Deanna Araya was born and raised in Clear Lake, Ca. She moved to San Francisco to pursue her medical career at the age 17. She then stayed in the field of psychology and neurology for 20 years and that brought her great insight to people. During the latter part of the 20 years in the medical, she also pursued a career in fitness. She has been a personal trainer and yoga teacher for 30 years.
Through this period of time, she had many hardships to endure. A divorce after 20 years, the loss of her son, at the age of 27. During this phase of her life she was homeless, because financial hardships. Intuition gave her the insight to be in Sacramento where she then met Brother Rose (Santokh Singh) who taught her the true meaning of yoga through meditation and spiritual guidance. She followed his direction intently. Through him , she learned devotion to God and being humble.