She has been teaching and studying Eastern practices and traditions for over 25 years and has been teaching in Bakersfield for the last 20 years. Margaret was born and raised in New York City where her interest in Eastern studies began in graduate school at Richmond College while studying Community Psychology. She has studied with a variety of teachers including Oscar Ichazo, founder of the Arica Institute, Joseph LePage, founder of Integrative Yoga Therapy, Ganga and Tracy White of the White Lotus Foundation and with Yogi Amrit Desai founder of the Kripalu Center for Health in Massachusetts.