Shāradā Devī is a globally recognized spiritual mentor, Vedic priestess, and the visionary founder of Devī School, where ancient wisdom meets embodied spirituality. Born of dual Filipino and Swiss heritage, Shāradā’s multicultural background enriches her unique approach to teaching and community-building.
Growing up in Davos, Switzerland, amidst the renowned hospitality industry, she cultivated a deep understanding of cross-cultural connection and event management. Later, during her five years in Venezuela, Shāradā served as the manager of a Swiss foundation in Caracas. In this role, she organized cultural, social, and corporate events for Swiss companies and the Swiss-Venezuelan community. Her leadership extended to hosting charity initiatives that supported local communities and working directly in the field with orphans.
At the age of 18, while traveling in India, Shāradā experienced a profound vision of a World Summit for Universal Peace. However, this transformative moment was accompanied by a diagnosis of psychosis. She was told she would never live a normal life and would need medication for the rest of her days. Rather than defeating her, these words ignited her passion for life and set her on a journey to seek and know true freedom. Today, her life stands as a testament to the power of transformation, proving that ancient wisdom and modern tools can make healing and wholeness accessible to all.
With over 20 years of study in Vedānta, Yoga, Tantra, Sanskrit, Āyurveda, Vedic Chanting, Meditation and Pūjā sacred rituals under the esteemed lineage of Swami Dayānanda Saraswati in Bali and India, Shāradā has become a masterful guide in helping others reclaim their essential wholeness and erotic aliveness. Her pioneering Devī Methodology bridges ancient Vedic wisdom with trauma-informed practices, offering transformative tools that honor both the sacred feminine and masculine.
Shāradā’s deep passion for sacred sexuality arises from her personal journey of reclamation and her desire to restore the inherent dignity of this sacred power, which has long been overshadowed by systems of domination and suppression. Her prayer is for all to rediscover their erotic aliveness and inherent power, to recognize that each individual is whole and complete, and to awaken to the truth that they are the very source of love, pleasure, and wealth.
As a certified Sacred Sexuality Teacher and VITA Sex, Love & Relationship Coach, Shāradā leads immersive retreats, personalized mentorship programs, and global certification courses. Her work is deeply informed by her training in inner child healing, trauma integration, somatic embodiment, and sacred sexuality practices.
Shāradā’s devotion to the arts is exemplified by her background in Odissi dance, an ancient temple art. In Bali, she taught Odissi to underprivileged Indonesian teenagers, who were later invited to perform in Bali’s most revered temples. These sacred performances became a powerful expression of devotion and cultural preservation, inspiring both participants and audiences alike.
Her work extends globally through her innovative online platform, Devī School, and in-person events. She is a sought-after guest teacher at leading international yoga teacher training programs and festivals.
Shāradā’s deep immersion in the Vedic tradition—studying under revered teachers in traditional ashram settings—forms the foundation of her teachings. Her offerings integrate devotional practices, sacred rituals, inner child healing, and rites of passage, empowering her students to live fully expressed, embodied, and free.
Her internationally celebrated Devī Circles create transformative spaces for women to reconnect with their sacred feminine power through womb wisdom, ritual embodiment, and sacred sexuality practices. These heart-opening circles have inspired women worldwide to awaken their inner priestess, queen, and goddess archetypes.
The vision that emerged in Pushkar, India, when she was 18 is now crystallizing in collaboration with His Eminence Shyalpa Rinpoche to launch the Universal Peace Forum in Davos in the near future—a global council uniting wisdom traditions to foster harmony and understanding. Shāradā’s devotion to this sacred offering reflects her belief that the tools for healing and awakening are now available to humanity. Her life is dedicated to making these tools accessible to all while deeply honoring each tradition and supporting indigenous communities in restoring and remembering their innate value.
Whether guiding individuals, leading retreats, hosting deeply transformative, earth-rooted mystical events, or creating community initiatives, Shāradā embodies the transformative power of devotion, resilience, and spiritual embodiment. Her life’s work is rooted in the conviction that we can return to wholeness, reclaim our inherent dignity, and live fully empowered lives—illuminated by ancient wisdom and awakened by the sacred fire of erotic aliveness.
