"Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the Self"
-Bhagavad GitaTrue Self Yoga is committed to sharing the wisdom of Yoga & meditation to help people realize their full potential.
Om Shanti
Husband-and-wife team, Vajra Romano and Christina Lagdameo, established True Self Yoga in 2016 with a mission to serve your highest good. Our personal journeys while studying the traditional practice of yoga and meditation brought us together; now we aim to share what we have learned in a way that is applicable for you.
We first met in 2007 at a yoga conference in Colorado and discovered a deep connection. Vajra had just finished as a seasonal wilderness ranger in Olympic National Park and Christina was completing a seven-year tenure in the White House Office of Management and Budget.
We stayed in touch for four years as we continued on our own unique journeys- Christina to Mysore, India to study Ashtanga Yoga and serve survivors of sex trafficking; Vajra to Maui to teach yoga at hotel resorts.
In 2011, Christina’s work brought her to Seattle where Vajra was teaching yoga. We reunited, and the time was perfect to start a new life together. Vajra moved to Washington DC, where Christina was serving the Obama White House, and he offered meditation classes to White House staff.
Reggie Ray: Vajra’s Tibetan Buddhism teacher in somatic-based meditation practice.
Nataraja Kallio: Vajra’s teacher in Traditional Eastern Yoga while at Naropa University
Angela E Oh: Christina’s Zen Buddhism teacher with the Chozen-ji Zen Dojo in Honolulu. Angela married Christina and Vajra in 2012.
Sri. M.A. Narasimhan, Ajay Kumar, Richard Freeman, and Sindhu Kiran: Christina’s teachers in Ashtanga yoga, Sanskrit, yoga philosophy and Odissi (Indian Dance).
With Angela’s marriage blessing, we vowed “to continuously examine our True Self…to maintain awareness that all things are impermanent, and to remain determined in knowing that we can always support one another to achieve our greatest potential and happiness.”
With their combined yoga and meditation experiences and with deep roots in the Olympia community, husband-and-wife team, Vajra Romano and Christina Lagdameo, have established True Self Yoga with the mission to bring out your highest good.