Anjali Deva, the founder of Mādhya Way Ayurveda, is an Ayurvedic practitioner and teacher in Los Angeles, CA. Her private practice, Rooted Rasa, specializes in anxiety, depression, PTSD, digestive disorders, and women’s health issues from a holistic and integrative perspective. Anjali was greatly fortunate to be introduced to Ayurveda and Yoga at a young age by her father and mentor, Arun Deva. Her clinical experience began at Hope Integrative Psychiatry, overseen by Omid Naim, MD. Her familial lineage is rich with the desire to preserve and maintain these healing arts. Driven by her aspiration to better understand the connection between food and mood, she has trained with Kerala Ayurveda Academy, Loyola Marymount’s Yoga and the Healing Sciences Program, and with various teachers both in the United States and India. Her strong passion for digestion and mental health provides others with a holistic approach to find their inner harmony and resilience for healing. Personally influenced by using food as medicine, daily and seasonal routines, herbalism, Buddhist philosophy, self-compassion, and breath-based practices, her approach to Ayurveda is gentle and compassionate. Anjali believes strongly in the importance of connection and the need to heal in community. She is dedicated to sharing the Wisdom of Ayurveda for the benefit of all living beings.

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Arun Deva will guide us through the traditional foundations of Ayurveda. Arun, AP, AYT, C-IAYT, E-RYT500, is a NAMA-certified senior ayurvedic practitioner, ayurvedic yoga therapist and an IAYT-certified yoga therapist and YA-certified teacher of vinyasa krama yoga in the Kriśnamacārya tradition (E-RYT500). He has had the privilege of serving on both the National and State Ayurvedic Associations’ Boards. Currently he also chairs NAMA’s Committee for Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy. Arun teaches internationally, lectures at conferences, writes for different publications—including peer-reviewed Ayurveda Journals—and has been featured on both radio and television. He is director of Ayurveda for Yoga Studies at Loyola Marymount University. Born and raised in India, where he began his yogic studies, Arun Deva has made his home in Los Angeles since 1977.

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Selected by Spirituality & Health as one of 100 Trailblazers of Yoga & Ayurveda, Laura Plumb is the Founder and Director of VedaWise, lead faculty for the Ayurvedic Integrated Nutrition 200 hour Professional Training, author of the best-selling book Ayurveda Cooking For Beginners, creator/presenter of the online video course The Medicine In Your Kitchen: Introduction to Ayurvedic Cooking hosted by Spirituality & Health, writer and host of the 53-part television show CleanseVeda, and the 12-part series called Divine Yoga.

Formerly the General Manager of The Discovery Channel Europe, Laura offers clinical services in natural medicine for whole person wellness, and health practitioner trainings in the Vedic sciences. She leads online courses, and gives classes and consultations in Ayurveda, Jyotish, Yoga Therapy, Whole Food Cooking and Nutrition, and offeres seasonal retreats as well as sacred Yatras to India.

Laura is as a contributing Ayurvedic educator for the UCSD Center for Integrative Medicine, an Ambassador for Banyan Botanicals and runs The Sophia Camp for Girls – a week-long summer camp dedicated to cultivating self-esteem, self-care and self-regulation in pre-teen girls through Yoga, Ayurveda, mentoring and creative play.

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Madison is a Practitioner of Ayurvedic Medicine and serves as the Chair of the Professional Membership Committee at the National Ayurvedic Medical Association. She is the co-founder and a faculty member at the International Institute for Tantric and Vedic Sciences, and the creator and director of their Panchakarma Technician Certification Program. Madison is also an active Climate Activist and Environmental Educator, with a specialized interest in supporting indigenous communities and preserving indigenous wisdom around the world.

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Melissa (she/they) deeply believes in applying the culture and teachings of yoga to bring to light the long standing disparities in wellness spaces. She is passionate about bringing yoga and Ayurveda back to its roots, and reclaiming representation within the wellness community. Originally from Munsee Lenape land (Queens, NY) she currently lives on Tongva, Chumash and Kizh land (Los Angeles) where she works to make yoga accessible through yoga therapy, mentoring yoga teachers, and mantra. Melissa also utilizes her background in public health to integrate yoga into schools and clinical settings.

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Sandhiya Ramaswamy is a Professional member of the National Ayurveda Medical Association at the Ayurvedic Doctor level, and a faculty member at the California College of Ayurveda. For nearly a decade, she has led hundreds of clients, students, and community members in experiencing the transformative power of Ayurveda. Sandhiya brings a deep passion and spirited nature to her work making her one of the most sought-after practitioners in Southern California. Along with her MBA and corporate experiences, she brings a well-rounded perspective to the principles of this ancient medicine with a blend of certifications in yoga (RYT 200), Thai massage, and culinary arts. Her insight and expertise have been featured on Deepak Chopra’s widely followed Chopra Center articles, local California publications, and on popular podcasts and radio shows. She is a regular speaker at mind, body wellness conferences, and events.

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Tristan Katz (they/he) is a writer, educator, marketing strategist, and equity-inclusion facilitator specializing in content marketing strategies for justice-focused leaders and queer-trans Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEIB) training and consulting. Their intention is to share this work with an anti-oppression and intersectional lens. He was named one of the game-changers in yoga by Yoga Journal magazine in 2021 and he spent several years serving on the Board of Directors at Accessible Yoga before the non-profit dissolved in early 2024. Tristan’s clients are at the forefront of creating more access and inclusion in the yoga industry with social media audiences of 20k and above; many of them have been featured in NPR, the New York Times, NBC, and USA Today, and have worked with companies like Google, the Met, and TikTok. As a longtime student of social movements and social justice, Tristan’s work centers on values-focused content development, the exploration of power, privilege, and oppression, and the intersection between solidarity and marketing. Sessions with Tristan will explore these topics along with best practices for marketing in the current moment.

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Zaria James (she/her) is a yoga teacher, sound healing practitioner, and a sincere lover and steward of the tradition of Yoga & Sanatana Dharma. As an educator and activist, Zaria works at the intersections of holistic healing, social justice, and collective liberation. On the ground Zaria has worked in the Fair Trade movement, the labor movement, within rehabilitation homes, in disability services, and currently works as a Reentry Coordinator for a non-profit that supports formerly incarcerated individuals. She is currently undergoing training as a Vedic Counselor, Yoga Therapist, Ayurvedic Medicine Practitioner, and Vedic Astrologer to center health equity within holistic health and more broadly while sharing how yogic philosophy and practice can aid humanity in dismantling systems of harm within and in our world.

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