Vani Dahlgren was introduced to the Siddha Yoga path in 1976, and in the following year she began offering seva in the Siddha Yoga Meditation Center in Andover, Massachusetts. She has served as a Siddha Yoga meditation teacher since 1996. Presently, she offers seva as a writer and editor in the SYDA Foundation. She and her husband, Alfred, live in Andover.

Vani is a retired teacher and tutor. She received a bachelor’s degree in English from Wellesley College in Massachusetts and a secondary teaching credential from the University of California, Berkeley.