Maya Mortensen was born in Poland into a fairly well-balanced family. She was educated under a communist state system of harsh oppression and censorship. Throughout her life in Poland, she personally witnessed the suffering of people that was inflicted by a corrupt and inhumane political system.

Memories of the war were still very fresh, and the suffering of orphaned children, mothers who had lost their entire families, and disabled war veterans was everywhere.

People were in dire need of help and so all decent people did what they could. Maya too, in her limited capacity as a child, was part of this process. This is perhaps where she got her life-long passion for improving the human condition, helping others, empathizing and simply loving life. Under the communist regime, laughter, enjoyment and fun were hard to come by.

Life was grim. Maya understood how important this part of life was; she was longing for freedom and laughter. After obtaining her degree in Linguistics from the University of Warsaw, she left Poland. She was fortunate enough to work as an interpreter and translator for various international organizations (she has command of 8 languages). This profession allowed her to travel and work with many people of different cultures, backgrounds and ethnic origins. Her linguistic abilities opened many doors and gave her insight into many different cultures. For many years she studied the customs and ways of life of various cultures: Hinduism, Buddhism, Russian philosophy, as well as Western philosophy, and their application in everyday life. She studied Taoism under Master Mantak Chia, she studied NLP and Ericssonian Hypnosis, she learned how to channel energy by laying hands through the Reiki System. She developed her own method of helping people with stress-related problems.

Maya has accumulated and integrated a deep fountain of knowledge and experience relating to the human body and soul. She is primarily a Western thinker who assimilates the best elements gleaned from other cultures. Such knowledge could not be taught at any University or College, it requires years of study and hands-on experience. Maya loves life and fun and those are a very important part of her teachings.

Now Maya makes her knowledge available to all who need a helping hand. Maya receives clients and conducts seminars. She published a series of CDs to share some of her knowledge with others. Many people have been greatly helped by the musical and poetic sessions, spoken by Maya in her soothing voice.

She now lives in London with her daughters.

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