Maude Hirst

Maude Hirst is a meditation teacher from East London who first made her name as an actor, best known as Helga in the television series Vikings. A hard stretch in her own life, when a relationship, a long acting job and her home all changed at once, led her to yoga and meditation, and she went on to train in meditation, yoga, intuitive movement and energy healing. She founded EnergyRise to make meditation feel approachable for people who think it isn't for them.

Her teaching is warm, informal and down to earth: short guided practices, breath work, gentle movement and honest talk about the ups and downs of ordinary life, with an emphasis on listening to intuition. She leads a weekly live meditation class online, an online community of members from many countries, an annual new-year meditation challenge and residential retreats in the English countryside, and she mentors clients one to one. She also trains new teachers through a twelve-week online course in intuitive meditation and energy healing. Her Intuitive Whispers Oracle, a 44-card deck published by Hay House in 2024, grew out of the same focus on inner guidance, and she has recorded a ten-day self-love meditation series for Commune.