Meet Our Instructors

Faith Stone

Faith is a world-class painter, woodblock artist, award-winning chef, former high school teacher, and co-director of ShambhavAnanda Yoga.

Faith studied Tibetan Thangka painting and mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock carving), which she fuses into her contemporary spiritual art. Read her full story.

She is the author of Drawing Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Shoshoni Cookbook, Yoga Kitchen, Rudi and the Green Apple, and Karma & Faith. Her artwork and books are available for purchase on Etsy: Faith Stone Art.

Swami Rudrani Ma

Our resident Swami has been practicing yoga in the ShambhavAnanda tradition in since 2010. After completing 350 yoga teacher training hours, she went on to become a certified Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant in 2019.

Rudrani Ma excels at holding space for students and weaving Ayurveda into her classes. In her free time, she enjoys paper crafting, practicing Kung Fu, and playing video games with her son.

Dévi Stone Chung

Dévi is an artist, yogi, and writer. Since moving here nine years ago from Hawaii, she’s been a student of the ShambhavAnanda practice and currently co-manages Eldorado Yoga Ashram and runs our Sacred Art Store.

What she loves most about yoga is watching how it can make you grow in ways you never could have imagined. In her free time she likes drinking coffee, making playlists, and reading poetry.

Lilavati Angelica

Lilavati, ERYT500 & RCYT, took her 200-Hour Training when she was 19 and completed her 500-Hour, Kids Yoga certification, and Ayurvedic Lifestyle certification, all at Om Ananda Yoga – a ShambhavAnanda affiliate in Fort Collins, CO.

Lilavati has been serving the ashram since 2018, leads our yoga teacher training and co-manages Eldorado Ashram. Lilavati’s deep love and passion for yoga shines through her teaching and playful classes. 

Jatila Hayes

Jatila, ERYT500, started practicing yoga when he found our sister center, Shoshoni Yoga Retreat in 2010. From the first moment he felt the inner quality that yoga could bring to his life, he loved it.

While constantly feeling with and renewing his practice, he very much enjoys sharing his experience and learning from other students. What Jatila enjoys most about yoga training is the inner connection you can discover that everyone shares.

Shailaja Subramanian 

Shailaja, RYT 200, received her 200-Hour Training from ShambhavAnanda School of Yoga in 2019 and has been teaching yoga ever since. She firmly believes in the healing benefits of yoga and her intention is to share this gift with as many people as possible to help them through their journey. She currently teaches corporate yoga and private yoga classes in Broomfield, Colorado. She enjoys teaching yoga to her amazing clients and around her community. Apart from teaching yoga, Shailaja is also an educator working in special education and she loves to cook. 

Sunanda Voss

Sunanda found the ashram in 2009 when she brought her children to Kids’ Camp. In 2016, Sunanda earned her meditation teacher training certifications.  She says, “It takes a lot of courage to turn our attention away from our outside roles and responsibilities and rest our gaze inside.”

Janani Breitman

Janani has been a member of the ShambhavAnanda spiritual community for over 20 years.  She received her Meditation Teacher and Yoga Teacher certifications at Eldorado Mountain Yoga Ashram. “I love sharing the things I’ve been taught and helping folks to find a bit of peace in their hearts and in their day.”

YaDevi Shellenberger

YaDevi, RYT-500, has practiced yoga since 2000. During her 200-hour yoga teacher training at Eldorado Yoga Ashram in 2010, her search for authentic ways to teach yoga was fulfilled. “I’m so grateful to all my teachers at the ashram, most especially Babaji Shambhavananda, for their wisdom, patience and guidance.”