Hi, I’m Megan cassamas
founder/owner
Megan offers a holistic, nurturing and restorative approach to supporting women and families. A yoga teacher, birth doula, Ayurvedic specialist and family health advocate, Megan has been teaching yoga since 2013 and is trained extensively in prenatal and postnatal yoga. She is a also a mindfulness educator for children and schools. Certified as an Ayurvedic Postpartum and Birth Doula, Megan offers holistic support from preconception, during pregnancy, labor/birth, the postpartum period and beyond!
A passionate woman, but most passionate about two things: offering support through movement & community and fostering intuition through the mind/body connection. Megan is a visionary in the childbirth field and has been an advocate for birth support education over the past five years. She works with women around the world as a conduit for health and wellness in the field of Yoga and Ayurveda. Her mission is to educate and inspire others with holistic practices that can be used through one's lifetime and passed on to benefit generations to come.
advanced training
Bachelor of Psychology
California State University Northridge
Mindfulness in Education
Certified Mindful Schools Educator
K-12 Yoga and Meditation Teacher- Stevenson School, Pebble Beach, CA
Middle/ Upper School Yoga Instructor- Santa Catalina School, Monterey, CA
Yoga Education
Yoga Alliance Certified
Over 300 hours of formal teacher training in Vinyasa/Hatha yoga
Certified Prenatal & Postnatal yoga, Mama Tree, San Francisco, CA
Yoga for Kids
Mother/Baby Yoga
Ayurveda / Birth
Certified Postpartum Ayurvedic Doula, Ayurvedic Mamas
Certified Birth Coach/Doula, Bay Area Doula Training
Ayurvedic Lactation Specialist
Moja Yoga
At esalen Institute
Big sur, CA
For nearly a decade Megan has provided a somatic based approach to yoga as a part of her holistic wellness program offered along the California coastline. She currently offers MOJA YOGA weekly at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA
What is Esalen?
Esalen is a not-for-profit holistic educational center offering wild comfort and space for emergent transformation and internal exploration since 1962. Anchored by the inspiring beauty of Big Sur and an incomparable intellectual history. Esalen embraces the messy, imperfect practice of moving toward our highest humanity.
what does moja mean?
[pronounced: MOW- jhah]
In Swahili, Moja means “one”.
Conjuring interconnectedness.
Moja can only happen when we come together.
In Greek, Moja means “brave warrior”
Moja goes beyond the traditional postures of Yoga.
We seek to provide the physical and mental tools
For the brave warrior within each of us.
In Norwegian cultures, Moja means “great mother”.
We care for the family unit as a whole.
We believe in the Mother and her pillar of strength
Together, connected, as one, we strive to create generational wellness.
From the inside, out, and to all.
Welcome,
I’m so glad you’re here!
I embarked on my yoga journey beginning with a 200 hour intensive teacher training in 2014. I had just received a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and I was committed to moving across the country and joining the rest of my MFT program cohort. In the weeks following my teacher training, I reflected and pivoted my own philosophy and practice to a more holistic approach to wellness. I focused my energy inward and discovered my own mind-body connection.
The mind-body connection is an important pillar of my practice. I believe that our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and attitudes can positively or negatively affect our biological functioning. In other words, our minds can affect how healthy our bodies are. On the other hand, what we do with our physical body can impact our mental state. This results in a complex interrelationship between our minds and bodies.
Family, love, joy, health, nature. Simplicity. I believe we think we need more than we do. To become embodied is to experience a heightened ability within oneself to focus and ground their body in the present moment and to feel all of life's offerings (emotional and physical).
During my first pregnancy, I felt embodied when I was supporting and practicing with other pregnant women like myself. I gave birth to my son in a hospital setting. This was not the birth experience of my dreams. I never pondered what my labor/birth and postpartum experiences might look like. I realized I was not alone in this. My goal then shifted to providing education and services that will help others reclaim their lives outside of cultural norms.
I dove into this work head on through a birth coach/doula training and an Ayurvedic Postpartum doula certification. I continued my yoga instruction education by training under renowned prenatal yoga instructor, Jane Austin.
My second pregnancy and the birth of my daughter gave me the opportunity to put into practice all that I share with other new/expecting mothers! My natural, water birth experience under the care of midwives empowered me as a mother, woman and human being.
I strive to educate and inspire others with a holistic lens. I offer a natural, full circle, approach to wellness. I hope you are inspired & encouraged through my offerings and content to reflect on what matters to you.
Let us all take a deep breath in and value simplicity, nature & love. I commit to living a more conscious life.
I’m so excited to be a part of your health + wellness journey!
xo,
-Megan