Founder's Journey | AyurMarmaYoga

Deep Roots

Deeply Rooted in Tradition

Born into a Yajurveda Brahmin family in the lush Western Ghats region of rural Karnataka—a UNESCO World Heritage site and global biodiversity hotspot—my earlier years unfolded in Ummachagi village, Uttara Kannada District. Surrounded by a vibrant Sanskrit Vedic learning community, daily life revolved around classical Vedic chanting, disciplined study, and contemplative living.

From age five, I was immersed in the multi-generational Marma-Vaidya traditions inherited from my grandparents: an integration of Kerala's ancient Marma expertise, Goa's wellness lineage, and Karnataka's indigenous healing practices. These teachings were not lessons but a way of life, cultivating an experiential mastery of the body's vital Marma points—the cornerstone of AyurMarmaYoga.

My formative education followed a triple-track path: Formal schooling during the day, training in Vedamantra every morning & immersion into AyurMarmaYoga practice by evening. This foundation in sound, rhythm, breath, and contemplative awareness ignited a lifelong passion for awareness - centered health and wellness.

Heritage & Science

Bridging Heritage and Modern Science

At 18, I transitioned from village traditions to Mysuru, India's global hub for traditional wellness. Committed to both scholarship and practice, I pursued a full-time BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine) in Government Ayurveda Medical College by day (9 AM - 4 PM), and AyurMarmaYoga assistant to senior Ayurvedic physician by evening (5 PM - 9 PM) maintaining this intensive dual path continuously for 66 months until age 24, initial couple of years with Dr Chandrashekar of Sevabharati trust and later, at her evening clinic with Dr Shantala Priyadarshini Professor of Government Ayurveda Medical College.

Guided by AyurMarmaYoga luminaries including my grandmother Mahalakshmi Hegde, Dr. Prabhakar(who spent his entire professional career with legendary AyurmarmaYoga Vaidya Malladihalli Tiruka Raghavendra Swami), I sought to integrate ancestral knowledge with contemporary evidence-based approaches.

Having this purpose in mind, I have advanced my postgraduate hands-on training at India's premier institutions—National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), NIMHANS(banglore), NARIP(Kerala), RGUHS health Sciences university, Mysore University, SVYASA Yoga University—and internationally at Voronezh State Medical University in Russia.

My international exposure in early career after graduation in ayurveda, followed by tenure as Resident Medical Officer (Ayurveda) at Vivekananda Memorial Hospital (SVYM) further honed a rational, ethical, and integrative wellness perspective. Through this journey, the family heritage evolved into a structured, globally accessible educational framework: MarmaNrayn™ • AyurMarmaYoga.

Global Mission

A Global Mission Rooted in Core Values

Today, MarmaNrayn™ • AyurMarmaYoga serves an international community of students, practitioners, and wellness seekers. Our mission preserves the purity of traditional wellness teachings while offering a contemporary, non-sectarian path for personal growth, professional development, and mindful living.

Guided by minimalism, simplicity, mindfulness, compassion, and cooperation, I embody these principles through daily meditation, yoga walks, Zen-inspired frugality (fewer than 50 essential materialistic possessions for my personal life and a low-carbon backpacker lifestyle), AyurMarmaYoga self-care, lifelong learning mission, and sustainable eco-friendly choices.

A committed family man, I share my ancestral home in Yellapur with my wife Rekha (married over 15 years) and our son Kishan, staying deeply connected to community roots while extending wellness education worldwide.

My private spiritual practice remains contemplative—focused on meditative reflection (Panchaayatana Maanasapoojaa Krama & Naamaroopa Dhyaana)—separate from professional offerings.

As per my parents wish, to continue my family's tradition, Occasionally I do participate in Vedic recitations within India only by invitation from Indian communities intended for cultural preservation. Internationally, our work is strictly limited to experiential wellness education, consulting, workshops, and self-care programs.

Inner Freedom

Understanding the Root Cause of Human Suffering

Why We Suffer and How We Can Stop Creating Our Own Suffering

The biggest problem most human beings are facing today is not materialistic scarcity, relationship issues, or external situations. It is rumination — the endless, repetitive cycling of unpleasant thoughts, regrets about the past, worries about the future, and imagined threats.

We keep thinking the same painful thoughts again and again, without ever reaching a practical solution or taking useful action. This is what turns ordinary difficulties into deep, unnecessary suffering.

The Mind’s Greatest Strength is Also Its Greatest Weakness

The human mind is incredibly powerful. It can remember the past, imagine the future, and create stories. This ability helped us survive and build civilizations. But the same power becomes a liability when it goes into overdrive.

Pain (physical or emotional) is part of life — it is the body and mind’s signal that something needs attention. Suffering, however, is what happens when we add resistance to that pain.

It’s Not the Thoughts or Emotions — It’s How We Relate to Them

Our thoughts and emotions are not the real problem. The real problem is our maladaptive relationship with them. We over-identify with our thoughts and treat every worry or regret as “who I really am.”

At the core, human suffering comes from lack of self-awareness, poor emotional regulation, and weak sense of compassion and connectedness.

The Way Out: Change Your Relationship with Your Mind

The solution is not to fight the mind or eliminate all discomfort. The powerful direction is simpler and deeper: Learn to be with your experience without collapsing into the story.

Through repeated gentle practice of awareness, breath, and mindful movement, the nervous system rewires itself — reducing overthinking and bringing natural calm and emotional freedom.

A Practical Path

The MarmaNrayn™ • AyurMarmaYoga Wellness Method offers a complete, time-tested approach to this inner transformation. It combines Marma awareness, Ayurvedic lifestyle principles, yogawalking, breath regulation, and mindful practices to restore natural ease and balance.

