09.20.2023 - By Alcohol Tipping Point
Maya Semans is a Level Three Optimal State Yoga Therapist, C-IAYT, & Integrative Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor. She specializes in embodied mental health practices and provides whole-person, compassionate care to individuals with symptoms of trauma, addiction, anxiety, and depression. Maya works as a Yoga Therapist at a virtual Intensive Outpatient Program for adolescents and young adults and sees individual clients virtually through her private practice, Integrated Mind Body Therapy.
In this episode, Maya shares her incredible journey, from growing up in the unique environment of a private boarding school (where her father was a teacher) to facing the challenges of burnout in the teaching field, and ultimately finding her path to freedom by giving up Adderall and alcohol.
We talk about:
What Yoga Therapy is
Maya’s experience with ADHD, Adderall and alcohol
Burnout as a teacher
The connection between ADHD and alcohol addiction