Praise

WOMEN UPLIFT 1 - ESSENCE OF THE FEMININE

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This workshop is truly unbelievable! It doesn’t matter where you are at right now – relaxed or stressed out – which questions you are asking for yourself and what you do professionally – DO IT! It’s a huge gift for us women, all women, because it works on such deep levels, and strengthens our courage and trust in our talents and uniqueness through our feminine essence and beauty. It shows us practical exercises that we can use in our everyday – and especially professional life. The workshop helps with tremendous clarity to confront oneself, to re-discover and accept yourself anew and to say yes to your weaknesses and shadow parts. With purposeful exercises Joya supports to let go of old patterns that stop us to take off, to have fun, to feel like a woman and to live our life and our dreams and be successful in our professions. – Ulrike M., Actress/Director/Painter

I took so much more out of this workshop than I expected. I don’t know how we could make that many experiences in only 2 days – a miracle! How amazing it is to be supported by women and to be held with such generosity, warmth, grief, pain and the loud and soft laughter, the humor, the strength. As the artist I have learned how much power and strength the woman inside of me holds and I won’t hide it any longer. My emotions and feelings, my intuition are my strengths. My beauty, my knowledge, my emotions are part of me, they enrich. And you, dear Goddess Joya, you rock! – Judith S., Actress/Writer

Like coming home, touching and moving your inner Self, a source of power and inspiration, unbelievably enriching! - Marianne M., scientist

The Workshop is incredibly powerful – it’s a beautiful experience to come together with other women for the purpose of connecting with the goddess. Joya is a fantastic group leader who understands the power of transformation. She is an inspired and inspiring facilitator. She possesses an intuitive sense of how to lead the group from one space to the next, how to lead, and when to let the process unfold. It was fantastic!!! – Felicia P., Manager Digital Library UCA

A deep weekend adventure in sisterhood, selfhood and engagement in the dance of life and its gloriousness!  Peeling layers, digging deeper, sharing hearts, foot beats, swaying hips, smiles, tears, empathy, compassion, love, appreciations, reflections, gratitude, and rose petals….. – Lisa K.,artist/founder of MAC Art Center/mother

The Goddess workshop held me in a conscious container that allowed me to dive into the depths of my soul. Once there I found space, nurturing, and profound healing. I highly recommend this work to those who wish to explore and reflect their Goddess light. (Debra H.,writer/financial software consultant)

Liberating! Inspiring! So many impulses for my daily life. It is great fun to live with the Goddess everyday. How wonderful to shine your own light and to hold space for the light of others (and to pass on the spark) Surprising! To do things in a circle of women that I would not have dared to do, let alone imagined to do, now I feel so connected to my fellow sisters and every woman in the world. Full of love! And full of feminine energy which is so present that my beloved feels like he is more in his male power! – Birgit S., actress/writer/director

This workshop is a “must do” – no matter what stage, chapter, or phase of life you are in. It is growth within yourself. Such loveliness, sacred sisterhood – sharing. Joya holds such a wonderful healing empowering space for us women. She is so present. I absolutely love all guided meditations. It was life-changing for me. (Melinda Shasta C., massage therapist/mother)

A women’s gathering such as the Goddess weekend is essential for all women to give and receive love, understanding and wisdom. It has been a life saver for my heart and soul. (Vanessa H., acupuncturist/mother)

Opening to deep tenderness and vulnerability in the safe and loving container of Joya’s excellent guidance. Thank you! Come to receive and be nurtured by divine feminine presence through each exercise. Deep, wonderfully healing and nurturing on many levels. I highly recommend all my sisters experiencing this powerful weekend! (Sequoia LJ, Founder of the Radiant Life Center)

This weekend is powerful, fun and an opportunity to really reconnect with the healing power and wisdom of female/sister energy. Joya’s effervescence and sparkle overflow, showering her participants with gifts and talents that gently and playfully nudge and encourage a journey of deep healing and self enquiry. Thank you! Thank you! for a beautiful, healing, inspiring and much needed GODDESS weekend! Keep up the good work! (Ariel C., photographer/activist)

