maraya karena
Writer . Counselor . Consciousness Researcher
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My passion is to study consciousness itself. To develop tools and models that support us to navigate everyday life while. To make the reality we share more reflective of who and what we truly are. To find the pulsing, living heart of this life journey.
And to engage with it fully and completely.
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This is the culmination of YEARS of research, study and practice. We are going to covering theory and practice to help get you in touch with yourself, your dream and your TRUTH!
- Personal Growth
- Relationships
- Desire Nature
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A wide variety of videos discussing topics were we bring an open, curious and compassionate attitude towards understanding the truth of human experiences.
- Existentialism
- Longing
- Social Justice
Holographic fractal astrological
universe stuff
Exploring a diversity of patterns, dynamics and possible alternatives within the psyche. This is a place to understand what our beings are engaged with at a deeper level and how we are connected to larger, cyclical patterns within/ as nature.
- Context Ecologies
- Pluralistic Animism
- Unity
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Plants, Planets, & Sexual Alchemy: getting real about this wild cosmic reality with BFF’s Maraya Karena and Arakai Moon. Travel the infinite dimensions with your road lioness companions, weaving individual & collective patterns into embodied, relevant insights for navigating life on earth, dismantling oppressive systems and coming into glorious communion with the web of existence.
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what moves me
One thing I did not learn growing up was how to understand what was really going on for me. I spent years not knowing how to listen to my own feelings or what to do once I found them. I felt a massive disparity between my internal landscape and what I experienced in the outside world.
And I am still learning. Still molting, getting to know myself and bringing it out into the world bit by spiraling bit. I have spent the past decade studying how to become aware of the subtle signals in a situation and how to follow them in a way that brings to light who we really are and what we really want.
The learning and unlearning this takes has become my devotion. Being with others and doing this together had become something I love. Together we discover how to be with what is. To see ourselves and others clearly. To feel what is happening and what is trying to happen.
It takes courage, maintenance and rigorous honesty to find and follow our true nature. It is a revolutionary act of upmost importance and one that can be made easier with support. You can reach out for a package deal or we can free style with what is.
Specialty Areas
- Understanding and Accessing Emotions.
- Sexuality, Intimacy and Relationships.
- Creative Blocks and Visions.
- Career Choices & Capitalism.
- Navigating Patriarchy & Internalized Oppression.
- Managing Inner Criticism.
- Paralysis and Self-Doubt.
- Psychedelics, Spirituality, Dreams.
- How to Recognize and Facilitate Conflict.
- Embodiment.
- Queer, Non-Binary, trans
- Non-Monogamy, Polyamoury.
- Kink, Tantra, Alt. Sexuality
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“Maraya Karena is a truly gifted healer and dreamer, someone I would recommend without reservation for anyone who wants to kick-start their healing process into a higher gear.”
“Maraya has the ability to lighten a space, lift hearts, speak clearly, organize and sustain structure and drop in deeply to soul level. She is great with people always. I have worked with her for four years and it has been a blessing.”
Maraya is the only adaptogen in my medicine cabinet. In addition to the clarity and wisdom that I’ve gained from watching her videos, I have 15 years of experience being transformed by her ability to fully witness and speak into human “dis-eases” of the heart and mind
Maraya is the fusion of heart-centered hippie mama and discerning critical academic that many of us are longing to hear from in the public sphere. Avoiding spiritual bypassing, weird elitism and materialism, Maraya’s somatic movement workshops cultivated an extremely body-inclusive approach to group work, guided by tenderness and humor. Having been severely burned by many fake-woke and fake spiritual people, I find Maraya to be a breath of fresh air, willing to engage equally in heart hugs, gender theory discussion, ayahuasca visions, evidence-based trauma counseling, and anti-racist praxis. On a personal level, Maraya was able to see me and meet me in my own struggles with toxic masculinity and anger management with a respect and care which made my process a little more bearable. 10/10 would recommend esp for recovering hippies.
I have been watching Maraya's videos since 2014, and I have learned so much from her insightful and playful videos. I greatly appreciate her ability to weave together a wide range of topics including but not limited to Anthropology, Psychedelic Medicines and Eroticism. I love how she 'hearticulates' her thoughts and feelings with humor, depth, and fierce love.
Maraya is one of the most competent and crazy (in a good way) practitioners I’ve ever worked with as a client. To me, she is a courageous edge-walker that is willing to travel down paths of inquiry that many others would freeze in the face of and ask deeply penetrating questions about what is healing, which of course can probably never be definitely answered. 10/10 recommended to give Maraya a holler to sort out your weird life shit.
I did an Evolutionary Astrology Session with Maraya and found her to be fun, insightful, knowledgeable and connected to The Force. I left the session feeling empowered and more self aware. I am so grateful for Maraya Karena and encourage others to connect with her!
If I had to envision my dream team for helping me navigate through a long and healing journey, Maraya would be a prime component of it. I found her years into my health journey, and I had never felt as seen in all of my facets as I did when working with her. It may have also been the closest I’ve felt to an experience of unconditional love. She is so skilled at the work she does, and aside from her brilliant mind and ability to make all kinds of connections, she also brings so many diverse components of who she is to the healing work – an unbelievable kindness, warmth and care, and really the sense that she is a true advocate for me. Her kindness and care was at times fierce, and always felt authentic, and no issue was presented that I felt would be too big or too much for her to handle. I felt met, truly met, on a soul level each time I worked with her, and I can honestly say she is the ally I always dreamed of in helping me through a lonely, uncertain, and unusual chapter. Working with Maraya was surely one of the brightest lights on my journey.
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about maraya
Maraya Karena is a Writer, Counselor and Consciousness Researcher living in Portland, Oregon. I explore poetry, dance, embodiment, sex, social issues, futurism, philosophy, mysticism, joy and agony all to learn a little bit more about who we really are and how we can most authentically express ourselves.
My passion is to study consciousness itself. To develop tools and models that support us to navigate everyday life. To make the reality we share more reflective of who and what we truly are. To find the pulsing, living heart of this life journey. And to engage with it fully and completely.