Padma guides people to find freedom from stress, confusion and pain.  Her counseling uses meditation, discussion, yoga and study. 

Padma is one of Canada's most-respected teachers of meditation and yoga. Padma hosts a nationally syndicated tv series on meditation and yoga called 'Living Yoga with Padma'. She developed, wrote and hosts the 65 episodes of the series, and is currently working on 26 more episodes. Padma is the author and producer of a series of educational DVDs; and recently hosted a 12-part series on meditation philosophy on CBC radio, on North by NorthWest. Her guided meditation recordings are heard on Air Canada flights, on the health & wellness channel.

Padma studied advanced meditation in the western Himalayas of India for a decade. She learned to read and master original Sanskrit texts of meditation philosophy and is authorized to teach by the International Meditation Institute of India.
Padma lived independently in the rural Himalayas, studying Sanskrit texts, meditating up to 6 hours per day, and learning the subtle arts of yoga including Sanskrit, chanting, breath-work, philosophy, mantra, tantra, and hatha yoga. She mastered scriptures in the original Sanskrit such as the Bhagavad Gita and Patanjali Sutras among others.

Padma's life in the Himalyas was rustic and minimal. Her daily life included tasks such as boiling and filtering drinking water, building a fire for heat in the cold winters and surviving extreme heat in the summer. She cooked and lived with no electric appliances, modern conveniences, or hot running water for eight years! With no western movies, music, cafes, telephones, tv or computers, she spent the years in meditation and study.

Padma holds a B.Sc. in Biology from McGill University. She worked in Environmental Research for the Federal Government of Canada until 1989.

She has developed an innovative teacher training program for YYOGA, which perfectly unites ancient eastern wisdom with western scientific philosophy. In Canada, she has been educating yoga teachers, doctors, lawyers, government and corporate clients in the subtle yogic arts of healing the body and clearing the mind.

Padma was Director of the Padma Yoga and Meditation Center in Vancouver, B.C. She leads international courses, workshops and retreats. She was a founding board member of the Yoga Association of B.C., and is a 'YABC Senior Teacher'.
Now as the Director of Learning and Development at YYOGA, she develops the meditation teacher training program, and the continuing education programs.

Padma's corporate clients include CBC Radio, Public Health Canada, Ballard Power, Simpson & Thomas Lawyers, Intrawest, Porte Realty and Bolder Investments. Padma was an ambassador at the Lululemon flagship store in Vancouver. Her dvds are featured in Lululemon stores where she conducted meditation classes for the staff and customers.

To all of her teachings, Padma brings a rich wisdom of physical, intellectual and spiritual knowledge. She aims to awaken freedom and inspire health in all aspects of our lives.

"Just to be in Padma's presence is to feel her radiance and resiliency, never mind her vast knowledge of the yoga sutras and understanding of the Sanskrit language. Padma inspires us to live life fully." -Kate Potter, Yoga Therapist