This workshop was surprising, delightful and beautiful. I let go of obstacles that were preventing me from fully embracing myself.  A very gentle, flowing, non- threatening set of processes that guide us to our inner beauty. I feel lighter and more grounded in my feminine self. It was also a wonderful way to love and support and be supported by conscious thoughtful women. (Tracy MD, designer/artist)

This workshop is very safe, fun, flowing and empowering. I came by myself and knew only Joya and left feeling like I had gained a powerful family of sisters. I saw myself in many forms. (Lisa A., explorer/healer)

I have been involved in women’s work for over twenty years. I have learned from many wonderful and great teachers. I have also facilitated many women’s groups over the course of my career as a midwife (and mother). This past weekend that I spent in Joya’s Goddess workshop took it up to the level of the Goddess realm!  She creates a space held by beauty, and an unconditional level of acceptance where every woman can do nothing else but flourish as a simple and radiant expression of the Goddess herself. She truly is a gifted teacher. I can’t wait for more! (Iona R., midwife/massage therapist)

I felt honored, supported, and seen. I am encouraged to be playful, vulnerable and to never forget my beauty and to respect my shadow. The workshop is beautiful, inspiring, healing – reinvention of sisterhood. (Sage L., creative consultant)

WOMEN UPLIFT 2 - SENSUALITY, SELF-LOVE & WILDNESS

Entering the safe circle of sisters, leaving behind masks and corsets, finding truth, purity, deep connection, endless love and light. Challenging, healing, releasing. So touching, so joyful, such an enrichment. (Claudia E., actress)

…where the female soul gets to heal. For all women who wish to create space for their longing of feeling themselves deeply. Thank you for your loving support to help me encounter myself. (Gabrielle S., actress/coach)

Transition, Breakthrough, Change…this is a workshop that connects you with your feminine essences and archetypes. The work with Joya is such a gift. She guides each one of us and the entire group with great sensitivity, wisdom, radiance, heart openess and deep understanding through all these powerful processes. A thousandfold thank you. -Paula-Maria K., opera singer/mother

Absolutely unbelievable! This work excelled everything I imagined it to be by far. (Sylvia S., actress/teacher)

Do it, do it, do it. A beauty farm for the soul with turbo anti-aging effects. -Carmen Hentschel, author/TV host/entrepreneur

Women awaken! There is so much to discover. This workshop is sacred space. I have so arrived in myself and discovered myself like never ever before. I feel totally welcomed. (Judith N., artist)

I am impressed by so much honesty, purity, openess and heart warmth. This workshop was intense, divine and full of tenderness for each other. (Julita Witt, radio host/actress)

Divine. Deep. Touching. Releasing. Opening and everything with so much love. A wonderful journey into myself, into my femininity – with so many courageous, open women – who share their story (with me). So individual, so universal. Joya creates a magical space full of feeling safe, love, laughter, lightness, depth, power, stillness, closeness, beingness, sacredness, sensuality…and…and…and -Judith S., writer/actress/salon host

“Divine!” Being a woman is..a miracle beyond words. And the present of my life. – Teresa H., actress/coach/mother

There is a difference between the ESSENCE OF YOUR FEMININE – this weekend goes into another level of finding yourself. The Initiation workshop was very powerful and clearing to me, it changed my life and also prepared me for the SENSUAL, WILD GODDESS. – Melinda Shasta C., massage therapist/mother/sound healer

If you would like to find out who you really are, this workshop is the way. It was fabulous and deeply healing, I have a hard time finding the words. I will always remember this safe and sacred space where all women laughed, danced, cried, felt and learned how to love ourselves. Thank you Joya. -Velia K., actress/chansonette

