About the author: Tessa’s passion for yoga turned her attention away from teaching biology in secondary schools. She taught yoga for 30 years and loved the wonderful energies it provided. This led to a decision to train as a Natural/Spiritual Healer. She took a diploma course in psychotherapy and counselling to help others on their journey to healing and inner peace. Eventually, her love of yoga developed into writing, resulting in this blog and the Yoga Stories books, where you can find original short stories about the life of Guru Guptananda.
Tessa published her first Yoga Stories book, Guptananda’s Stories, in 2008 as an online book for teachers, yoga students and young people. There were 43 stories. She has since released versions of it in paperback and ebook. Book 1 is about the Yoga Rules of Life, or Yamas and Niyamas, published Oct 2019 and Book 2 is about the Eight Limbs of Yoga (actions and activities that guide one towards personal and spiritual growth, or ‘Enlightenment’), the Chakras (Energy Centres) and the Gunas (States of Being). Published in 2022.
A picture of Guptananda as seen by the psychic artist Patrick Gamble.
Tessa’s third book, ‘Memoir of a Sceptical Seeker’, the official first edition including reviews and an additional chapter was published in Summer 2025.
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HI miss Teresa I wish to use your story The doll and the snake story in our book thank you very much it is truly value laden.
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You are more than welcome to use my stories, please do! I am always happy when people publish them, and it is best to acknowledge that they have been written by me. Thank you for asking me.
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Hello
We would like to get your permission to use the story “The Flood” to teach children about respecting Public property by using them in PPT.
Kindly email.
Thank you.
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Hi Ms. Theresa. I would like to ask your permission to allow me to use one of your short stories “Law No. 11” in one of the Values Education books I am editing. I work in a publishing company here in the Philippines and I find your stories very educational and motivational to primary students. Thank you very much. 🙂
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thank you….. i read about the medicine man from dinesh’s blog (writepath.blogspot.com) and i was amazed!
thank you for these stories
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Hi,
I am the assistant editor for Healthyoga.com, whose sole purpose is to offer a free informational resource to the public for those seeking advice on a variety of yoga related topics from professionals.
I’ve found your blog through a few of our mutual online affiliates and would love to work with you as well. I have interest in being included within your blog roll and would love to explore possibilities. Thank you for your time, I look forward to your response.
Please email me back with your URL in subject line to take a step ahead and to avoid spam.
Thank you
Kathy Ray
kathy.healthyoga.com@gmail.com
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The stories you share are wonderful ways to get very important message to young people. As a yoga teacher and teacher candidate I will draw from your wonderful collection to teach these essential values to my students. Thank you!!!!!!!
Namaste
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Wow! I’m dying to get into all the stories that your guides have passed on to you. I’m glad you’ve written them down so that we can all gain something from them…Maria
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Life can present us with many challenges but by reading stories like these, we are able to learn more about ourselves and others. I still have a couple to read , however the stories I have read have given guidance on my own behaviour and thought processes as well as a deeper understanding of why others behave the way they do. As a partner of someone who has 3 delightful children I am constantly working to grasp an insight into their young minds so that I can support and understand them too. The yoga stories empowers me to do that…they take me back to my own childhood alowing me to process some of those experiences and feelings.invaluable. Thank you with all my heart and soul. Dida XXX
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just to let you know I needed to take some time out and read some more of your stories! This really is such a wonderful thing and I want you to know how much your work must be helping others thank you and your very wise guides corrinne
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“If you have learnt or gained anything from my stories, I’d love to know. A quick comment would be great.Thanks. ”
Dear Teresa,
I’m writing in response to your comment above. I realized that we are a living story and we all hold the pen that writes our own story a couple of weeks back. And reading your website just makes me realize that we can help people through stories too! I am definately going to be a frequent visitor on your site. I teach yoga too, and I hope I can use your pointers to help people that I come across.
I have even posted the link to your page from my blog, shows how much I value your work.
regards,
Kavitha
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