I’m born in holy Varanasi (one time known as Kashi: the city of light), in north of India, where hindu people hope to die for the last time. It was the 3rd December 1976.
My mother is a good yogini and she taught me asana when I was child.
When I was sixteen I joined Besant Kanya Mahavidhyalya (a college founded by Annie Besant; an important supporter of Theosophical society) where I deeply studied sanskrit.
In the same period I became Miss Kashi, I practiced constantly asana to maintain my figure, I worked in television as actress and young journalist and I did modelling.
When I was eighteen I studied Ancient Indian History, Philosophy, Hindi in BHU (Banaras Hindu University). Some years later I studied Sociology, History and Hindi Literature in Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidhyapeath and I took a course of Sanskrit in Sanskrit University finalised to the best recitation of mantra.
When I was 23 I started to work in Mother Mary English School and there I had my first experience as yoga teacher.
In the same period I had serious spondilite problems. I couldn’t take breath from left side of the nose then I integrated practice of asana with breathing traditional exercises known, in science of yoga, as pranayama.
I did operation at the nose but without success then I learned Shatkarma (six internal body cleansing: neti, dhauti, nauli, basti, kapalbhati, trataka) in International Yoga Ashram Nagwa Assi and I solved all my problems.
I started to work in drug-addiction centre as yoga therapist and I went on for five years having a lot of success: many people was recovered.
In 2004 I opened my own NGO-centre: Om International Yoga Health Society and I started to teach regularly. In march 2007 I transferred my working place in Assi Ghat, the international area of Varanasi, in front of Ganga and close to Banaras Hindu University.

I offer 90 minutes-two hours integrated yoga classes.
I start with a worship to Lord Shiva, singing the Mahamritiunjay Mantra as bhakti-yoga practice.
I avoid to do it when I‘ve menstruation period and when students expressly require.
After Mahamritiunjay Mantra I start to guide exercises to heat the body and prepare to perform asana.
I open my class of asana with Surya Namaskar (Salutations to the sun): a sequence of 12 asana which dates back to the Vedic Age and is considered one of the most useful methods of inducing a healthy, vigorous and active life and preparing for expansion of awareness.
After 7-8 time performing Surya Namaskar I guide some asana included in the groups of standing, backward bending, forward bending, spinal twisting, inverted and balancing asana.
The series I make to perform varies class by class, according to students’ physical preparation and level of experience.
After this stage some time has to be spent for pranayama (a whole of practices which utilise breathing to influence the flow of vital energy -prana- in the energy channels -nadi- of the bioplasmic or vital energy body -pranamaya kosha-), often wrongly ignored; the breath is our most vital process, influencing the activities of each cell and being intimately linked to the hearth and with the performance of the brain.
My standard class -which includes in practice of pranayama also the one of bandha and mudra- ends with short meditative experiences (the stage of meditation, however, needs finalised classes) and simple relaxation asana.
Conditions required to participate are an empty stomach, comfortable cloths and a serious attitude.

Smriti