Vivek Bakshi

Founder & Owner

Vivek is the founder of Sangam Retreat, the spiritual arm of The Writing Barn—a writing retreat and workshop space in Austin, Texas that he owns and operates with his wife, Bethany Hegedus.

Born in Lucknow, India, and a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, he received his Ph.D. in Physics in the US. A physicist by trade, Vivek is a man of many talents—in fact he was one of the original co-owners of Toy Joy (an Austin staple) and is a Sanskrit scholar.

Vivek has long been a seeker of spiritual wisdom, including meditation, Sanskrit, and the study of various religious traditions. A student of yoga for the past fifteen years, coupled with his studies of Sanskrit at the University of Texas, has led Vivek to develop programming in an effort to serve yogis, yoga therapists, and other spiritual seekers.

Scriptures such as Ramayana, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, Upanishad, and Bhagavad Gita are among his favorites. He offers several workshops a year in reading, writing, and understanding the meaning of Sanskrit words, shlokas, and scriptures.