Sindhu Porter began her Siddha Yoga practice after participating in a Siddha Yoga Shaktipat Intensive in 1974. Sindhu offered seva as a staff member in the SYDA Foundation for twenty-four years, in Gurudev Siddha Peeth and in Shree Muktananda Ashram, as well as on teaching and learning visits.

Sindhu studied literature, writing, and journalism at Emerson College and Boston University, both in Boston, and at Wells College in Aurora, New York. She is currently a book editor and website and marketing writer in Florida.