Malas and Mantra Workshop

About the Instructors

AnandaMa Sims

Yoga & Meditation Teacher, ERYT 500

AnandaMa Sims has been practicing and studying subtle energies from a young age, her mother being her first teacher. During part of her journey, she fell in love with the physical part of yoga. While completing her initial ShambhavAnanda Yoga teacher training she realized there was a need for people who were curious about yoga but hesitant to step into a class because they didn’t feel they were bendy enough. AnandaMa makes yoga accessible for every body. If you can breathe, you can practice yoga. She is an RYT-500, ERYT-200, and has completed Levels 1, 2, and 3 ShambhavAnanda Yoga  meditation teacher trainings. AnandaMa teaches yoga and meditation, guiding others to live a more mindful and skillful life in Evergreen, Colorado at Studio B Evergreen.

Shanti Pitschka

Ayurvedic Health Practitioner, Health Coach, Yoga & Meditation Teacher, ERYT 500

Shanti started practicing yoga at age 16 after experiencing pain from scoliosis. Drawn to Ayurveda,  the sister science of yoga, she began her studies at the Ayurveda Institute in 1998. In 2011, outside of her then home town of Nederland, Colorado, she found ShambhavAnanda Yoga and received the ERYT500 hour Hatha yoga and meditation teacher certifications. She became an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach in 2018, but her love and fascination with the Vedic arts continued. In June 2019 she graduated from the New World Ayurveda School as an Ayurvedic Health Practitioner. With her love teaching, and sharing this ancient wisdom, Shanti teaches Ayurveda at New World Ayurveda in the Ayurvedic Health Practitioner Program and Introduction to Ayurveda, and Yoga Teacher Training at Red Rocks Community College. Shanti works out of  PranaTonic Yoga & Wellness in Golden, CO and enjoys guiding and nurturing others through life’s many transitions by offering a unique 6 month Ayurvedic Lifestyle Coaching program, one on one consultations, Vedic Astrology Readings, Ayurvedic treatments – Shirodhara, Abhyanga Oil Massage, Marma Point Therapy and Herbal Scrubs. She also offers Ayurvedic seasonal workshop series – “Living an Ayurvedic Lifestyle with the Rhythms of Nature” including Spring and Fall Gentle Cleanses, Women’s Health, Mala Making, etc. She is a yoga and meditation teacher, teaching meditation classes 3 days a week, aerial yoga and hatha yoga throughout the week.