Bart is a visionary & a director at Leela, dedicated to pioneering a new paradigm in community living and co-creation. He emphasises shared purpose, promoting heart-guided projects supported by sound strategies. His enthusiasm for sound healing allows him to offer transformative sessions that enhance spiritual connection and tension release. Bart advocates for community living as a model for inspiration and support, positioning Leela as a beacon for growth and transformation. He fosters a culture that transcends power struggles, promoting a circle-based approach with clear roles and responsibilities, enabling collaboration, mutual support, and equal participation, creating a balanced, thriving community.

Sanjula has been trained for many years at Humaniversity under the guidance of Veeresh. She specialises in working with women. She is also trained in Shamanic deep healing bodywork. She runs Empowerment for Women workshops at Osho Leela and has a young son.

Amura has been a vital member of the community since 2006.
She is part of the healing team and is involved in the running of community activities and festivals.

Tarisha is a founding member of the community, a Director, a healer and musician.

Over the years, she has run festivals, workshops and meditation retreats, women’s gatherings and shamanic ceremonies, all with a focus on creativity and celebration, love and connection to the earth.

More recently, she has been focusing on wellness, offering Singing Medicine sessions to bring in the light, both online and in the community. She lives here with her son Joshua, born here in 2005. www.tarisha.co.uk

Premal is part of the the key community group. She is an experienced well-being professional and runs the Leela Healing Centre.
Her passion is AcuEnergetics (accurate energy medicine) of which she is a practitioner and teacher
Nowadays she appreciates the variety in her Leela work. Her favourite role is supporting longer term community well-being by giving individual AcuEnergetics sessions.
She takes pleasure in leading meditations and sessions and organising community activities and entertainments.

Kevin is a Key Community Member with years of experience living at Leela. Besides that he focuses on the Health & Safety within the community and brings care and wisdom to the Community Support. In his free time he enjoys walking in the country side.

Khalis works mainly at one of the caretakers of the volunteer programme at Leela and is part of the care team. He lived in Italy for 16 years and at that time he completed the 4-year Therapist training. In Leela he runs workshops centred on meditation and is part of the facilitating team for the Leela life training and the 6-day residential programme Thrive. He is founder member of the Leela swimming and running clubs

Ramana has been part of the community since April 2022. As a mother of two grown up children she can allow herself to experience a second youth through a joyful journey into the new. She’s is a native Russian speaking.
Ramana loves the opportunity to combine her two passions: gardening and massage. She’s ITEC trained in massage by the London School of Massage and have additional trainings in Deep Tissue, Trigger-points & Stretching, and Thai Yoga massage.

Cliff is Leela’s Head of Development with over three decades of experience as a master carpenter, he has managed large projects, both for himself and many organizations. Cliff has extensive experience of living in and supporting communities in a variety of contexts across the world, initially, whilst raising his family in Scotland, his comprehensive skill set enables the turning of vision into reality. Cliff’s qualifications range from architecture, psychology, philosophy and politics to breath work, shamanism, Reiki and permaculture. His passions include dancing, people nature connection, animals, climbing world, swimming, travel and hugs.

Louise followed her inner knowing that living in community is how she wants to live & where better than with beloved Osho Leela.
Louise brings her community spirit to promotions, bookings & the kitchen.
She’s a transformational coach & self-care & self-love guide. Louise naturally supports people to reconnect with their true, authentic & lovable self.
In touch with her inner playful child Louise loves walking barefoot on the land, hugging the beautiful oak trees & lives for expansive conversations that awaken new possibilities & perspectives.

Prem Uti has been a friend of the Leela community since 2010 and became a resident in 2022. Of Italian origins, she brings her beautiful heart, dedication, her calm energy, care and attention to the community. She is our Head of Housecare, she loves making the house look beautiful for everybody who visits. She also works in our Booking Office. She is passionate about energy healing, she has been a Reiki practitioner for 20 years and offers sessions to community and visitors. She loves music, nature, Italian ice-cream and pizza.

Abhi is an Italian heartful friend and member of the Leela Community since 2017.
She’s a solid member of the Group Therapy Staff Team for the Training and Intensive Programs at Leela. She’s responsible for overseeing the Festivals’ Workers and the Community Support.
Abhi has trained as a Bioenergetics facilitator and Active Meditations Leader, and she loves to share her passions dancing and art with the community.
Abhi is a creative spirit and she brings her vibrant enthusiasm and sensitivity into the commmunity with a natural grounding presence, and lust for life.

Darpan is in charge of plumbing and sustainability. He works with healing, Shamanism, Osho Meditation, Breath Coach and facilitates and assists workshops.
He loves to dance Argentine tango and has taught and performed all around the world.
Darpan has a strong connection with the land and trees and he truly is our in house medicine man.

Nirmna is a member of the development team. Working on a wide variety of projects across our buildings, infrastructure and festival operations.
Nirmna is in his second year of living in the community and loves living this way.
Nirmna brings a wealth of skills and knowledge to the community alongside his passions for art, music, and making the world a more beautiful place.

Vic is the Leela sacred fire keeper lovingly known as our Fire Shiva.
Vic arrived on the land in 2023 with his beautiful dog August for a few weeks and ended up staying!
An outdoors man at heart he is passionate about all things nature, particularly fire and keeps the grounds looking loved and cared for year round.
A kind & gentle man he is also a community spirit contributing from his heart & love of Leela.

Missy Lissy is 11 years old.
She is Vishwa’s cat, but she is also a very communal cat. She loves to sleep on top of the mattresses in Zorba. And if you are lucky (or kept the door to your room open) you might find her on your bed….
She can also be little miss Horrid… when she has been out on a hunt….

Vishwa is a long term member of the community. She was here from day one. She did all the Humaniversity training and has assisted workshops for years.
She has served as a director for many years and is now taking a back seat. She is a very good cook and loves creating systems, beauty and ambiance.

Premen is our senior resident. After serving the grounds for so many years, he retired. He still is grateful to be out in the grounds, working in nature, watching the grass grow so you will still see him moving around on the mower. He says: ‘it is a gift to have this meditation in my life’.