Since an early age Magda was fascinated by the mind mysteries portrayed in ancient and modern fables. Born in post-WW II Warsaw, Madga and her 5 year old son nearly jumped the Berlin Wall at the height of the Cold War and immigrated to the United States.

To quote the author, “When one hasn’t experienced a trauma of uprooting as dramatic as ours was, one can’t understand the sensitivities of some facts… I virtually shed a skin like a snake and died to the past to survive the future.”

She earned a Master in Science in Art from the University of Wisconsin and during the next 20 years, built an impressive commercial art portfolio.

Realizing there must be more in life to explore, she checked out a yoga center in 1985 and her journey began.

Magda graduated from the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram in Sothern India as a Yoga Siromani and opened a yoga center first in NYC and then Hollywood, teaching over 1000 students.

Magda wrote, directed and produced the documentary film, Real Timeless India: a portrait of the land of yoga.

On her subsequent journeys through India, Magda found the inspiration for her film script, Dharma Pass and Looking for CEI.

Currently, she shares her time between India and the American East Coast.