Teachers

Tim McEvitt

Tim leads classes in meditation, yoga and relaxation. He trained as a brahmacari (student monk) for eight years on Inis Rath Island before meeting his wife, Carmen, in 2004. When they met it was love at first sight and they got married immediately. Their story was featured on the front of the weekend supplement in the newspaper with the highest circulation in NI, the Belfast Telegraph. READ MORE HERE. Tim is from Castleknock, Dublin.

Carmen McEvitt

Carmen hails from sunny Panama in Central America. From the tender age of 15 she practised as a brahmacarini (young student nun) in the ISKCON temple in her home country. Her father, mother, brothers and sister are also Krishna devotees. She loves to cook, and is pretty good at it, which is not good news for her husband's waistline! Carmen (aka Champa) teaches cookery on our retreats. Tim and Carmen have two children, Janaki and new baby Abhay.

Syamananda Das Brahmacari

Syamananda has been living as a monk for 20 years - based at Inis Rath, Dublin, Belgium, Australia and international touring with His Holiness Jayadvaita Swami. In November 2009 he was requested to be the Centre President at the new ISKCON Centre in Dublin City, so he divides his time between the island and the city. Syamananda teaches Eastern Philosophy, specialising in bhakti-yoga and Bhagavad Gita. The cheerful monk, being multi-talented, also teaches Indian cookery classes when the need arises. Syamananda is a local man, born just 10 miles from the shores of Upper Lough Erne.

Fiona Gracey

Fiona is a lecturer in sustainable living, an energy healer and a massage therapist. She is also a young mother of five, and a very gentle, calm and collected individual. With husband Ani, the family built a straw bale eco-house in County Fermanagh that generated so much positive interest that it has been featured on RTE Nationwide and in various newspapers. Fiona is a certified aromatherapy and Indian head massage therapist, reflexologist and reiki healer.

Manu Das Adhikary

Manu is the former Temple President of ISKCON Inis Rath Island. He is a humble soul, and an accomplished and dynamic kirtan lead singer. Manu gives talks and presentations in advanced Vaishnava philosophy. He also runs an art gallery to pay the bills.

 Above: Manu (left) talks to a Christian Minister in Belfast prior to a Ratha Yatra street carnival