Mary Foran

Mary Foran, known as "Dream the Edge," is a visionary and deeply experienced Sacred Space Holder and Compassion Guide, specializing in Restorative Yoga and Somatic Practices. With over three decades dedicated to healing and exploration, Mary skillfully blends ancient wisdom with modern therapeutic approaches to support individuals on their path to wholeness.

Her Foundation in Holistic Healing

Mary's healing journey began at 25, after transitioning from three years in computer technical support. She left to explore self-discovery through Yoga, Meditation, and Reiki, which led her to a comprehensive, three-year Transpersonal Therapy program. She completed this program at age 29. This intensive training immersed her in both Eastern and Western healing traditions, specifically equipping her to support individuals navigating Spiritual Emergence. Her therapeutic toolkit from this period includes Gestalt, Psychodrama, Jungian Psychology, Somatic Experiencing, Bioenergetics, Dreamwork, Holotropic Breathwork, Meditation, and Shamanic Healing Traditions.

Following her Transpersonal training, Mary became a Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Teacher. In the past 21 years, she has specialized as a Restorative Yoga teacher, having taught over 9,000 yoga classes and trained 400 yoga teachers in her specialized practice. Her dedication to offering somatic healing practices is further supported through certifications in Thai Yoga Massage and Trauma-Sensitive Yoga. Recognizing the intricate connection between physical well-being and overall health, she also trained as a Medical Exercise Specialist, enabling her to design customized physical rehabilitation practices for injuries, surgeries, and various health conditions. Currently a Reiki Level 2 practitioner, Mary has continuously deepened her expertise over two decades with additional training in Pre-Natal Yoga, Non-Violent Communication, Meditation, Shamanic Energy Work, and several Woman Within trainings, all contributing to her commitment to cultivating conscious community. Mary is a trained Hospice Volunteer and has been offering Bedside Singing, Reiki, Yoga, and Meditation since 2019.

Specializing in Psychedelic Support

Mary is also a passionate psychedelic activist, advocating for cognitive freedom and the safe and offering harm-reductions focused education around the exploration psychedelics for health and personal growth.  Since 2019, she has co-hosted the South Western Ontario Psychedelic Salon (SWOPS) with Walter Sienko, a vibrant community offering Integration Circles, Discussion Groups, and Education Events. As a Psychonaut with over 35 years of personal exploration in non-ordinary realms of psychedelics, Mary has, for the past decade, served as a Sacred Space Holder and Compassion Guide for individuals navigating their healing journeys through expanded states of awareness. Since 2019 when cannabis became legal in Canada, she has pioneered guiding quarterly online Cannabis-assisted Restorative Yoga Inward Journeys and hosted in-person Cannabis Assisted Restorative Yoga Circles. On soma-life.ca she offers diverse somatic offerings addressing the unique needs in psychedelic journey preparation and aftercare. 

A Compassionate and Knowledgeable Guide

Mary's distinctive approach involves blending wisdom practices from around the world through trauma-informed somatic bodywork, massage, yoga, and transpersonally oriented practices. Her deep understanding of anatomical alignment and movement therapies ensures that clients receive safe and effective practices that foster self-awareness and self-care, promoting healing, expansion, and overall well-being. Her somatic work and yoga classes draw from Iyengar & Anusara traditions and integrate mindful somatic movement with transpersonally oriented explorations for knowledge, healing, strengthening, and inspiration.

Mary has a profound ability to help individuals feel safe and relaxed while guiding them in somatic practices that release tension and limiting beliefs. She offers a wide spectrum of supports that help individuals integrate their unconscious "shadow" parts and explore all aspects of their life to create a greater sense of wholeness. She empowers individuals to discover their courage in expressing their authentic "Self." Mary deeply respects what she has learned through the profound contributions of influential figures like Carl Jung, Fritz Perls, Wilhelm Reich, Joseph Campbell, Stanislav Grof, Stephen Porges, Richard Schwartz (IFS Therapy), Anodea Judith, Alan Watts, Terence McKenna, and Ram Dass.

Mary lives in Strathroy, Ontario, with Walter Sienko, her partner of over 20 years. They met 25 years ago in their Transpersonal Training Program and have since dedicated their lives to purpose-driven healing through various individual and community offerings, including drum circles, meditation circles, purification lodges, trance dances, and ceremonial healing practices. For the past eight years, they have stewarded their 3.5-acre property, engaging in beekeeping and creating sustainable food, medicine, and pollination gardens.