In 2019, I encountered Paramahansa Yogananda's teachings and began practicing Kriya Yoga. Daily meditation started answering questions I'd carried since childhood - the kind that don't resolve through intellectual effort alone. This led me to a serious study of the Bhagavad Gītā and Patañjali's Yoga Sūtras. For the past two years, I've studied Sanskrit intensively, working directly with these texts in their original language.

 

My background includes running a European automotive repair business and other ventures for nearly two decades. I've also founded a nonprofit that supports veterans, formerly incarcerated people, and people in recovery, and initiated a computer skills program in Uganda.

 

What I offer at Kriya Yoga Encinitas comes from direct experience: the integration of contemplative practice with the demands of ordinary life. Running businesses, navigating relationships, dealing with the practical challenges of being a householder - these aren't obstacles to spiritual practice. They're the laboratory where the teachings prove themselves true or fall apart.