18 years ago Saraswati started practicing meditation due to high anxiety and stress. Saraswati started studying electrical engineering in university and put a huge amount of pressure on herself to achieve the highest results possible. This pressure in addition to some personal events, caused the anxiety and stress. A doctor recommended meditation.

Initially Saraswati started teaching herself meditation by reading books, in the Buddhist technique Vipassana. Through trial and error she started to find methods that she enjoyed. Almost immediately she noticed results. After a few months her symptoms had dramatically improved but she continued with meditation due to increased interest and enjoyment. She has regularly practiced meditation since then, and it has been a tool to not only help her succeed in university and throughout her 15 years career as an electrical engineer, but also to live her life balanced, joyful and fulfilled.

Saraswati attended Vipassa group classes and retreats, to learn with Buddhist Monks. She realised that meditation in a group is more powerful than alone.

After this time, she decided to change direction and learn something new. For the next 5 years she received one on one mentoring and training from Joanne Rogers - Reintegrate Australia. She learnt different techniques in meditation that included working with our energy centres, as well as energy healing and metaphysics.

Then in 2013 she made her first trip to India and started to follow Ramana Maharshis teachings of Advaita Vedantic philosophy as well as learn about pranayama (yogic breathing).

In the same year she was introduced to the Australian spiritual teacher Shakti Durga and other senior teachers of the spiritual school Shanti Mission. The techniques and methods taught within the school deeply touched her heart and enabled her to transform trauma, pain and unhealthy habits that she was not able to let go of before. The healing she received was life-changing and profound. She studied with them for 6 years and within the school became a certified meditation facilitator. The areas of focus were meditation, energy healing, vedic mantra and study of eastern and western philosophy. It was through Shakti Durga that she met her now spiritual teacher-Sri Sakthi Amma.

In 2017 Saraswati met her now spiritual teacher/master - Sri Sakthi Amma. She has spent several months a year in India since then, visiting Amma for support, guidance and training. It is with Amma that she was given the confidence and strength to share her greatest passion to others by founding Joy-Filled Living.

In 2019 Saraswati had extensive one on one pranayama lessons at the Rishikul Yogshala centre in India. In the same year she became a certified meditation teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist Calm Abiding method with Pema Khandro and the Tibetan Yogis.

After a spontaneous and profound visit to the Himalaya region in late 2019 to meditate in sacred caves, Saraswati came to know about Mahavatar Babaji. Soon after this experience she felt guided to start learning Babaji’s Kriya Yoga. She now practices Kriya Yoga techniques daily, and has been reading books and completing courses offered by the teachers at Babaji’s Kriya Yoga www.babajiskriyayoga.net

Saraswati lived in Berlin, Germany from 2015 - 2020 and she began teaching meditation and mantra twice weekly from 2017. She hosted many events in her apartment and later expanded to teach in Yoga studios, as well as online. She provided many corporate meditation seminars in clients offices which were received extremely well, due to her own background in the corporate world. In 2018 Joy-filled Living was founded in Berlin to formalise her vision and hearts work. In 2020 she relocated back to her home country, Australia and continues to teach meditation and yogic techniques to various groups. Each and every person who she has taught, and will teach in the future, is considered soul family who remain in her heart forever. Nothing brings her greater joy than to help others to learn the tools that have healed her so profoundly.