Jolie, now Jayaprada Radhika Devi Dasi (The Giver of Spiritual Victory), from her Gurumaharaj, His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami during Diksa initiation. With a 20 year background in ballet, advanced breath practices since 15, 17 years of intensive daily asana and yogic practices, plus ten years of martial arts, Radhika teaches from a deeply intuitive place drawing on a lifetime of body work. Particularly passionate about self mastery and showing people mind is the only limitation and that with correct teachings and implementation all energies can be alchemised into strength, energy, inspiration and ultimately liberation. After many years of intensive study of Patanjalis Ashtanga yoga path under the guidance of Sri Arya Ramesh Sheeti, disciple of BNS Iyenger in the discipline succession of Krishnamacaraya, she later went on to study the advanced Yogic philosophy pertaining to Bhakti Vedantic conclusions (essence of the entire Vendanta) in the Holy land Vrindavan, India. After some time also studying Tantric breath work in the Himalayas, she was instructed by her teacher, Baba Swamji Prahlad, to teach his classes for him which continued for three months before leaving India. Here she gained experience teaching the essence of Bhagavad vedanta in special programs she hosted for the purpose of sharing Bhakti specifically, as well as mantra and Kaivalya tantric breath work to broader demographics. One highlight of her extensive yoga journey has been living in temples and ashrams for five years as a Bramacarini (Female, celibate student of the vedas). After many years of service and then receiving Diksa initiation by her Guru, is what inspired this school. This particular part of her journey is what later became one of her main inspirations for developing the Kalpana Radhika yoga curriculum where the science of the soul and eternal loving relationship with God is explored. Here the ancient and timeless teachings of Yogas roots are presented in a progressive and contemporary style. Before developing Kalpāna Radhika Yoga school and hosting over 57 successful Yoga Alliance accredited Yoga Teacher Trainings and retreats worldwide including countries Bali, Thailand, Peru, India, and Mexico she held roles in Oceana as the leading yoga therapist for New Zealand’s Olympic athletes and ran courses for The Australian federal police. She has published written articles in Bhakti yoga magazines, Om Yoga magazine (How to deal with stored emotions an baggage surfacing during a Yoga teacher Training), has been in marketing campaigns for the yoga woman film and is the Yoga ambassador and Global membership director for Food For Life Global an international initiative feeding millions of children worldwide on a daily basis. Her interest in music, movement, healing and wellness lead her to complete a Diploma in Music (JMC, Melbourne), massage certification via Kalari payattu instituteindia Raw Food chef certification (Seeds of life, Bali), Reiki 1,2,3 and masters levels (USUI), certification as an Instructor of Body Combat (Les Mills), Ballet Teaching accreditation (R.A.D and Cechetti), and Modern Dance Teaching accreditation (American Academy of modern dance, Advanced level Honours with Distinction). She began breathwork at 15 year old which heightened visionary experiences of spirit which has left the spiritual side of life as an undeniable fact and reality for her, where during her reiki sessions she again unexpectedly became a medium for crossed over loved ones of the client. Not expecting this ability she focused all of her energy into the grounding stabilising force of the yogic and spiritual path of Krsna Bhakti, Breath work and Ashtanga yoga and its couterparts. With her studies into Yoga and research into correlations between quantum physics and yogas timeless teachings, she was drawn to study a Bachelor of science at Canterbury University in N.Z with the goal of reaching more people with yogas teachings by linking modern science with ancient wisdom. With just six months from completion, she was placed on the NZ Governments official list of Refugees when the 2010 earthquakes hit Christchurch demolishing her birth town, including her house, and University. This twist in fate was a major catalyst for her mission in serving others worldwide.
