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VISIT THE SCHEDULING PORTAL TO BOOK:
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SEE YOU SOON!
Rev. Maya Massar, M.Div.
Interfaith Spiritual Companion
As an interfaith spiritual director, grief specialist, life transitions companion, visual artist, poet, performer and mystic, I serve those who seek a richer intimacy with their authentic self, and to enliven their relationship with something greater than themselves. Whether deeply religious, spiritual-but-not-religious, devoted to the hallowed halls of science, the Earth-born cathedrals of nature, or simply seeking companionship on the journey of being human, I work with you as an individual or in groups to expand and explore what is sacred to you, exactly where you are.
Through my many decades of training and leadership in spiritual companionship, creative process and contemplative practices, my focus is in offering individualized pathways home to the truest Self. I am particularly inspired by the potential for healing and growth in facing life’s complex - and at times overwhelming gateway events; these crossroads in our human experience are my places of comfort and passion. It is my great pleasure to offer companionship and a safe, respectful harbor in which you may find your way to
fullness & freedom in all your moments of living and dying.
Live Heartfully, Friends; I look forward to working with you!
Very Warmly & with Love Always,
Rev. Maya
Maya Massar is also currently serving as Hospice Spiritual Advisor at Community Health & Counseling Services Hospice, an organization that offers quality of life to those managing issues with, and living with awareness of, end-of-life.
More on Maya:
Rev. Maya Andrea Y. Grillo Massar, MDiv.
Interfaith Minister, Spiritual Director (Companion), Hospice Chaplain & Spiritual Advisor, Alternative Healing Facilitator, Companion Through Loss & Grief, Art & Performance for Healing, Animistic Inter-being Communication Facilitator, Spiritual Healing & Earth Stewardship, EFT Practitioner, Sometimes Pink-Haired, Laughter Yoga Leader. . . among many other things. . .
Maya has been offering gateways for Healing and Awakening for over four decades. She brings a rich array of training and life experience to her work; hers is a ministry dedicated to wild presence, intuitive listening, and radical acceptance. Passions include companioning during Death & Dying, choreography and creation of holy ritual, facilitation in creation of ceremony & sacred space; Support for abuse survivors; support for Death Row inmates, Communion with Stone/Angelic and Ancestral entities; Creative Arts, Performance & Movement, and Poetry.
Maya has worked with diverse populations; from those who have survived physical, emotional (specifically covert narcissistic abuse) and/or sexual abuse, to those who have walked the road of perpetrator; from those just emerging from the womb, through coming of age, handfasting/wedding, birthing, menopause/"croning" to those transitioning out of physical bodies unto the ultimate spiritual gateway, death. She has a deep relationship and reverence for all of life's great transitions. Maya holds safe space for LGBTQ+ folks. She supports immigrants rights, welcomes neurodiversity and those who are differently abled, honors Black Lives Matter, and Indigenous Wisdom everywhere.
Having had deeply moving experiences of the Divine in the company of people from many, many faith groups, Maya recognizes that there are an infinite number of Roads Home. Her own eclectic spiritual background was not sought, but rather it was gifted to her through her upbringing, travels, and adventures into the realm of Spirit and has lead Maya to an understanding that what is important is not which of the Many Names of God we call out, but that each individual finds their way Home to a sense of connectedness that uplifts, transforms and heals. Maya is committed to offering gateways to those who seek authentic communion with something greater than themselves.
Whether your experience is of a Divine Presence (by whatever name you may call Her/Them/It/Him), or of the tangible world as you perceive it; whether you are a staunch fundamentalist or free-form liberal; whether your practice is church-based or Earth-based or anything in between; whether you see, know and interact with Angels, Spirit Guides or Holy Deity, or if you prefer talking face to face with a live being you can touch and see; whether you worship and pray or simply greet your day with two feet on the ground, Maya honors your path, and is delighted to companion you on your terms, holding sacred with you your truth.
Maya’s workshops, lectures, intimate healing forums, group and personal sessions and events are, whenever possible, All-Being Welcoming; this means whomever you are, exactly as you are, in body, heart, mind and spirit – you are welcome -- as are your animal, plant, stone or spirit friends (venue permitting) at Maya’s events.
Maya extends a special welcome to:
All Faith Groups, including the "Spiritual But Not Religious", Questioning, and Atheists
Warriors of and for the Heart
Artists of all kinds
Those (& their loved ones) facing Death
Sexual and emotional abuse survivors, specializing in both child sexual and covert narcissistic abuse*
Members of the LGBTQxyz Family
Un-housed people
Those seeking Forgiveness or to Forgive
Those who feel uncompanionable (including those labeled criminals or abusers and those otherwise shunned)
Contact Maya with questions, queries or to introduce yourself and see if Spiritual Direction with Maya might be for you.
