Rao chanced upon a book on Yoga by Swami Satyananda when he was finding it difficult to cope up with stress in his Corporate career. Though he was always exposed to yoga since childhood, this book motivated him to join Bihar School of Yoga where he specialised in Yoga Psychology. On completion of this course, he travelled around the world and has worked in countries such as Malaysia, Singapore as a yoga teacher for about two years. On returning to Chennai, he joined 136.1 Yoga Studio. 

According to him, students are of two types – people who consider yoga as a lifestyle and the others who join yoga for various health issues. He believes that it is important to adopt a lifestyle, make exercise a part of life to be healthy mentally and physically. His classes are mainly for beginners and intermediate levels at 136.1