Mariposa Yoga Nutrition Wellbeing was set up in 2018 by Mari Ward, who has over 16 years experience as a NHS Dietitian and over 20 years experience as a yoga practitioner. Mari now balances her time between her NHS work and working as a Freelance Dietitian & 300-hr Certified Yoga Teacher.

Mari is a certified Yoga Alliance Professionals yoga teacher qualified to teach Vinyasa flow, Restorative yoga, Yoga Nidra, Ayurvedic yoga & Menopause Yoga. 

Mari has taught in yoga studios in South Lanarkshire and the West end of Glasgow and has worked for NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde running beginners classes as part of their Healthy Working Lives initiative. She now runs her own yoga classes online (usually based in Clarkston, Glasgow) as well as live Menopause Workshops for Yoga, Nutrition and Wellbeing.

In her career as a Registered Dietitian Mari has worked in various areas of the NHS in Mental Health services including acute, community, eating disorders & addictions.

In her private Dietetic consultations, Nutrition for Women's Health, Mari offers client-focused assessments to understand your individual needs and co-produce tailored diet plans for health conditions that affect both the body’s physical and mental health systems

Professionally and personally, Mari’s main area of interest for nutrition and yoga focuses on Women’s Health from Menstruation through to Menopause, specifically for hormone balance, mental wellbeing & gastrointestinal health including IBS.