Welcome to my site - I’m Nayana!
I have had the privilege of being a student of this vast & deeply fulfilling knowledge of Vedanta & Yoga. I find this knowledge to be timeless & eternal and having the quality of being increasingly radiant, the more one sits in contemplation & practice with it.
Personally, I consider my practice as a means to slowly peel away veils of ignorance that keep my True limitless blissful Self hidden from me. I have found solace in all aspects of this practice - asana, pranayama, mantra japa, dhyaana/meditation & sravana (reading/listening) & Manana (reflection) of the scriptures..
As my practice has evolved, so have my methods & content of what I have the privilege of teaching. Over the years, with the grace of the Divine Goddess, Devi & my teachers, I have been blessed with teachers who have guided me as I navigated periods of stagnation.
Starting from my parents, I have been guided by teachers like Emily Kuser, who I trained under for my Hatha 200 hour & 300 hour certifications in the gorgeously blessed land of Bali. Sally Kempton has had a profound influence on my life & my relationship with my religion, Hinduism & in sparking the light of Devi Sadhana within. I trained under my teachers from the Bihar School of Yoga, at the Yoga Vidya Gurukul in Nasik, in Yoga for Therapy & Pre/Post Natal women. I am currently a student of Raghav ji for Advaita Vedanta, who is a disciple of Sri Dayanand Saraswati, and I am learning Vedic recitation & the art of being from Sharada Raghav.
In a class with me, you are likely to encounter very basic Hatha asanas, interspersed with teachings of the divine feminine, mantra japa and the core of Advaita Vedanta - Tat Tvam Asi. My endeavour is for our time together to reveal in whatever small ways what Ramana Maharshi said :
“Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.”
I believe Asana & Pranayama help clarify the debris that our minds & bodies are surrounded with, preparing us for the seat of meditation, so that the Truth of your own inner radiance can find the space & time to reveal itself to you.
Since this way of life is a Sadhana, a practice, I offer classes to fit your daily life as well as retreats / immersions for us to dive deeper into the teachings that brings us in touch with the essence of our non-dual Self being Eternal Consciousness.
As someone who is employed at Google (14 years & counting), I have seen first-hand the highly fast-paced & ever-demanding corporate career. My sadhana is a bag of tools, whenever I am in need of centering I reach into it & find practices that enrich my work & my overall health. Having navigated the invariable ups & downs of a modern working world, I am well-situated to transmit what I have received from my gurus to those of us who are looking to bridge the seemingly unfathomable space between living in the material worlds & honouring the spiritual within us
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