Navin Sahjpaul

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.

Holistic Approach to Mental Health and Wellness
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.

Music Therapy (BMT) for Addictions and Mental Health
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.

Overcoming Despair through Contemporary and Traditional Modalities
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.

Community Building and the Path to Healing
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.