Phalguni Freeman was introduced to the Siddha Yoga path in 1982 at the age of six when she attended her first satsang with her parents in Nagpur, India. When Phalguni was twenty, she began serving as a Gurukula student in Gurudev Siddha Peeth. She served there for six years, and for the next six years she served as a staff member in Shree Muktananda Ashram.

Phalguni has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nagpur. She was named to the international honor society Chi Sigma Iota while pursuing a graduate degree at Palo Alto University in California. She lives in Park Ridge, New Jersey, with her husband, Dolpha, and their two children.