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Unbreakable Woman® is the compilation of my life’s experience as a person seeking peace and self–knowledge through movement. My movement training started at four years old when I attended a program, called Motor Performance, which taught swimming, tumbling, climbing, etc. To this day I remember my first cartwheel. It felt amazing to go upside down and be in control. That inspired me to begin formal gymnastics training.
By age 10, I was a two-time junior Olympian. Fast forward to the University of Colorado at Boulder where I won my first of two natural body-building titles. I also began personal training as a way to make money while earning my B.S. After graduating, I became a professional fire fighter. For the first time, everything I did in the gym had a direct impact on my ability to do a job where physical performance could be the difference between life and death. Unlike the first cartwheel, I was terrified I wouldn’t be strong enough and quickly learned the value of functional training.
Having enjoyed a successful career in the fire service, I re-located to Southern California and started practicing Hatha Yoga, training in Mixed Martial Arts and a new Zen art called Budokon, a fusion of martial arts and Yoga. I was very fortunate to study under the Master and creator of Budokon, which allowed me to submerse myself in the purest form of the discipline. I quickly earned the rank of sensei and the privilege to teach at the prestigious Equinox Clubs across the greater LA area.
Currently, I am a certified personal trainer, registered Yoga teacher, certified
self-defense instructor, senior Budokon teacher trainer and one of the first
people
in the US to earn a blue belt in Budokon. I am also a licensed Yoga Tune
Up® practitioner
and teacher trainer. I manage a Group Fitness Program at Equinox
in LA
where I teach on-going Yoga Tune Up® classes, Physio Tune Up™
and Unbreakable Woman® seminars.
IN THE PRESS
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Read
about Maura in an article called "Maura Barclay on Sublimating Your Urge to
Run" by Charity D.
Read about
Maura in "A
fusion workout for mind and body" by Merrill Balassone.
Read about
Maura in "Star Power" by Adam Skolnick
“This class allowed me to view self-defense in a completely different way. You made a very scary topic much more approachable and manageable.” – Angelica, Westwood
