Shambhavi Sarasvati is the spiritual director of Jaya Kula. Her principle training is in the View and practices of Kashmir Shaivism, the Tantrik tradition of North India. She has been fortunate to have trained with several great teachers in this and other nondual traditions. She is an initiate in the lineage of Paramahamsa Satyananda Saraswati of Rikhia, India.

In October of 2005, Shambhavi received a life-changing transmission of the essence state of primordial, unconditioned Reality. Subsequently, she was given the name “Shambhavi.” During this period, through a series of dreams and other events, Shambhavi recognized the compassionate presence and guiding hand of her Satguru, Sri Ma Anandamayi. Shambhavi hopes to bring more people to an understanding of the breadth and depth of Ma’s teachings.

Shambhavi teaches traditional Tantra in ways that can be easily integrated into daily life. Her non-mystical View is that Tantra is a way to learn about and live in the fullness of Reality. This is self-realization. Nothing more or less.

Hrimati Sarasvati is an ayurvedic clinician and teacher of classical Indian Ayurveda and Tantrik Hatha Yoga. She has studied Ayurveda in a traditional apprentice system with the American Tantrik Acharya Dharmanidhi Sarasvati and three of the few remaining practitioners of classical Ayurveda in Kerala, India.

Hrimati helps her clients and students to experience their life through the lens of the five elements. Her focus is on nutrition and lifestyle, however, she often uses western, Chinese and Indian herbs to support the process of bringing the body toward balance.

Hrimati teaches the Jaya Kula six-part annual Ayurvedic Self-Care course. When in Portland, she is available for Ayurvedic consultations. Please write to Shambhavi if you are interested in setting up a consultation.

A message from Hrimati:

I love Ayurveda because the description it provides of the universe is useful. The advice given in the classic texts of Ayurveda is extremely practical. And yet the mystery of life is alive and well at the heart of Ayurveda. Practitioners of Ayurveda are worshippers of that mystery.

Ayurveda more effectively and thoroughly describes the world around us than any other system I have encountered. Things are explained. . . to a point, beyond which there is still plenty of room for awe and wonder.

Ayurveda provides a description of how things relate to each other. It allows us to understand how things came to be the way they are and to make predictions for how things will work in the future. Ayurveda is a narrative about the communicative nature of the universe. It is a language of patterns and rhythms, helping us to see areas of our life where the healthy patterns have broken down, where we have lost the ability to hear what the world is communicating to us.

Ultimately, the advisements offered by the ancient sages of Ayurveda are opportunities to get quiet enough to be able to hear the whisper (and, occasionally, the bellow) of the wisdom of nature. This is the place where the mundane meets the profound, and natural ease arises from appropriate actions.