Aarti Panchal works as a Research Associate with Centre for Human Sciences, Rishihood University. She is a writer, speaker and a classical dancer by passion.She also runs her YouTube channel dedicated to Sanatan Dharma's powerful ideas and philosophy.She is an ardent learner of India's history, culture and heritage.She has a Masters in Human Resources and is also professional Company Secretary.

An Alumna from Sri Aurobindo School, Pondicherry, Anuradha is a Coordinator for the Indian Knowledge Systems Division of the Ministry of Education at AICTE, N.Delhi, a Faculty at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, and a Member of the Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of Happiness at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. A multilingual Sanskritist, she works in the areas of Indian/Yoga Psychology, Philosophy and Culture and is a resource person for national and international organisations. A recipient of the Excellent Young Teacher’s Award at IIT Kharagpur in 2019, she has co-edited and co-authored Perspectives on Indian Psychology and Happiness: Indic Perspectives with Dr. Vinayachandra B. K, Director, Indica Yoga.

Anuradha Ramesh a.k.a Usha has dedicated the last two decades of her life to the field of Consciousness Science, energy work, and ancestral healing. Her core area of work - Transgenerational Healing, where, she identifies and helps dissolve energy entanglements in family systems up to 7 generations back. She is also the creator of the Self-Mastery Project, a year-long system of inner work that aims to empower people on their own life journeys.

Deeply committed to enabling the growth of human consciousness and relieving suffering, Usha has been offering this work in several countries across the globe now.

Anusha is a mystic who is in tune with the Divine Mother since the age of 3. She is a transformational leader, empowerment coach and creator of leadership and empowerment programmes for women, youth and teenagers across countries in Asia and Pacific, with special focus on trauma healing and post-disaster rehabilitation of rural and indigenous communities. Anusha’s own life journey of Mastery included Sudarshana Kriya/ Art of Living, QiGong Movement, Heart-centred Leadership, Reiki and Transcendental Meditation. Her mission is to light up the hearts and minds of leaders worldwide to lead with gratitude and grace, to build peaceful communities that honour and sustain Mother Earth and our Global Commons.

Dena is a long-time meditation practitioner in the lineage of Kriya Yoga. She came in contact with her guru Paramhansa Yogananda at the age of 20, long after he had left his physical form, and devoted many years to practicing his teachings and studying the texts of the ancient Vedic tradition. Different and vivid memories of past lives during her years of meditation have become the subject of her books. Her books help people see the long arch of their life and overcome fear and anxiety about death by understanding more fully the workings of cause and effect and help them create the blueprint for their future.

Having founded the non-profit organization The Global Peace Initiative of Women in 2002, she has worked to bring spiritual voices to address global challenges including the need for a shift in consciousness in order to address successfully ecological decline, economic and gender imbalance, climate instability, violence and other critical issues. She received her Master’s Degree from Columbia University, has served on numerous boards and in 2014 received the Niwano Peace Prize for her international work.

Touched by the hand of God at the tender age of eight, H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji has been selflessly dedicated to the welfare of all where he leads, directs and inspires numerous, wide-scale service initiatives.

Pujya Swamiji is President and Spiritual Leader of Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh, India, one of the largest interfaith, spiritual institutions in India as well as the Co-Founder of Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA), which focuses on ensuring every child around the world has access to safe, life-giving Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH).)

Pujya Swamiji travels the world bringing the light of wisdom, inspiration, upliftment and the divine touch to thousands across the globe and has been involved in numerous international, inter-faith summits and parliaments, including the United Nations, The World Bank, the World Economic Forum and the Parliament of Religions; as well as the Religions for Peace, KAICIID, the Hindu-Jewish Summit in Jerusalem, the Hindu-Christian dialogue by the Vatican and many others.

Jaya is a Swedish National who settled in Auroville in 1982 and lived there ever since. She is the founder of the Unity Pavilion in Auroville and co-founder of the Sourcing Our Oneness programs. Over the last ten plus years she been deeply involved in applied research starting with the 12 Qualities of the Lotus mandala of the Mother, as represented in the Matrimandir of Auroville and coming to include the Matrimandir Gardens and the Auroville Galaxy Masterplan as an integral approach to transformation, where matter and spirit through man collaborate towards a next step in evolution. Her research has created tools that have been applied in relation to organization, economy, education and conflict resolution as well as to bring people of diverse, age, education, background and language together in unity, transcending the polarities that create division in daily life.

