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AWAKEN. EMBODY. TRANSFORM.

Welcome to the School of Embodied Healing Arts

SEHA is a sanctuary for embodied awakening. A place where healing becomes art, and art becomes a way of life. Here movement restores vitality, sound opens the heart, ritual deepens connection, and presence returns you to yourself.

Founded by Yogini Maya Joy, SEHA brings together decades of lived practice in yoga, Tantra, sacred movement, vocal empowerment, devotional music, ceremony and healing arts.

Whether you are seeking personal transformation, deeper embodiment, or training to guide others, you are welcome here.

EXPLORE OUR LATEST OFFERINGS

Begin where you are. Whether you’re curious, committed, or ready to go deeper, we offer guided paths to meet you at every stage.

Private Sessions

Singing Lessons

Voice • Confidence • Expression

Private sessions to free your voice, build confidence, develop tone and rediscover joy in singing.

Learn to sing with greater freedom, confidence and authenticity through personalised vocal coaching.

Whether for personal growth, performance or leading sacred spaces, you’ll develop a stronger, more expressive voice.

Monthly Gathering

OM Cacao Kirtan

Heart • Voice • Vibration

A heart-opening monthly gathering of mantra, medicine music, cacao and deep community.

Come together in sacred community to sing, connect and experience the uplifting power of devotional music and cacao.

Each gathering offers a nourishing space to open your heart, restore your spirit and experience the joy of collective voice and vibration.

Coming soon

THE SACRED OM

VOICE • MANTRA • CACAO

A sacred vocal transmission and activation journey using mantra, sound and cacao to awaken your inner alchemy.

Discover the ancient science of sacred sound and mantra as a path to healing, presence and spiritual awakening.

Whether you are new to mantra or deepening an existing practice, this journey helps you embody the transformative power of your own voice.

Ready to Deepen your exploration?

At SEHA, you can explore three main pillars of embodiment. You may feel a pull towards exploring only one pillar of embodied healing arts, or you may have a calling to dive into the 9-month journey; with the SEHA Embodiment Facilitator Mentorship programme.

Pillar 1:

Physical

Shakti-Yogini
(Yogi Learning Path)

We are all vibrational, energetic beings in nature, but how much is that consciousness embedded in your physical and creative expression?

Using the Shakti Flow embodiment practice, we learn to open the channels of subtle life-force energy (Shakti).

Allowing higher consciousness and life-force to flow through all your meridians and cells, thus activating a greater flow of aliveness, joy and ease.

Learn the Shakti Flow method and way of being, to create more fluidity, flexibility, and overall vitality.

Pillar 2:

Emotional

(Tantrini Learning Path)

Learn emotional freedom techniques on the road less travelled with powerful tantric meditations and the deeply healing somatic practices to embody all your feelings & emotions.

We begin with Spanda meditation (emptiness dancing) and reverse Kundalini meditation.

Then progress on to more advanced Anahata meditation, Rainbow-body Death meditation, Kashmiri touch exchange and more.

Learn tools for mbracing your infinite nature which can hold all emotional energy, activating your quantum soul energy, with ‘secret’ or esoteric Advaita practices and meditations for Emotional embodiment

Pillar 3:

Spiritual

(Mantrini Learning Path)

– Vibrational Embodiment

Learn to open and harness your true voice to transform & manifest in alignment with your true vocation (and highest excitement).

Master the inner art of vibrational healing with Vocal Activation & Vibrational Sound Healing techniques, with The Sacred Om training.

NOT SURE WHERE TO START?

Embodiment is something to be experienced, not simply understood. Download these three complimentary practices to explore each learning path and discover the doorway that feels most aligned with your journey.

Free Physical Embodiment Practice

Shakti Flow Tuning-In Meditation

Experience the Shakti Flow Invocation and Mantric Choreography—a guided practice combining breath, mantra, movement, and intention to awaken body awareness and prepare you for the flow of Shakti.

Free Emotional Embodiment Practice

Shakti-Shiva Spanda Meditation

Experience Emptiness Dancing (Spanda Meditation), a free-flow moving meditation that invites emotional freedom, embodied awareness, and a deeper connection with your life-force energy.

Free Spiritual Embodiment Practice

Shakti-Shiva Mantra

Experience the Shakti-Shiva Mantra, a sacred tuning-in practice using sound and vibration to awaken presence and prepare for vocal activation.