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The lineage of Shri Pujya Swāmi Dayānanda Saraswati
Shri Radhaji, Dr Carol Whitfield, is a Vedanta Teacher and Sanskrit Scholar, Teacher at the CIIS University in San Fransisco as well as an accomplished therapist and PhD in psychology. She studied with Swami Dayanandaji since the 1970s and was for many years the manager of one of his ashrams. Both of them have the rare combination of understanding both the Eastern teachings as well as psychology and the needs of a modern mind and the Western mind.
Shri Swami Vagishanandaji is a Sanyasi, Vedanta Scholar and Chanting Master for the past 40 years (he participated in five 3,5 yr residential courses with Swami Dayanandaji!). He lives as a monk, devoted to Hindu dharma (universal values) and traditions.
Shri Pujya Swāmi Dayānanda Saraswati – words fall short to describe our revered Guru Pujya Swamiji. He completely revived the tradition of Vedanta and Hindu Dharma and has impacted millions of peoples lives world wide.
“Smt. Sharada Devi is one of my brilliant Senior Students.
She has been with me Studying Vedanta, Sanskrit and Vedic chanting in Bali now for over 10 years and continues to study and teach the same. She has Studied Directly from Sri Swami Dayaananda Saraswati in the Traditional Ashram context and discipline for a year and participated in various camps.
She is highly committed and well established in all aspects of Vedic traditional structure, Attitudes, and Values, she embodies these values and is constantly sharing the same with all her devoted students. Sharada is a qualified Celebrant in her own right having been traditionally initiated with major Hindu Vedic Samskaaras ie. spiritual initiations.
She has been blessed by her revered teachers and embodies these rites of passage and Initiates others who sincerely ask and are ready to receive these priceless transformational blessings in their lives.
In her Devotional Yajna Spirit, she has been organising and conducting Sacred Feminine Women’s circles empowering women to profoundly heal themselves at all levels and has inspired many women to do the same.
Sharada has been classically trained in Odissi a form of Bhaarata Naatya sacred devotional Dance, a profound form of Meditation Integrating body mind and spirit to be one with Deity.
She is deeply immersed in all aspects of Traditional devotional Ishvara Pujaa and has trained so many sincere yogic students in these priceless spiritual practices. She has been teaching in Bali, live classes to individuals and groups in established International Yoga Teacher Trainings, and also on the web through “Vaidika Dharma” & Her Sacred “Be Woman Project” and during summer months she teaches abroad (Sweden, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Holland, India etc.) With Ishvara Guru and Shaastras grace profound for Jnaana Vairaagya Moksa Siddhih.
May her sacred Yajna continue without obstacles, and all that come to Her; may they be blessed by her guidance and teaching.
with Naaraayana Smrtih ” — Swami Vagishaananda Saraswati
Testimonials of Students
taken during the Vaidika Dharma Yoga Teacher Training in Bali in collaboration with SOHA School of Healing Arts by Founder Daniela Mandala
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"You are a jewel of a human. The meaning of my life has expanded since I have met you Sharada, since I went to your first Vedic teachings.
I want to thank you with all my heart for always being there, as a teacher, as a guide, as a sister, as a mom, as everything and anything you can be.
I love you so much and sending you blessings, love and light. ”
— Serra Devi, Canada Turkey
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“Your words are pure grace- heartfelt. So important. How can I express what you mean to me Sharada Devi? My gratitude is vast. My eager to learn so strong. Your teaching is a true blessing to all of us. I melt into it all. No reservation. Just a full strong yes. ”
— Anna Eklund, Sweden
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“Again, and again, thank you so much for your teachings, your guidance, your commitment to us students, you are an inspiration as a teacher, a woman, a human being and I am really grateful for the path I am traveling with you. ”
— Helen Eastwood, Paris
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“If you are a spiritual seeker, if you teach or share yoga/women’s circles/psychotherapy/trauma informed groups of any kind, I cant recommend this enough.
Last year I was blessed to discover the most real, wise, integrated, no bs vedanta teacher. She skilfully cuts through the overwhelming bs of the wellness/yoga industry, to share ancient knowledge of the Vedas (the knowledge that we are whole and complete) in an accessible, relevant and empowering way.
The practices and rituals shared helped me out of a dark place, when I had lost my faith in yoga and what it has become, and to some extent the world around me.
I literally can’t believe my luck I get to receive this knowledge again with this offering from Sharada Devi.”— Kate, England