Jeanie Manchester, founder of Anjaneya Yoga Shala in Boulder, CO. is a master yoga and meditation instructor with 33 years of devotional practice. She is an Acharya of Neelakantha meditation; a Shakta & Shiva Path of Initiatory Sadhana. She offers sacred Initiation into this mantra path to those seeking an authentic path of awakening. Jeanie’s devotion to the divine feminine, mythology & awakening of Kundalini Shakti has given rise to inspiring creative endeavors such as the Shakti Rise Immersion & Yoga Teacher Training, Awaken & Embody Mentorship, and seasonal Shakti Sadhanas. Jeanie offers teacher training, meditation guidance, and spiritual mentoring, as well as retreats around the globe.

Maa Gyaan Suveera is a Mystic teacher-healer, a life coach and mentor, who lives by the banks of Mother Ganga, on the outskirts of Rishikesh. Maa has revived many ancient healing and divination arts, like the 10 great incantations ( Mahavidya Sadhana ), Scanning and Divining, Mokshapata , and the Gyaan Cowries. She is founder of the Cosmic Intelligence Evolutionary Path (Ci Plus meditation) and takes personal processes, and spiritual life coaching for a chosen few seekers.

Over more than three and a half decades, she has transformed countless people belonging to various spheres & walks of life. Having mastered various applied versions of the healing streams that benefit people; ‘energy’ is her core pursuit. Maa Gyaan is bringing up the Kirti Hermitage in Rishikesh, and conducts these courses on ancient wisdom. People from all parts of the world come to learn different forms of healing, divination and a string of indian, western and zen practices at her center.

She conducts satsangs, training workshops on self-attainment, self-healing & meditation, guiding people to recognize & optimize their potential define.

Prof. Dr. Madhu Khanna is an author, eminent scholar of Shakta-Tantra, a scholar-practitioner, and a visionary. She is an alumnus where she received her Ph.D. in Hindu Shaktra Tantra with special reference to the Kashmirian. She is the founding member and Chairperson of The Tantra Foundation, New Delhi and the Centre for Indic and Agamic Studies in Asia (CIASA), the academic wing of the Tantra Foundation. She has recently been nominated to the Academic Council of Nalanda University, India. She has authored/ edited eight books, two of which have been translated into German, French, Dutch, Italian and Korean.

Dr. Mani Rao is a scholar of religious studies and the author of Living Mantra: Mantra, Deities and Visionary Experience Today (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), and critically-acclaimed translations of Bhagavad Gita and Kalidasa for the 21st Century Reader. Her latest book is a translation of the tantric hymn Saundarya Lahari (HarperCollins, 2022).

She is a renowned poet with eleven books of poetry and publications in noteworthy journals and anthologies worldwide. She has an MFA in Creative Writing and a PhD in Religious Studies (Duke University USA). Her interest is in the convergence of theory with practice, reason with intuition, west with east, and ancient knowledge with a modern outlook.

Mataji Paramahamsa Shivananda Puri began to do sadhana at a very young age. She took sanyasa and served as the “Adhyatmika Praneta” of an ashram in Telangana for fourteen years. Here, she guided many in yogasanas, kriyas and sadhana, and did daily homas and pujas, and gave mantra-diksha to aspiring seekers. In 2019, she moved to Varanasi to dive deeper into sadhana including extended periods of maunam. Next, as per Mother’s instructions, she plans to carry forward the legacy of rishikas and establish a spiritual “Tapasthali” in Srisailam for committed practitioners.

Mona Verma is an award-winning author of 8 works of fiction and over a dozen anthologies. She had edited various science journals, self-help books, and biographies and specializes as a Haiku, Limericks, and Tanka poet. Her books have been the subject of the thesis for many Research Scholars and the ICSE ELT series. She is also on the board of various universities as an academic advisor and visiting faculty and Chief Coordinator for FLO FICCI, Uttarakhand Literature Committee.

She was recently listed in the 50 Iconic Authors 2022 Category by Aesthetics International and has served as a member of the Asia Development Bank for the Uttarakhand chapter. A Paul Harris Fellow, she serves with Interplast, Germany annually for free treatment of Burns victims. Mona co-owns DISHA, a Corporate Training firm that is much sought by leading MNCs, PSUs, Corporate Houses, and Universities for Executive presence training, Faculty Skill enhancement, PEP and PSI, and OB programs in India, the U.K., and the U.S.A.

