Padma
For over 30 years, Padma (known previously as Mohini) has been serving as a speaker and seminar leader for Pillai Center’s transformational teachings and techniques around the globe. She has also been a part of the development and implementation of the Pillai Center’s educational offerings.
From a young age, Padma was a youth leader in the Christian faith.
Padma has a B.A. in Religion from the University of Iowa and has studied a wide range of world religions. At the University of Minnesota, she carried out her Master’s studies in Communication Disorders.
While spending time in India for over 25 years to create Dr. Pillai’s Temple and Fire Lab Center, Padma had further opportunity to delve deeply into the ancient, spiritual sciences of India.
Padma believes it’s important to emulate God by caring for people in need, and as Global Director of Tripura Foundation, she has led the initiatives to feed over 10 million meals to the hungry and uplifted over 150,000 children around the globe with Dr. Pillai’s Phonemic Intelligence brain-changing technology.
“I have the greatest admiration for people who open their hearts to the Divine and follow an inner calling to live a life based on spiritual principles in their own unique way. For me, the Pillai Center teachings have completely revolutionized my life in every aspect and given me an entirely new life, and I’m so grateful I can pass on these teachings every day and offer others the opportunity for total transformation.” -Padma
Gina (Jai Radha) Guerrieri
Gina (Jai Radha) Guerrieri is a specialist in transformative education with a unique gift for designing and delivering dynamic programs and practices that lead to embodied and lasting change. She has been designing programs and teaching for Pillai Center since 2001. Gina has practiced meditation since 1992 and has been teaching since 1998. Her teaching experience includes in-person meditation classes, teleseminars, interactive workshops, and donating her time to teach at women’s shelters and Riker’s Island Prison in New York City. During this time, she has studied with living masters of Interfaith, Buddhist, and Hindu lineages.
She is a spiritual life coach, meditation teacher, and Vice President at Pillai Center. With her inviting and comfortable style, Gina welcomes students into the deepening levels of their own creative potential.
“I am a perpetual student and the most fulfilling moments in my life are being able to pass on what I’ve learned and see it make a difference for others. It’s a great honor to be of service.”
Stacey (Ganeshi Ma) Lawson
Stacey serves at the intersection of entrepreneurial leadership, personal transformation and social impact. As a business executive and founder, she most recently ran Ygrene Energy Fund, a clean energy finance company. Stacey also co-founded the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) at UC Berkely, and the Benevolent AI Future coalition which brings together builders and funders of AI solutions that serve the public good.
Stacey met Dr. Pillai in 2003, and has served as a Pillai Center Master Teacher, meditation leader and spiritual coach for the past 21 years. She has co-taught in Dr. Pillai’s year-long Mystery School for the last 5 years and has led dozens of events, retreats and online workshops.
Through Dr. Pillai’s extraordinary teachings on the Light Body and self- realization techniques of the Tamil Siddhas, Dr. Pillai guided Stacey into deep study of esoteric texts on Shaiva Siddhanta, Kashmiri Shaivism and various Yogic and Tantric teachings. Stacey has a unique gift for synthesizing and sharing these profound teachings from various lineages.
Stacey was raised Christian and incorporates a wide range of mystical views in her teaching, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Kabbalah and mystical Christianity, as well as mythology and transpersonal psychology. Stacey also bridges the modern worlds of business and science with mystical teachings in her conscious leadership courses.
Stacey sits on the board of Dr. Pillai’s Tripura Foundation which has created over 120 Hope Learning Centers in India and brought Dr. Pillai’s brain- enhancing Phonemic Intelligence program to children and families in impoverished areas around the world.
Stacey has been profiled in publications such as Forbes, BusinessWeek, and Harvard Business Review. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington and a Masters in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.
Sucharita
Sucharita has been studying with Dr Pillai for over 28 years and as a Pillai Center Master Teacher and Certified 200% Life Coach, she provides spiritual guidance to enhance understanding and practical application of the teachings in daily life.
During Catholic High School, she studied World Religions and Astrology, and although fascinating, her interest was in health sciences. After obtaining a Bachelor of Physical Education at the University of Calgary, she continued post-graduate studies, certifications and practiced as a Registered Massage Therapist, Cranial-Sacral Therapist, and Energy Healer while completing her education at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. During her final years of academic professional studies, she met Dr. Pillai whose presence immediately transformed her life.
As a devotee on this adventurous spiritual path, she enjoys encouraging others to explore the teachings to live a more fulfilling and rewarding life. Sharing spiritual travels and pilgrimages that inspire and uplift others is a great blessing.
“Deep gratitude to Dr. Pillai and the Divine to be of service to humanity.” Love and Light, Sucharita
Swamini Valli Wells
Swamini Valli is an AstroVed Vedic Astrologer and a Pillai Center Teacher and Priestess currently doing fire pit Fire Labs for Pillai Center. She has a special blessing from Dr. Pillai for doing individual Sharaba Fire Labs to destroy demonic energies, evil eye, jealousies and strong negativities within and without. She has experienced light and wisdom in many traditions. She was raised Catholic, spent several years meditating with the Quakers, studied Taoist kung fu, yoga and meditation with a Chinese Taoist priest and was initiated as a Buddhist teaching monk by an enlightened teacher. She has a Hindu certificate given to her in the state of Kerala in India. She has been studying with Dr. Pillai for over 20 years. She is grateful for his blessings to help with some of his programs and to perform Fire Labs and other rituals as requested. She appreciates being part of Dr. Pillai’s global Religion of Religions prayer community.
