Dr. Sharma has a deep compassion for humanity. Life has brought him into contact with a wide range of cultures, experiences and challenges. His calling is to guide people, individually and collectively, to live life from a place of inner strength and peace at every stage of life. 

Receiving the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Award, 2000

Dr. Sharma spent his formative years at a residential school in India founded on spiritual principles, where meditation was a part of everyday life. He then studied at the Indian Institute of Technology, where at the age of 19 he experienced his first inner awakening. On receipt of a full academic scholarship, he moved to Europe, where he was recognized as “Outstanding Student of the Year” when he graduated from the University of Durham. He subsequently completed his Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence and ran his own award-winning software company for 12 years. 

Dr. Sharma’s second awakening came in the year 2000 when he met his guru during a visit to India.  He was inspired and guided to study ancient teachings and write the book “From Here to Happiness”, which was serialized into 20 television episodes for broadcast in Europe. Dr. Sharma is passionate about opening people’s awareness to the possibilities within. He has meditated since the age of 12 and in 2007 was personally trained in life enhancement techniques by Swami Ramdev. Dr. Sharma was the president of the Scottish arm of Swami Ramdev's global charity organization giving free yoga lessons around the world. 

With Swami Ramdev

Dr. Sharma now lives in Arizona, USA, continuing to spread his message of inner strength, compassion and peace. He delivers his message through talks, seminars and guided meditations. He also teaches at the award-winning East-West School of Integrative Healing Arts where he is co-director with his wife, Kristen. He is the founding President of the Meditation Institute, through which he promotes the use of meditation not just as a spiritual practice, but as a secular mind training tool.

With his cultural uniqueness, natural intelligence, sense of humor, and calming presence and voice, Dr. Sharma articulates the beauty and magnificence that can be achieved by all of humanity  

Dr. Sharma speaks from a level of consciousness that is refreshing, unique and inspiring. His delivery is gentle yet strong, humorous yet thought provoking and full of depth.