Hi, my name is Maria-Carin Gala and I can help you be more nourished and in the flow of your life by cooking delicious food and dancing! Inner emotional turmoil, a lack of self-worth and battling with anxiety are why I do what I do and am passionate about sharing how movement and wholesome cooking can help you become nourished and sensually alive!

I use the powerful tools of dance (ZeroOne movement practice) together with plant-based, gluten-free, refined sugar-free whole foods cooking (Gala’s Organic Kitchen).

With over 25 years as a personal chef and cookery teacher, I am now combining cooking and dancing. That is the truth about what I use to be well in life, and I’m oh so passionate about sharing this combination with you.

I've been using conscious dance practices for over 15 years, and without it, I would not be here. It has helped me dance through the trials and tribulations of being human.

I'm training to become a facilitator of ZeroOne Movement, a dance/movement practice founded by Adam Barley.

Learning about and teaching myself how to cook plant-based, gluten-free and sugar-free wholefoods was my way out of sugar and nicotine addictions, out of unhealthy habits and depression, and continues to be so.

My family is Slovakian but I was born in Germany. At the age of 8 I went to a far-out alternative boarding school in England until I was 16, which gave me a deep sense of freedom and responsibility. After that, I searched for a place to call home, which I found in Australia for the following 14 years. My father died out of the blue when I was 26 which catapulted me into fully taking on my life’s work as director of Gala’s Organic Kitchen. I didn’t plan to ever leave Australia, but when my mother got cancer in 2016 I left straight away to be with her. She died some months after that, so I’m glad I came back to be with her. I fell in love with an Englishman and have been living in England for the last 7 years. It’s been quite a ride.

What has helped me, and continues to do so, is my nutritious, healthy, delicious cooking and dance as a movement practice!

Dance is an incredibly potent tool, teaching me to connect with my body, feel my feelings and develop a strong sense of presence, all essential ingredients for healing.

Dance helps me align with my purpose, listen to what's being asked of me, and see and feel my next steps. It helps me evolve and grow into places I never thought I would—organically, patiently, naturally. It helps me connect to a wider understanding and broader view of the world, slowly becoming more aware of the interconnectedness of life.

Dance helps me wake up to my abilities and place in the world and stop putting others on a pedestal.

Wholefoods cooking is my foundation and my passion. I love to read about nutrition and find new recipes that use food as medicine. I never tire of the many new things that humans are cooking around the globe. It’s endlessly fascinating and fun to pick out the ones that are nutritious and yummy at the same time.

I look forward to sharing my knowledge and passion of plant-based gluten-free cooking and movement with you! 

Even though I grew up in a radically alternative boarding school with a se%-positive environment, my self-worth suffered immensely and I was not able to delight in true pleasure until much later in life. This caused many problems with others, but mainly with myself. I have found my way through these ‘blocks’ by using wholesome cooking and dancing, as well as se%uality education from Layla Martin amongst others, and my amazing partner Adam.

I’ve recently finished Erika Alsborn’s, the se% and pleasure coach, year-long mastermind programme called Shameless! I highly recommend her work!

This has really helped me find my own power and get to know myself in new pleasurable ways. It equipped me with tools to take charge of my own sensuality and learn to move through blockages and pain using embodiment tools. It has shown me how our vitality is inextricably interwoven with our se%uality.

Tending to one’s se%uality makes life much more enjoyable and indeed better manageable.

Anything that comes up, be it heavy, difficult or sticky, (which it often is) and all the rest of it, arises to serve us.

Everything is a doorway. Everything.