My Story
My life has been an initiation into sovereignty, love, and embodied joy.
Rooted in Ancient Wisdom
I was born in Singapore into an Indian middle class family. From a very young age, I was immersed in Ayurveda as a way of life, Sanskrit mantras, and the teachings of a family guru who introduced me to ancient Vedic knowledge and yoga.
Spirituality was not something I discovered later. It was woven into my childhood.
Survival from a young age
When I was four years old, I had a near death experience after being beaten by my mother until I almost died.
I struggled with childhood depression and received electroshock treatment at puberty. It was not supportive. I suffered intense headaches and a deep loss of autonomy and sovereignty over my own body.
As I began discovering my queerness, I realized I was living in a toxic environment where I did not have a voice. My feelings and authenticity were suppressed. Trying to conform to Indian standards of being a good girl, wife, and mother took a tremendous toll on me.
I experienced severe postpartum depression and suicidal ideation in what felt like a long dark night of the soul.
Finding Teachers, Finding Light
In 1999, I traveled to India to visit my teacher. Six months after that pilgrimage, I experienced a kundalini awakening. It was profoundly traumatic because no one around me understood what was happening. The Western medical system has no frame of reference for spiritual emergence.
With the support of mentors and teachers, I slowly integrated the experience. Psychic gifts such as telepathy, clairvoyance, and channeling opened within me.
I eventually found another spiritual teacher who inspired me with teachings of love, tolerance, non-violence, peace, and service.
I joined a chanting group and began leading song circles and Education in Human Values classes for children.
Devotion to Healing
I trained as a yoga teacher, became a Reiki master, and studied various healing modalities and spiritual traditions.
In 2003, I became a professional psychic healer and began traveling the world facilitating sessions and transformational work.
This was not a sudden awakening into purpose. It was a steady devotion to healing, integration, and service.
Plant Medicine and Ordination
In 2010, I discovered plant medicine through synchronicity and guidance. It became a profound part of my own healing and evolution. I was eventually guided to offer healing journeys for others.
In 2025, after a rigorous one-year training program with a psychedelic church in Berkeley, I became an ordained minister. This brought credibility and structure to work I had already been holding with deep reverence and responsibility.
Manifesting Thanktuary
Since 2007, I held a vision of creating a retreat center.
I manifested my soulmate partner, David, and together we founded Thanktuary Retreat in 2000. After lockdown ended, we began hosting retreats, leading events, and running our Airbnb in nature.
Today, I live in alignment with what I teach. Ceremony, beauty, sensuality, healing, and higher consciousness are not just offerings. They are the fabric of my life.
I love to share my story and wisdom in person, on podcasts, and at events!
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