ramaa's biography...

Ramaa Krishnan was born in India and raised in the city of Mumbai (Bombay), where she earned a graduate degree in accounting and economics before going ahead to become a Chartered Accountant (or a CPA, as it is called in the U.S.) It was in her twenty-first year while she was training to be an accountant, that a single meeting with the spiritual luminary the Shankaracharya of Sringeri, India, changed the course of her journey. Inspired by his spiritual presence, Ramaa sought and was granted initiation into meditation by His Holiness himself.

Her interest in religion having been sparked, she thereafter spent several years reading and understanding Hindu philosophy and attending lectures and workshops by Indian scholars on related topics.

Her husband’s work led them to live in Bangkok, Thailand and Tel Aviv, Israel. During this time, Ramaa used every opportunity to study cultures and beliefs and arrived at a deeper understanding of the underlying human faith. It was in Bangkok that she was introduced to Reiki and became a Reiki Master in the years that followed.

She arrived in the US in 1998 and has embarked upon a project of integrating the intellectual strengths of the West with the intuitive gifts of the East.

In the year 2000, Ramaa received training in Kundalini Yoga from her sister and teacher Usha Balachandra under the guidance of Dr. Anant Atre, a direct disciple of the renowned Indian Yogi Swami Sivananda.

She now teaches meditation and Kundalini Yoga along with lessons in self-awareness. Her effort has been to draw the Western mind away from the endless distractions in the world outside and turn it inward to the peace within. Over the past years she has single-mindedly dedicated herself to the job of creating a "support system" for ordinary people who simply want to lead a meaningful life and make appropriate choices in the midst of all that modern day life demands.

She has been offering several classes and workshops in Chicagoland's North Shore area drawing from her knowledge of Hindu philosophy, combining analogies from Indian mythology and folklore with her personal experiences from around the world.

Ramaa is a happily married mother of two school-going children. Her long term vision is "to put one meditator into every household" and thereby bring about changes at the grass root level.