.

Maria’s method teaches us to meet these contractions with loving presence. In doing so, we clear the energy field, realign with the Divine Light we truly are, and remember our original wholeness. Being triggered becomes not a trap but a sacred opportunity to return to love, flow, and authentic connection.

Since 2015, Maria has taught Yoga Teacher Training in the Minnesota College system and has led retreats across the U.S. and Europe. Her new book, Heal What Hurts: How to Heal Emotional Triggers (Llewellyn Worldwide, September 2025), introduces her eight-step process for transforming emotional pain into a path of spiritual growth and embodied presence. She now teaches Heal What Hurts in small online circles, through retreats, and in private sessions.