Mukta Mudgal is a trained & certified Ayurvedic Practitioner and is also Registered Naturotherapy Practitioner in Canada. She has been practicing self care and healing for more than 15 years and has helped many to do the same in Canada and in the US. She is trained in Marma science with Dr. Vasant Lad, in New Mexico, USA. Mukta has spent many years studying "Sri Vidhya" through Raja Choudhury, Guru Karunamai and Devi Puram. She is also trained in other modalities such Primordial Sound Meditation from Chopra Centre, MBSR Mindful meditation and Chinese Energy healing. Mukta has given lectures at the University of Toronto and has hosted various seminars and workshops both in the USA and Canada.

Dr. Neela Bhattacharya Saxena is a Professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies at Nassau Community College, NY. She has published several articles and two books, Absent Mother God of the West: A Kali Lover’s Journey into Christianity and Judaism, Lexington, 2016, 2019 (paperback), and In the Beginning IS Desire: Tracing Kali’s Footprints in Indian Literature, Indialog, 2004. She writes a blog called “Stand Under the Mother Principle”- http://neelabsaxena.blogspot.com/. More information about her work can be found at her website: https://neelabhattacharyasaxena.com/

Nilima Bhat is a leader in the fields of Personal Mastery, Leadership, Gender Equality and Wellbeing. A Sivananda Yoga Teacher and practitioner of the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, she is a dancer and co-author of two books, Shakti Leadership and My Cancer Is Me. She is the Founder of the global Shakti Fellowship Program for women change-makers and co-convener of the Truth & ReconciliationWork from the inside-out and also of the Shakti Kumbh.

Parvathy Baul is a practitioner, performer and teacher of the Baul tradition from Bengal, India. Parvathy’s performance work emerges from a long lineage of master Baul singers, dancers, and spiritual teachers. Having studied closely with two of the most respected Baul singer-gurus of the previous generation, Sri Sanatan Das Thakur Baul and Sri Shashanko Goshai, she was recognized by her teachers as both a musical and spiritual teacher in the Baul tradition, carrying forward their spiritual legacy and has performed in over forty countries across the world.

Parvathy received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2019), the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists, conferred by the Union Government of India, in recognition of her dedication to the Baul tradition. She is also an instrumentalist, storyteller, painter and visual artists who has exhibited paintings and woodcuts across the world.

Pragya Bhatt is a yoga practitioner, teacher, scholar and writer interested in the intersection of tradition and modernity in yoga. Living in 11 different cities across 7 continents during her formative years has given her an appreciation for the oneness in humanity across the barriers of cultures and languages and more. Pragya’s first book, ‘Beyond Asanas: The Myths and Legends Behind Yogic Postures’ was well received by critics and laymen alike. In her latest book, ‘In the Womb of the Goddess’ she explores the imprint of the divine feminine in our everyday lives. Pragya is inspired by the Divine Feminine and believes that everything, from the creation of the universe to the way the sand blows across the desert is because of Her blessings.

Priyadarshini Ghosh is an accomplished Indian classical and contemporary dancer, choreographer, and a dance scholar.

Trained in both Bharatha Natyam and Mohini Attam, with specialization in Mohini Attam, she has also trained in Seraikella Chhau and is proficient in Yoga. She is currently practicing principles of Kudiyattam, researching the mindful and contemplative aspects of performance, as a system of Yoga, evaluating Kudiyattam and Mohiniyattam.

Priyadarshini holds an M.A. in Dance, and has registered for PhD. She received the Nehru Fulbright Fellowship 2015-16, teaching at Brown University, Theatre Arts and Performance Studies as a visiting faculty.

Presently, a guest lecturer at the Bharata College of Art and Culture, she performs and lectures actively in many prestigious venues and festivals both as a soloist and also with her

SADHVI BHAGAWATI SARASWATI, PhD is a renowned spiritual leader, author and motivational speaker based in Rishikesh, India. The author of #1 bestselling memoir, Hollywood to the Himalayas: A Journey of Healing and Transformation she is originally from Los Angeles and a graduate of Stanford University. Sadhviji was ordained into the sacred order of Sanyas by her guru HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and has been living at Parmarth Niketan Ashram for the past twenty-five years.

She is the Secretary-General of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance; president of Divine Shakti Foundation, and director of the International Yoga Festival at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh. She also serves various committes including United Nations Advisory Council on Religion and has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by U.S. President Joe Biden for her lifelong commitment to volunteer service. She oversees a variety of humanitarian projects, teaches meditation, lectures, writes, counsels individuals and families, and serves as a unique female voice of spiritual leadership throughout India and the world.

