CJ ANANDA

CJ Ananda is the co-founder of Present Moment Retreat, The Kula Collective and Casa Kula. She facilitates shamanic cleanses, ceremonies, yoga trainings and transformational retreats, giving each person the heartfelt attention and guidance that cultivates profound healing, and expansive experiences. As a facilitator, she sees each of her offerings as an opportunity to hold sacred ceremonial space that supports our collective evolution.

Integrating her teachings and passions, Ananda uses a process of intentional-based healing that draws upon the philosophy that we are all a part of a collective life force that is driving us towards greater consciousness. Her vision is that of humanity coming into alignment with the unified purpose of awakening. She works with her clients to explore their gifts and deepen their relationship with Spirit, and holds a personal intention to magnify the brilliance of this life's experience.

Ananda lives on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala where she and her husband, Coby live in loving community, with the spirits of the land, sharing music, meditation, movement and honoring the medicinal wisdom of plants. This life and lifestyle is her greatest Joy!

COBY

While traveling abroad during University, Coby met a Peruvian healer who liberated him from the material realm. “Now that you have entered the Spiritual world”, she told him, “you’ll never have to concern yourself with money or materials, they will manifest effortlessly. Your new path is a spiritual one wrought with its own challenges.” Coby took this belief to heart, starting a spiritual journey that took him several times around the world. He spent many years reconnecting with the Earth throughout Latin America. He sailed the Caribbean, learning just how deeply one can relax. He led groups of teenagers through five different continents. He spent much time in India where he lived 'Baba Life', renouncing material comforts and exploring the boundaries of meditation. But between each chapter of his story, he would always return to his Shamanic teacher in Peru for study and guidance. Coby’s deep rooted interest in Shamanism found its perfect complement when he married Yoga Guru, CJ Ananda. The fusion of his love for Shamanism and hers for Yoga blended perfectly, becoming CobAnanda.