Born in a deeply devotional family, Maiyashree’s heart was drawn to the divine from an early age. As a young girl, she often spent evenings sitting quietly in temples, churches, or sacred places, finding peace in silence. Even without formal spiritual training, meditation came to her naturally as if her soul remembered an ancient rhythm. Her compassion for others was immense. She felt others’ pain as her own and often engaged in acts of selfless service. This inner purity and devotion became the seed of her spiritual awakening, a calling that grew stronger with every passing year. It was the beginning of a journey guided not by worldly ambition, but by the unseen hand of her eternal Guru Lord Dattatreya.

At the age of eighteen, during a meditation session in Rajkot’s Panchanath Temple, she experienced her first deep state of Samadhi. Chanting the sacred mantra “Hari Om Tatsat Jai Guru Datt”, she performed meditation for eighteen continuous hours. Even after returning home, she stayed in deep silence for another twelve hours, unaffected by the outer world. She was completely lost in the divine world.  At 22 years old, in 1978, she was eating fruits, following a Falahari diet, and lived without grains or any type of salt.

In the sacred calmness, a subtle voice began guiding her, a voice that she recognized as none other than Lord Dattatreya Himself. This inner guidance led her to accept Him as her eternal Guru and surrender her life to His service. Soon, under the blessings of her Guru, she received the sacred mantra from Pujya Bapushree, marking the true beginning of her yogic journey. Obeying her Guru’s command, at just twenty-one, Maiyashree left for Girnar Sadhana Ashram, the heart of the Dattatreya tradition. She made the ashram her home in 1996 and revived the ancient “Girnar Siddha” lineage through her pure sadhana. Each day was filled with meditation, yajna, and silence, her soul completely immersed in divine remembrance.

During her years of meditation, Maiyashree accomplished rare yogic practices like, Hath yog and Khechari Mudra, a feat achieved by only a few realized souls. In Hath Yog, she experienced the complete purification of the body’s nadis and the awakening of dormant inner energies, enabling her to move effortlessly into deep states of silence and stillness. For twenty-two years, she lived without grains. Through this tapasya, her inner consciousness awakened completely.