Vijaya (VJ) Fedorschak was a city planner in the mid-1970s when he encountered the spiritual path and the teaching work of Lee Lozowick in New York/New Jersey. After moving to Arizona with his wife Karuna, he got jobs in landscaping and sales and became involved in theater projects and in organizing conferences. He has been a therapist
for youth and families with histories of trauma for over twenty years. VJ is author of The Shadow on the Path: Clearing Psychological Blocks to Spiritual Development, and Father and Son in which the visits between Lee and Yogi Ramsuratkumar in India are recounted. He is the organizer of the Western Baul Podcast Series. VJ has two adult children
and lives in Prescott, Arizona.