Alandi Ayurveda Gurukula Faculty

Alakananda Ma, AD, MB, BS

Alakananda Ma is recognized by NAMA as an Ayurvedic Doctor. She has practiced Ayurveda and Flower Essence Therapy since 1988 in Boulder, Colorado. Her extensive medical background and training at one of the world’s best medical schools combined with years of study of Ayurveda in India and the US serve to make her an outstanding Ayurvedic Practitioner and Ayurvedic Pulse Reader. She is also the first medical practitioner since Dr. Edward Bach to research and make her own flower essences out of Rocky Mountain wild flowers. One of the first Western medicine graduates to practice Ayurveda in the US, her unique, unadorned style provides a simple, powerful healing environment for her clients.

Sadananda

Sadananda was born and raised in a mixed Catholic and Baptist family in a Mexican neighborhood of Denver. A series of mystical experiences during his teens and twenties led him to study with the masters of the East who were arriving in America during the late 1960's and early 70's. After studying at the Naropa Institute and Insight Meditation Society, Sadananda travelled to India to follow in the footsteps of the Buddha. For seven years he lived the life of a traditional sadhu, meditating in temples, ashrams and cremation grounds and he became a beloved disciple of his sadguru, Raghudas Maharaj. Currently, Sadananda continues his advanced study of Vipassana under Joseph Goldstein and has made several long retreats.

Sadananda has always been a musician. In the 70's, as a singer and songwriter, he studied and performed at the Denver Folklore Center. In India he imbibed kirtan at the feet of the true kirtan masters of Maharashtra. Today Sadananda is a soulful kirtan leader and inspiring meditation instructor. Sadananda teaches Meditation.

Renay Oshop

Renay was accepted to MIT, Oxford, and Harvard at age 15 and accepted a faculty position (bottom of the totem pole) at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center at age 21 to specialize in early computational molecular biology, vowing never to take another exam ever. She subsequently attended Vasant Lad's Ayurvedic Institute, which also included 6 months of training in India, and embarked on an international 24-years-and-counting journey to study Jyotisha, following both parents by becoming a professional astrologer. She was also lucky enough to take all of Hart de Fouw's American astrology and palmistry courses. As an astrologer, she still feels like a computational biologist. Now, she finds herself quite busy with private readings, teaching Sanskrit at Alandi, and focusing on advanced studies and scientific research of Jyotisha. She loves making the jewelry that is shown in her store. She considers herself a grateful follower of Shrī Karūnamayī.

Prema Shakti, AD, E-RYT500, LMT

​Prema Shakti (Haley Kalb), Āyurvedic Doctor, Yoga Alliance E-RYT500 and Licensed Massage Therapist is a devoted practitioner and disciple of yoga, āyurveda and massage. She guides her students to explore the union of body, mind and spirit through āyurvedic principles, asana (posture), pranayama (breath work), bodywork therapies, energy healing and meditation. Prema maintains additional specialty certifications as a Vedic Counselor, Y12SR (yoga for 12-step recovery) leader, Prison Yoga Project, ĀyurDoula, Restorative Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Yin Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Stand-up Paddle-board (SUP) Yoga, Reiki Master, and Laughter Yoga leader. Prema has served on the board of COLORAMA (the Colorado Ayurvedic Medical Association), as a board member of Alandi Ashram as well as service with the Seminars in Āyurveda sub-committee through the National Āyurvedic Medical Association (NAMA).​ Learn more about her offerings at https://www.premashakti.guru/.