HIGH PRIESTESS RETREAT IN ITALY

This retreat is a firework of creative possibilties to come into connect with yourslef and the other participants. Everything that infuses life: respect for each other and nature, playing, dancing, empty space, space for deep experiences, being totally me – going inward, returning home. Thank you. My deepest gratitude and a big embrace, Joya. You rock! -Sabine B., Editor

It was fabulous and I am very grateful that I overcame all resistances who wanted to stop me. ‘High Priestess’ is a journey into your true Self and a bringing to light your hidden potentials. It is a letting go of fears, of my own prisons. You grow beyond into unexpected greatness and beauty. THANK YOU!
-Velia Krause, Singer

Beauty heals. Days in magical surroundings. Guided with such love and wisdom by Joya. She created possibilities to connect with the best in me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. -Gordana Heyden, photographer/writer/artist www.shamanic-earthwoman.com

 

‘High Priestess’ is a Retreat which connected me to the deepest level of my being and my aliveness. On top of that I laughed so much and would like to say that it is a firework on every level. Joya is such a loving, gentle and caring guide. I recommend this retreat with all my heart. It makes you happy! You connect with the Essence of the Feminine and with so much joy. Yeah!!! I am sore from dancing and laughing! -Teresa H., Actress/Coach/Mother

I experienced the retreat as a huge enrichment, it strengthened my work and my focus of ‘coming together’ with women. Joya’s ideas and all experiences thereof are amazing. Especially the idea to bring music and movement to these deep inner processes is fabulous. Only this way thoughts and changes manifest, I would have never thought that. Everybody experienced such release and relief, a true joy. -Petra M., Lawyer/Mother

An intense personality coaching, that brings all, really all dormant or lost energies, abilities and dreams to the surface and makes them real again. I have experienced them and now I can live them again. Maybe some women don’t like the title of the retreat: it seems a little esoteric. Everything that was part of training was very concrete and practical! -Lucia G., artist/mother

 

Thank you Joya. “I know again who I am.” Deeply astonished and grateful did I find back to all my power and wisdom in this WunderWeek that I wish for every woman. I love the meditations, the inner journeys, the sharing and the mirroring. Every time such incredible women gather. Retreats with Joya are enormously expansive, fulfilling, full of wonder. And all of this spills over into normal life. I deeply know that without these experiences I would be somewhere else in my life. Pushes of creativity. Inspiration. Fun. Loving. Connection. consciousness, different awareness, taking every day life easy. Healing. Power. Clarity. The teachings in these programs affect every aspect of my life. -Manja Fiona D., actress/mother/horse whisperer

FRESH START - A VISION WORKSHOP

FRESH START – Vision Workshop is a YES! To life and so rich. Body, Mind and Soul are part of the creation process. What makes this a truly unique experience is the ‘together’, the group is a huge gift. My challenge was clarity and courage. The workshop helped me work my visions, the discover the “true” essence of what I wish for and what I’d like to create. The bubble becomes a wish, a wish turns into a vision, to create goals out of my visions. I learned to give myself space to unfold. To get to know (re-discover) my timing. I connected to my inner voices. Yes, I recommend this program. – Judith Hoersch, actress/singer/writer

This Workshop full of magical miracles. My challenge was to be open towards my fellow participants and to allow to receive what happens. This weekend helped me to drop into all exercises and to receive all results like a gift. I learned, how openess and opening towards my team generated experiences that I would not have found by myself. I unconditionally recommend this training anytime. – Wolfgang Grindemann, actor/poet/photographer

This workshop is time that you gift yourself. You will be gifted with so much clarity, inspiration and light….I received solutions that I did not know existed. It helped me precisely to get clear and precise. Literally. By expressing, I discovered who I am. From this place everything will fall into place: visions, values and ways. I learned to trust my light, my beingness. To be of value. For myself. And others. I already started to recommend this weekend. Definitely. Thank you for everything, Joya. – Nina-Friederike Gnädig, actress

