Who is Aruna?

Aruna Lakkur Nāgappa Srinivasa Murthy (known as Aruna Shields) is a Spiritual Teacher, Meditation Expert and Therapist. A former international lead actress, she stepped away from the film industry to meditate and study the mind.

Teachings

Aruna’s extensive library of teachings and meditations can be found on her YouTube channel.

Summary

  • Oneness: The perspective of oneness and unity is the only perspective that is accurate. We do not know where one person begins and another ends.

  • Global Healing: Overcoming personal wounding, fears and triggers performs the greatest healing and service for mankind and beyond. When we heal ourselves we heal the world.

  • Metamorphosis: We are designed for metamorphosis, transformation and renewal and this occurs spontaneously with the expansion of consciousness.

  • Only Consciousness: The universe is woven together from threads of consciousness and consciousness is all there is.

  • Transmutation: We possess the inherent capacity to transmute all suffering into higher states of awareness and inner sovereignty.

  • Effortless Mediation: True meditation naturally leads to transcendence, spontaneous mindfulness and conscious expansion. Everyone can meditate when they stop focusing and fighting with what is occurring in the moment.

  • Super Radiance: When we meditate effortlessly together and transcend in groups, it creates ‘super radiance,’ actively reducing stress in the collective world, lowering crime rates, and decreasing hospital admissions.

  • The Eternal Soul: We are eternal beings; we do not die, only the physical body is dropped.

  • Equality of Consciousness: There is no hierarchy in consciousness. The human nervous system is not "superior" to other beings; animals are simply tuned to different frequencies. A serpent’s ability to sense vibrations through the earth is just as advanced as a human’s ability to use language.

  • Interspecies Connection: Non-verbal and interspecies communication can occur and will naturally happen when we expand in consciousness.

  • Anchors of Truth: Animals and plants do not possess the "masking" behavior of humans, they are closer to the Primordial Truth. They are valuable and act as anchors for the “human" souls, preventing it from drifting too far into the abstraction of the mind.

Early Life & Education

Born and educated in England, Aruna is of mixed heritage—half Indian and half English—and split her childhood between India and the UK.

She earned a distinction from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, attended Durham Boarding School, and later graduated from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London.

After winning Miss India Talent UK, Aruna was spotted by an acting agent, launching a cinematic career that spanned the UK, French, and Indian film industries.

Cinema

Film Showreel

Critically acclaimed leads in AO: The Last Hunter (produced by UGC/TF1), Prince (India’s version of the Bond franchise) with hit soundtrack "Tere Liye,” and arthouse feature Mr. Singh Mrs. Mehta. Aruna became a Google Zeitgeist (Fastest Rising Star) and on the cover of The Times of India.

return to calm

In 2011, she took an intentional sabbatical from film to return to her spiritual roots, entering deep states of meditation and studying human psychology. She subsequently qualified as a Clinical Hypno-Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Teacher (CHP, CMT).

In 2015, Aruna established an international private therapy practice Return To Calm, spending years working with select clientele in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Malibu rehabilitation centers, and London. During the global lockdown, she pioneered the first worldwide online meditation group for TM Sidhas, aimed at reducing global stress. Aruna is currently based in London, where she sees select clients both online and in-person.

Lineage

Aruna is a Sidha descending from a documented lineage of sages dating back to 3143 B.C.E. She reveres all beings and holds a distinct connection with serpents - sacred symbols of transformation, awakening, and hidden knowledge. Aruna practices mindfulness with serpents, and her first transcendental experience occurred while staring into the eyes of a snake.