She experiences Dr. Pillai as sharing love and light to transform all of us, and she has heard him say, “Anyone who works with my teachings, I consider as my student.”
“I am looking forward to both inspiring and being inspired by my fellow students in countries around the world as we receive and implement Dr. Pillai’s teachings into our lives and our world.” ~ Swamini Valli”
Donatella (Lalitha) Riback
Lalitha Donatella Riback is an empowered Pillai Center Teacher who has been studying with Dr. Pillai for the last 15 years. Dr. Pillai has blessed her with the spiritual name Lalitha Varahi.
Additionally, Dr. Pillai has personally coached and guided Lalitha in her work, and with his guidance, she has been sharing his teachings with the world through her books, public speaking, and courses.
Lalitha is an international bestselling author, a certified 200% Life Coach and an AstroVed astrologer with a B.A. in Vedic art and science. In addition, Lalitha is a regular contributor to The Astrological Magazine founded by Dr. B. V. Raman.
Sarah Burns
Sarah Burns (also known as Radha Paru) has been studying with Dr. Pillai since 2008. After attending one of Dr. Pillai’s Grace Light seminars in San Francisco, her life changed drastically with an opportunity to visit India and study Vedic Astrology through AstroVed.
This eventually led to new opportunities as part of the Pillai Center Team, developing and supporting Dr. Pillai’s online programs.
Sarah’s spiritual journey began as a child growing up in Montana, exploring the vast beauty of nature. This journey has taken her through several spiritual teachings and philosophies over the years.
Pillai Center and its global community of amazing members who study Dr. Pillai’s teachings continue to support and inspire her spiritual journey.
Ujwala Venkatesh
Born and raised in South India, Ujwala moved to the United States in 1981. She has a Master’s degree in science with a speciality in Cell Biology.
As she came from India and organically learned the Hindu traditions and stories of Gods and Goddesses, the word spirituality did not mean anything to her until she found Dr. Pillai.
Dr. Pillai came miraculously into her life in late 2009; this was a perfect time for her to devote to his teachings.
She struggled all her life to find her purpose regarding why she is here and what she is supposed to do in her life. She did much volunteer work to find her passion, but yet she still felt that she had so many unused abilities, and she was looking very hard to find ways to use these abilities to make her own unique contribution to the world.
Through Dr. Pillai’s teachings, she found her passion which brought transformation within herself. She is fulfilled and lives a much happier life now than she ever have.
In 2017, Ujwala launched myguru-and-me.com, a blog to share her miracle stories of Dr. Pillai’s teachings. This meaningful endeavor also provides a great opportunity to develop entrepreneurial skills. She absolutely feels there cannot be anything that is more fulfilling than working towards human evolution and development of higher consciousness.
Besides blogging, her hobbies include nature walks, yoga, traveling, cooking and attending music concerts.
Ujwala is happily married with four adult children.
Meena Mulloy
In this lifetime, Meena Mulloy met Dr. Pillai in April 2000. The first encounter was a complete life changing event, she saw his Light Body and from then on changed the priorities in her life to learning everything possible from him. At that time, she was Vice-President in a Fortune 500 Investment Bank and well known on Wall Street for her success in turning around the corporate communication and presentation division. In 2001, Dr. Pillai gave his first seminar in London and that was the beginning of extensive travel and managing events on-site for Meena. In 2004 she moved to India and after working for a Wall Street business and completing her business karma, she was given the honor and responsibility of managing AstroVed Advisory Services along with a talented team to bring more in-depth, personalized spiritual work and help.
Meena has served, worked, traveled and learned as much as possible from this great master. There is no end to his depth and height and if anything, she feels more like a beginner now than when she first met Dr. Pillai. She loves to encourage others along the way and when she meets you one-on-one she is often shown your gifts and higher purpose.
Dawna (Rani) Devi
Having been blessed in her life to have known and studied with a number of living saints, Rani firmly believes that their guidance has led her to the teachings and mission of Dr. Pillai. Without reserve, these teachings are available to all of us through Dr. Pillai’s grace and compassion for all of humanity.
Rani has over 40 years of professional background in music composition, performance and production. She has been a devoted student of Dr. Pillai’s teachings since 2014 and works as a channel to bring Dr. Pillai’s teachings to the global community.
Rani designs and hosts the Friday Mantra Meditation for Attraction and Abundance chanting programs on Shreem Brzee YouTube, offers technical support for Pillai Center and Pillai Center Practice programs, edits audios and videos for Pillai Center Academy courses and composes beautiful original music to accompany Dr. Pillai’s transformational sacred mantra chants.
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