About Us
In short
AUTHENTIC, SAFE RELATING through self-regulation and embodiment practices merging trauma-sensitive Psychology &Neuroscience with ancient Temple Arts. Our mission is to end the passing on of trauma from one generation to the next. Every training, event or mentoring program you take part in allows us to offer trainings for FREE in low resource areas & slums in Africa - alone we can change, together we CAN change the world.
Welcome, Heart Warriors ♡
You don’t have to do it alone. Let's journey this path together.
The Heart Warrior is the one willing to lay down his/her armour and weapons, to de-construct the walls around their heart, and to be seen.
Join our global movement of heart-centred humans who are training their mental, physical and emotional resilience to help each other get back up on the horse after falling, relentlessly standing up for their sisters and brothers and the future generations as we learn and practice the ART OF CONNECTION and authentic relating.
Join gatherings, immersions, quests, workshops, trainings and retreats; meet like-minded visionaries and change-makers who are ready to show up for each other, as true HEART WARRIORS.
Our main aim is to offer this work in the low-resource and high-crime areas of South African townships where we believe the trainings have immense impact on not just individual persons and couple but the entire communities. We offer trainings in the townships FREE OF CHARGE and provide FREE mindfulness child care whilst parents take part in the trainings. Hence, your investment in YOURSELF is simultaneously a gift to someone living in a slum.
Let’s take self-development to the next level: Beyond the self. The time is NOW for true change, for true HEART WARRIORS.
Photography by Rune Hammerstad
Hello, my name is Katharina Sha’Aya, I am founder of the Heart Warrior Movement. I am dedicated to the path of the Heart Warrior, one who is willing to lay down her armour and deeply rooted in the wisdom of her body, courageously standing up for our future generations. My call is to help bring heart-felt visionaries and change-makers back into their bodies, un-shaming and loving all parts of us back home through resilience training, embodiment practices merging ancient Temple Arts wisdom with trauma-sensitive Psychology and Neuroscience. I am a certified Vinyasa Yoga instructor and trauma-informed bodywork facilitator who studied Traumatic Stress Studies (Trauma Research Foundation's Certificate Program with Dr. Bessel Van der Kolk), Deep Nervous System Embodiment (Soma Mystica©) with Sigourney Belle Weldon as well as Feminine Embodiment & Leadership at the Wild Grace Movement©, with Sofia Sundari© (Temple Arts Priestess School), with Laura Deva (Dancing Eros©), Heart-Brain Coherence with Dr. Joe Dispenza©, and studied body de-armouring directly under Elliott Saxby (School of Energetic Bodywork©). I studied Social Psychology, Neuroethics and Entrepreneurship on masters level and hold a Master’s Degree in Development Studies from Uppsala University, Sweden. For my Master’s Thesis I analyzed the ‘Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on School Children in South African Townships’. My vision is a world where children grow up in families and societies where trauma and violence is not passed on from one generation to the next and everyone has tools and a supportive environment where numbing and suppressing of one’s emotions and expression is not needed, where deep heart connections and presence are the norm.
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Photography by Andre Wels
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Important notice: We are currently building our online course platform. Join the waiting list to get FIRST ACCESS to our online courses on AUTHENTIC RELATING and our upcoming in-person retreats & trainings in Portugal, Tenerife, Norway and the Netherlands.
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“And in the end, all that matters is the people we touched on our way - and may we have left positive traces on the canvas of their memories.”
— Katharina Sha’Aya, Founder Heart Warrior Movement