Maat Wellness helps people live in alignment with who they truly are—bringing mind, body, spirit, relationships, culture, community, and purpose into greater harmony through movement, conversation, philosophy, mindfulness, and shared experience.

ORGANIZER BIO

Maat is alignment. It is the practice of bringing our thoughts, words, actions, relationships, and communities into harmony with truth. Maat Wellness is rooted in the understanding that wellness is more than physical health; it is balance between mind, body, spirit, family, culture, community, and purpose.

Maat Wellness was founded by Ja Cole Thomas II, an E-RYT 500 yoga educator and facilitator with more than 20 years of personal practice and over 15 years of teaching experience. His path, from the streets of South Central Los Angeles to corporate America, from yoga student to teacher, and from searching for success to searching for meaning, has continually returned him to one essential question: How do we live in alignment with who we truly are?

Our experiences bring philosophy into everyday life through Mental Yoga conversations, Soul Flow Yoga, movement, mindfulness, immersive sound, teacher education, music, and community. We create welcoming, culturally responsive spaces for anyone seeking healing, growth, and transformation, with a particular commitment to Black and Brown communities, working-class communities, veterans, men seeking emotional and spiritual growth, people navigating life transitions, wellness practitioners, and those who have not felt represented in traditional wellness spaces.

Through this work, people are invited to develop a healthier relationship with their bodies, navigate difficult conversations, heal without being defined by old wounds, connect with purpose and community, and become leaders within their families and neighborhoods.

Maat represents responsibility, integrity, reciprocity, justice, and community. It reminds us that personal healing and collective healing are connected—and that transformation is not simply something that happens to us. It is something we participate in creating.

MISSION STATEMENT

Maat Wellness helps people live in alignment with who they truly are by bringing mind, body, spirit, culture, community, and purpose into greater harmony.