Our Company
Hey there! We’re Shakti, a small but mighty social-impact company, born and raised in the vibrant Berlin start-up scene. Just like our home city, we deeply care about diversity, inclusion and living our values.
Who we are
We march to the beat of our own drum and embrace those ‘new-work’ vibes:
Work from anywhere. We went fully remote way before it was cool (6 months pre-pandemic!). Trailblazing? Nah, just following our hearts.
Love your side-hustle. Most of our team rocks a 32-hour work week so they can chase their passion-projects outside of Shakti. You do you.
Flexibility is our middle name. We work when we want, how we want. Because… life.
Grow with us. We offer paid volunteering time and invest in our team’s professional and personal growth - both in and out of the Shakti universe.
Cycle celebration. Our menstruating team members get an extra self-care day off each month. It's 2024. Period.
Where we come from
In 2012, our bold founders hung up their London careers. And set off with just a rucksack. Their mission? To discover alternative lifestyles. They lived in India, Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and the USA. What began as a gap year turned into a 5-year nomadic life. In alternative communities, Buddhist monasteries and permaculture farms.
Holistic arts, yoga, meditation - they took what they could with them. Always in search of their heart's project. And then came the Shakti Mat. Love at first sight. The rest? History.
Today, Shakti is a community of hundreds of thousands of mat lovers in Germany, France, Spain, Austria and Portugal. Almost like a cult, only cooler and with fewer frocks.
The story of the Shakti Mat
Launched way back in 2007, the Shakti Mat was the very first domestic acupressure mat on the mass-market. Sure, there have been copy-cats since, but Shakti is and always will be the real deal.
It all started with Om Mokshanada, a 21-year-old Swedish massage therapist who traded his day job to ordain as a monk in the Himalayas. As he studied the ancient art of Ayurvedic healing, he fell in love with the traditional Indian bed of nails. And boom, the Shakti Mat was born!
When Om and his mother Nadine launched the mat in Sweden in 2007, it flew off the shelves - over 1 million sold! The world couldn't get enough of this self-care sensation and Shakti went global.
Fun fact: ‘Shakti’ is the ancient Sanskrit word for the divine feminine force - think compassion, creativity and nurturing vibes. We like to believe that all that hand-crafted love woven into every mat travels from India and into your hands.
The story of the Shakti Mat
Launched way back in 2007, the Shakti Mat was the very first domestic acupressure mat on the mass-market. Sure, there have been copy-cats since, but Shakti is and always will be the real deal.
It all started with Om Mokshanada, a 21-year-old Swedish massage therapist who traded his day job to ordain as a monk in the Himalayas. As he studied the ancient art of Ayurvedic healing, he fell in love with the traditional Indian bed of nails. And boom, the Shakti Mat was born!
When Om and his mother Nadine launched the mat in Sweden in 2007, it flew off the shelves - over 1 million sold! The world couldn't get enough of this self-care sensation and Shakti went global.
Fun fact: ‘Shakti’ is the ancient Sanskrit word for the divine feminine force - think compassion, creativity and nurturing vibes. We like to believe that all that hand-crafted love woven into every mat travels from India and into your hands.
The story of the Shakti Mat
Launched way back in 2007, the Shakti Mat was the very first domestic acupressure mat on the mass-market. Sure, there have been copy-cats since, but Shakti is and always will be the real deal.
It all started with Om Mokshanada, a 21-year-old Swedish massage therapist who traded his day job to ordain as a monk in the Himalayas. As he studied the ancient art of Ayurvedic healing, he fell in love with the traditional Indian bed of nails. And boom, the Shakti Mat was born!
When Om and his mother Nadine launched the mat in Sweden in 2007, it flew off the shelves - over 1 million sold! The world couldn't get enough of this self-care sensation and Shakti went global.
Fun fact: ‘Shakti’ is the ancient Sanskrit word for the divine feminine force - think compassion, creativity and nurturing vibes. We like to believe that all that hand-crafted love woven into every mat travels from India and into your hands.
