STELLE DEINE MARKE VOR

Alte Wohnung mit Balkon, Holztüren und blauer Fensterlaibung, verfallene Wände, Wachsturs und Rattenkäfig
Ein Mann mit Bart und grauen Haaren trägt eine hellbeige Cap mit schwarzem Logo, steht vor einem schwarzen Fahrzeug, im Hintergrund eine grüne Holzhütte, eine grüne Box und ein blauer Wasserspeicher an einer unbefestigten Straße.

From David Röhrborn to David Kumara

The Transformation

In 2013, at age 38, I left behind a successful life in Germany and set out for Ecuador. What followed was a transformative journey that completely reshaped my identity – David Kumara emerged.

This story shows that real change is possible. It demands everything from us, often happens in hidden ways, and transforms us at the deepest levels.

The Foundation

1998: Learning What Really Matters

At Europe's largest Buddhist gathering in Schneverdingen – over 11,000 participants from 55 countries under the patronage of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama – I discovered my blueprint for life. I was 23 years old.

While thousands gathered for sacred ceremonies, I was doing the practical work: building parking spaces, greeting early guests, keeping night watch over the entire grounds, sorting waste during the holiest rituals.

One moment changed everything: As 10,000 people witnessed the sacred mandala dissolution ceremony, a man in work clothes asked me to help separate garbage. When I hesitated, he said simply: "The initiation lies not only in the tent, but in the compassionate heart of the Buddhas."

That day I learned my life's approach: True spiritual practice reveals itself through humble service, not beautiful ceremonies. Real transformation happens in the practical details others overlook.

This became my blueprint: Service before status. Substance over ceremony.

1999–2013: Living the Blueprint

As director of the Suryashakti Yoga School in Hanover, I taught multiple weekly classes while developing corporate programs for companies like Norddeutsche Landesbank. As a single father, I balanced professional responsibility with parenthood.

These years were defined by daily implementation of what I had learned in Schneverdingen: service in practice, transformation through dedication.

Yet the call of South America grew stronger with time.

The Leap into the Unknown

2013: Leaving Germany

Not from crisis, but from the certainty that more was possible. I sold my yoga school and followed the vision that had been growing since that night in 1998.

The following twelve years I lived deliberately under the radar – a complete immersion into what real transformation demands.

2013-2021: The Crucible

What looked like spiritual seeking became systematic breakdown and rebuilding. Years of encounters with indigenous wisdom keepers opened the soul of South America to me. Taita Querubín Queta Alvarado (1913-2024), the legendary shaman who fought the patenting of Ayahuasca and spoke before the House of Lords, became my teacher.

Every weakness, every unresolved pattern, every spiritual immaturity came to the surface. Ecuador had not come to comfort me – it had come to burn everything that was not authentic.

Years in one of the most challenging regions on Earth. While others talked about transformation in comfortable seminars, I learned what it actually costs. The chaos was complete. The lessons were real.

2020-2023: Integration Through Fire

During the pandemic, I began studying with Sifu Sergio Iladorola. After three decades of various martial arts, everything finally found its place. In 2023, I became a certified Yang Tai Chi instructor with the IWKA.

But the real teacher was the landscape itself – daily training at 2,350 meters altitude, where every breath matters and your body cannot lie.

Today: San Felipe de Oña

For four years, I've lived where people have sought transformation for 12,700 years. This isn't coincidence – it's where the condors make their nests, where ancient paths still carry the footsteps of countless seekers before us.

Here I recognized why Ecuador had called me – not just as home, but as the place to complete the work that began in 1998.

What Has Emerged

Thirty years of Eastern internal arts, twelve years of Andean wisdom, refined under extreme conditions. Not theory from books, but what survives the test of altitude, weather, and cultural immersion.

The result is a framework that doesn't just function theoretically, but is lived and refined daily.

The Commitment

These experiences aren't meant for me alone. They're here to be shared – with people ready for their own path through the fire.

You're not seeking comfort. You're seeking transformation. You don't want to become stronger for show. You want to become who you really are.

The framework is ready. The door is open.

If you've found your way here, something has guided you.

Ready to begin? Let's talk →