VIRYA
Building a Life Around Your Creative Work
Most creative people don’t have a talent problem or an inspiration problem. They have a structure problem. They know creativity belongs at the center of their life, but the actual conditions of daily life keep pushing it to the margins: work, family, money, exhaustion, uncertainty, and approximately twelve other obligations.
VIRYA is a group class crafted for exactly that person: someone seeking creative fulfillment, who is done waiting for the right conditions, and ready to build the structure instead.
“VIRYA helped me piece together my systems, understand the tools already at my disposal, and prioritize the work in front of me.”
“What was most transformative about VIRYA was being in community with Janaka and the other artists in the cohort. I trusted the group because I trusted Janaka, and I felt deeply supported by the wonderful mix of people he brought together. The meditation, North Star work, conversations with friends, and process of building a roadmap all helped me understand what kind of support and structure my creative life needs right now. One of the most important things I took from VIRYA is that “not possible now” doesn’t mean not possible ever.”
“Virya” is a Sanskrit word meaning heroic, wholehearted effort in service of something greater than yourself. It is the foundation of everything I teach.
This is a four-week live course built on a simple but demanding premise: your creative practice is not separate from your spiritual path, your professional ambitions, or your daily life. It is the through-line. The work is learning to treat it that way.
All sessions will be recorded for those who can’t join, though live participation is strongly encouraged.
Over FOUR CLASSES, you will do four things:
Identify your north star: the mission your work, at its most essential, is actually in service of.
Translate that mission into vision: a clear-eyed account of how your specific skills, experience, values, and creative voice meet the world.
Build a real roadmap: not a dream board, not a vague intention, but a concrete 6-to-12-month plan for bringing your vision into form.
Install the habits that make it sustainable: the daily, weekly, and monthly practices that help you keep faith with your work through everything life throws at you.
Each session is two hours, live and interactive, with a small cohort of people who take their creative lives seriously. You’ll have about an hour of homework between sessions—light journaling and/or reading—and a dedicated space to stay in conversation with your cohort.
VIRYA draws on 15+ years of organizational strategy and creative mentorship, and on a core conviction borrowed from the Bhagavad Gita: that the quality of your effort, not the outcome, is what shapes a life. You will leave this course with a plan. More importantly, you will leave with a deeper relationship to your own creative fulfillment—and a structure strong enough to help you keep returning to it.
all of the 2026 cohorts are now sold out!
“VIRYA gave shape to what had felt like an amorphous cloud of ideas. I came into the class with so much creativity and enthusiasm, but the work helped make it feel clear, achievable, and motivating instead of intimidating. Identifying my north star with conviction would have been enough of a win on its own, but the course also gave me practical structure, tools, and goal-setting methods to help me move toward it. I left feeling energized, excited, and motivated—with a clearer compass and a stronger sense of how to follow it.”
