About Mahālīla

Mahālīla is a shared vision between Maline Ribeiro and Shiv Tewarie.

Maline was born in Brazil and first landed in India when she was 19. From the beginning, she felt a deep sense of recognition—as though she had arrived somewhere her heart had already been calling her to.

Her studies of Sanskrit and Vedānta began in 2015, during her first Yoga Teacher Training. From then on, she knew she wanted to return to India and immerse herself in these teachings in a traditional way. This calling eventually led her to spend several years living and studying in India.

Now living in Canada, Maline continues to share these teachings with the Brazilian community while slowly paving the road, alongside Shiv, to share this knowledge in Canada and internationally as well.

At the heart of her teaching is a desire to bridge traditional wisdom with daily life—to create a rhythm of living rooted in wisdom and in the recognition of the interconnectedness and sacredness of all life. Although her first spiritual roots were in Christianity, it was through the Vedic tradition that she found the language and understanding through which she now relates to the Divine and shares spirituality with others.

Shiv was born in the Caribbean into a Hindu family. Growing up, however, his heritage was not something he always appreciated; at times, it felt more like something imposed upon him than something he had consciously chosen for himself.

Years later, during a solo journey through Asia, travelling by motorbike for more than three months, something began to change. The journey eventually brought him to Gorakhpur, where reconnecting with his ancestral roots set in motion a series of events that deeply transformed his spiritual life.

That path eventually led him to Arsha Vidya Gurukulam in Anaikatti, Tamil Nadu, where he and Maline studied and lived in an ashram for over three years, immersed in Vedānta, Sanskrit, mantra, and the Vedic tradition.

Now back in Canada, Shiv wishes to share these teachings in a way that is deeply connected to his own experiences and way of living—bringing together the different paths he has walked into a vision that is uniquely his own.

Our paths became one in India.

We met while living and studying together during a residential course dedicated to Vedānta, Sanskrit, and mantra. What began as a shared love for these teachings eventually became a shared path. We joined our lives through a Vedic marriage and, over time, felt called to share with others some of the gifts we ourselves have received from this tradition.

The heart of Mahālīla is to build a bridge between this ancient and timeless wisdom and the world we live in today—revealing its relevance to our lives here and now, and making these teachings accessible without losing their integrity, depth, or essence.

More than simply a place to study, our hope is for Mahālīla to become a community—a satsaṅga—where we can come together around these teachings, share this way of life, and support one another along the path.