A double graduate in Physics and Indian classical dance, Radha imbibed the principles of Sri Vidya right from her childhood.

Guruji Sri Amritananda’s second daughter, she received the mantra diksha in her teens. She focused intensely on spiritual practice and meditation in equal parts for many decades and resides at Devipuram.

Actively engaged in the research on Sri Vidya scriptures and content curation for different audiences, she has been teaching the Sri Vidya residential and online courses offered by Devipuram.

She earned her Master of Philosophy degree (M.Phil) in Yoga and Psychology from the University of Madras, with the personal guidance of Sri Desikachar and with the blessings of his father, the renowned yogi, Sri Krishnamacharya. She has set up Shakthi Circles to enable women to understand their connection to the Divine Feminine.

In her capacity as a psychologist and yoga therapist she has conducted multiple workshops for women’s empowerment including at the Rehabilitation Center of Oklahoma City , the Women’s Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, the Integrative Medical Center at Oklahoma State University, the University of Dallas, the University of Arizona and Loyola Marymount College. Ms. Santhanam has helped multiple corporations such as Cisco, Tesco, McKinsey to increase job satisfaction and productivity among their employees.

Ms. Rama Kandarpa is a Civil engineer by qualification but a development practitioner by experience. Her primary focus has been on Institutional Development with over 20 years of experience both in the NGO and the corporate sectors. The youngest (3rd) daughter of Guruji Sri Amritananda, she received the mantra diksha from Guruji in her teens and learnt the various rituals including Homa. Rama manages the Sri Vidya Trust, Devipuram and strives to ensure the goal of providing global access to Sri Vidya using Technology, active learning methods and Communication. She is engaged in the conducting and sharing of the spiritual practices at Devipuram and other locations

Rhea is the and artist and founder and CEO of Kabila Consulting, an organization and a movement committed to bridging the ecological, social and spiritual divides, in order to contribute to building an interconnected world. She is also the founder of ONE Design studio, a place to explore and practice Community building. Her journey from information technology to human technology spanning 27 years has been through varied experiences in different roles across the world.

Her forte is the ability to see and bring insights from the conscious and the unconscious and craft them into strategic interventions. As a polymath, she taps into different art forms, blends systems and design thinking, works with applied principles of quantum physics. She is also an executive coach and consultant working with senior leaders , leadership teams and organizations. She has so far, published a collection of her poems and prose in “Memoirs of a Dragonfly”. She actively works with tribal youth and also holds grief circles for people across the world. As an individual Rhea is an artist, a strategist, thinker and an entrepreneur. She sings, writes, paints, drums and takes a keen interest in nature. She brings to the space is her own spontaneity, vulnerability, and curiosity.

Rekha Govindan Kurup is a Feminist Yogini, Women-Centered Spirituality Coach and Social Artivist. She is also the founder and Director of The She Stands Tall Project that is committed to support women in their journey of Awakening through various offerings held within the Sacred Space of Collective Sisterhood. She is practitioner and teacher of yoga, pranayama, breath-work through the Art of Living Foundation. Her research study, Rising Daughter Silent Mother and Fading Grandmothers is published book in India and United States.

Dr Samata Rudra describes herself as a global citizen, stewarding a worldwide wholeness collaborative; Synergy Holistic guided by evolving consciousness, uncovering wholeness for holistic flourishing’.

Her core foundation is a consciousness-based framework EVOLVE serving holistic flourishing goals encompassing personal wellbeing, shared resilience and evolutionary leadership and operates at the intersection of grounded spirituality, contemporary science and humane technology. Her affiliate advisor role at Mckinsey & Co. has further enabled her in co-creating a flourishing world.

She transformed from a medical doctor to a wellbeing facilitator/coach actualizing potential. Being an enough (single) parent has been her crucible for transformation and she considers her children as her mentors, Aastha creating an inclusive world interning at the UN, Rishi forging his creativity at University of Waterloo bringing joy.

Dr. Sampadananda Mishra is working now as the Director, Center for Human Sciences, Rishihood University and teaches at the Rashtram School of Public Leadership, Rishihood University, Sonipat. He also teaches graduate and postgraduate students at Sri Sri University, Odisha and is currently conducting a three semester course on Sanatan Dharma at the Hindu University of America, USA. Dr. Mishra has spoken at various conferences, seminars, and literary & religious festivals, both nationally and internationally on Sanskrit, Indian culture, Yoga and Education.