*Passive Aggressive Covert Narcissistic Abuse has only recently come "out of the closet" and into the public eye as a recognizable form of abuse; oddly, very few mental health professionals are properly trained to recognize signs and symptoms, and thus survivors may be too easily mis-diagnosed or re-abused by well meaning helpers. If you think you may be a victim of - or seek more information on - this devastating type of emotional abuse, please feel welcome to contact Maya for more information and referrals.
Rev. Maya Andrea Y. Grillo Massar, MDiv.
Interfaith Minister, Spiritual Director (Companion), Hospice Chaplain & Spiritual Advisor, Alternative Healing Facilitator, Companion Through Loss & Grief, Art & Performance for Healing, Animistic Inter-being Communication Facilitator, Spiritual Healing & Earth Stewardship, EFT Practitioner, Sometimes Pink-Haired, Laughter Yoga Leader. . . among many other things. . .
Maya has been offering gateways for Healing and Awakening for over four decades. She brings a rich array of training and life experience to her work; hers is a ministry dedicated to wild presence, intuitive listening, and radical acceptance. Passions include companioning during Death & Dying, choreography and creation of holy ritual, facilitation in creation of ceremony & sacred space; Support for abuse survivors; support for Death Row inmates, Communion with Stone/Angelic and Ancestral entities; Creative Arts, Performance & Movement, and Poetry.
Maya has worked with diverse populations; from those who have survived physical, emotional (specifically covert narcissistic abuse) and/or sexual abuse, to those who have walked the road of perpetrator; from those just emerging from the womb, through coming of age, handfasting/wedding, birthing, menopause/"croning" to those transitioning out of physical bodies unto the ultimate spiritual gateway, death. She has a deep relationship and reverence for all of life's great transitions. Maya holds safe space for LGBTQ+ folks. She supports immigrants rights, welcomes neurodiversity and those who are differently abled, honors Black Lives Matter, and Indigenous Wisdom everywhere.
Having had deeply moving experiences of the Divine in the company of people from many, many faith groups, Maya recognizes that there are an infinite number of Roads Home. Her own eclectic spiritual background was not sought, but rather it was gifted to her through her upbringing, travels, and adventures into the realm of Spirit and has lead Maya to an understanding that what is important is not which of the Many Names of God we call out, but that each individual finds their way Home to a sense of connectedness that uplifts, transforms and heals. Maya is committed to offering gateways to those who seek authentic communion with something greater than themselves.
Whether your experience is of a Divine Presence (by whatever name you may call Her/Them/It/Him), or of the tangible world as you perceive it; whether you are a staunch fundamentalist or free-form liberal; whether your practice is church-based or Earth-based or anything in between; whether you see, know and interact with Angels, Spirit Guides or Holy Deity, or if you prefer talking face to face with a live being you can touch and see; whether you worship and pray or simply greet your day with two feet on the ground, Maya honors your path, and is delighted to companion you on your terms, holding sacred with you your truth.
Maya’s workshops, lectures, intimate healing forums, group and personal sessions and events are, whenever possible, All-Being Welcoming; this means whomever you are, exactly as you are, in body, heart, mind and spirit – you are welcome -- as are your animal, plant, stone or spirit friends (venue permitting) at Maya’s events.
Maya extends a special welcome to:
All Faith Groups, including the "Spiritual But Not Religious", Questioning, and Atheists
Warriors of and for the Heart
Artists of all kinds
Those (& their loved ones) facing Death
Sexual and emotional abuse survivors, specializing in both child sexual and covert narcissistic abuse*
Members of the LGBTQxyz Family
Un-housed people
Those seeking Forgiveness or to Forgive
Those who feel uncompanionable (including those labeled criminals or abusers and those otherwise shunned)
Contact Maya with questions, queries or to introduce yourself and see if Spiritual Direction with Maya might be for you.
*Passive Aggressive Covert Narcissistic Abuse has only recently come "out of the closet" and into the public eye as a recognizable form of abuse; oddly, very few mental health professionals are properly trained to recognize signs and symptoms, and thus survivors may be too easily mis-diagnosed or re-abused by well meaning helpers. If you think you may be a victim of - or seek more information on - this devastating type of emotional abuse, please feel welcome to contact Maya for more information and referrals.