Guru Laghima grew up at the Northern Air Temple, where he began writing poetry about subjects such as instinct and illusion. Although the details of Guru Laghima's life have become unclear in the face of the disappearance of Air Nomad culture from public knowledge, it is known that he discovered the secret to weightlessness forty years prior to his death. By relinquishing his earthly attachments, Laghima achieved flight and was able to live the last portion of his life untethered from the earth.