Born in 1979 in Bombay, India. Living in Berlin since 2013. Mother to two beautiful children and a curious cat.  Yoga is and has always been an integral part of my life. Growing up in a South Indian family listening to Suprabhatam in the morning. Getting mantra from my mother to recite on my way to school (especially during an exam). Watching my mothers unbreakable spirit and faith. Attending rituals at my uncles place was an important part of my childhood.

As a child I would ask many questions about happiness. Death. Purpose of life.

My mother was probably the first Yogi in my life. She never practiced Asana but was a Bhakti Yogi. Her faith (her temple had every god on the planet from every religion) she read Shlokas. Listened to them. She did not have an easy life but nothing could break her spirit. Even though she had nothing she gave generously. She was known to be the one who welcomes everyone in her tiny home.  She is the person who inspired me to seek happiness even when the situations were terrible.

My curiosity about suffering and happiness took me to my first Yoga school in the 90’s. Yoga has always helped me find peace within. It has taught me to look at life in a more wholistic way and take things one breath at a time. Accept the present. Understand suffering and move and act to change what is not right.

My own journey in the path of yoga, meditation and healing started in the late 90’s with teachers from the Yoga Institute in Mumbai. To me Yoga was yoga and I did not know there were different styles. My curiosity and ignorance took me on a journey, as a curious student learning from different schools and teachers (The Yoga Institute, Sivananda Ashram, Iyengar Yoga, Art of Living, Reiki, Viniyoga School in Berlin, Kundalini Yoga, Svastha Yoga Therapy, Birthlight Baby Yoga, Yoga for children, Ipsalu School of Tantra, Birthlover, Yoga Philosophy and Chikitsa (yoga therapy) with R. Sriram.  Trauma Informed Yoga, Embody Yoga’s roots with Susanna Barkataki. Presencing race, gender & collective healing with Michelle Casandra Johnson.

All these teachings combined with my life experience contribute to who I am and what I teach today.

I will forever be a student and share the teachings with respect to its roots.

My role as a Yoga teacher in this world is to create safer spaces for people to connect with their body, breath & being. Reconnect with their true self and find home within. I believe Yoga is a practice for liberation for all and that we are interconnected. So my classes are spaces for collective care and healing where each individual is important and starts where they are. There is no one size fits all even in a group practice.

It is my Dharma as a yoga teacher to stand up against capitalistic, oppressive values that show up in many yoga spaces. And reclaim the practice that offers tools to understand the reasons of suffering and gives us a framework to free ourselves from suffering. I actively promote and fight to embody and uplifting the roots of Yoga.