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What has been bringing you JOY lately? 🌿
Joy: Find Your Joy & Know Your Domain | Maya Gandaia What has been bringing
Uncover your Goddxx-like potential: rise into your creative power, brave your truth and realise how to create the life you want.
Intuition is your greatest gift… do you listen?
Why do we talk ourselves out of choices that may lead to experiencing a life of joy, creative expression, and abundance?
Why do we ignore the electrical impulses of inspiration and stay the same?
Why, when a choice feels good, feels right, and appears as the KNOWING that “this is the way,” do we ultimately stuff it down and side with the comfort of the known and predictable past?
Why do we shut out our intuitive whisper?
Fear.
We doubt ourselves.
Cultural conditioning, societal beliefs, beliefs about ourselves, and a preoccupation with what others think.
These things snuff intuition and get in the way of experiencing the genius creators we are. Instead, we settle for the dulling, deadening, stupefying false security of sameness because we’re scared. This is not our fault: We’ve been taught to be scared.
Allow me to offer a different way.
Maya Gandaia is an invitation to embark upon the work that brings us HOME to ourselves, the alchemy that supports the gold standard of living, the flow-state that attracts Joy, Bliss, Creativity, and Abundance.
When we connect to our truest expression, our goddxx self, we realise all our dreams in their highest manifestations—and this is the life we came here for.
As a coach & movement specialist, I can help you overcome the blocks to embodying your whole beautiful self.
My areas of understanding include Intuition, Enneagram, Creativity, Purpose, Tension, Stress reduction and Releasing Emotions through movement.
Certified TRE Facilitator
550hr Certified Yoga Teacher (Karam Kriya, Embodied Dancer, Yoga Body)
MA in Dance (LCDS/Kent University),
Certified Wheel of Consent practitioner (Betty Martin)
Accredited Coach (Natural Success, ILM Level 3 & Mind Matrix)
It’s such an honour and pleasure to work with a woman with not only a varied toolbox of resources but also the generosity to share them freely”
BENITA NWULU, GODDXX PATH STUDENT
Wakey, Wakey, sweet friend. It’s time to move like the moon and grow. You deserve to create an illuminated life that reflects the dreams waiting in your heart’s whisper.
Transform from the inside out and discover the power, joy, and purpose that have always been within you.
Even though this path is uniquely yours, you don’t need to lone-wolf this walk. I want you to carry the practices, wisdom, and courage to thrive beyond our work together.
Through healing and embodied alchemy, you’ll gain tools for life that will continue to change your life.
Like the glorious warmth of a sunrise, you’ll find strength to rise, sparks of connection, freedom to grow, and the joy of unapologetically showing up in the take-me-as-I-am energy you’ve been aching to embody.
Here, in a sacred space of belonging, where you’ll find the courage to create the life you want.
Imagine finding the key to access your inner power at the bottom of your tote bag whenever you need reassurance (that’s basically what this is!). The Journal to Joy is a potent book-y portal to:
✨“It’s helped me embrace myself wholly, even on
dark days.” – Monique Fourie
They are about a deep and lasting transformational journey, with accessible content that
allows you to go as deep and far into your transformation as you’d like. But undoubtedly
you will become a different person!”
DANIELLE BYARS, GODDXX PATH STUDENT
For those who feel called to inner work but prefer a personal space, my 1:1 coaching offers a sacred, focused container. Together, we’ll align your life with what you love, reveal what holds you back and keep you moving forward.
Step into a space where growth feels possible, kindness meets accountability, and transformation becomes a choice you’re ready to embrace. The Alchemist Path is my intuitive 1:1 coaching journey, designed to help you align with what you love and build a life that reflects your true potential.
What to expect:
Our work together is more than coaching. It’s a brave partnership rooted in care, courage, and meaningful transformation.
As someone who does a lot of self-development work, I didn’t think I was someone who
would benefit so much from coaching, but it has caused me to go deeper with my
reflection, revealed things to me that I could only grasp with the guidance of a coach and I
now would love to coach further with her to work more into my shadows and to take the
actions required to create the life I truly desire”
AMA ROUGE, 1:1 COACHING CLIENT
I am Ella (she/her or they/them), though I answer to Maya, too. I’m a coach, a movement specialist, and a guide for those ready to rediscover their most authentic selves, align with your truth and learn how to create the life you want.
For over 20 years, I’ve danced across continents, from the Olympics Opening Ceremony to Sadler’s Wells and The Joyce Theater in New York, creating work that tells the stories I longed to see growing up.
Along the way, I’ve carried the weight of imposter syndrome, the ache of not belonging, and the quiet voice that whispered: “You are not enough.”
But through decades of study; yoga, trauma release, intuition, and the alchemy of transformation, I came to know a deeper truth: I was always whole, always complete, always more than enough.
Now, I share that wisdom. Whether through my book Journal to JOY, bespoke coaching programs, or movement courses, I help others find their way back to joy, freedom, and limitless potential.
Let me guide you on your journey back to yourself.
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Of mixed Nigerian and white British heritage, with 20+ years in movement, 10+ years as a coach, I draw from ancestral and land traditions, embodied movement and bodywork practices.
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I acknowledge my privileges, honour the cultures these practices come from, and share with you not as an authority, but someone transformed by these teachings.
