I was born and grew up in Bombay, India surrounded by many ancient spiritual traditions. I was exposed to many gurus, lamas, mystics, masters, and their teachings, but it still left me unresolved. I wanted to discover a whole man not split by polarizing forces, so I set off for another shore to discover the west. Much like an explorer and an investigative journalist, I studied Vipassana (Insight Meditation), Bioenergetics (Body Psychotherapy), worked in corporate leadership for over 2 decades, was a visual artist, and designed clothes—all in service of discovering a whole man and to speak to it.

I saw that the pursuit of self-improvement is in the way of being awake, and that awareness can flower only when you can see things as they are, without any division. I discovered that renunciation was possible without leaving worldly life—a dance with life with tremendous energy and joy in it.

Seeing all this clearly—I felt a palpable connection and resonance with all of life. It prepared me to become available and to offer direction with no one and nothing excluded.