Due to his outstanding contribution in the field, Dr Mishra has been conferred with multiple awards including the President’s award (Maharshi Badarayna Vyasa Samman 2011 Senior Fellowship Award (2014), the Literary Excellence Award (2017), Kendra Sahitya Akademi Bala Puraskar (2018) and the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Recognition (2020).

Sanatan Chakravarty started his sadhana into Indian classical arts at a very young age by the encouragement of his father. From an early age he trained under various disciplines ranging from martial arts and gymnastics from Master Shyam Singh Meitei of Manipur, Tabla under Guru Datta Yande, Pt. Nayan Ghosh and Padmavibhushan Nikhil Ghosh at Sangit Mahabharati. He continued his education in Indian vocal singing under Smt. Prem Vasant, Padma Wadkar and Shri Suresh Wadkar at their school AJIVASAN. Sanatan’s dance Sadhana started with training in Odissi under Guru Rabindra Atibudhi, under whom he trained for 8 years at UIDMAI. After this he trained under Guru Jhelum Paranjape at Smitalay. Under Guru Jhelum’s direction, he went to further his dance training under Padmavibhushan Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, at Srjan, Bhubaneswar, where he also obtained training from Guru Ratikanta Mohpatra and Smt Sujata Mohapatra, under whom he continues to train.
He currently is a research scholar at Mumbai University.

Sheetal Jayaraj is a yoga practitioner and a teacher. She sees herself as a receptacle for the learnings that the sadhana brings about and as a channel for sharing these with other seekers.

Yoga came into her life early in the form of asana. At the age of 10, at her home in Kerala, the family had an experienced Yoga teacher initiate them into the practice. Adding to this was the family's deep connect with moon rituals. The seed was sown and truly started blossoming much later in life.She left a design career behind to pursue the yoga path. She now facilitates asana & pranayama sessions, chakra workshops and moon rituals/practices.

Sowmya Ayyar is a yoga therapist and researcher, coming from a lineage of women of power and grace. She has been trained in multiple other healing modalities, invoking these to develop the Divine Shakti within. Sowmya has published research work, including Yoga, Peace, and Conflict (2022), In: Kurtz, L.R. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict, vol. 4. Elsevier, Academic Press, pp. 183–194.

Sowmya is the Founder-Director of Prafull Oorja Charitable Foundation. Based in India, the trust trains yoga therapists to implement sustainable programs with communities in vulnerable conditions. In her spare time, Sowmya writes poetry and music, hikes and swims, travels and contemplates.

Sri Ramachandra studied management at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning. Sri Aurobindo's writings have had decisive influence on him in pursuing his path of sadhana. He worked in Social Development Sector for over 10 years with special focus in the fields of Education , Health and Environment.

He is a Shakti Upasaka. He is currently serving at Sanatan Siddhashram, traditional Gurukul for the ancient Baul tradition of Bengal in the capacity of a Trustee and Administrator. He provides Spiritual mentorship to Brhat , institution working in the fields of research and design rooted in the Indian civilizational consciousness.

He is author of the book Devi Bhakti Tarangini , which is devotional offering of twenty english poems to the Supreme Goddess. He is invited faculty who teaches on Indian Spirituality, Yoga and Sadhana. He is also the author for various articles and essays related to Adhyatma.

Sri Shakti Sumanan has been a Devi Upasaka since he was 13 – for more than 26 years. He is a descendant of longstanding Siddha-Ayurveda parampara originating from Vedaranyam Shiva Temple in South India. Sri Shakti Sumanan’s lineage worship Agastya Maharishi and Dadhichi Maharishi. He received Gayatri Deeksha from Sri Agastya Maharishi’s lineage master “Gayatri Siddhar” Dr Murugesu Swamigal and practiced Sadhana under his tutelage for many years following the Gurukula tradition. Later he received Krama Deeksha of Sri Vidya as well as Poorna Deeksha on Kaula Sampradaya Sri Vidya from Sri Annappunaambha sahitha Sri Amritanandanatha Saraswathi of Devipuram, Visakapatnam, India. He is an academically trained researcher in environmental science, agriculturist, scholar in Tamil Siddha literature, and a government-registered Ayurvedic physician.