The story of the Shakti Mat
Launched way back in 2007, the Shakti Mat was the very first domestic acupressure mat on the mass-market. Sure, there have been copy-cats since, but Shakti is and always will be the real deal.
It all started with Om Mokshanada, a 21-year-old Swedish massage therapist who traded his day job to ordain as a monk in the Himalayas. As he studied the ancient art of Ayurvedic healing, he fell in love with the traditional Indian bed of nails. And boom, the Shakti Mat was born!
When Om and his mother Nadine launched the mat in Sweden in 2007, it flew off the shelves - over 1 million sold! The world couldn't get enough of this self-care sensation and Shakti went global.
Fun fact: ‘Shakti’ is the ancient Sanskrit word for the divine feminine force - think compassion, creativity and nurturing vibes. We like to believe that all that hand-crafted love woven into every mat travels from India and into your hands.
The story of the Shakti Mat
Launched way back in 2007, the Shakti Mat was the very first domestic acupressure mat on the mass-market. Sure, there have been copy-cats since, but Shakti is and always will be the real deal.
It all started with Om Mokshanada, a 21-year-old Swedish massage therapist who traded his day job to ordain as a monk in the Himalayas. As he studied the ancient art of Ayurvedic healing, he fell in love with the traditional Indian bed of nails. And boom, the Shakti Mat was born!
When Om and his mother Nadine launched the mat in Sweden in 2007, it flew off the shelves - over 1 million sold! The world couldn't get enough of this self-care sensation and Shakti went global.
Fun fact: ‘Shakti’ is the ancient Sanskrit word for the divine feminine force - think compassion, creativity and nurturing vibes. We like to believe that all that hand-crafted love woven into every mat travels from India and into your hands.
The story of the Shakti Mat
Launched way back in 2007, the Shakti Mat was the very first domestic acupressure mat on the mass-market. Sure, there have been copy-cats since, but Shakti is and always will be the real deal.
It all started with Om Mokshanada, a 21-year-old Swedish massage therapist who traded his day job to ordain as a monk in the Himalayas. As he studied the ancient art of Ayurvedic healing, he fell in love with the traditional Indian bed of nails. And boom, the Shakti Mat was born!
When Om and his mother Nadine launched the mat in Sweden in 2007, it flew off the shelves - over 1 million sold! The world couldn't get enough of this self-care sensation and Shakti went global.
Fun fact: ‘Shakti’ is the ancient Sanskrit word for the divine feminine force - think compassion, creativity and nurturing vibes. We like to believe that all that hand-crafted love woven into every mat travels from India and into your hands.
The story of the Shakti Mat
Launched way back in 2007, the Shakti Mat was the very first domestic acupressure mat on the mass-market. Sure, there have been copy-cats since, but Shakti is and always will be the real deal.
It all started with Om Mokshanada, a 21-year-old Swedish massage therapist who traded his day job to ordain as a monk in the Himalayas. As he studied the ancient art of Ayurvedic healing, he fell in love with the traditional Indian bed of nails. And boom, the Shakti Mat was born!
When Om and his mother Nadine launched the mat in Sweden in 2007, it flew off the shelves - over 1 million sold! The world couldn't get enough of this self-care sensation and Shakti went global.
Fun fact: ‘Shakti’ is the ancient Sanskrit word for the divine feminine force - think compassion, creativity and nurturing vibes. We like to believe that all that hand-crafted love woven into every mat travels from India and into your hands.
what drives us
Let's be real - the world is a wild ride right now. And the wellbeing of the world starts at home, with us. Those ancient Indian Ayurvedic arts are full of wisdoms and wellness hacks that are game-changers for our modern Western lives. Our mission? To get them into your hands and empower your self-care.
We craft the finest acupressure goods around. Straight from the source in India, the birthplace of acupressure. But we don't stop there - we pay it forward by supporting our craft communities in many innovative and meaningful ways. Because creating award-winning wellbeing products is one thing, but lifting up the people who make them? That's Shakti.