This workshop is an inner journey that guided me back to my source and reconnected me completely with my heart and its strength. My problem was to control the inner critic and doubter and to re-discover my power and love. The content supported me to feel more free, to let go of fear, to express myself and to respect, love and value myself more again. This weekend taught me to really share my love and my gift to ‘see’ and appreciate people, to feel more connected myself. I definitely recommend this workshop. Joya’s loving, caring and yet clear presence creates a group dynamic group that is like a safe place to relax and to open up. Afterwards you feel lighter, free and full of love. – Matt Fuchs, artist/photographer

FRESH START Vision Workshop is a gift for yourself, for myself. The problem I faced was to get to the essence, to the point. The training supported me by calling in clarity I found clarity with all the different steps. Clarity for my specific vision. And in the process I discovered more visions and clarity. I know now that I hold the ways to manifest and create in me. I am a pool of abundance and gifts. –Manja Fiona Döring, Actress/Mother

This Workshop is illumanating and therefore freeing. My challenge was tension on the mental and physical level, tightness and holding on. The training helped me to realize that I need more stillness and solitude to find my softness. I learned I am enough. I don’t have to do more! Joya’s workshops are always fantastic and full of heart! I highly recommend her workshops. Again and again! – Velia Krause, actress/singer/mother

This Workshop is a gift and for everyone who wishes to live and unfold your highest potential. It is also for those who want more from life and are courageous enough to manifest their visions. I MYSELF was the challenge! My thoughts, feelings and negative voices in me. The workshop supported me to connect with my vision – to be in the flow – to trust the process. Everything here is allowed to be the way it is. I learned to let go of fears, and to trust myself and my intuition and to live my true greatness. I recommend this programm, always and everywhere! – Bianca Adami, Visionnaire

YOU ARE BRILLIANT WORKSHOP

This was a very special journey for me. I found Self Empowerment for me to live a life that is truly mine. This workshop is an adventure for find ourselves. I enjoyed every minute! (Kornelia S., retired)

Joya has the most wonderful gift for creating a special personalized experience for each of us that clears pathways, clarifies and builds intention and gathers support for our cherished dreams and visions. In just a few days, the world is already moving with me fantastically! (Tom A.,lawyer)

It’s amazing how much love, companionship, trust, and transformation can be packed into a single day.  Joya creates a beautiful and powerful space for deep inner work, all the while helping to build a bridge that allows for positive change in the every-day world. I’m exicted to see how my life blossoms as a result of recognizing and affirming my brilliance. (Debra H., financial software consultant)

YOU ARE BRILLIANT – can you allow this in? Encounter Yourself, Joya leads with respect…A day full of self-exploration, of joy, a feast of humanness, a day full of light! A blessing – during times like this. Joya, thank you for your light, for your radiance, for your love of humanity, for your caring and kind guidance…you helped me to start the journey…heartfelt thank you. (Ivanka B., artist)

This one day workshop was amazing! It helped me with organization, connection with others (especially women!) and a deeper connection with myself. I recommend it to any and all who are on the path of personal growth and self-empowerment. The workshop really is a guided “Vision Quest”. And Joya is an excellent guide! It gave me a chance to see and express my own vision as to how my life unfolds from this point forward. It helps participants leave behind old, outgrown thinking and feeling patterns, making room for more powerful ways to be and express oneself in the world.The exercise where I faced, acknowledged and overcame a deep fear is something I will never forget. I saw new ways of being that will remain with me for the rest of my life. Thank you, Joya. (Patrick D., Pilot)

The experience the other day still resonates deeply with me as I am using artifacts from the process to keep unfolding, unwinding, rooting and off shooting my continuous process of opening, being, doing, and loving more.  Thank you! (Lisa K., teacher/artist/mother)

This Vision Workshop is about ‘opening up to clarity, focus and action. Great, thank you – I enjoyed the intimacy. (Hani H.,entrepreneur)