Reflections from the Journey

I first met Maya back in 2019 attending one of her Kirtans. My interactions with her since then, including a family constellation session, have always been supported by her generous and rich knowledge of interdisciplinary methods and have lead to profound shifts in my own life. Maya offers a gentle yet grounded presence, is fluent in the arts of music and sound and maintains integrity in her healing sessions as she holds special for others. Thank you Maya!

Sitara Blackbeard

I have followed Maya since her early days as a yogini at Virgin Active Steenberg, then followed her to Shakti Flow and Kirtans at Eat, Surf , Yoga and now still enjoy her energy at monthly Shakti Flow in Kalk Bay or whenever our paths cross.

Maya exudes a powerful spiritual energy to all her endeavours, and this feeds the collective and allows us to express ourselves openly, honestly and without judgement in the space she holds.

Roland van Rosenveld

Maya helped me understand that we all carry these gifts within us.

Working with Maya has been an incredibly beautiful and life-changing journey. She has been so patient and supportive, guiding me through songs, drumming, and finding my own voice.

For many years, I felt blocked in my throat, rhythm, and melody, believing that singing and music were gifts meant for others. Maya helped me understand that we all carry these gifts within us. Through her guidance, I learned not only about singing, breath, and the muscles involved in using our voice, but also about the layers of fear and self-doubt that can stop us from expressing ourselves fully.

The songs she has shared, her wisdom, and her gentle encouragement have given me confidence I never thought possible. Every session with Maya is a joy, and I leave feeling more connected to myself and my voice.

I am deeply grateful that our paths crossed. Maya’s work is truly special, and the impact she has had on my life is something I will always cherish.

Hellen Carambassis

Maya Joy has a truly special gift for creating spaces that feel both deeply nurturing and wonderfully magical.

Every Shakti Flow and Bliss Dance event I have attended has been a beautiful journey of connection, healing, and self-discovery.
From the moment you enter the space, Maya’s warm presence makes you feel completely safe, seen, and welcomed. She holds each gathering with such authenticity, grace, and love that it allows everyone to fully relax, open their hearts, and simply be.
Her events are nourishing on every level — body, mind, and soul. There is a unique magic in the way she weaves movement, energy, and connection together, creating experiences that feel truly out of this world. I always leave feeling lighter, more grounded, inspired, and deeply grateful.
Maya is not only a gifted facilitator but also a genuinely beautiful human being. Her kindness, wisdom, and radiant energy shine through everything she does. I wholeheartedly recommend any of her events to anyone seeking a safe, empowering, and transformative experience.

With love Gabi 💛

Maya Joy embodies both the magical and the sacred while remaining firmly grounded.

I’ve attended Maya’s Shakti Flow classes since 2020, along with several of her other offerings.

What strikes me most about Maya is how she embodies both the magical and the sacred while remaining firmly grounded, sensible, and practical — and how naturally she moves between these worlds. That rare balance is evident in everything she does.

Her Shakti Flow classes are a good example: they open with mantras and mudras seated in a circle, then move into yoga stretches designed to bring you fully into your body before — and only then — opening into free dance, before returning to the floor. Nothing is rushed or forced. Each stage prepares you for the next.

I’ve also worked with Maya in one-on-one vocal activation sessions. Here a different side of her comes through — perceptive and adaptable, with a gift for reading what each person needs and finding the approach that works for them.

I’d recommend Maya without hesitation to anyone looking for a practice that honours both the spiritual and the embodied.

Deeply Authentic and So Powerful

I have attended many classes by Yogini Maya Joy. She holds deep space which gives me the freedom and safety to go within, release what is ready to be released and find greater joy. Absolutely transformative!

Gilda

SEHA Yogini Mentorship

A 9-month transformational journey in embodied healing

Designed for those ready to deepen their practice and step into mastery, the mentorship blends online learning and immersive retreats into a structured yet intuitive path of self-discovery and facilitation.

Through movement, Tantra, and sound, this training rewires patterns, unlocks expression, and refines your ability to guide others.

Move. Awaken. Lead.

A journey into full-body wisdom, culminating in the ability to embody, integrate, and share this work with others.

Meet Maya Joy

Maya Joy is a teacher, healer, and guide who walks between the worlds of spirit and form. With over two decades of experience in Tantra, energy work, and sound alchemy, Maya created SEHA to offer a cohesive space for those seeking depth, resonance, and real transformation.