the ecstatic motion method ™
Yoga becomes a way to help train the qualities we need to live differently — not just move differently on the mat.
A seven-stage, yoga-powered approach that brings movement, breath, attention and strategy into the process of creating meaningful change.
EXPLORE THE METHOD ↓
THE BODY BELONGS IN THE CHANGE PROCESS
Change is often approached from the neck up: decide what you want, make a plan and try to follow it.
The Ecstatic Motion Method™ begins further back.
We create the conditions to look more expansively at your work and your life:
What matters now?
What do you want more of?
What feels compelling, unfinished or newly possible?
Where might your energy be better spent?
We widen the lens before narrowing the focus, because the change worth making isn’t always the one you would have named first.
And the body participates from the beginning — influencing what we notice, what feels possible and how we respond when doubt, pressure or old patterns show up.
SEVEN STAGES ~ THE RIGHT TOOLS AT THE RIGHT TIME
CENTER → AWAKEN → ALIGN → REVEAL → IGNITE → RECEIVE → THRIVE
The Ecstatic Motion Method™ moves through seven distinct stages of meaningful change. Each stage has a purpose, and the practices are chosen according to what that stage is designed to support.
Depending on the work, those practices might include yoga, mindful movement, breath, meditation, somatic awareness, visualization, coaching, reflection, strategy, nature or concrete action planning.
The sequence, timing and purpose matter.
PS The name was inspired by Rumi’s line, “You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
train what the change requires
What will creating change require from you?
Courage. Steadiness. Focus. Openness. Direction. Energy. Trust.
Movement, yoga, breath and attention are deliberately selected and sequenced to help you physically rehearse those qualities while the change itself is being created.
The movement isn’t chosen because a pose looks impressive or because everyone gets the same sequence. It is selected for what that moment in the process requires — and for the physical and attentional experience it creates.
A practice might ask you to stay steady under effort, move decisively, tolerate uncertainty, expand your attention or remain engaged when your instinct is to back away.
The movement has a job to do.
Then we connect that embodied experience directly to life: The decision, conversation, calendar entry, habit or action that comes next.
One Warrior II does not make someone courageous. The training comes through deliberate practice and repetition, so the qualities you need become more familiar before the real moment asks for them.
WHY I CREATED IT
I’m Maria Katrien 'Trie' Angeleva, founder of The Blissful Badass™, an RYT-200 yoga teacher and vitality coach. My work has spanned leadership, strategy, organizational change, coaching and university teaching.
Years before I became a yoga teacher, I developed a seven-part transformation process through my work with hundreds of university students and coaching clients navigating meaningful life and career change.
Years later, yoga added the missing dimension: the body.
The Ecstatic Motion Method™ brings those worlds together, so thinking, moving, feeling, choosing and acting become part of the same process.
ROOTED IN EVIDENCE ~ USED WITH INTENTION
The Ecstatic Motion Method™ draws on established research and practice in movement and yoga, breathing, mindfulness, embodied cognition, interoception, visualization, implementation planning and repetition.
A meaningful change deserves both a plan and practice for what that plan will ask of you. The goal matters. So does the steadiness, focus, courage, determination or openness you may need when things get difficult.
That is why the practices are chosen deliberately. A steady breath, strong legs, sustained attention or the experience of staying engaged under effort can become a way to practice those qualities before the real moment asks for them.
Repetition is key. One pose is an experience. Practice over time is training. The qualities become more familiar through use, then we connect that practice directly to the decision, conversation, habit or action that moves the change forward.
PUT THE METHOD TO WORK
The Ecstatic Motion Method™ is the foundation beneath all Blissful Badass offerings. It comes alive in different ways depending on how you want to engage:
A private session to see what deserves your energy now and catalyze more of the life you want to be living.
Private training built around what you’re working toward — and what creating it will require from you.
Immersive experiences that bring movement, breath, reflection and nature together to help you see what matters more clearly, practice what you need and return to daily life with renewed clarity, vitality and direction.
From the 'Yoga For…' series and accessible movement resets to deeper EMM-based workshops, we bring yoga-powered vitality into workplaces, hotels and residential communities.