A teacher who is living yoga as well as teaching it, Rama's credentials include certification and training in four schools as a hatha yoga teacher, advanced hatha yoga teacher, pranayama teacher and meditation teacher. Listed in The Who's Who, she is the founder of Master Yoga Foundation and the originator of SvaroopaŽ yoga.
As a single mother of three, she left her successful career as an accountant in California to undertake training in yoga, meditation, healing, massage and Eastern traditions. After visiting a meditation center in 1976, Rama received a powerful and spontaneous initiation from a living Master.
MahaKundalini initiation shows up differently in every person. In Rama, it manifested in her as spontaneous yoga poses. Most importantly, these movements showed her the power of the spine as a conduit of consciousness, enlivening her knowledge and understanding of the body. Her unique and powerful way of teaching comes from these experiences.
Traveling to India in 1976 for a three-week retreat with her Master, she recognized that this was what she had always been seeking. She moved into the ashram (residential yoga facility) with her three children to study, practice, and live yoga with her Guru in the US and in India. After 14 years of training, she settled in San Diego and has been teaching there since 1987. From 1995-2000, she served as founding President of the national Yoga Alliance; she was also the founding President of San Diego's yoga teacher association.
Teaching since 1976, Rama's style of teaching is to guide others to discover the deeper dimensions of yoga for themselves. She communicates clearly, with great insight and compassion, incorporating the ancient wisdom of the sages into working with the body, breath & mind. She travels widely to teach in courses and in yoga conferences throughout the USA and internationally. She guides others to discover the deeper dimensions of yoga for themselves by communicating clearly, with great insight and compassion.
