Vasanta Irina Lidanova recently returned from Australia where she lived and studied at the Tibetan Buddhist Institute. Vasanta has been a yoga teacher since 1995, massage therapist since 1997, and an ayurvedic practitioner and lifestyle consultant since 2003. She studied Thai massage in Thailand and Switzerland, and yoga throughout the US and in India. After completing a year course at the Ayurvedic Institute in New Mexico with Dr. Vasant Lad, she went on to study advanced ayurveda with Dr. Lad and other prominent doctors in Pune, India.