Mahesha Kodikara is the manager of the Lewella Meditation Centre. He was born in 1968, in Galle, south of Sri Lanka. He has been living at the centre and practicing intensive meditation since 1995. He also practices yoga and conducts classes for both locals and foreigners, as well as Taiji(Tai chi) Quan(chen style the original style in Taiji).

He started learning yoga in 1980 when he was twelve years old from a Sri Lankan teacher, Swami Rasu. After that in 1996 he trained at a yoga retreat conducted by Venarable Yogavachara Rahula. Then he started practicing with Paddy Mcgrad (from Austrailia) for about 8 years. In the year 2000 he went to India for further training under Swami Rudra (Iyenga yoga method

He practices yoga asanas, pranayama ( Bandha, Mudra, Kapalabhati) as well as Taiji Quan and Qi Gong. He has been conducting yoga classes for both locals and foreigners (beginners and advanced since 1996. Apart from this he has taught yoga at government schools, conducted 10 day yoga retreats as well as individual yoga classes.He started to practice Taiji in 1996 under the guidance of a Buddhist monk Ven. Analayo. After that, in 1997 he was taught by a Japanese Taiji Master ( a member of Taiji Pool of China) Koiti Aida and from the year 2000 he began to learn from Master Jan Silberstoff who created the World Chen Xiaowang Taiji Quan Association. He obtained his certificate as a Taiji teacher from this Association and he is the first certified Taiji teacher in South Asia.