Born and raised in a hindu family with very strong spiritual practices with great influence from my grandparents Kishna and Nanan Sooknanan. My Grandmother left Gonda, India in 1908 to then British Guyana and brought with her a bundle of goodness in the form of kindness, love, devotion and respect. And she passes those traits on to us her grandchildren. I grew up with great emphasis on sincere devotion with God, to elders, to the sick, to the needy and the poor. From childhood I participate in chanting, bajans, satsangs, and discussions attending temples and kirtans regularly. My Grandmother (Kishna) was a great teacher of love and devotion. She was the most inspiring woman I have ever known…Her sacrifice, her faith, her devotion, her kindness, her dedication to everyone who ask for help…She was the healer for many villagers…Always there to help everyone…I never understand how she could work so hard and never complain. I always think of her conversations….I ask her one day how come you would never take money for all the work you have done... She said “God has given me a gift, how can I charge for something that doesn’t belong to me”. With those words still lingers in my head…My every action in this world never consist of a return. My life is a gift…Because of her foundations I was able to make the decisions to spend the rest of my life giving rather than receiving. And so I will spend this lifetime doing only what she taught me all my life. In dedication to her beautiful life I named the Yoga studio (KISHNA YOGA).