Sarwang Parikh (he/him/they) was borne into the Dharma within a devotional Hindu Indian culture of an immigrant, working-class family in the South. He has been steeped in the practice and study of Vedic Yoga and Buddhist meditation for over 15 years. Sarwang strives to weave these ancient wisdom traditions with a decolonized approach to mental health as a psychotherapist primarily serving BIPOC male-identified folks. He is also a core team member of Bay area mindfulness and mental health nonprofit, Seeds of Awareness. Sarwang's devotion to the Dharma has been sustained by being a long-time sangha member and community teacher at East Bay Meditation Center (he just started their first 2-year Spiritual Teacher Leadership training); and mentoring youth with iBme. Sarwang is most at home in a forest playing his flutes, in a circle of loving friends, immersed in a sci-fi novel/film or on the dance floor.