Hails from a family lineage of Swayam-āchāryas in the Sri Vaishnava tradition well versed in संस्कृतं Sanskrit & தமிழ் Tamil, the two primary language platforms that have a wealth of Yoga (and other) literature.

SWAYAM-ĀCHĀRYA

A स्वयमाचार्य Swayam-āchārya is one whose family itself has an ample supply of teachers, and thus is not beholden to any formal order  of Gurus. Wise and egalitarian elders within the family are supposed to ensure that the essence of the tradition is passed on through everyday lived education in these spiritual arts.

Where there is a generational gap in the tradition as has happened in the industrial age, then the DNA lineage combined with sufficient स्वाध्याय svAdhyAya, study of the Self, and a good dose of challenges (!), help to guide the practitioner on to the path. It helps tremendously that the Sri Vaishnava Vedic tradition has significant Tantra influences, hidden in plain view, that provide the power of Nature's cosmic energy too.

LINEAGE

The Sri Vaishnava tradition is rooted in Vishishta-Advaita, a specialized version of non-dualistic Advaita. It models all conscious beings as collectively constituting the शरीर Shareera, body, of the universal Conscious Being of ब्रह्मन् Brhman. Such a model encourages the heartfelt feeling of हृदय Hrudaya, empathy, towards our fellow travelers, while knowing there is a larger cause of which we are a part. It also promotes the lens of a personal deity to view ब्रह्मन् Brhman, as such it leads to an incredible diversity of paths and consequently an explosion of lyrical poetry that directly influenced the Bhakti movement of living from the heart.

Specific Gurus from whom we have drawn inspiration, or more aptly, Prāna Shakti