About Umā
SATYA's Founding Director
The teachings of Indian Tantra, Yoga and Ayurveda are perceptibly precious flowing through Umā.
Born into the culture from which the Yogic sciences sprang, vigorously trained in the wild, forged within Yoga’s native guru-shishya (teacher-student) dynamism—Umā is a living vessel for this synergy of traditions, infused with their riches.
She is sought out by discerning and intrepid practitioners for her decades of experience in Indian Tantra, Yoga and Ayurveda.
Umā has walked a less common path in life. Guided by her own nature far from family, schools and cities, at age 20 she entered into seclusion and a 14-year apprenticeship with her Shaivite guru in his private hermitage.
She has now been researching and educating in the field of Indian Tantra and Yoga for more than 30 years.
As an Ayurveda Practitioner with a Diploma of Ayurvedic Sciences (D.A.Sc., USA), and with certification from India as a Panchakarma Specialist, in 2008 Umā conceived and co-founded KUSH, the Ayurvedic Center for Rejuvenation. There she hosted in-depth constitutional assessments and personalised detox/rejuvenation programs that ran under her direction until 2016. Umā is also the founder of Aranya Ayurvedics, a range of organic, wildcraft Ayurvedic teas and therapeutics.
She has offered past SATYA and related trainings in Australia, Germany, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.
SATYA comes to me as a golden thread or a golden key. A golden lifeline to nurture remembrance. A golden key to dive for, secreted in the ocean of consciousness.
The gold in woven threads and hidden keys are a theme in my life. They arise as extraordinary treasures with the properties of ambrosia, like golden ghee, resurrected from the butter churned up from a milky sea.”
– Umā