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About Celebration of Being’s Founders and Facilitators

Rajyo Markman is a spiritual teacher, mystic and a gifted healer, who has been working with people in the field of transformation for over 20 years. In 1980 she met her Master Osho and her journey began. From his teachings she brings many cutting edge tools and techniques for catalyzing awakening. She studied with the Sufi teacher, Faisel Muqquadim from whom she learned about Essence and the Enneagram. In 2004 she met Leonard Jacobson who has helped her bring the profound yet simple teaching of Presence into her work. In 2007 she was initiated into giving the Oneness Blessing in India. Her spiritual practice these days is most aligned with the Buddhist path of mindfulness and compassion.

Rajyo’s own journey of healing from breast cancer has helped her become especially skilled in working with others going through transition and transformation. Rajyo appreciates the alchemical nature of the transformational journey. She has found that as we turn towards our fears, wounds and shortcomings, they become the doorway to the riches of our Being. She assists men and women discover the jewels within and to live a more heart-centered, body-oriented life where our own intuitive nature becomes our guide.

Rajyo is a Somatic Experiencing* practitioner, a certified Massage Therapist, Aquatic bodywork practitioner, qualified Yoga Teacher, and certified Master Results coach. She has been initiated into giving Oneness Blessing to others.

In her private sessions, workshops, trainings and retreats she combines trauma healing, self inquiry, mindfulness practice, compassionate counseling, and breath and body awareness to bring an awareness of the perfection of our essential wholeness.

*Somatic Experiencing=Trauma Healing, Dr Peter Levine



Britta Johnson has been working internationally with people in the field of transformation for over 20 years. She has a background in social work, family and couple’s therapy, dance and movement, vocal expression, emotional release and life coaching.

Starting in Germany as a social worker in women’s shelters, her path took her through many extensive inner and outer travels towards developing her own meditation, dance, and movement workshops in Canada in the late 80s. In 1997 she co-founded Celebration of Being in the US with Rajyo.

Britta is the proud mother of two sons. She became a mother at the age of 20, and views her rite of passage into motherhood as one of the most empowering lessons in unconditional love, and as a pivotal point on her journey into spiritual awakening.

She is an accomplished singer and co-produced a devotional music CD , called Remember”. She is passionate about combining creative expression like dance, voice and theater together with prayer, devotional practices and deep inner spiritual work. (Click here to listen to or purchase Remember)

She loves to guide others in deepening their personal connection to The Divine. Her own in-depth journey from the ashrams of the Far East to the spiritual traditions of the Christian Mystics have enabled her to enrich the spirituality of those from diverse faith traditions, assisting them to experience the presence of God as a day-to-day reality.

She brings a laser-direct honesty combined with gentle compassion, wrapped in non-judgmental wisdom, whilst seeing the wounds of others clearly, and tenderly walking them through them. Her greatest joy is to assist people in finding and living their purpose, potential and aliveness.


Associate Facilitators

Gina Holland is a transpersonal counselor, experienced meditator and a devoted mother and grandmother. She has been involved with Celebration of Being since 1999, and has been organizing and holding the vision in the UK since then.

Gina is a lover of truth, and loves to support others in living a more authentic and passionate existence. She has a unique ability to see the divine in the ordinary and the presence to combine and integrate this into everyday life. Her passion is supporting others in living an authentic life by continuously pointing towards what is... ever present and already free.

She facilitates the Celebration of Woman workshops, and co-facilitates the mixed gender groups with Rajyo in the UK.


Neelama Eyres has been working in the field of personal transformation for over 13 years. Her training began in 1995 as direct, hands-on-experience with participants in personal growth seminars.

For the past 8 years she has been a life coach and a facilitator for transformational seminars in the U.S., Canada and Europe. She has been part of both course design and facilitator training for Inner Journey Seminars since 2000.

Her passion is to transform the body discontent that most women experience into a vehicle for profound healing and growth.

In 2004, together with Britta she co-created Devotion: Falling in Love with The Divine, a spiritual intensive focused on deepening one’s personal connection to The Divine. She also co-facilitates "Into the Mystery" with Rajyo, a three day silent retreat into the silence and mystery of your being.


Christine Hassler is a life coach and personal growth counselor who is dedicated to supporting young women in answering the questions, “Who am I, what do I want, and how do I get it.” Christine wrote the first guide book written exclusively for young women, entitled Twenty-Something, Twenty-Everything: A Woman’s Guide to Balance and Direction in 2005. Since then, Christine has been dedicated to working with individuals and groups to heal, grow, and create lives they love.

Her second book, 20 Something Manifesto came out in 2008 and is the first book to identify the psychological phases that affect self-identity from ages 22-33. She holds a Masters Degree in Spiritual Psychology. She brings compassion, strength of heart and unconditional support while guiding and encouraging others in their journey.

She is the co-founder of "Chrysalis", and co-facilitates this rite of passage workshop for young woman together with Britta. . www.christinehassler.com


Debra Smith brings more than 15 years of experience and knowledge in the field of health, sexuality, intimacy, hormone balance and transformational consulting. Debra believes that every woman (and man) no matter what age, can discover and reclaim their luscious, powerful, sacred life force. She creates the space for her clients to experience vitality and passion by owning and living from their life force energy.

She knows from deep, personal experience that’s it’s possible for anyone to experience spiritual/sexual bliss. Debra has created a safe supportive practice where she lovingly and intuitively facilitates breakthroughs for her clients in the enjoyment of natural, healthy sexuality and hormone balance in order to live fulfilling and satisfying lives.

Debra co-facilitates the Embracing the Change workshop with Rajyo.


Debbie Beauchamp has been part of the organizing team for COB events in the UK for 5 years and now co-facilitates the workshops. She is a personal and executive coach, trainee counselor and mother to three gorgeous daughters.

Debbie support's people to find their truth, gifts and passion so they can create a life that expresses all of who they are. This allows them to shine and radiate their light to make a difference in the world and inspire others to do the same.

She co-facilitates the Celebration of Woman workshops in the UK with Gina. You can find out more by visting her website www.livingyourdreams.org.uk