My Vision: A balanced and mindful global society that promotes personal well-being, compassion, responsibility, and awakening the innate intelligence of life in every individual.

My Mission: To preserve the originality of traditional wellness teachings while offering a contemporary, non-sectarian path for personal transformation and professional growth.

Inner Freedom & The Global Call

From Personal Mastery to Global Mission

After two and half decades of personal mastery, the MarmaNrayn• AyurMarmaYoga Wellness Method is opening its doors to 100 international facilitators (TTC) & 8-12 ToTs.

I Seek Not Students, But Successors. Not Followers, But Practitioners—Committed to Reducing Suffering Within & Around the World.

The Internal Retirement, The External Dedication.

Many who have known me over the years fondly or humorously—refer to me as "you are living like a Jeevanmukta": The one who remains free forever and equanimous amidst life, fully engaged with the world by choice as described in ancient Indian classical literature.

I don't endorse or deny that statement about me, as this state of complete inner freedom while alive called 'jeevanmukti' is open for all & is available to every human being if they are willing.

I view myself as a living link, a vessel or a dedicated instrument for a tradition that requires a total immersion.

Long ago, I understood the fact that if I feed vegetarian food and sufficient water to this body, it survives. If I have opportunity to breathe air uninterrupted, life within this body sustains. If I get reasonably convenient accommodation to rest, body recovers it's resilience. My thoughts or emotions are my choices. So, I have the option to create my inner world as I wish. My past lies with me in the form of memory and future exists as imagination.The fact is, my body exists only here and now in this moment. If I engage myself now in meditation of the divine feminine my time almost cease to exist. Remaining things are optional in my life.

This understanding has brought me a clarity about life priorities and directed my path toward contributing to universal well-being.

I have no personal lingering desires or ambition yet to fulfilled; I am complete within myself. However, my external life remains as it is ongoing since 24+ years, around 100-hour-per-week devotion to AyurMarmaYoga Practices in the form of its intensive study, rigorous self-practice, or clinical facilitation, and I hope, this engagement will continue until this body reaches to its natural end.

At the age of 18, before leaving to Mysore for professional engagement, my Guru asked for a single promise as Gurudakshina:

"Practice it for 24 years without any self-promotion & then start TTC and ToT courses in which Train 100 MarmaNrayn• AyurMarmaYoga Wellness Method facilitators in a Experiential mode of learning method with batch size of maximum 12 people in each hands-on training group and additionally, nurture 8-12 exclusive ToTs among them. In this torch bearer global group of 108 - 112, make sure atleast 48 people should have roots outside the Indian subcontinent. Build two simple, complementary infrastructures—one in the East and one in the West—to support the practitioners worldwide".

I have honored that vow. I have refined the insights silently through decades of professional experience and solitary discipline.

Now, the time has arrived to shift the focus from the "Self" to the "World."

I do not work for success; I work because the present world situation & future generation need it.

The Mission: The "Global 108"

Finding the Facilitators of Change
My life purpose is now singular: To fulfill the final wish of my teacher.

I am seeking Total 108 MarmaNrayn• AyurMarmaYoga Wellness Method Facilitators.

These are the life transforming training for those who:
Find their own purpose in reducing the suffering of the life around them.
Seek an experiential mode of learning rather than a purely academic one.
Are ready to become committed practitioners of a profound, lineage-based wellness method.
Does not view wellness as a luxury or a temporary escape. Rather willing to live as a bridge between ancient lifecare wisdom and modern wellness need.
While the roots of this wisdom are ancient and Indian, its application is universal. Currently by focusing on those with roots outside the Indian subcontinent, we fulfill a specific mandate: to prove that the knowledge of life (Ayurveda, Marma Awareness, & Yoga) has no borders.

We are building a bridge of inner well-being that spans from the Western Ghats of Southern India to the farthest corners of the globe.

The Call to Action
The "Invitation" - Are You One of the Hundred?

One of the main purpose of this website is to find those living bridges to transfer the experiential wellness solutions worldwide.

I require no accolades, no fame, and no complex infrastructure. I require only people who are committed for their own inner well-being and have compassionate concern on the life around.

If you are a practitioner ready to dive deep, if you know someone whose life aligns with this vision, or if you wish to inspire someone —you are welcome here.

Connect with the Global Wellness Initiative & Learn about the Method

Life's Work

My professional engagement as my Compassionate Expression of life

For nearly Three decades, I have devoted 100+ hours weekly to studying, practicing, and teaching AyurMarmaYoga. It is not merely a profession but an inseparable embodiment of values—nurturing inner balance, responsible action, and collective wellbeing.

If you’re a wellness seeker, yoga teacher, Allied healthcare professional, or someone ready to integrate ancient wisdom with modern living, I’d love to connect.

I am available for AyurMarmaYoga related any kind of engagement during 16 hours of the day during all the 7 days of Week (7 AM - 11 PM ,Indian standard time).

Let’s explore how AyurMarmaYoga can support our shared journey.

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Memories from sharing the AyurMarmaYoga wellness concept across diverse cultures around 15 years ago (~2010–12)

International Exposure for Bridging East with West: Around 15 years ago in the Russian Federation, I shared the profound knowledge of Ayurveda wellness, Marma Awareness, and Yoga philosophy across borders — adapting timeless wisdom to understand health, vitality, and balance in diverse climates and cultural contexts.

A 30-Year Journey: This community event photo was captured during my traditional AyurMarmaYoga education initiation ceremony, marking the sacred beginning of a lifelong commitment to the Ayurveda wellness, Marma awareness, and Yoga philosophy.

From Roots to Routes:The Founder’s Journey to Global Citizenship.