Casa Maya
where hearts are healed
What’s New
Children’s Book My Journey to Respect now in English!
📚 New! My Journey to Respect — Now in English!
Discover My Journey to Respect — a beautiful interactive children’s book that guides young readers on a heartfelt adventure of self‑discovery, emotional awareness and respect for themselves and others. 🌟
Created by educator and somatic practitioner Marina Šprajc with delightful illustrations by Marta Vučković, this book combines gentle storytelling with meaningful reflection, encouraging children (with support from adults) to explore emotions, reactions, and personal growth in a playful yet thoughtful way. It’s a wonderful tool for families, educators, and kids of all ages who want to build empathy, understanding and inner confidence. 💖📖
✨ Now available in English!
Perfect for international readers — this edition brings its inspiring message to a wider audience. Don’t miss the chance to add it to your collection or gift it to a child in your life. 🎁
👉 Order your copy today and start the journey!
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About The Book
Book Promotion “My Journey To Respect” by Marina Šprajc at the Arte Hall
Marina Šprajc’s book “My Journey To Respect” was celebrated at a well-attended promotion in Arte Hall, Makarska City Library, following its initial presentation in Zagreb. The illustrated book, aimed at both children and adults, encourages reflection on emotions, empathy, and mutual understanding. Šprajc thanked her supporters and expressed how meaningful it was to present the book to a familiar audience.
Discovering a new calling
“It’s never too late to change”
After a quarter-century in kindergarten, Marina Šprajc discovered a completely new calling in her fifties: “It’s never too late for change.” She realized that the signs of transformation had always been written in her body—she just needed to learn how to read them. Her journey, marked by personal growth and self-discovery, now inspires others to embrace change at any stage of life.
Book Presentation “My Journey To Respect” by Marina Šprajc at the House of Klajn
Last Thursday afternoon, we met ourselves and each other in a softer, more attentive way. Marina Šprajc, with the support of Damjan Beusan and Jerko Marčić, introduced her interactive book My Journey to Respect and shared practical tools for strengthening relationships and deepening awareness in working with ourselves, children, and adults.
A heartfelt thank you to Snježana and Mirjana from the Cultural Center and City Library for their warm hospitality, and to all the women from educational and academic institutions who joined us. Gratitude to Casa Maya and to everyone who gifted time, space, and presence – some even shared books.
We look forward to continuing Marina’s work through future workshops for children and adults in Klanjec and the surrounding area – there is a real need and desire for it.
Community & Intentions
Casa Maya is a Community in which individuals or groups of people share and explore how to contribute to their own lives as well as lives of each other so the goodness and the quality spreads even more.
Our aim is to get to the people who recognize what Casa Maya Community can hold and give, and to take the advantage of the possibility to share and spread ways to hold space of the positivity in the world.
We do believe and know that the expression „Hold it together“ really means that We as the Community Hold It Together.
We welcome all of you fellow explorers to come and become important member of the Casa Maya Community.
Upcoming Programs
Somatic Retreat
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22 May 2026
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Notri Slovenia
Limbic Imprinting, Placenta & the First Connection
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19 June 2026
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Jakub Jekl
Families Workshop
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5 August 2026
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Barbara Collier
Coherence: Aligning with our True Nature
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24 September 2026
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Berns Galloway & Barbara Collier
The Art of Remembering
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August 2027
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Barbara Collier
Casa Maya Triban
Schedule
No upcoming programs scheduled. Check back soon!
Membership
You can become a member of the Casa Maya Community by registering through the link. By being a member you get certain privileges:
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10% discount on all the programs that Casa Maya organizes and also on rent of the Casa Maya place. -
Possibility to rent either of the places for an hour, a day or days, as long as you need for your own educational activities or therapy sessions. -
Annual fee is 60 €.
From our Clients
Dear Casa Maya team,
This experience stays in my heart and memory as the most natural flowing, organically moving and truest playfield I have ever encountered. It fills me up just thinking of the times. Thousand thank yous. Till next time!
Kika
My dears,
I would like to thank you once again for your open heart and open mind. When I just think of Casa Maya, my heart feels warm and my mouth smiles. On the first day of the retreat, gratitude and joy found me and it is still with me. That deep gratitude and joy that you feel at the cellular level.
Gratitude moves me to tears, and joy moves my body, so I would wag my tail like a dog. Oh my, and the dogs... Maya and Darko, two angels. How beautifully they fit in . There is something magical, primal in that house, but I don't think it was there, but rather your sincere intention, your energy, your spirit brought it there.
Marija
When I set my first step in Casa Maya, the fire was in the process of becoming alive in the stove and an inviting aroma wafted from the oven. My soul felt like coming back home to welcoming grandparents', from far away in space and time.
That is the nest where personal and group processes could find their way out of any shyness, fear, and reluctance, and to flow one into the other, and together, back into the world outside. Thank you for having me there. Hugs & hugs!
Liana
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