Alakananda Resume
Alakananda Ma
(Olivia Hudis, M.B., B.S., London)
Alandi Ashram
2457 20th Street
Boulder, Colorado 80304
E-Mail Address: ma@alandiashram.org
Phone
Number: 303-786-7437 www.alakanandama.org www.alandiashram.org www.alandigurukula.org
Forthcoming
April 2010
Ayurvegas Conference: Keynote Speaker
July 2008
Svashta International Ayurveda Conference, London UK
Presentation: Ayurveda and Spirituality
October 2007
National Ayurvedic Medical Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois
Presentation: “Ayurveda and Eating Disorders”
April 2006
Rocky Mountain Kirtan Summit
Workshop: Meaning of Hanuman Chaleesa
February 2006
Hindu University of America Conference on Ageing, Orlando Florida
Panelist: “Cancer
Care Panel”
October 2005
National Ayurvedic Medical Association Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada
Keynote Speaker: “The Heart of Healing is in the Divine”
Workshop: “Meditation and Healing”
Panelist: “Rejuvenation and Spirituality
September 2005
Midwives Alliance of North America, National Conference, Boulder, Colorado
Panelist: “Alternative Practitioners Panel”
April 2005
Ayurvegas Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada
Keynote Address: “Divine Mother and Healing”
October 2004
National Ayurvedic Medical Association Conference
Workshop: “Ayurvedic Healing Philosophy”
Academic Paper: “Pulse reading as a tool for early diagnosis of
cancer and
other serious illnesses”
October 2003
National Ayurvedic Medical Association Conference
Workshop: “Ayurvedic Pathology”
Academic Papers: “Veterinary Ayurveda: Case histories of five cats” and “Cultural
Issues in Bringing Ayurveda to the West”
Forthcoming
May and June 2009
Lecture tour visiting Omaha, Des Moines, Minneapolis and Saint Paul
Lectures and workshops on Ayurveda and New Paradigms in Spirituality
November 2008
Lecture tour visiting Omaha, Des Moines,
Lectures and workshops on Ayurveda and New Paradigms in Spirituality
May and June 2008
Lecture tour visiting Omaha, Des Moines, Minneapolis and Saint Paul
Lectures and workshops on Ayurveda and New Paradigms in Spirituality
November 2007
Lecture tour visiting Omaha, Des Moines, Minneapolis and Saint Paul
Lectures and workshops on Ayurveda and New Paradigms in Spirituality
April, May, June 2007
Lecture tour visiting Washington DC, Las Vegas, Omaha, Des Moines, Minneapolis
and Saint Paul
Lectures and workshops on Ayurveda and New Paradigms in Spirituality
October and November 2006
Lecture tour visiting Omaha, Des Moines and Las Vegas
Lectures and workshops on Ayurveda and New Paradigms in Spirituality
April, May, June and July 2006
Lecture tour visiting Las Vegas Nevada, Omaha, Nebraska and Cheltenham,
UK
Lectures and workshops on Ayurveda and New Paradigms in Spirituality
October 2005
Lecture tour visiting Omaha and Las Vegas
Lectures on Ayurveda and New Paradigms in Spirituality
April, May and June, 2005
Lecture tour visiting Chicago, New York, Omaha, Des Moines, and Orlando.
Lectures on Ayurveda and New Paradigms in Spirituality
2004-2006
Monthly lectures in Denver, Fort Collins, and Boulder Colorado and Laramie,
Wyoming
List of topics attached
1988-1997
Researched and made over 150 Rocky Mountain wildflower essences, gem
elixirs and geographical essences
1990-present
Clinic Director and Ayurvedic Practitioner, Alandi Ayurveda Clinic, a
sliding scale clinic offering ayurveda, panchakarma and flower essence
therapy in Boulder, Colorado
1990-present
Co-Founder and Director, Alandi Ashram, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit church
and school, which offers weekly and daily spiritual practices and gatherings
as well as residential community experience
1998-present
Principal Teacher, Alandi Ayurvedic Gurukula
Alandi Ayurvedic Gurukula offers an extensive ayurveda program, of both
theory and practice; and mentors apprentices in clinical studies.
2005-present
Peer Review Board Member for Light on Ayurveda Journal
1998-present
Hindu University of America, Orlando, Florida
Adjunct professor of Ayurveda
2005
Prescott College, Arizona, Distance Learning Program
Mentor of Ayurveda
2005
Seven Bowls School of Nutrition and Nourishment, Longmont, Colorado
Lecturer of Ayurveda
1994-2005
Regis
University, Denver, Colorado
Guest Lecturer
of Hinduism
1995-2003
Colorado
School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
Guest Lecturer
of Hinduism
1994-2003
Rocky Mountain
Center for Botanical Studies, Boulder, Colorado
Guest Faculty
of Ayurveda and Flower Essences
Pilgrimage
to the Mother: A Women’s Journey to the Source
of the Ganges
1999. Boulder, Colorado: Prema Press
The Rainbow Bridge: Prophetic Encounters with the Mother’s
Path of Unity
2004. Boulder, Colorado: Prema Press
From my Heart to Yours: Devotional Poetry of Alakananda Devi
2005.
Boulder, Colorado: Prema Press
Light on Ayurveda:
Spring
Issue 2008 Vol. 6 issue 3
Ayurveda
in Incurable Malignant Brain Tumor: Case Study
Winter
Issue 2007 Vol. 6 issue 2
Beauty
and the Seven Dhatus
Spring issue
2007
Ayurveda
in an Autoimmune Disorder: Case Study
Winter Issue 2006,
Vol. V issue 2
Marma
Point Rash: Case Study
Spring Issue
2006
Propane
Poisoning: Case Study
Summer Issue
2005, Vol. III, Issue 4
Bipolar
Depression: Case Study
Fall
Issue 2004, Vol. III, Issue 1
Chronic
Fatigue: Case
Stud:
Summer
Issue 2004, Vol. II, Issue 4
Veterinary
Ayurveda: Cat Case Study
Protocol Journal for Botanical Medicine: Specific
Condition Reviews
1995: Ayurveda and Breast Cancer
1995: Ayurveda and Prostate Cancer
1996: Ayurveda and Affective Mood Disorder
1996: Ayurveda and Attention Deficit Disorder
1996: Ayurveda and Alzheimers
1995: Ayurveda and Ovarian Cysts
1995: Ayurveda and Uterine Fibroids
1996: Ayurveda and Tinnitus
Medical/Ayurvedic
1988-present Ayurveda
continuing education with Ayurvedic Institute and
Rocky
Mountain Institute for Yoga and Ayurveda
1988-1994 Flower
Essences and Gem Elixirs Independent Studies
1986-1988 Flower
Essences Apprenticeship with Cynthia Kemp of Desert Alchemy
1980-1985 Ayurveda
Independent Studies, India
1969-1976 Medical
Doctor, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery St.
Bartholemew’s Hospital Medical College: London University, England
Spiritual Traditions
1978- 1979 Novitiate
at Holy Cross Cistercian Abbey, U.K.
1980-1985 Studies
of Hinduism, yoga and meditation in India
1990-1994 Trained
in Sufism with Lex Hixon (Sheikh Nur al Jerrahi)
1995-1998 Jewish
Studies with Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi through Naropa
University Continuing Education.
1995-present Tibetan
Buddhist Study through Boulder Shambhala Center
2008 Sufi
Pilgrimage in Turkey visiting Istanbul and Konya