Anuradha (Anu) Thakrar, a graduate of the California College of Ayurveda, is the founder of Sai Lotus Ayurveda and Yoga. She has been practicing yoga since 1997, and serves as an Adult and Children’s Yoga Teacher and Ayurvedic Health Practitioner around the US, particularly in the Chicagoland area, and in Puttaparthi, India—her two “home bases." Her offerings include Ayurvedic Health consultations as well as Yoga classes for all ages.
Anuradha graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies, and minors in French and Education. After teaching in India, she returned to the US and completed a Master’s Degree in Elementary Montessori Education from Loyola College in Maryland. Following several international internships and volunteer positions with various NGOs related to development, including a summer at the World Bank, Anuradha started up a new Elementary Montessori and Children's Yoga classroom in the Washington, DC public school district. It was during her time working with the children here that her interest in natural healing was elicited. Soon after, Anuradha pursued her calling and returned to India and studied her most recent musical interest guitar, while pursuing a course in Reiki. She also completed a yoga teacher’s training at the Yoga Institute in Mumbai. Anuradha continues to travel between Chicago and India for further spiritual and professional development.
Her other interests include playing a variety of instruments, singing, watercolor paining, reading, photography, vegetarian cooking, swimming, tennis, ice skating, and taking long hikes in nature.
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Anuradha J. Thakrar, M.Ed., HYT, AHP, AHE
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