Oma was born in Bozioru, Buzau (Romania) on June 18, 1961. After she graduated primary, secondary and high schools in Buzau and Constanta, she graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Iasi in 1985, along with completing a course in Greek between 1982 and 1985. She completed her education and training in surprisingly diverse subjects. Spending three and half years in India, she graduated from courses in hatha yoga in India at Serampore, Calcutta; Ananda Ashram, Pondicherry; Lonavla Yoga Institute, Poona; and Jain Yoga Institute, Adhyatma Sadhana Kendra, New Delhi. She was a student of Ayurveda for six months in 1988, at Arya Vaidya Chikitsalayam, Coimbatore, and at Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala, Kerala. She also visited Dera Baba Jaimal Singh and the Golden Temple in Amritsar. She * to Romania after the Romanian Revolution. PUBLISHED BOOKS: Hathina, Hatha Yoga, Loma-Viloma - a practical course on hatha yoga, published by Porto Franco, Galati, 1993 Arsita Karmei ("The Fire of Karma") - a memoir, published by Nona, Piatra Neamt, 1997, awarded with the National Prize Mihail Sadoveanu, reprinted in 2009 by Zeit, Braila Chipuri Indiene ("Indian Faces") - published by The Parallel 45, 2001, revised edition published by Zeit, Braila In voia vremii ("Be It So") - a novel, published by Junimea Publishing House, 2007, prefaced by the famous Romanian literary critic and historian, Ion Rotaru Mrejele Iubirii ("Love Spell") - a novel, published by Zeit, Braila, 2008 The Fire of Karma - the English version of Arsita Karmei, published by Zeit, Braila, 2010; Sobrele Iubite ("The Smoldering Babes") and Furtuni si Amaraciuni ("Storms and Bitterness") - novels, published by Zeit, Braila, 2011 Cand Pronia Ingaduie ("When Providence Allows") - a novel, published by Axis Libri, 2012 Cealalta Fata a Destinului ("The Other Face of Destiny") - a novel, published by Junimea Publishing House, 2012.