My yoga journey started at the age of 9 when my mother registered me in a yoga class. It was during this time through the practice of Hatha yoga that I started observing the plays of the mind, the movement of the body and the flow of breath. Somewhere deep there was a knowing that I was more than this body and mind. The seed of spiritual exploration had started sprouting.
 

The flowering of “Totality” of Yoga started early from home through mantra chanting and exploration of ancient Indian wisdom of the Vedas. Over a period of time my practice of Hatha Yoga acquired a blend of Bhakti (devotion) to it.

India as a land of paradoxes always used to make me question and contemplate on life, living and existence. It was when I was 16 I suffered from a near fatal illness and was bed ridden for 4 months. This is when I took up studying philosophy, Upanishads and yoga texts to understand myself better. My meditation practice got deeper; I started putting the yogic and vedantic principles in practice. Repeated periods of silence and isolation, wandering trips to Himalayas and other Holy places made me make more sense of what was happening inside. A series of deep mystical experiences made me come closer and closer to the Divine within and outside. Suddenly it all started making sense. The ONE-ness was evident.

An intense calling from the heart, advice from the Masters and the blessings of my God and Gurus lead me to take up my mission of spreading the divine message of Yoga. Being born in the Shaiva Advaita lineage and later on getting initiated in the Advaita Vedantic Order makes my commitment towards the “nondual” wholeness of everything strong.

Over the years Yoga has grown on me and I have grown with Yoga. The more it grows on me the livelier and happier my life becomes. As a teacher I have seen it happen to my students too.

My thought, speech and action steam out of yogic principles of love, service, discipline, surrender and faith. Following Yoga in its entirety is my practice and my teaching.

With the attitude of a learner I keep learning from Life – My greatest Guru.