Alakananda is a co-founder, spiritual mother, teacher, Ayurvedic practitioner, flower essence maker and storyteller.

Alakananda is an accomplished writer with many published articles and is highly respected and well known in the Ayurveda community as a renowned senior Ayurveda practitioner, both nationally and internationally. She is a member of the board of directors of NAMA (National Ayurvedic Medical Association).

She has been a keynote presenter and popular speaker both at NAMA conferences and at the Swastha International Ayurvedic conference in London.