Naughty Monkey aka Pratim is a serious student of the discipline of Divine Playfulness. Born and raised in India, he once lived the life of an A+ achiever, an engineer at Intel following every rule of success, until a divorce cracked open deeper questions: What do I truly want? Who am I, really?
That quest led him to Tantra, which he discovered seven years ago among Austin’s vibrant community of mystics and misfits. Since then, he has studied with numerous teachers and has been teaching for the past four years, because he believes that the best way to be a student is to be a teacher, and the best way to be a teacher is to remain a student. His work shares the living essence of Tantra through workshops that blend ancient wisdom with humor, heart, and embodied spirituality.
His offerings, Art of Intimacy and Tantra Embodied, invite participants to bridge the mystical and the everyday, to meet each other beyond right and wrong, and to rediscover connection as a form of divine play.
He is based in Austin and travels the world with a curious mind, a mischievous heart, and a devotion to helping people remember that awakening can be both profound and playful.