Phalguni Freeman was introduced to the Siddha Yoga path in 1982 at the age of six when she participated in her first satsang with her parents in Nagpur, India. When Phalguni was twenty, right out of college, she began offering seva as a Gurukula student in Gurudev Siddha Peeth. She served there for six years, and for the next six years she served as an SYDA Foundation staff member in Shree Muktananda Ashram. Phalguni continues to offer seva with the SYDA Foundation.

Phalguni is a licensed mental health counselor in New York. She received a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from Palo Alto University in California. While pursuing her graduate degree, she was named to the international honor society Chi Sigma Iota. She lives in Park Ridge, New Jersey, with her husband, Dolpha, and their two children, Anoushka Rea and Ishaan Brandon.