Origins

There are moments in life that cannot be explained through words alone.

They must be lived.

Krishna was born on Krishna Janmashtami, in a remote village nestled within the Western Ghats of southern India, into a traditional farming family rooted in the Natha Sampradaya. Surrounded by forests, rivers, and mountains, he entered a world where nature and spirituality were woven into everyday life, though he would only come to understand their significance much later.

At the age of three, he was sent away from his parents. That early separation left a quiet emptiness that shaped much of his childhood — a longing for belonging, meaning, and something that could not be found in possessions, achievements, or the approval of others. Looking back, he sees that what felt like loss became the beginning of a lifelong search for what is real.

After completing his degree, he entered the corporate world as a finance manager in Bangalore, before moving into the startup ecosystem, holding roles at companies including Shadowfax, VLokal, and Delhivery. He eventually stepped into the role of COO — only to recognise that the ambition driving him no longer matched what truly excited him. He walked away. What followed was a difficult stretch of life — burnout compounding old wounds, pulling him into deep depression and an existential crisis that forced him to confront questions he had long deferred.

The Yoga Path

A profound encounter in 2017 cracked something open in him and in that opening, yoga found him.

What followed was never about finding easy answers. It became an exploration of the deeper questions of existence: Who are we beneath our identities? What is our true nature? What are we truly capable of? How do we move beyond survival and live with purpose, presence, and harmony? These questions have guided every step of his life since.

He went on to complete a Postgraduate Diploma in Yoga at the Vivekananda Yoga Education and Research Institute in Mysuru in 2018, followed by immersive studies in Yoga and Vedanta at the Divine Life Society in Rishikesh two cities that hold the ancient pulse of this tradition. At both, he had the rare fortune of learning under teachers whose transmission went far beyond technique. Rather than accepting inherited beliefs, he chose to seek direct experience drawing him into meditation, breathwork, and contemplative practice as ways of understanding the human experience, not disciplines to master.

He has since carried that transmission into the world teaching across Mysuru, Bangalore, Goa, Rishikesh, and Bali, offering yoga not as a practice of the body alone, but as an invitation to remember what lies beneath it.

Discovering the healer

It was pranic healing in 2018 that first drew back the curtain and what Krishna glimpsed on the other side would not let him go.

His curiosity, once lit, became a calling. Over the years that followed, he immersed himself in India's spiritual and healing traditions, exploring the principles that allow genuine transformation to unfold. His interest was never to collect methods or techniques, but to understand how human beings awaken, heal, and return to their natural state of balance to see healing not as something one person gives another, but as an innate intelligence that emerges when the right conditions are created.

During the stillness that the pandemic imposed on the world, he turned inward and outward simultaneously founding Ayushka Yoga & Wellness in Mysuru, a sanctuary where the ancient arts of healing could be lived, not just studied. The space offered Thai Yoga Massage, Tok Sen, Reflexology, individual Yoga Therapy, Sauna, Ice Plunge, and Sound Healing, anchored by retreats and satsang that drew seekers from across the country.

It was here that something quieter began to emerge a natural aptitude for healing that didn't need to be manufactured, only uncovered. The hands knew what the mind was still learning.

In 2022, he began formal studies in Nuad Boran, the ancient Thai art of bodywork, and found in it a language that felt strangely familiar, as if he had always known how to speak it. His study has never stopped. Today, Krishna works across a living constellation of modalities; Pranic Healing, Nuad Boran, Tok Sen, Pha Kao Ma, Gua Sha, Cupping, plant allies, sound and vibration drawn upon not by protocol, but by presence. Each session is a conversation between what the recipient carries and what the moment calls for. The healer, it turns out, is also always the student.

The Mountains and the Path Onward

It was this path that eventually led him to endurance running.

What began as a physical challenge gradually became another form of spiritual practice. Long-distance trail running became a moving meditation, where breath, awareness, and presence mattered more than pace. The mountains became his teachers once again. Every climb invited surrender. Every descent demanded trust. Every finish line reminded him that the greatest limitations are rarely physical — they are the stories we believe about ourselves.

As an ultra-endurance trail runner, he has discovered that the human body and mind are capable of far more than we imagine. Yet the deepest lessons have never been about performance. They have been about humility, resilience, devotion, and learning to remain present when everything asks you to stop.

He is deeply curious by nature — his interests spanning spirituality, neuroscience, traditional healing systems, endurance physiology, herbal medicine, nutrition, ecology, and the science of human potential, always exploring where ancient wisdom and modern understanding complement one another.

He does not see himself as someone who has all the answers. He sees himself as a lifelong student — one who continues to learn from teachers, traditions, landscapes, and lived experience. If this journey has taught him anything, it is this: healing is not about becoming someone new. It is about remembering who he has always been. This path continues — one breath, one step, and one experience at a time.nd responsive to the body's actual needs.