Kayla has been exploring different paths of spirituality with a curious mind and open heart since 2016 and felt a strong call to visit Anuttara as a karma yogi in 2019. Resonating deeply with the land, ashram & school, Kayla has been studying with Anuttara and the Shivohman Lineage ever since.

Her practice and lifestyle are largely influenced by the paths of Non-dual Tantrā and Advaita Vedanta as well as the teachings of Guruji Raj Kumar, David Frawley, nature, Mooji, Thich Nhat Hanh, Rupert Spira, and Julia Cameron.

As an artist with a background in Art History and Expressive Arts healing, Kayla is most in her element when painting, dancing, singing, etc. as means of devotion. She will often incorporate elements of art such as tarot & oracle cards, stories/myth/symbolism, music, and poetry into her yoga classes.

Rainer has been a part of the Anuttara community since 2016. She first began her journey here at the Ashram as a Karma yogi, working with lime and clay, making cobb throughout the rainy and muddy fall months. After weeks of waking up for 6 am practice, doing selfless service during the day, and winding down the nights with kirtan or personal time, an undeniable feeling began to arise within her. The only way to describe this feeling was a deep opening within the heart. It was through this heart-opening that led her back to the Ashram again and again. Falling in love with the Sangha, the land, and finding a deep sense of rest and peace within herself.

Today at the Ashram, you can find Rainer puttering around in the kitchen, harvesting or tending to the gardens, or perhaps hear the echoes of her playing harmonium across the valley. Wherever she goes, she always finds herself in the kitchen. For her, one of the greatest joys of life is cooking for others to provide delicious and nourishing food for everybody. This is what brings her closest to Spirit.

Rainer completed the Community Herbalist Program with Pacific Rim College in 2021 and continues to develop her relationship with plants through herbal medicine making and guided medicinal plant walks. Alongside this, she has a deep interest in Ayurveda, especially Ayurvedic cooking which she continuously practices and studies.

Shaluva grew up in Vancouver, B.C. He got into meditation in 2010 after reading the inspiring story of the Buddha and his life.  He found himself touched and wanted to know the true meaning of the words peace, bliss, truth, nirvana, moksha, so he resolved to meditate every day. 
 

Until 2012, he mainly practiced in the Zen Buddhist tradition, and through that, he gained the seed of insight. That year he visited the ashram for the first time. Nothing felt more important to him than growing and developing spiritually and as a human being so the Ashram felt like the perfect place to be.  Loving the space, nature, the community, time flies by so quickly at Anuttara Ashram and he has now been a semi-permanent resident at Anuttara for the last 8 years.
 
Shaluva is a good and hard-working individual with a heart of gold.  His determination inspires those around him to continue their practice and keep seeking higher truths.  Shaluva's kind, generous and goofy spirit make him a delight o share community with. 

Kayla first joined the Anuttara community in April of 2021, where she took on the nickname “Kayla Ji”. With an open mind, she surrendered to the teachings of Traditional Tantra and began practicing in the Shivoham lineage of Guruji Raj Kumar. She enjoys learning about different spiritual teachings from other members of the community as she explores and deepens in her own path. She incorporates yoga into her daily life through selfless service, asana, kirtan, and reading as many books on spirituality as she can. Kayla Ji is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and part of the Ashram’s Seva team as an assistant cook. Through the combination of Sangha, daily practice, and the nature of living off-grid, her heart continues to open. Although this is only Kayla Ji's first season with Anuttara, her integration into the community felt seamless and her quirky humor reminds us not to take life too seriously. 

Bhavani (Britt) is ever-more in awe of the simple divinity of everyday life. At the beginning, she was born to her mother of English, Irish and Scottish ancestry and father of Jamaican roots in Oshawa, Ontario, Anishinaabe territory. Her family in both its complexity and warm embrace has given her the opportunity, health, and love to pursue whatever she wants in this life. 

She spent some years exploring different cultures in Central and North American, investigating different ways of seeing and always seeking to connect with people, communities, and the Divine. Now, she has come to find a spiritual family in the Anuttara Sangha (community) and resides in Terrace, British Columbia, Ts'msyen Territory. She has found immense learning through her work as a Youth Worker for the community of Kitsumkalum and cherishes every sweet guidance that comes through daily life. 

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Bhavani has training in First Aid, Suicide Intervention, and Principles of Collective Trauma Healing (30hr online) with Thomas Hübl and graduated from Anuttara's Yoga and Meditation Teacher Training in 2021. She loves learning how to fix stuff, biking, and sitting in nature.

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The spiritual path is unfolding through guidance from many beings, but in naming a few who have deeply touched Bhavani on her path she identifies Mooji Baba, Bhairav Thomas English, Artemis Emily Doyle, Guruji Raj Kumar, and (largely) the Anuttara Sangha! 

Hello and a big joyful welcome to this unique opportunity to study authentic non-dual tantra yoga, as well as toexplore yourself and the universe!

My name is Marlene, living (and identifying) in this female body in Germany. My path led to the Ashram in 2018 and what can I say - I got hooked. My love for Truth was elicited and I had the fortune to be part of the YMTT 2019 in India. Since then my life is dedicated to being the best expression of what I know to be true. I am especially drawn to self-inquiry and the teachings of Adyashanti. 

I am not only a lover of Truth but also deeply in love with this miraculous life. There is nothing more beautiful for me than to facilitate the connection to ourselves and life. I am deeply caring for this precious earth and it breaks my heart over and over again how we treat her and each other. I believe that everybody brings their unique gift to life- and Yoga (on and off the mat) can be authentic, an integral path to embodying this.

I am looking forward to being on this journey with you. May we remember together that we are already what we are looking for!