Personal Biography:- 

Curriculum Vitae

Born in India, my parents relocated to the UK when I was still a toddler. My first childhood memory is that of standing on a balcony in downtown Colaba (Mumbai), talking incessantly to anyone who would listen, waxing lyrical in my own childlike way. Little did I know then the power and energy that words would always hold for me; their ability to guide and inspire still never fails to amaze me.

Flash forward to teenage Priya, aged 14 years and I remember sitting at the back of the school field. It was a hot summer’s afternoon and I was having my first profoundly deep conversation about God, existence, the meaning of life and those big questions, who am I and why am I really here? But it was not until my early 20’s that I would embark on a more conscious exploration of these questions by delving into various strands of meditation and studying Reiki; beginning to work with energy and jumping from one exciting spiritually focused training to the next.

Nearly 2 decades later, meditation has become a way of life. Delving into inner riches has become the best way for me to make sense of the world and myself; connecting to my essence as I trust that intuitive voice within. Allowing myself to receive now the wisdom of this quieter, knowing voice, I realize that it has always been within me. Like an old and silent friend with whom I have only just become reacquainted; finding courage and strength now to truly listen. And in those moments when I fall off the path of my own practice, the deeper stirrings of my heart’s longing pull me back onto life’s often rocky and silken road.

So what brings me here? I would ask you the same question. What brings you here? This is the place my silent friend has brought me to. The place that I have been searching for. Searching until now. Waiting for you to arrive. For my silent friend reminds me that you and I were always destined to meet. And perhaps we will share a path for a short while on our respective journeys. Who knows?

What I know, is that I have loved people since longer than I can remember. Guests and friends of my parents who would visit our house whilst growing up. People I met in shops or cafes and restaurants. People I met in taxis, at airports, on planes or trains or whilst sitting at bus stops. People I met at my many various places of work. I have a huge great big giant trust in the wisdom of the universe – in the magic and wonder of all our meetings – because everybody I have ever met has taught me something, whether big or small, whether easy or difficult to accept and to face. I believe that we are all mirror reflections of the one true Self. The Self that shines through time and space, beaming love into our realm in order that we may find wholeness and oneness within ourselves and mirror that awareness back out into the world with love and understanding. I have gone through some fairly big life stories (as do we all) and have emerged boldly, bravely and with great courage to be the best of who I am. I believe that our stories shape and guide us and help us understand more deeply what lies within and what seeks to manifest itself in order that we may do our life’s work.

After completing a Steiner teacher-training programme some 10 years ago now, I learned about the part art and creativity has to play in our evolving consciousness. The magic of working with diverse creative materials as a way of getting more in touch with all of ourselves. A way of becoming even more focused and concentrated, as we prepare the way for moments of meditative insight and crystalline clarity.

Living in the community of Auroville (Tamil Nadu, south India) for 5 years (www.auroville.org) was perhaps where I learnt some of my greatest lessons. Here I fell in love, made babies, fell out of love again, made some life-changing friendships and decisions, including a vow to utterly commit myself to follow my heart. My Auroville life was a rich, exciting and at times challenging time of profound personal growth. I met a great many incredible individuals from a great many lands. (Of the more than 2,000 full-time members of the community, people from over 40 different nationalities are represented). And perhaps most significantly for me, it was here that I became a mother. My children continue to be my greatest teachers; the radiance of their bright being filling my world with a light beyond imagining. A light that fills my heart with joy at the blessing of its presence, yet challenges me also to work harder, or to work less; to nurture and to truly, deeply and madly rise in love with myself. For as the cup of this love overflows in my own heart, only then do I have worthy gifts to share with my 2 heavenly muses.

Whilst living in India, I worked on a variety of projects, including coordinating the EC (European Commission) co-funded Auroville Youth Education and Training development project across 4 rural village establishments. The capacity building workshops taught me a great deal about working with people – about drawing out potential through a host of tools and practices. Watching my friends and colleagues work hard to achieve their goals, whether it was in training teachers or developing and disseminating teaching materials, or actually constructing school buildings, I realized that I too had a part to play. Whilst I was not laying bricks or directly involved with the teacher-training, walking alongside individuals I realized I had the ability to help them achieve their goals more quickly and easily than if they were to work alone.

It was in Auroville that I finally began to accept my own gifts. Those gifts of which I am a part. And in honouring and appreciating the unique part of the whole that is my story, it was only a matter of time before I started to share them with others in more structured ways.

Lotus Blue is a dream I have held within my conscious depths for a very long while now. Maybe even lifetimes. It has reinvented itself a thousand fold and no doubt will continue to change and grow. In offering this vision I hold for others and myself, I know that I am finally walking my talk. Putting action into my conscious intentions as I allow myself to receive the gift and wisdom of love’s flow. Celebrating and welcoming all of me as I offer myself in service to the whole.

Since the beginning of 2010, I have also embarked on a Biodynamic massage training. Working even more closely with the transformation of the body seems a natural progression in my own learning and development. It is an exciting if not intense process, keeping me on my proverbial and literal toes as I too continue to explore bringing these profound energetic shifts of awareness and being into every single cellular part of my bodily whole.

It is my sincerest desire that if love is what you truly seek, then here you may find a place of rest as you experience the still waters of your own gentle soul. And as you drink in deep the wonders and magnificence of the riches that that you will surely find there, that you too begin to live your lives overflowing with an abundance and vitality beyond your wildest imaginings. The possibilities for change in your life and the lives of others are endless. So here it is. A business of changing lives. One step. One life at a time. Changing lives and transforming the planet that we may all wake up and remember the truth of who we really are. And that we may know beyond all possible knowing that we too are loved.

Welcome to Lotus Blue.

Love Your Self and Pass It On.

With joyful blessings,
Priya