Ancient Practices. Modern Neuroscience. Holistic Therapy.

My work is to help you access them.

With over 16 years of dedicated practice, Karishma works with clients across the world through a deeply personalised, practice-led approach. Her work is not about quick fixes, but about helping people cultivate emotional literacy, inner steadiness, and the agency to live with greater awareness and freedom.

Every intervention is radically personalised because no two nervous systems—and no two life journeys—are the same.

The goal is not simply to understand why a pattern exists.

The goal is to transform it.

How We Work: Samskāra Rewiring: The RISE Methodology

Our work begins with a simple but transformative question:

Why did the nervous system learn this pattern in the first place?

Patterns have Purpose.

Whether it is anxiety, emotional overwhelm, relationship challenges, perfectionism, burnout, compulsive behaviours, or a persistent feeling of being stuck, every pattern once served a purpose. Instead of managing symptoms alone, we seek to understand the deeper imprint that created them.

In yogic psychology, these deeply embedded emotional and behavioural imprints are known as Samskāras—the unconscious patterns that shape how we perceive, react, relate, and ultimately become.

Transformation happens through Abhyāsa: sustained, intentional practice that gently rewires these patterns over time. Rather than asking clients to simply think differently, the work helps the body, at a cellular level, learn a new way of being. Practices are radically curated to an individual’s bio-psycho-neural pathways.

The RISE Methodology: Samskāra Rewiring

Every therapeutic journey is guided by our RISE framework:

Recognise

Obseerve? recurring emotional, behavioural, and physiological patterns without judgement and complete compassion (foundational grounding practices will ensure this).

Internalise

Understand what the mind and body are experiencing beneath the surface/patterns?. Rather than suppressing discomfort or reacting automatically, we create enough safety for emotions and sensations to be experienced, understood, and integrated.

Shift

Through personalised yogic, somatic, and nervous system interventions/practices?, the body is offered a new experience. Instead of stress, it learns safety. Instead of compulsion, it discovers regulation. Instead of unconscious repetition, it develops conscious choice. This is where physiological and psychological transformation begins.

Embody

Practise these new responses consistently until they become your natural way of relating to yourself and the world. Lasting change is cultivated through repetition, not willpower. Through this practice-led approach, clients are not taught to cope with life—they are empowered to relate to it with greater awareness, steadiness, resilience, and agency. The goal is not temporary relief, but a way of living that is deeply embodied and sustainable.

The Path

Formation

MSc, Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health, King's College London. Felix Scholarship, MSc Violence Conflict and Development, SOAS. Advanced Diploma, Yoga Institute Sydney, lineage teachers under TKV Desikachar. Yoga Nidra with Dr Richard Miller. Vedic Chanting, Reiki, EFT, Vipassana in Blue Mountains, Australia.

Professional Arc

Journalist and reporter, NDTV New Delhi. Save the Children, London, Haiti earthquake response. Humanitarian research across Iraq, Rwanda, and Uganda. Founded Soulkatha as a platform for yoga as emotional wellbeing. Evolved to KE practice.

Ongoing Practice

Author of three books on parenting and gratitude. Parenting two children as ongoing formation. Committed to active study and supervision under own teachers and mentors.

Workshops and Institutional Work

Karishma has worked with schools, hospitals, corporations, and NGOs across India and internationally.

Eileen O'Connor Centre, Australia

A six-week breath-centred yoga programme for speech therapists. Supporting practitioner resilience and the wellbeing of those whose inner state directly shapes the children they serve.

St Lucy's School, Sydney

Three months working with differently-abled children using sound therapy, body movement, and breathwork to support calm, focus, and reduced frustration.

Ramky Foundation

A session on emotional awareness and inner balance for corporate teams. On how the quality of a person’s inner life shapes the way they lead and relate.

Udayan Care, in partnership with UNICEF and the Government of Telangana

An emotional regulation and self-care session for master trainers in family-based alternative care. Practitioners who hold others through difficulty and need a practice of their own.

Byju's

A holistic programme integrating breathwork, physical movement, and mental reframing to support creativity, focus, and sustained resilience at work.

NGO EAIF-RAAH

A self-care and inner resilience session for trauma-informed counsellors. On how those who support others through extreme difficulty can remain grounded and replenished in their own work.

Cuddles Foundation

Breathwork and nervous system regulation for participants managing stress and disrupted sleep through the COVID-19 crisis.

Fernandez Hospital, Hyderabad

A six-week programme for expectant parents on building emotional resilience, secure attachment, and inner steadiness through the transition to parenthood.

Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad

Recurring engagements covering mindfulness for children, emotional wellbeing for adults, and navigating parenthood in a digital age. Featured in the school’s own publication.

The Lawrence School, Lovedale

A mentorship session for adolescents on finding steadiness amid stress, peer pressure, and the weight of expectation.

Daksha School

Calming and regulation practices for children during a period of collective uncertainty, supporting personal wellbeing and the ability to navigate difficulty with more ease.

In the Press

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