Elizabeth Grimbergen began practicing the Siddha Yoga teachings in 1990 after accompanying a friend to a satsang at the Siddha Yoga Ashram in Oakland. Later that year she participated in a Siddha Yoga Shaktipat Intensive and began making regular trips to Shree Muktananda Ashram to offer seva. Currently, she offers seva in the SYDA Foundation as a writer.

Elizabeth holds a PhD in philosophy from Pennsylvania State University. She is employed as a solutions architect for a telecommunications firm in Atlanta, Georgia, where she lives with her husband.