Whitney Wheelock
Āsana and Tantra Yoga Teacher
economics. Out of college, I got a job at the United States Federal Reserve Bank. I married asuccessful corporate lawyer. Life was good. However, not wanting to work in a box for the next sixty years, I left the Fed and found a job in wine sales, eventually managing multiple markets for a billion dollar wine portfolio. I lived the “perfect” life according to the “American Dream” until I could no longer deny I was not fulfilled.
After an emotionally devastating divorce, I left my life in the United States and played semi-professional football (soccer) in Germany for a few months until I realized modern life in Europe was similar to that in the US. Wishing to explore my options I moved on, this time to Asia, a place I hoped would show me different paradigms for life.
In 2006, two weeks after landing in Thailand I attended my first Kaula Tantra Yoga class at what would become Shri Kali Ashram and decided to stay for a month to explore Tantra philosophy and Tantra Yoga. That “month” has never ended and I am still studying, sharing and celebrating Kaula Tantra. I began teaching at Shri Kali in 2008 and from 2011, I began running the daily Ashram programs. Since 2011, we have certified over a thousand teachers in Kaula Tantra Yoga.
Every moment of my life is dedicated to integrating, celebrating and playing with my understanding of reality.
I was born in Colorado, USA. I am the son of spiritualist lawyers who showed me life in two different worlds. At work my parents were using the law to fight for the rights of others: children, battered women and injured workers. From this, I saw the value of humanity and each individual’s right to freedom and love. At home, my parents were reading ancient and modern philosophy such as Rumi, Milarepa, Gurdjieff and I’m pretty sure all the modern spiritual self-help books available. From this, I learned avenues to foster and express freedom and love.
During the first twenty-five years of my life, I kept my spiritual side private and outwardly went with the flow of modern America. I played sports through college and graduated with a major in
