Through the Mayastar Academy, I provide distance learning courses in various holistic therapies and systems of spirituality and natural healing.  Students receive individual tuition and support throughout and beyond the duration of their chosen course(s). Students are also invited to join the Mayastar Healing Circle; an international group that sends healing and prayer to others on a daily basis.

The purpose of the Mayastar Academy is to enhance my student's life experience by facilitating their development academically, spiritually and on all levels.  In turn, it is my hope that through the skills they learn, my students will in turn enhance the life experience of others - whether it be through healing, teaching, advising or simply living as an example to inspire others. 

So where does the name come from?  Well, Maya is the name of one of the stars that make up the Pleiades (or Seven Sisters) and its name is from Greek mythology; Maya (or Maia) is a Greek goddess of spring, Rebirth, Love and Life. The month of May was named after her.

Maya was also the mother of the God Hermes, who is the Greek god of intellect, inspiration, communication and acts as a messenger of the gods.  His symbol is the Caduceus - a winged staff entwined with two snakes that represent the dual creative forces. The Caduceus is a symbol of healing, peace and balance and is used nowadays as a symbol for homeopathic medicine.

(On a personal level, my family name is 'May' and Hermes is the Greek counterpart to the Roman, Mercury which is significant to me because, with my Virgo sun-sign, I am strongly influenced by the planet Mercury).

From this little analysis, I hope you can get a 'feel' for Mayastar.  My hope is that Mayastar Academy will bring light, healing, inspiration, balance, love and life to all its students. 

My message to everyone (and the philosophy behind Mayastar) is the importance that you remember this: you are ‘an extraordinary person’ – just like everyone else!  There is a perfection and completeness inherent in every person.  We often spend a lot of time trying to ‘see the good’ in others but neglecting to see the good in ourselves – and until we know what ‘good’ looks like, how can we recognize it in another?  The Mayastar philosophy emphasizes empowerment of the individual through recognition of the potential that every individual carries within them. 

If there’s one thing you take from this website, let it be that you go out of your way to be true to yourself just a little more often.

I hope that through their work with me, my students will take a step closer to recognizing and expressing that inner ‘divinity’ and realizing their potential.  And that in turn, through the joy and peace they ‘find’ within, it is my hope that they will inspire others simply by living in a state of ‘congruence’ – a state of harmony where the truth of the inner spirit is freely expressed and manifested in day to day life.  

With love and blessings,

Rev. Dr. Anna May (The Universal Light)