Paul Hawkwood has been practicing the Siddha Yoga teachings since 1987. Paul is a Siddha Yoga meditation teacher and has taught many Siddha Yoga courses and in Siddha Yoga Shaktipat Intensives. He is a frequent writer for the Siddha Yoga path website.

Paul has a bachelor’s degree in religion and English from Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington, and a master’s degree in composition and rhetoric from Eastern Washington University. Paul retired after teaching English for thirty years at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany, Oregon. He and his wife, Achala Woollacott, live in Sedona, Arizona.