Our Lineage & Tradition
Everything we teach grows from one root: the Himalayan ashram tradition, carried not through certificates but through years of practice and direct transmission from teacher to student. This is the lineage our founders walked, and the one we pass on.
Founder & Spiritual Healer
Reviewed and updated June 2026
What is the Himalayan ashram tradition?
The Himalayan ashram tradition is the contemplative yoga lineage of the high mountains of Nepal, Tibet and northern India, where yoga, pranayama, meditation, mantra and energy healing are practised as one integrated path rather than as separate disciplines. It values depth, silence and the slow ripening of practice over performance or speed.
In this tradition, knowledge is transmitted through the guru-shishya relationship, the direct passing of practice and understanding from teacher to student. A practice is not simply taught; it is given, refined over time, and only then shared onward. This is why we keep our groups small and our teaching personal.
The teachers who carry it
Our teaching rests on real, lived practice.
Maa Nisha Kabir
Founder, Reiki Master and spiritual healer. Her path began at fourteen and includes more than twelve years of continuous sadhana and a two-year silent retreat in the caves of the Nepalese Himalayas. She has supported more than eight thousand people through Reiki, sound healing, meditation and counselling.
Swami Anish
Co-founder, meditation teacher, Reiki Master and certified clinical hypnotherapist. He bridges Eastern contemplative practice with Western therapeutic work, leading meditation, one-day transformation intensives and hypnotherapy.
Yogi Awdaitmani
Yoga therapist and teacher with a background in biomedical engineering, bringing both classical yoga and an evidence-informed understanding of the body to our teacher training.
Anupam Chidananda
Meditation teacher specialising in self-inquiry, guiding students into the quieter, investigative side of the practice.
How the lineage shapes our teaching
Because we come from a meditation-centred tradition, breath and stillness sit at the heart of everything we do, even our physical yoga and our healing work. Asana prepares the body to sit; Reiki and singing bowl sound healing work on the energy and nervous system; meditation is where the deeper transformation settles.
It also shapes how we treat people. We would rather guide you to the right next step than sell you the largest package. We keep groups small so there is room for real attention, and we encourage students to sit with each practice long enough to truly absorb it before moving on.
A tradition you can step into
You do not need to be a renunciate to practise in this lineage. Whether you come for a single Reiki session, daily meditation, a 200-hour teacher training or a Himalayan retreat, you are stepping into the same living tradition, adapted with care to where you are in your own life.
Written by
Maa Nisha KabirFounder of Jivan Parivartan, Reiki Master and spiritual healer with 12+ years of sadhana, including two years in Himalayan cave retreat.
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The wider tradition we are part of.
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The mountain practice at the lineage’s root.
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The contemplative core of our work.
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