Life Story
Childhood and early age:
Borned and raised in the Portuguese country side, his  love for nature comes since a very young age. The connection with the spiritual world was always present in his life. He's curiosity and connection with Jesus was big, mainly due to sundays visits to the local Church with his mother.

Teenage Years:
He moved from the country side to Lisbon to finish his studies, and this shift of people and places had a big impact in his life.  The stress and speed of the city started to consume his energy and later on  his life entered in a dark side, associated with lots of suffering. Lost and confused his body started to delevop weird symptoms. No doctors or anyone could understand what was going on. But this was actually the beggining of a great discovery.

Adulthood:
After university and while living in the US, he entered in the Yogic path of Self-transformation. In 2012 he moved to Mazunte, Mexico, to study with Hridaya Yoga and a big shift was about to happen. Many revelations, mainly the spiritual heart awakening, changed his life forever. After Mexico, India became a home for him, and it was there where he got first contact with Vipassana and Advaita Vedanta teachings.
After years of travelling it was time to come back to Portugal and start sharing the ancient and eternal knowledge of life. He founded Comporta Yoga Shala in 2014, the first yoga studio in the region of Comporta., and runned it every summer season until 2023. Another project that is very special to him is O Pequeno Buda project, that was created in 2015, with the aim to bring meditation to primary schools in Portugal.
 
Present days: 
Nowadays Mashyan is president of the Association O Pequeno Buda and manager of the first holistic festival for families in Portugal, the Mini Festival O Pequeno Buda that is happening since 2018. His success in holistic event organization made him to be part and co-create Icaros Music Medicine Festival, the first medicine music festival in Portugal. 
He lives in Mandala Farm, a place he created in the family farm Herdade do Peru, where he was raised. This is a permaculture project, and  it is also his  and also where he organizes events and retreats, mainly the Silent Meditation Retreat and the Spiral 111 Metta Meditation.
Father of an incredible boy, called Gabriel, he lives to make other people happy and well in this journey of life.