Roots and beginnings:
When I was 10 years old I wanted to join the nunnery…my aunt, a nun, was inspiring and uplifting.. then I somehow changed my mind as life’s attractions beckoned. Growing up Catholic in India, where you are a minority is holding on to that sense of identity, we pride ourselves to be among the oldest Christians in the world and we are orthodox and not open to other religious beliefs. On marrying my Hindu love, and working in Advertising, I began to feel I was  losing my religion, my independence as a woman, my right to be just me. It made me feel tight and I could not breathe. I felt disoriented with life, my beliefs, my work. And then I found Yoga.

Did I mention that my body was in a really bad state too! I guess if you are confused and not able to see straight your body is pretty much in the same boat. I began a long and arduous journey to feeling stronger, and more in my body…it is hard when you sometimes feel that everything is out of hand and you don’t even have a disease to blame…I began to explore with yoga poses the extent of  impurity and inauthenticity that was embedded in the deep fibers of my being and  the discoveries began.

After many years of practicing yoga, making many hasty turns in the road and coming back, after experiencing teachers, Guru’s, humanity and humility…I feel blessed. I have an eclectic yoga practice, born of deep instinct, deep gratitude for my teachers who are my children, my husband and my students…of life itself and it’s longing for itself…for great poetry, great music and deep love in folks that I meet everyday. I love my yoga and love teaching it from its ancient roots and modern tools! I feel its poetry and magic whenever I bring my mind to it…it is my spiritual practice.

What I love::
The smell of earth when it rains, music and mantra, dogs, morning sun, morning sky, moon, children, music, sweetness in folks, soft things, soft gaze, firmness (discipline and veggies!), laughter, haggling with Indian vendors, eating street food in India, silence, quiet and good movies.