is the founding director of the Ayurvedic Living School which was founded in 2006, the Ayurveda Culinary Academy which she founded and ran from 2012-2015, and the Ayurvedic Wellness Center of Orange County which she fouded and ran from 1997-2006. She's a certified Ayurveda Life Mastery Health & Life Coach, Ayurveda Herbalist, Ayurveda Practitioner, Ayurvedic Chef, Ayurveda Massage Therapist, Panchakarma Therapist & Program Designer, Vedic Astrologer, Ayurveda Yoga Therapist-NAMA, Aromatherapist, Reiki Practitioner, Pulse & Marma Therapist & Acupressurist. She is the Ayurvedic Living School's program designer and lead teacher & the author of Ayurveda Life Mastery our foundational ayurveda textbook. She's a Shanka Vansya Ayurveda Practitioner and Educator who studied under the Rajvaidya Dr. RK Mishra for 12 years. She's been in clinical practice, guiding clients through panchakarma, and teaching ayurveda, yoga, massage, panchakarma, ayurvedic cooking, ayurvedic herbal medicine making, aromatherapy, essential oil distillation, aromatic product making, and leading women's groups for 20+ years. Traci served on the Board of Directors & was past Secretary for the California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine. She is passionate about empowering women to take their power back, to heal themselves, and to reclaim their birthright as self, family and community healers and leaders. She will not be teaching this course, but hosting the opening sessions in the morning.

Jennifer is a certified Ayurveda Herbalist, Ayurveda Life Mastery Health & Life Coach, Ayurvedic Practitioner, Ayurveda Massage Therapist, Aromatherapist & Reiki Master. She graduated from the Ayurvedic Living School's first herbalist, coach & practitioner trainings starting back in 2010.  She has been in clinical practice, teaching for the schools aromatherapy and herbal medicine making trainings and making her own aromatic ayurveda inspired product line from the herbs she grows in her garden ever since.  Jennifer is also our Community Director & Senior Coach Supervisor. She guides and supports our Ayurveda Life Mastery & Ayureda Herbalist students personally and professionally in their free monthly ayurveda coaching sessions as well as guides our Intern Supervisors in their ongoing support sessions. She co-teaches our Ayurvedic Self-Care Immersion, Medicine Making Immersions, Aromatherapy Immersions, and co-leads our monthly Commoonity Moon Meditations and Peer Support Circles. She's the founder and the creatrix of Amrita Botanicals, her ayurveda-inspired aromatic product line where she incorporates her homegrown and home distilled herbs, essential oils and hydrosols.