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3: That’s the magic number🎵 On the way home at the end of our (third
Uncover your Goddxx-like potential: rise into your creative power, brave your truth and realise how to create the life you want.
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Journal To Joy: Maya Gandaia
Me and White Supremacy, Layla Saad
The Adrenal Reset diet, Alan Christiansen
The Kybalion, The three initiates
The Body Keeps The Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, Peter Levine
Heal Your Body, Louise Hay
The Body Has Its Reasons, Therese Bertherat
The Afrikan Origin of Civilization, Cheikh Anta Diop
SACRED:
Red Moon: Miranda Gray
Pleasure Activism: Adrienne Maree Brown
The Magdalene Manuscript, Judi Sion & Tom Kenyon
Sacred Woman, Queen Afua
Love your Lady Landscape, Lisa Lister
Wild Feminine, Temi Kent
Untamed, Glennon Doyle
Women who run with the wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Existential Kink, Carolyn Elliot
Moonology, Yasmin Boland
CREATE:
The Spiritual dimension of the enneagram, Sandra Maítri
No matter what Lisa Nichols
Creating: Robert Fritz
The Games People Play, Eric Berne
Emotions and the Enneagram, Margaret Frongs Keyes
The Creative Habit, Twyla Tharp
Discover Your Greatness, Darren Eden
Principles, Ray Dalio
The Heroines Journey, Maureen Murdock
HEART:
The gentle art of blessing, Pierre Pradervand
Straight From The Heart, Dr Jewel Pookrum
The Celestine Vision, James Redfield
The Only Thing That Matters, Neale Donald Walsh
Sacred Instruction, Sherri Mitchell
The Art Of Happiness, The Dalai Lama
SING:
The awakened woman, Terarai Trent
The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron
The Director’s Draft, Katie Mitchell
The Multi Hyphen Method, Emma Gannon
The Five Languages Of Love, Gary Chapman
Say What You Mean, Oren Jay Sofer & Joseph Goldstein
Non Violent Communication, Melissa Blake
FLY:
Evolve your mind: Joe Dispenza
The Secrets of Natural Success, William Whitecloud
Brain Wave Meditation, Ichi Lee
The Bhagavad Gita, translated by Juan Mascaró
Spirits Of The Earth, Bobby Lake-Thom
Breaking The Habit Of Being Yourself, Joe Dispenza
SPACE:
Dreamspell Astrological Diary: Jyoti Ryder
God & The Evolving Universe, James Redfield
The Kemetic Tree of Life, Muata Ashby
You are a Goddess, Sophie Bashford
“There’s more to life than fitting in. There’s more to me than this.”
I know that whisper well… It’s the voice that brought me back home to myself after years of saying yes when I meant no, being ‘nice’ instead of real, and feeling like my worth was tied to pleasing others.
Maya Gandaia was born from this same alchemy of mindset transformation. After witnessing its power in my own life—first as a disoriented 12-year-old and later navigating the complex terrain of adulthood—I began to recognise a pattern among the brilliant creative souls I encountered.
For so long, you’ve been told who to be, how to act, and what to dream. But what if you could lift that weight? What if you could step into a life of growth, creativity, and joy? What if you knew how to create the life you want?
I work with women and non-binary people, ready to shed old stories and walk a new path, one of your design. Where the only call you answer is the one that embraces you in all your power.
Maya Gandaia has emerged as a sanctuary for creative rebels—a place where intuition is honoured as the ultimate business strategy, where financial abundance flows not despite authentic expression but because of it, and where joy becomes the compass guiding every business decision.
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.
3: That’s the magic number🎵 On the way home at the end of our (third
This is how I see it , Healing isn’t about fixing ourselves, it is
Often (always) when I am starting a new project, my ego comes in with the
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Of Nigerian and white British heritage, I am inspired by my roots’ joy, power, and heart and how that energy has guided my journey back to myself.
