In this Episode we enter a conversation with Maya, someone whom I have intersected with for many years in facilitation trainings and 5 Rhythms workshops. she is a beautiful creative spirit, an energetically fascinating individual, and a a fellow dancer whom I have come to cherish their laughter and their presence in my life.

Maya Nadeem is a somatic coach and creative facilitator, working from a trauma-informed lens, who supports people in reclaiming creative vitality, inner trust, and embodied self-worth. Her work invites more alive, authentic, and self-directed ways of being, particularly where life experience has narrowed expression or connection.

She weaves somatics, creative expression, and energy-based work to support people through periods of transition and reorientation, cultivating greater presence, pleasure, and capacity for life. Her approach is intuitive, relational, and deeply attuned - not about fixing, but orienting toward what is already alive and what becomes possible when we can fully open to it.

Grounded in over 18 years of experience in individual and collective healing spaces, Maya has worked with people impacted by sexual and gender-based violence and traumatic loss, as well as within schools, nonprofits, and organizations. An artist and poet, art, poetry, and writing are living practices that shape her work, serving as bridges between the body, psyche, and the unseen.

To Learn more about Maya:

IG: mayanadeem_

These podcast episodes are part of my commitment to a fundraiser organized by a close circle of friends who are supporting my journey toward attending the 5Rhythms Teacher Training next year. If you’re curious about why we are fundraising, or if you’d like to support this path, you can learn more here:

https://gofund.me/2ee174312

To learn more about 5 Rhythms in the Toronto community:

https://www.layahjane.com/workshops-with-layah

https://5rhythmstoronto.com/classes/

If you have a story you would like to share about how embodied movement became a medicine for you, or if you have any other inquiries, please get in touch at: ⁠

alejandroczuluaga@gmail.com

With care,

Alejandro Zuluaga