Victoria Marie: Learning to Surrender

Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine · Jan 8, 2026 · 28m · transcript

Today, we’re excited to present Victoria Marie, an enrolled tribal member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate. She's the founder and owner of Indigenous Lotus, a wellness program that combines yoga classes, tribal dance, exercise and meditation with an emphasis on helping people cope with stress and trauma. Those stressors can include PTSD, homelessness, sexual exploitation and poverty. In addition to classes and workshops, Indigenous Lotus has a line of streetwear.

Victoria shares the story of how, at age seventeen, she dropped out of high school, became a new mom and found herself struggling…