Mai Ka is currently based in the Twin Cities, Minnesota.

Mai Ka (MK) Yang is a Creative Founder, Keynote Speaker, and Intuitive Practitioner who transforms complex trauma into tangible resilience and visionary purpose.

Mai Ka specializes in the powerful integration of Trauma-Informed Coaching, Transformative Art, and Holistic Healing.

• Keynote Speaker: Mai Ka delivers a portfolio of 50 Signature Talks across four strategic tiers. Her actionable frameworks, like the UnshatterEra and The Abundance Equation, empower audiences in corporate, entrepreneurial, and wellness sectors, driving self-worth and strategic growth.

• Behind Your Shadow, LLC: Mai Ka provides high-impact Leadership Development and coaching for deep emotional breakthrough and radical self-acceptance. Leveraging her expertise as a Master Life Coach, Trauma-Informed Coach, and certified Sound Healer and Reiki Master, she implements intuitive insights to accelerate the client's journey toward true authenticity.

• Visual Storytelling & Art Director: Mai Ka direct personal and collaborative art projects and oversee the development of inspirational merchandise (wearable art). This work serves as a tangible extension of the self-discovery journey, specializing in Travel Portraits and Landscape Photography.

Mai Ka’s qualifications are a strategic fusion of professional discipline and specialized holist mastery, which anchors the high-impact results of BEHIND YOUR SHADOW, LLC and all her integrated ventures.

While coaching and spiritual healing operate outside traditional state licensing, Mai Ka leads with the foundational professional credentials required for her Master Coaching Discipline and executive roles:

Professional & Strategic Authority

These qualifications support the rigorous structure of BYS programs, Keynote Speaking frameworks, and Leadership Development roles:

• Master Life Coach

• Trauma-Informed Coach (essential for the Trauma-Informed Protocol used across all programs and corporate training)

• Professional Life Coach, Happiness Coach, Purpose Coach, and Goal and Success Coach

Specialized Energetic Mastery

These specialized credentials ensure the powerful energetic integration in programs like the 2-Week Elite Accelerator and all Creative Direction work:

• Certified Sound Healer (Singing Bowl, Tuning Fork)

• Reiki Master

Real-World & Foundational Expertise (The Critical Edge)

Mai Ka’s unique background provides the unparalleled capacity to handle complex trauma and execute transformative, systemic change for individuals and communities:

• Personal and Professional Insight: Previous work as an EMT and personal experience with mental health challenges provides clinical insight into high-stakes environments and root-level trauma.

• Creative Director: Mai Ka brings over a decade of experience as an artist and creative director, utilizing this expertise for transformative art, visual storytelling, and integrating creative expression into the healing process.

No, there is not.

Mai Ka work with anyone from anywhere, any background and any level of experiences that is open to working with her team and her.

Mai Ka doesn’t discriminate against location, race, beliefs, perspectives, principles, or experiences. All she asked is that the individuals or groups she is working with is honest, openminded, trustworthy, respectful, and responsible towards themselves, her team and her, and the work they will do together.

Mai Ka believes we all can learn and grow with one another regardless of our differences and is committed to using her gift to help those who are ready to receive help and are open to working with her team and her.

Mai Ka (MK) work with anyone who is ready to receive help and are open to working with her team and her.

• animals

• individuals

• families

With this said, if the client is an animal or a minor parental consent is required.