He started his journey to discover different sages and spiritual Gurus in Rishikesh Ashrams with the help of his uncle who used to work voluntarily for Ashrams. Rakesh loved to visit these Ashrams and listen to them with a full devotion, in which includes the Sivananda Ashram, Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Jai Ram Ashram, practiced intensive yoga with Brahmacharya Rudra Dev Ji, a Senior Iyengar teacher at Yoga Study Center Rishikesh and many more. Rakesh met his full-time spiritual teacher, Yogacharya Shri Laxmi Narayan Joshi, who recognized something unique within him and started nurturing his interest in Yoga. Under the careful guidance of his Guru, Rakesh travelled various parts of India learning and teaching Yoga at different ashrams, later extending his education at these places by helping treat people with health issues.
While at university studying a Bachelor of Commerce and Masters in Philosophy he won accolades for his Yoga skills, becoming recognized at national level, and went on to contribute extensively to International Yoga week held each year in Rishikesh. His Guru then recommended that he start traveling to other countries to enhance his understanding of other cultures in order to make him a better teacher, so he began by traveling in India and then to Mauritius, Egypt, Russia, Mexico, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Canada and United States. He worked in a renowned hospitality industry such as Ananda In The Himalayas, Four Season Hotels & Resorts International, Marriott International and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. He views this as a natural progression of his journey. When speaking about his future, Rakesh remains philosophical admitting that travel will be a key factor as this will allow him to share his knowledge while also broadening his own experience. “Places call you”, he says. “I am running in the flow where people call me. Where I need them, and they need me”. With such passion, wisdom and positive energy manifesting in someone, this is one journey that is bound to be an interesting one.

Rakesh is adamant that yoga is not a religion. “it is about body, mind, soul and spiritual transformation,” he says. “yoga provides well-being to the body, serenity to the mind and nirvana to the soul”.