Matagiri Board member Tom Cowan passed on from complications from a perforated ulcer. Tom was 77 years old.

Tom came to the yoga through Gene Maslow, who taught at the New School after coming back to the US from his pioneering years in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville.

Tom was part of the All USA Meeting (AUM) continuity team along with Dakshina, who passed on in 2022. He attended many AUM meetings and had a number of friends in the yoga.

He was a gifted engineer, creating innovative designs for industrial applications such as drying pulp into paper. He sold the company founded by his father a few years ago and enjoyed maintaining his home in Wading River on Long Island, NY where he was active in local peace and political action groups.