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The Meaning of Your Life

Do you believe that everything happens for a reason? My name is Maja Mika. In 2014 I suffered the most with my mental health. Maja

I help you reconnect with your true self through soulful retreats so that you can be your most authentic & empowered self ✨

Dolphin Retreats in Egypt 🐬

Humpack Whale Reteat in Tonga🌸

Yoga ✺ Breathwork ✺ Cacao ✺ Love ✺ Freedom People come into your life at the right time and you often find yourself in the right place (even if it seems random) - there are no mistakes in the universe and there is a reason why you are reading this page right now. If you want to know who I am professionally the answer would be yoga teacher, breathwork facilitator, author and retreat organiser. But if you want to know who I am beneath those titles, the answer would be:

I am a human being, on a spirtual journey - and so are YOU! Depression, severe anxiety, self harming, self sabotage, wanting to end my life... I was 18 years old and totally lost. This is when yoga entered my life and over the next 10 years I have been building myself up. One day at a time, I kept choosing to fight for my life, I looked for light over dark and I'm so grateful that I am still here. Today I teach yoga and breathwork classes, online and in person and organise and run international retreats all over the world. My role is to gently remind you that you are the creator of your life. At any given moment you can rewrite the story, let go of your limited beliefs and choose to let your inner light shine! I look forward to seeing you in class or on a retreat. Much love to you and thank you for being here.

15/09/2026

Before I started freediving, I thought it was all about holding your breath and mastering the right technique. I wasn’t wrong; those are important components, but what I didn’t realize is how much it’s also about deep physical and mental relaxation, trust, and patience.

When I couldn’t equalize, I honestly thought something was wrong with me (or at least with my ears or tongue!) and that I’d never get it right. After the first day, I went home and practiced equalizing for two hours in front of the mirror… then went to sleep thinking, I should probably quit. I can’t do it.

So on the last day of the course, my teacher took it really slow with me. We went out into the open water and honestly, it felt like I did at least 20/25 dives that day. One after the other — persistence, patience, and permission to learn from my mistakes. I managed to equalize but only to around 10 meters. I was ready to give up when Alejandro said, “One more dive and then we’ll go have lunch.” And that was the one — a 13-meter dive.

It might not sound like much, but OH MY, I WAS SO HAPPY! That was back in November, I then went and lived in Egypt for 4 months and trained more because I loved it THAT MUCH!

The biggest lesson I took away from this is patience and permission to not do perfectly right away. I’m so proud of me and my inner child who felt the fear and did it anyway - because fear is just courage becoming known.

Here’s to the power of surrendering control, to patience, and to remembering to have fun. When I let go the NEED to go deep, I was able to let go and everything came together. 🩵

And now it's YOUR TURN!

Freediving & Dolphin Retreat 3-10th April 2027

Spots are filling up fast, book now!

https://www.yogawithmaja.com/retreats/freediving

09/09/2026

How long do you think you could hold your breath? Whatever number just came into your head, it is almost certainly wrong. Nearly everyone guesses low, and the reason has nothing to do with fitness or lung size... let me tell you more!

The moment your face meets the water, something ancient switches on in you. Your heart rate slows. Blood moves inward to protect your heart and your brain. Your body starts conserving oxygen without being asked. It is called the mammalian dive reflex, and you were born with it. Every human is. It is the same response a dolphin has. You do not have to learn it. You have to stop interrupting it. That is what freediving actually is.

If you've ever wanted to challenge yourself underneath the ocean, now is the time! We board 3rd of April 2027, for an unforgettable 7 day journey with breath and our own limitations. 🌊

Is one of the spaces yours ?

https://www.yogawithmaja.com/retreats/freediving

08/09/2026

A whale shark grows to twelve metres and beyond. It is the largest fish on earth. And it survives entirely on the smallest things in the sea. Plankton. Specks. Almost nothing. It does not hunt. It does not chase. It moves at roughly the speed of a person walking, and it goes to where the water is rich, opens its mouth, and lets the ocean feed it.

