About
A practice shaped over time
My path into the Vedic sciences began in 1998 through the study of Yoga and Āyurveda. What started as a personal exploration gradually grew into the foundation of my professional life, expanding to include teaching, therapeutic bodywork, Jyotiṣa, and Vedic chanting.
Living and traveling across the world — encountering different cultures, belief systems, and ways of being — continues to deepen my appreciation for the diversity of human experience, while also showing me how much we have in common. Across very different circumstances, the same fundamental desires and challenges appear again and again: to belong, to find meaning, to navigate uncertainty, to love and be loved, and to understand our place in the world.
Each person carries a unique history, but much of what we encounter in being human is universal. That understanding underlies all of my work.
Gratitude
The teachers and traditions behind the work
I have been fortunate to learn from teachers who have given generously of their knowledge, and from traditions whose depth extends far beyond any individual practitioner.
Jyotiṣa
Hart de Fouw, trained in the lineage of K.L. Mantri, was my first formal teacher in Jyotiṣa and gave me the foundation for much of what followed. My study continues with James Kelleher and other teachers, alongside the classical texts and the different approaches within the tradition.
Vedic Chanting
Shantala Sriramaiah of Veda Studies is my teacher in Vedic chanting, in the teaching tradition of Sri M.S. Sreenivasan and the Challakere Brothers of Karnataka. It is an honor to learn from her within this living Mysore paramparā, and to receive a tradition in which precision of recitation and understanding are carried together.
Sanskrit
Dr. Varun Khanna, through Sanskrit for Mere Mortals, brings precision, levity, depth, and encouragement to my study of Sanskrit. I especially appreciate the way his teaching brings the language alive through dialogue and engagement with the texts themselves.
Āyurveda
Ten years of study, work, and immersion with Dr. Vasant Lad and the Ayurvedic Institute profoundly shaped my understanding of Āyurveda. That education extended well beyond the classroom and continues to inform the way I think about people, health, and practice.
Yoga Āsana
My practice, learning, and teaching of āsana have been shaped by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Aṣṭāṅga Vinyāsa Yoga, Sarah Powers in Yin Yoga, Françoise Freedman in prenatal and baby Yoga, and Dr. Vasant Lad in AyurYoga. Together, these teachings steadied my mind, taught me to stay present through discomfort, and softened me toward my own experience.
Therapeutic Bodywork
Many teachers and traditions have shaped the way I listen through my hands and to what the body carries beyond tissue and bone. Among them are CranioSacral Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release through the Upledger Institute, Polarity Therapy, Marma Chikitsa, and the many modalities and bodyworkers I have learned from along the way. Together, they have taught me different ways to perceive, listen, and respond.
Agni Hotra
Ellie Hadsall introduced me to Agni Hotra in a way that made this traditional Vedic fire ceremony practical and accessible. Her teaching showed how simply it can be brought into everyday life, and how its benefits extend beyond the individual — nurturing the Earth and the environment in which it is practiced.