Our Ishaya Teachers

Shukri Devi has been an Ishaya Monk since 2015. Dedicating her life to one of service, stillness, surrender, peace and endless joy. The idea of Meditation Changes Lives arrived one morning in early 2020 and we have been providing free sessions online every week since then!

Tarendra lives in Kuala Lumpur and is an Ishaya Monk. He has been teaching meditation since 2017. Tarendra is playful, has great clarity and a down to earth practical approach to meditation.

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Maitreya has been teaching meditation for over 20 years. He is an author and also a world leading expert on the mental health condition Bipolar and the positive effects of the ketogenic diet. 

Jayatsena lives in California, although she is from Sweden. She became an Ishaya monk in 2016 and she loves taking our evening class on Tuesday each week.

Sumitra learned the practice of Ascension in 2011 and took her first vows in 2015. She describes Ascension as discovering a practice where I can rest as my True Self and live and move from that space of pure conscious awareness. 

Kratu plays guitar for a living; composing, recording, touring with different artists and playing in musical theatre shows in London. Since the age of 10, music has for him been a tool to experience the Silence and Unity. These occasional glimpses gave a tantalising glimpse of how life could be lived. 

It was a chance encounter with an Ishaya which began his Ascension journey and he realised he had found what he had always been looking for. Kratu became a teacher in early 2024. He finds hosting MCL Lunchtime sessions a privilege and takes him to his highest experience of presence