Navin Sahjpaul
About Navin
Navin is an Interdisciplinary Practitioner - Counsellor (RCC), Music Therapist (BMT), Yoga Teacher (YTT-250) - and Artist (Musician, Writer). With ancestral roots in India—his parents and grandparents' birthplace—Navin is a second-generation Indo-Canadian, born in Canada and currently residing in Vancouver, BC. His life journey has led him to pursue a path of service in the world.
Navin’s work is informed by his academic training, professional practice within the healthcare system, involvement in community wellness spaces, and his own lived experiences. It is also deeply shaped by the wisdom passed down from loved ones, ancestors, clients, elders, and mentors. He believes that to walk alongside someone in the therapeutic environment is a sacred path—an honour to be part of another’s journey of introspection, healing, growth, self-exploration, and personal development.
As a Music Therapist (BMT), Navin’s practice has included working in the healthcare system in addictions and mental health, and in community-based settings sharing his work at wellness events, workshops, and conferences, focusing on how music and sound can be utilized in therapeutic, healing environments in an effort to improve help individuals improve their quality of life and overcome mental health challenges.
Through his own personal journey, Navin has come to understand what it feels like to be lost in despair, to question the value of existence, and to wonder whether love, connection, and wholeness are truly attainable in this life. By exploring a combination of contemporary and traditional wellness and therapeutic modalities, Navin has experienced firsthand the healing, relief, and transformation that are possible when we commit ourselves to tending to our wounds with care and intention.
He is deeply passionate about well-being, mental health, community building, and healing. Navin believes that our deepest ruptures can become our greatest teachers, and that the more we tend to our pain, the more we expand our capacity for joy, gratitude, and love.
Navin is honoured to walk this path and to give back in this way.
Education
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Master of Counselling, (MC), City University of Canada, 2025 |
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Foundations of Music Therapy Diploma, Amanda Todd Legacy Award recipient, Douglas College, 2022 |
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Bachelor of Music Therapy, (BMT), 2022 |
Training
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Certification for Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy, 2023 |
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Completion of the Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum, 2022 |
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Fundamentals of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy from Numinus, 2022 |
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The River Course: An Integrative Approach to Psychedelic Therapies and Sacred Plant Medicine, 2022 |
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Arkaya Yoga Teacher Training 250+ hours, 2018 |
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Compassionate Inquiry Training from Gabor Mate, 2018 |
What Inner Diya Means
As a South Asian man and second generation immigrant, I have been deeply influenced by my culture, heritage, lineage, and Eastern philosophy.
The word “diya” (दीया in Hindi) refers to a traditional oil lamp used in India and other South Asian countries, especially during religious festivals and ceremonies. It's typically made from clay and fueled with oil (like mustard or ghee) with a cotton wick.
Inner Diya refers to a core underlying philosophy in that just as a diya radiates light from its own flame, each individual holds the power, agency, and ability within to create the change they desire and experience the healing they are seeking. In this way, my mission is to help create the right conditions to support your own agency and autonomy.