madia healing arts
Where Yoga, Somatic Therapy & BodyWork Meet
Release what’s holding you back. Let go of tension, stress, and emotional blocks stored in the body with Integrative Massage Therapy.
Find strength in balance. Cultivate physical resilience, mental clarity, and emotional harmony with our Yoga Classes.
Deepen your relationship with yourself. Develop self-awareness through movement, breath, and hands-on healing with Somatic Coaching.
Healing is personal. Whether through group classes, event series, somatic coaching, or integrative massage therapy, your journey is uniquely yours.
Go beyond yoga. Our integrative approach blends ancient wisdom with modern healing to support your whole being. Schedule a free consultation & somatic session below to learn how it can support your journey.
Welcome to Madia’s Studio — evolving into ORA Center
For 25 years, this studio has been a home for movement, healing, and community.
Now, we’re evolving into ORA Center — a modern, somatic‑informed space for practice, care, and education.
You don’t need to do anything differently. Just keep showing up. We’ll walk this evolution together.
ORA Embodied Yoga Training
(200hr Yoga Teacher Certification)
🍂 Fall 2026 Start Date
Training begins: Saturday, September 14, 2026
Step into a training that invites you into deeper relationship with your body, your practice, and the way you move through the world. ORA’s 200hr Embodied Yoga Training blends somatic awareness, reflective practice, and the foundations of yoga to support both personal transformation and the art of teaching.
This program is rooted in ORA’s values of presence, connection, and embodied wisdom. Over our time together, you’ll explore:
• embodied anatomy + functional movement
• somatic and nervous‑system‑informed practice
• reflective and relational teaching
• yoga philosophy through a modern, lived lens
• sequencing, cueing, and class design
• personal growth within a supportive community
Whether you feel called to teach, want to deepen your practice, or are seeking a meaningful container for personal evolution, this training offers a grounded, intimate space for the curious and wholehearted.
We intentionally keep our cohorts small to ensure spacious support, genuine connection, and a learning environment where you can be fully seen and guided.
About Madia
Madia Swicord, B.S., E-RYT 500, LMT
MADIA'S HEALING ARTS, OWNER
CHATTANOOGA YOGA SCHOOL, CO-FOUNDER & DIRECTOR
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Certified Presence-based Coach
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Hakomi Graduate
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Certified Hatha Yoga Teacher
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Certified Vinyasa Yoga Teacher
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Yoga Teacher Trainer
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Licensed Massage Therapist
Madia loves exploring and encouraging the adventure of "the edge" of what awakens you. Guiding you inward towards an intuitive, deep yoga practice that challenges your physical and mental stamina balanced with nurturing spacious openings of your body/mind is the essence of what can be felt in all her classes and her private body/mind sessions.
Madia Swicord is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga Teacher and Yoga Teacher Trainer. She has an extensive background in supporting people with physical and emotional pain relief. Her passion is to assist someone on their journey to self-discovery and awakening to more energy and joy via a variety of ancient and modern mind/body techniques. She has advanced training in Yoga Psychology and is a Graduate of the Professional Hakomi Mindfulness Training of “assisted self-study” that is threaded into her yoga classes and her private sessions. She is also a Certified Presence-Based Coach and is utilizing these techniques in all that she offers. She is dedicated to sharing timeless wisdom techniques for mind-body health, deeper life fulfillment and emotional healing.
*Working alongside physicians in the fields of psychiatry and psychology for a decade to support and assist with patients on their path to healing trauma has been an incredible honor.
Madia has over 20+ years of professional experience in this holistic field of mind-body healing.
"Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls."
~ Joseph Campbell
Somatic Yoga
SOUL
Cari P., YTT Grad
"200 hour YTT with Madia was transformational. She created an intimate environment that felt safe and nurturing allowing me to truly look inward and unite my mind, body, and spirit, the true meaning of yoga. I graduated from training with a healthier self-image, a deeper spiritual connection, and a solid foundation for continued growth."
BODY
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MIND
Anonymous, Client
Madia holds space for me that is safe and comfortable, and she gently challenges me to seek and look at my true self with love and compassion. Our Coaching sessions help me deeply connect to my body and to my truest self. Connecting to myself with love and tenderness and compassion has lead me to the deep knowing of what is best for me as I navigate decisions in my life."