Rashida Jiwani was born and brought up in Mumbai. She has been a teacher of Economics for the past thirty years. During the last ten years, she learnt Reiki, Yoga, Sudarshan Kriya, and Personal Counseling. Her articles have been regularly published since 2002 in Life Positive magazine and the Yoga Magazine. She has also started a senior citizens group called, Sangeet Setu, which has fourteen members, and which organises music programs for the NGOs in Mumbai.