Hi, I’m Amanda Pandey and I’m glad you’re here!

Growing up as an Indian-American in a Hindu family, I was raised around yogic practices like meditation, breathwork, and postures—practices I was always familiar with and often returned to. However, it was about a decade ago that I began committing myself to a regular meditation practice. Since then, I’ve studied and cultivated a practice of my own over the years. I’ve practiced a variety of different techniques, taken courses, worked with experts, and have also assisted with research at the Clinically Applied Affective Neuroscience Lab at the University of California, Davis to prove the effectiveness of meditation on mental health. I’m now a certified yoga and meditation teacher and am passionate about sharing just how impactful mindfulness and meditation can be.

A core part of the meditation work I do involves grounding oneself in the body. I believe that our body always knows what it needs and if we can learn to give ourselves enough space to hear these answers, then we’ve already conquered the hardest step. The body knows what food, activity, exercises, or environment, for example, feel best in each moment, and also knows where past traumas and old emotions are stored. Cultivating this connection to ourselves allows us to experience the fact that we have everything we need within ourselves in each moment.