Return to Your Own Knowing
Embodiment Awareness Self - Leadership
Clarity is not something you find. It emerges when you are no longer disconnected from yourself.
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“When we’re not in touch with our intuition, it’s like walking in the blind”
WELCOME
Maria Akela works at the intersection of embodiment, awareness, and self-leadership - guiding individuals back into direct contact with their own inner intelligence.
Her work is not about fixing, healing, or becoming something more. It’s about removing what obscures what is already there.
People often arrive seeking clarity, direction, or answers about their path. What they discover is something far more fundamental - a way of relating to themselves where clarity becomes natural, and self-trust is no longer conditional.
Maria’s work is subtle, precise, and deeply transformative. There’s no performance, no dependency, and no external authority placed above your own.
Only a Return.
With over 25 years of experience and a background spanning multiple modalities, Maria’s work has evolved beyond method into direct, embodied guidance.
Contributing writing for Brains Magazine (2025-2026)
Currently available for online sessions.
Work with Maria Akela
1:1 Sessions
Work with me 1:1
Together we’ll create a tailor made program that’ll bring you into alignment with your true mission and goal
Online Sessions
I offer personalized and structured coaching calls over Meet/Zoom. For those with previous experience with Holotropic Breathworks are also able to book sessions over Meet/Zoom
Events & Courses
More info coming soon
Testimonials
Maria Akela is exceptional at seeing the big picture. With her enormous knowledge about the physical body mixed with spiritual wisdom, she creates magic. She has an ability to transform what is needed and every time you are amazed by the insight that lands well within you and what is needed to move forward as a new person. I'm so grateful for all the clarity I've gained through these sessions. I highly recommend Maria Akela.
- Åse Hammarström, Sweden
I have known Maria Akela for 5 years. We lived in the same town and I used her for my physical pain & old injuries of the shoulder, neck, and back issues. I was completely impressed and grateful for her professional and bodywork abilities. She knew the body, the meridians the entire physical biology and medical protocols . She has an amazing understanding of the body and also the etheric field around body.
She could move around the body and pick up on old physical traumas and understand the different connections of the physical pain, wounds, trapped emotions, and blocked energies.
She worked on me many times, and she also did some womb work on me releasing some of the old blocked trauma energies I was holding in my womb area that been there since the birthing of my child.
This had caused many physical problems in my lifetime. She knew exactly what was going on which I did not. After we moved apart, I continued to work with her online.
She has helped me immensely over the years moving through so much body pain and blocked emotions and mental programs. She is one of the best medical intuitives that I know and I know a lot of healers because that’s the business I’m in. I’m so grateful for her knowledge and her incredible psychic gifts that have helped me heal over the years.
- Victoria Simoneaux, US Quantum Vibrational Hypnotherapist Practitioner
Maria is a knowledgeable and thorough practitioner. She's both professional and kind. She asks point questions and listens both before and during the session as is suitable. Following my session with Maria, I felt cleansed and relaxed and came away with a greater understanding of the needs of my own physical and emotional being. I have had many experiences with different kinds of therapies through the years. This was the most valuable and effective session I have ever received. I recommend Maria, both as a practitioner and a sincere, genuine person.
- Dawn, Canada
I seriously can’t recommend enough a session with Maria! Not only did she work through some uncomfortable body issues, but we uncovered some deep rooted traumas that were stuck in the body and it brought awareness to many areas of my life. I left with some tools to go home with and felt deeply relaxed. Thank you so much, until next time!
- Sam, US
Yoga instructor & Reiki practitioner
Maria’s massage is absolutely unforgettable. She offers more than just a massage - it’s a truly fabulous experience. She connected seamlessly with both my physical body and emotional tensions. Maria is incredibly talented, and I felt light and at peace with myself for days afterwards. I’m deeply grateful to have fallen into her magical hands.
- Alison, Mexico
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