About

Let's be honest. We love yoga. We love Lululemon. We appreciate a good yoga mat as much as the next person.

But Bhakti Marin isn't a fancy yoga studio with beautiful candles, $180 leggings, and a perfectly curated Instagram feed.

And we're not here because we took a quick two-month yoga teacher training at a beautiful retreat center and decided, “Well, I guess we're spiritual now, and can charge you $200 for teaching NAMASTE!” 🙂

What we practice goes much deeper. Gold doesn't become pure because someone puts a nice label on it. It is purified through fire. A diamond is revealed and polished through pressure, cutting, and careful refinement. Real depth isn't created by a beautiful setting, a trendy outfit, or a certificate on the wall. It comes through years of practice, discipline, study, and living what you learn.

Bhakti Yoga is not simply a class we teach or something we do for an hour and then leave behind when we walk out the door. It is a way of life—a living spiritual tradition that has been practiced and passed down through generations.

We follow a tradition of disciplic succession, learning from teachers who learned from their teachers, going back through a long lineage of practitioners and wisdom teachers. Its teachings aren't something we invented for a weekend workshop or packaged into a lifestyle program.

Do you have to move to a mountaintop, wear flowing robes, and survive on herbal tea to live a meaningful life?

Can you raise a family, meet work deadlines, sit in Bay Area traffic, worry about increasing cost of living, and still enjoy great food with friends and cultivate a life of purpose?

We think so — because we're doing it. And million others are doing too!

We are parents, working professionals, community builders, and longtime practitioners of Bhakti Yoga.

Like many people in the Bay Area, we're familiar with packed calendars, school pickups, grocery bills that seem to have their own inflation strategy, and the occasional household emergency. (Why do faucets always leak on weekends?)

Bhakti isn't about escaping life—it's about making life richer.

It's about gathering with friends, sharing delicious vegetarian food, singing together, exploring timeless wisdom, serving others, and finding joy in the middle of ordinary life.

Through an authentic tradition of Bhakti Yoga, we've discovered practical tools for staying grounded, building meaningful relationships, and remembering what matters most—even when life gets busy.

No mountaintop living and head shaving required.