

The Body and The Universe: Maria Toso and Dawson Church in Conversation
Sep 29, 2025
46:03
Maria Toso is a Danish-born author, spiritual teacher, and somatic healing coach based in Minnesota. Her book, Heal What Hurts: How to Heal Emotional Triggers (Llewellyn Worldwide, September 2025), guides people to release emotional triggers that shape the lens through which we see others and ourselves. Her method helps people become emotionally free, no longer dependent on others to change or on numbing agents to cope. Maria also teaches Yoga Teacher Training at Minneapolis College and leads international retreats and workshops.
Here Maria and Dawson chat about:
- Emotional triggers
- Body scanning
- Breathwork
- Maria's story
- Coping mechanisms
- How and why the body is a perfect expression of your spirit and your programming
- How many breaths we take in a minute
- What to do when you find yourself triggered
- Asking, “How old are you?” and let the place in the body speak
- Avoiding the victim story