THOMAS ENGLISH

Growing up in Ottawa, Canada, Thomas was deeply aware that there was much more to this life than the physical, instinctual existence it seemed all around him were living.

At the age of 21 he began searching for answers to the meaning of life and existence. It was then that he met his first spiritual teacher, who began to unfold for him some of the mysteries of the traditional cultures and philosophies of mankind. This gave him a basis of understanding for the higher meaning of life.

By the age of 25, in 1999, feeling the need to attain a more practical spiritual understanding, Thomas, a Gemini, set off for Europe. One year later, he found himself in Dharamsala, India, studying under the guidance of a Tibetan lama. Still unable to find the answers to his deepest questions, he went to Rishikesh, India, and discovered the Yoga school of Swami Vivekananda. He has been studying and practicing Yoga under the direct guidance of Swami ever since, and has experienced the realizations that answered many questions of his soul. In particular, he has realized that the Universal Consciousness is something internal, ever-existing, within the heart and soul of every being.