A life changing experience! I finally had the courage to believe in ME and clearly see my talents and bring them into the world… (Bettina S., artist)

YOU ARE BRILLIANT was a day of exposing what is really within us and giving us tools for even deeper access to our Full Potential. (Sequoia L.J., radiant health coach)

I just looked at the notes I took during Joya’s “You Are Brilliant” playshop. In a few short hours, her fun-to-do exercises cut past the continuous inner chatter and helped me clarify and map my right path. It was a most enjoyable and surprisingly helpful day! (Ray T., music producer)

Thank you for midwifing a huge dream that HAS to be born and realized! “YOU ARE BRILLIANT is a deep touchstone for remembering and re-igniting my sense of purpose. (Cosmos, musician)

This workshop is an exploration into the Real You. What a Joya!! I’ve been mentally stripped naked to reveal the original me, the one before years of hiding, years of concealment. I feel like a dirty dish sponge that has been cleaned up and rung out ready to fulfill my purpose again. (Matt C., financial consultant)

I am grateful for Joya’s beautiful guidance and her JOY-full presence in this ‘work-shop’ of playfully remembering ‘Who we are’ and ‘Why we are here’. I enjoyed the deep intimacy and the safe space that she created amongst all the participants. Her presence makes it easy to open up and the exercises are a fun, playful and continue to deepen way beyond the actual workshop. I highly recommend this ‘PLAY-shop’ and Joya’s coaching for everyone who is serious about manifesting a purposeful, creative and fulfilling life now. (Marcus J., sculptor/artist)

Everybody needs help and support. Joya offers such a healing and loving space for growth. Her inspiration is so uplifting. Thank you…(Roman R., artist)

A wonderful, intuitive, warming day. Every day could be like this if we learned this…(Patricia H., artist)

Thank you Petra! For anchoring my visions and my brilliance deeply into my bones! (Birgit T., actress/painter)

It was beautiful to journey with Joya Petra in YAB. The workshop supports to see your strength, weaknesses and shadow, to accept them, to share them with others, it also sends ones wishes and visions on a journey. (Ralph S., actor)

My neediness is gone, peace is in my heart. YAB is from the heart – helps to collect ones energy – loving. Petra rocks. (Anna D., entrepreneur/coach/mother)

With caring ways my dream became a vision and the vision was birthed into life. Welcomed with love, through the portal of gratitude, we entered our land of wonders where our future powerfully grows roots, branches, leaves and flowers. A heartfelt thank you to Petra, who guided us lovingly, with competence and safety. I felt inspired to try out new steps with great imagination. A big thank you to the kind and honest group that created such a magic space. (Dr.Sabine F., MD/Gestalt Therapist)

I accept, how and who I am and I am happy about my growth with an open, laughing heart, I enjoy every moment, see the world and choose to be visible. Thank you Petra, for your guidance. Begleitung :)! Lucie L.(actress/writer/producer/mother)

It was wonderful and exactly what I needed, what I longed for! To leave behind all the stuff and to take care of oneself and my qualities. Show up and allow to be surprised. Petra is a great facilitator. The change ones perception of things is always as simple as it is difficult. Thank you! (Markus E., artist/coach)

Brilliant and so much more! A day for you, full of possibilities and wonderful enery! Thank you. Sonja W. (artist/mother)

This is a day full of magic that allows you to connect with your greatest treasures of your beingness, to acknowledge them, to accept them and to transform them. You will never feel shame for your greatness and brilliance. Wonderful magical forces inside of you are awakened and sent on a journey into your life. Joya Petra is AMAZING…(Gordana HG, actress/shamaness)

Stop kicking yourself in the bud and change something about your life! The workshop works a lot with that dynamic. Experience the fullness of a filled day! Give yourself this present! Petra is a good space-holder and she is able to focus on processes of each individual while being connected to and aware of the group. (Johannes B, Gestalt Therapist)