“There’s a big difference between knowing something and embodying it.”

Gabriela came to this work already successful at it — a mindset coach running multiple businesses, with a background in Western esoteric practice and mysticism since her early years. The imbalance wasn’t visible from outside. “I gave a lot of energy to my clients, to people around me, working on multiple businesses — but not having a core of clarity within myself. Always trying to control everything, put structures in place, solve problems externally, not internally.” She had come to Bali to study the Eastern sciences she’d never touched. That’s where the Mahavidyas entered.

Through mentoring conversations and the year-long goddess journey, mantra practice became — in her words — “the core of my everyday life.” She’s direct about what the work asked of her: “It was more challenging than pleasant. But if I look at the growth process, it was the most growth. We don’t learn from rainbows and butterflies.”

Each goddess arrived as a working lens: Kali brought insights on time and letting go; Bhairavi, on structure and habit-building; Kamalatmika — her central energy — brought the hardest and most needed lessons. What she values in how it was guided: “You never put your own perspectives onto people. You allow them to understand themselves — while giving a very professional opinion.”

“I found my core. I accepted myself for who I am — and I started to praise myself, not trying to change myself. Before, I thought I needed to be like a specific person. Now, a flaw is only something that influences my life negatively — and I can work on that. This gives a lot of personal power.”

For a mentor, that shift didn’t stay private. “With mentorship, there’s a big difference between knowing something, saying something, and absolutely embodying the fact. I needed that little bit to embody it. And it just lit up my community — my students started to feel happy for who they are, looking for their pluses instead of trying to fix the minuses all the time.”

Asked who this is for: “People looking for mentorship in understanding themselves and their energy on a deeper level — and looking for somebody who will actually help them understand themselves, by themselves. Not pushing an opinion onto them. You can go very deep into the mysticism, or it can be a very grounded journey. It suits everybody.”