Dr. Sujata Singhi is a best seller awarded author, Tedx and motivational Speaker, Life and Spiritual Coach, NLP Business Leadership Coach, Master NLP Trainer, Sound and Spiritual Scientist who works towards creating transformation through the seeds of the ancient vedic wisdom and the science of Sound and Dhyana yoga.

Conferred with 5 Doctorates, she is also the founder of Divine Soul Sound- Institute of Sound and Spiritual Sciences and is the recipient of various national and international awards in the capacity of an author, thought leader, transformation influencer and social activist. She has transformed more than 3,00,000 lives globally through her workshops, seminars, training, retreats, symposiums and speaking events.

Swami Brahmdev is the founder of Aurovalley Ashram at the foot of the Himalayans mountains. He has dedicated his life to live and share the legacy of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.

Swaminiji Svatmavidyananda is a long-term disciple of Pujya Sri Swami Dayananda Saraswatiji. She is a prolific speaker and writer on Vedanta, and tours all over the world offering webinars and discourses on self-knowledge gained from the study of the Upanishads and the Gita. Swaminiji is the acharya of Arsha Vijnana Gurukulam, based in Eugene, Oregon, USA. She is the author of "Freedom from Distrust and Despair," and "Overcoming Self-Sabotage in Self-Knowledge." She is also the President and convener of the Arsha Shakti, a brand new global foundation for Women's Empowerment and Liberation that is in the process of being incorporated in USA and India.

Tanishka is best known as Facebook’s Moon Woman with over 470,000 followers of her daily lunar guidance. She is the author of 6 books, including The Inner Goddess Makeover, a 7-step Shakti awakening workbook and Goddess Wisdom, published by Hay House and translated into multiple languages and listed by Aspire magazine’s Top 10 books for women.

A former stand-up comic, Tanishka experienced a kundalini awakening in 1997 dancing at a fire ceremony. She then remembered past lives as a yogini and began serving as an oracle and initiating women. She has also written books to awaken the twin serpents of kundalini and teaches men to awaken the masculine serpent via her Rainbow Warrior program.

A disciple of H H Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji of Parmarth Niketan Ashram and a student of Raja Choudhury of A Thousand Suns Academy, Tara Ma is a Certified Chakradance™ Facilitator, Spiritual Life Coach, international speaker, writer and living Shakti. She uses the methodologies of Chakradance™, coaching, mentoring, Focusing, Shakti Vidya, yoga and meditation to empower women to access their inner Shakti, knowledge, wisdom and intuition to live their best self in all the roles they play at home, work and leisure. Tara’s signature system provides a practice for individuals to consciously live each moment with compassion, courage, confidence and collaboration for the benefit of all. Tara Ma embodies the universal cosmic energy to live as Shakti with the essence of Bhakti and Vairagya, honouring her names to bring light, love, laughter, peace, joy and bliss to others with her thoughts, words, actions and very presence.

Uma-Parvathinath has spent decades in Sadhana (meditation and spiritual practice) learning and teaching the ancient philosophical and yoga systems of India. She is a direct and close disciple of Shri Amritanandanatha one of the eminent Shri Vidya Master of modern times. She has also been tutored by some of the reclusive and revered masters of Shri Vidya and the Vedantic tradition. Born in India into a Vedic and Brahmin family, Uma-parvathi has dedicated her lifetime to the practice and preservation of Shri Vidya and Vedantic teachings. She has trained in three authentic and traditional streams within Shri Vidya and Vedanta and is a lineage holder and authorized teacher of Shri Vidya.

Vivechana is an artist, designer and a publisher, exploring the world of mandalas, sacred geometry and symbols for over 15 years. She has delved deeply into the archetypal meaning of symbols across cultures and now enjoys sharing the same through her art and the workshops she facilitates through her company Soulscapes

Her professional career includes working as a Creative Director for one of India’s largest printing press, heading AuroPublications – the publications division of Sri Aurobindo Society and setting up a high-end multi-functional store – “AURA” that offers aesthetic handcrafted lifestyle products, a travel desk, cafe and event cum gallery space for the Auroservice Trust in Pondicherry. 

Zia Nath is an international performer and teacher of ancient Sacred Dances of India & Central Asia (specialising in Gurdjieff Movements, Sufi Whirling & Indian temple dances.) Zia has been devoted to the path of sacred dance as her spiritual practice for more than two decades and continues to be inspired by it.

With her background in paramedical & somatic oriented healthcare, Zia engages the diversity of her work – the science of therapeutics and the spirituality of ancient sacred arts, offering transformative sessions, trainings and programs.