01 · My story
Tara01 · The name
Fierce and tender, in the same breath.
Tara is not the name I was born with. It is the name I work under, and the energy I hope to transmit.
In the Buddhist traditions, Tara is the goddess of compassion — the one who moves the moment she is called. In the Hindu traditions, she is one of the Mahavidyas — wisdom in its fierce form. For me she is both at once. A space that protects you and a space that loves you. Firm enough to hold whatever you bring, soft enough that you can finally put it down.
The Tara who gave me the name. A gift from one of my closest friends.
02 · East and West
Outer success and inner seeker.
Studying people and the mind has interested me since I was very young. That interest became fifteen years of study, a masters at Columbia, and a life in New York City.
But study took me only to one level. Something in me wanted to go deeper, and that search brought me back to my roots, back to India.
It brought unsettling questions with it. What is success, actually. How do you live a life that feels less like effort and more like joy.
The answer, so far, is a living inquiry rather than a conclusion. I live in a small sacred town in the south of India. My mornings begin with peacock dances. My evenings are spent cycling or walking across rice fields, or sitting by the lake watching Arunachala, the sacred mountain. My work is with people all over the world, and often feels more like an extension of my being than something I need to do.
This is the life I hope to offer through everything I do, and more than the life, the inner shift underneath it.
It is also, in essence, what Tara means to me.
More play. Less performing.
03 · What people find here
What people find here.
Somewhere to rest
A place people come to when they are tired. Somewhere to put the weight down and recharge. I hope to be that space for my people.
Somewhere to see clearly
A place where you can see yourself objectively. Nothing good or bad, just what is actually happening.
Somewhere to refill
A fuel station. You come in, recharge your love battery, and fill your cup back up.
लीला
leela — the universe at play. Serious work, held lightly.
04 · An invitation
Start with a conversation
The best way to know if we fit is to meet. No agenda, nothing to prepare, no next step unless we both feel one.
Let's talkCalls are unhurried, and there is nothing to prepare.
Everything else, in one place.