Heart-Centered Living
People around me gaped at me in disbelief when I told them I was going to go for a six-month Hatha Yoga Teacher Training at the Isha Yoga Center ashram. No one expected the girl who excelled in academics and extra-curriculars to go live in an ashram.
I decided to leave the known path right after I graduated college. I studied anthropology and spent a lot of time in the creative arts of writing and speaking while I was at both Tufts University and Oxford University.
I had great credentials to easily land a job. Graduated magna cum laude in college, strong extracurricular activities and leadership roles, high school salutatorian, led a fundraising campaign that raised a million baht for a non-profit organization as a high school student, etc.
But all that changed when my life was completely transformed with the yoga and meditation practices I learnt from Sadhguru my junior year of college.
I started practicing at least a few hours of intense classical yoga and kriyas every day (and still continue to, over a decade later). A lot more to share about this journey, but in short, everything about me shifted. I felt like a different person.
I decided that is what I wanted to dedicate my life towards and to bringing these tools to whoever is interested.
And before I knew it, I ended up as a full-time volunteer at the ashram and stayed for almost 9 years. First and foremost as a spiritual seeker, a teacher and later, a mentor. I organized large scale programs, regularly taught classical hatha yoga to a hall of over 700 people and was a mentor to people who came for long-term residential programs all over the world.
What came next
And when I least expected it, Life steered me in a completely different direction again. I never thought I would leave the ashram, and was even strongly considering becoming a monk.
But as I deepened my spiritual practice and spent more time in silence, I developed a deep sense of self-trust and intuition of what I needed to do next.
And it was unlike anything I or others around me thought.
I came back to Thailand in late 2025, starting anew in a way that would integrate my passions of writing, speaking and emotional integration as well as my deep roots and love for yoga and meditation.
This is the journey that is still unfolding. I periodically visit the ashram for periods of silence to renew and reboot.
I've seen time and time again that when following your heart, there will be people left with their mouths open or eyes rolling. It doesn't matter. For me, trusting the flow of life, no matter how illogical it may seem, has been the most precious and fulfilling way to live.