Ananta Ripa Ajmera is a spiritual teacher and 10-time award-winning, bestselling author of The Way of the Goddess and The Ayurveda Way. Dr. Deepak Chopra praised her work, stating: "I very highly recommend The Way of the Goddess. It has a lot of very practical wisdom that we desperately need in this world right now. I plan to re-read it."

As co-founder and director of The Ancient Way—honored in 2026 by Global Health & Pharma as Best Healing & Wellness Practitioners Spiritual Community, a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider, and a member of the Association for Spiritual Integrity—Ananta addresses one of the most critical challenges facing the yoga and wellness world: the widespread abuse of power that leaves practitioners vulnerable to exploitation, manipulation, and trauma. Her programs teach individuals how to protect themselves, recognize red flags, heal from abuse, and reclaim their spiritual sovereignty.

For yoga teachers and wellness professionals, Ananta offers Yoga Alliance-approved continuing education that goes beyond asana and anatomy to address the ethical foundations often missing from traditional trainings.

Born into a long family lineage of Ayurveda healers on her mother's side and rooted in 14+ years of oral lineage-based training in Ayurveda, Yoga, and Vedanta, Ananta's teachings draw from both ancestral wisdom and her personal journey of alchemizing abuse into radiant purpose. She has created a comprehensive framework that helps people transform deep wounds into strength, rewrite intergenerational patterns, establish healthy boundaries in spiritual communities, and step into integrity-filled service.

Her evidence-based approach delivers measurable impact: 99% of participants from Stanford Medical School, UNICEF, and California probation departments recommend her work, with 95% reporting enhanced wellbeing and performance.

Through signature programs including Become the Hero of Your Own Journey, Take Health Into Your Own Hands, and the Ayurveda Lifestyle Medicine Program, Ananta serves spiritual seekers, survivors, yoga teachers, and wellness professionals with the ancient wisdom tools needed to create authentic empowerment rather than exploitation.

Featured in Forbes, Vogue, Newsweek, Cosmopolitan, and Yoga Journal, she serves as columnist for Spirituality & Health Magazine and MindBodyGreen, Advisor of Ayurveda at THE WELL, and host of the top-rated True to Yourself Podcast. She has spoken at William Morris Endeavor, UNICEF, New York University, Columbia University, and Global Sisterhood.