Sita grew up in a Hindu/Christian family in Winnipeg, Canada. Her parents were both born and raised Hindu in Trinidad and Tobago, but at some point in his early adult life, her father converted to Christianity. Sita attended church services as well as temple prayers throughout her childhood. She learned yoga and meditation at a young age, and recalls having pictures of Indian gurus along with those of Jesus in her home.
Sita began studying languages at the University of Winnipeg and completed her B.A. in French and German overseas. She lived in Germany for 15 years and France for two, teaching English. Her final few years there were spent in a divorce and custody battle, during which she turned inward through meditation for guidance and strength. Sita documented the journey to inner and outer freedom in her self-help book, Safe, Loved and Free, which she published in 2021.
Moved back to Winnipeg after the divorce, in 2004, and after a year of soul-searching, Sita began teaching yoga to children and meditation to adults. This expanded into many different workshops and a growing clientele over the span of her eight years there. During this time, Sita also created two meditation CDs (called Everyone can meditate and Everything is possible), which are currently available through iTunes and on other social media platforms. She also trained in the ancient Japanese healing practice of Reiki, which enabled her to help hundreds of people with a wide variety of health problems as well as training others to become Reiki practitioners themselves.
As all this was happening, Sita also felt the call to the path of ministry with the United Church, the same one she had grown up in. After much deliberation, she began to take courses at the University of Winnipeg and the Center for Christian Studies in Winnipeg. In addition to this, Sita served as the interim minister at Oak Table Community Ministry from 2007, volunteering and serving on the board when she was not needed as a replacement for the minister at the time. In 2010, the position became vacant and Sita stepped into the role of director, until she felt prompted to move to British Columbia in the summer of 2012.
Sita currently resides in a small town in the interior of BC and sees clients online, coaching them through the various stages of trauma healing and spiritual awakening.
With Bernon Lee, Sita is a host of The Reclaiming Wisdom as Faith Matures Series, a broadcast of the Oliver & Gruchy Learning Center dedicated to healing the wounds of intergenerational trauma by reclaiming one’s cultural roots, rituals, and identities lost through colonial suppression: https://standrews.ca/media-hub-details/?videoid=3680