Jivan Parivartan is a women-led Reiki, sound-healing and meditation school in Tarkeshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal. Maa Nisha Kabir founded it in 2021, and it is registered with the Government of Nepal as Jivan Parivartan Pvt. Ltd.
Jivan Parivartan means “life transformation.” It began with one rented room at Tarkeshwor, on the north-western edge of the Kathmandu valley. Maa Nisha saw people there one at a time.
Today the centre has a practice hall, a healing room and a kitchen. It trains students in Reiki, singing-bowl therapy and yoga, and it still runs one-to-one healing sessions. Most guests stay in Thamel; on-site rooms are opening soon.
People come with stress, grief, exhaustion or questions. We offer practice, silence, good food and teachers who have done the work themselves.
Visit UsEach figure links to its source further down this page: the registration certificate, our Google listing and the interview.
Maa Nisha Kabir left home at fourteen to find out who she was and why people suffer.
Her search took her from her village to her first guru, Santa Kabir Das, and then to other teachers and traditions. The teachings of Osho were an early influence. That influence was a source of inspiration; it is not a lineage she teaches.
She practised Vipassana meditation for six years. She then spent two years alone in a cave in Mustang, in silence and meditation. In a long interview with the Nepali journalist Tikaram Yatri, she has spoken openly about the pain, the doubt and the patience those two years asked of her, and about coming back to an ordinary life afterwards.
At the heart of her teaching is a simple idea: suffering is a pattern, and a pattern can be recognised and changed. She teaches it through breathwork, meditation, Reiki and sound healing.
In 2021 she rented one room in Tarkeshwor and registered the centre as a company. There was no advertising; guests recommended the centre to each other.
“I never went looking for a centre. I went looking for an answer. The centre is only what happened when other people wanted to sit down beside me and ask the same question.”
Maa Nisha Kabir
She still teaches. If you come for a Reiki attunement or a meditation intensive, she teaches you herself.
An interview in Nepali by Tikaram Yatri, about 90 minutes long and watched more than 339,000 times. She talks about choosing silence, the pain of long sittings, what she realised in the cave and how she lives and teaches now.
You pay a deposit before you travel, so you should know exactly who you are paying. Jivan Parivartan is a private limited company registered with the Government of Nepal.
A family-run healing and meditation training centre at Tarkeshwor-5: one hall, one healing room, one kitchen. Each photo is labelled with where it was taken.
At this centre we focus on a few things and teach them properly. Yoga retreats and our Mustang retreat each have their own site.
Level 1, Level 2 and Master, with attunements and certificates. Taught by Maa Nisha. From $250.
TrainingA 3-day basic course or a 7-day advanced course, taught by Swami Anish Ji. From $350.
TrainingClassical Himalayan yoga, pranayama, meditation and philosophy.
HealingReiki healing, sound healing with singing bowls, and guided meditation. From $45.
Sister siteMulti-day yoga retreats in Kathmandu, run by the same team, at yogakathmandu.com.
Sister siteFive days of teacher-led silence and meditation in Mustang, at himalayanluxuryretreat.com.
Every guest gets personal attention from a teacher. We believe in quality over quantity, so everyone receives individual attention and care. That is why we keep our groups small.
Each training course has its own timetable on its programme page. This is how a full retreat day at the centre runs.
Sattvic vegetarian food comes from our own kitchen. Most guests stay in Thamel; on-site rooms are opening soon.
Who teaches what, so you know who you will learn from.
20+ years of practice in Vipassana, Ashtanga Mahayoga, Pranayama and silent meditation. Her first guru was Santa Kabir Das. Trained in Reiki in 2017 and has taught it here since 2021, to 70+ students. Teaches in Hindi, Nepali and English.
Teaches: Reiki Level 1, Level 2 & Master · meditation intensives · retreat guidance
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A sound-healing therapist with a decade of experience. He trained in singing bowl with Maa Nisha in 2021 and has run 25+ training sessions since, in Nepali, English and Hindi. He also works on programme development and yoga philosophy.
Teaches: Singing Bowl Training · sound healing sessions
Teaches meditation, mudra practice, mantra sadhana and yogic philosophy.
Teaches: 200-Hour YTT (philosophy, meditation) · mantra, mudra & yantra sessions
The videos were filmed at the centre. The written reviews below are copied from our Google listing.
