He spent 20 years living in an Ashram in India, studying and teaching yoga and yoga philosophy. Swami Jasraj Puri has managed the Yoga in Daily Life ashram in Rajasthan which includes a school for 1500 pupils, a hospital, an animal shelter and a research centre. In 2010 he became the first western Swami to be awarded the title of Mahamandaleshwar (scholarly saint) of the Mahanirvani Akhara, the highest title of the Haridwar Kumbh Mela order of monks. Swami Jasraj Puri is currently undertaking research in Sanskrit at the University of Queensland and teaching yoga at Yoga in Daily Life’s Brisbane studio in Newstead.