Tantra teaches that Spirit does not transcend the body—it inhabits it.

That the Self is not separate from the world—but shaped in relationship to it.

In the Tantric understanding, this union is expressed as Shiva and Shakti:

• consciousness and manifestation 

• stillness and movement

•  awareness and life force.

Their meeting point is the heart—   where Body and Spirit, Self and World, personal healing and collective liberation come into balance and union.

From this perspective:

• The body is a site of wisdom, not an obstacle

• Healing is relational, not individualistic

• Liberation arises through balance, not domination

• Practice is meant to be embodied, lived, and shared

This is heart-centered work—

anchoring Spirit into the body and into the world with intention, care, and accountability.

I believe Tantra is pre-patriarchal and indigenous in spirit.

It is not a philosophy of hierarchy, purity, or correctness.

Rather, Tantra understands life as a dynamic field of relationship—

one that seeks balance, equilibrium, harmony, and alignment—

not transcendence from reality but full engagement with it.  

In this view:

• No energy is superior to another

• Wisdom emerges through relationship, and harmonious flow, not authority

• The sacred is not elsewhere—it is here, embodied, and alive

This orientation shapes how i teach, practice, and share yoga:

Intimate, personal, non-hierarchical, and without separation between our inner work and the world we live in.

I teach yoga as a living, evolving practice—not a set of ideals to live up to.

As a South Asian woman, my relationship to yoga is intimate and complex. My culture both wounded me and healed me, both entrapped me and liberated me.  It instilled in me patterns of silence, hierarchy, and spiritualized self-erasure that caused real harm and also gave me profound tools to acknowledge and liberate myself from those patterns.  

My work lives in that tension…in the Both/And

I practice and teach yoga through a liberatory, anti-oppression framework, asking not only what heals, but who this healing has historically served, who it has excluded, and what must be consciously transformed for the medicine to be whole.

This is not about rejecting tradition—it is about reimagining, reclaiming and repairing relationship with it.

I believe true healing supports not just individual wellbeing, but dignity, agency, belonging, and healing of the collective.

I don’t believe in one-size-fits-all healing.

I work slowly, relationally, and with respect for each person’s pace and capacity. Whether in private mentorship or group spaces, my role is to help you listen more clearly to your own body and inner knowing—so that your path forward feels rooted in truth, presence, and attunement.

This work is about coming home to yourself, gently and sustainably.