That is the whole strategy. Go where there is abundance. Stay open. Let it in. And it works so well that the animal doing it became the biggest fish in the world, and can live for a hundred years.

I think about that a lot. How much of my life I have spent chasing for things that were not meant to be chased... How rarely I have simply placed myself somewhere nourishing and stayed open long enough to receive...the whale sharks have great wisdom to share with us.

And this December we are going to listen, acknowledge and allow. We are going to learn from them.

4-11th December, Mafia Island 📍

Are you open to new possibilities?

https://www.yogawithmaja.com/retreats/tanzania

03/09/2026

Why December?

December is the month that asks you for one more thing. One more list, one more gathering, one more performance of being fine. You could spend the first week of it doing exactly that. Or you could spend it in the Indian Ocean, in 28 degree water, closing the year in a body that finally feels like yours again.

There is a reason I keep choosing December for this one. You do not go home rested. You go home reset, and then you get to decide what the new year is actually for.

December is the last month of the year, where many of us just wait to wrap it up. I ask, why wait? Why wait for new year to start taking action again? Why not use those last days of the year for transformation, for a reset? Not for closing ourselves to the past year but to prepare ourselves for opening to the new year and the abundance that it holds.

4-11th December, Mafia Island-Tanzania

Gift yourself one more experience before the 2026 comes to an end, book now 💙

https://www.yogawithmaja.com/retreats/tanzania

02/09/2026

For one week in April, WE live aboard a yacht moored inside the magical Sataya Dolphin Reef. We wake with the sun on the top deck for yoga, we go into the water twice a day with the dolphins, and in between we learn to freedive. Immy and Joe of Flowstate Freediving teach the water side, and they teach it the way I wish everyone was taught: nothing about depth, nothing about numbers, everything about the feeling.

You will learn how to breathe for a breath hold. How to equalise so your ears stop being the thing that holds you back. How to duck dive so getting below the surface stops being a fight. How to stay calm and regulated under water. How to read a dolphin and approach wildlife in a way that takes nothing from them. There is no qualification at the end of it, and that is on purpose. Nothing to pass. Nothing to achieve.

Is this your week?

It is, if you have never freedived and always wanted to try. If you can swim and you are a little curious, that is genuinely enough. It is, if you have been drawn to the ocean your whole life but never quite made it below the surface. This is the time.

🗓️ Dates: 3-10th April.
📍 Location: Sataya Reef, Egypt

We only have a handful of spots left, if this is calling to you, please reach out and let's make this happen 🩵

https://www.yogawithmaja.com/retreats/freediving

01/09/2026

I hear you. Let's talk about this honestly.

"I've never done yoga / I'm not flexible enough"
Good. Truly. My retreats are not about how far you can fold yourself in half. They are not for the advanced practitioner looking to perfect their headstand. They are for the person who needs to come home to their body and that person can be a complete beginner.You do not need to be flexible. You need to be willing.

"I'm not spiritual enough"
This one makes me smile every time. Because the people who say this are usually the ones who feel something the deepest. You do not need to believe in anything in particular. You do not need crystals or a meditation practice or the right vocabulary. You just need to be curious. Spirituality on my retreats is not a requirement. It tends to just happen.

"I can't swim"
You don't need to be a strong swimmer. We go into the water with snorkels and fins and you are always supported. The dolphins don't care how well you swim. They come to you. I have watched non-swimmers have the most profound encounters in the water because they surrender completely they have no choice but to trust and surrender is its own kind of magic.

"It feels like a lot of money"
I understand this one completely, and I will not dismiss it. A retreat is an investment - in yourself, in your mental health, in an experience that will stay with you for years. I have had guests tell me two years later that it was the best money they ever spent. Not because it was a holiday, but because something shifted that they had been trying to shift for a long time. That said, if timing or budget is genuinely a concern, reach out. I will always try to find a way.

You don't need to be ready. You just need to take one small step.
And I will meet you there.

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