Aranyani was born in the woods of east Texas to two meditation teachers, Robert and Angela Notestine. From the very beginning, she was raised to understand how meditation, chant, and ritual played a part in the human experience, specifically when it came to addressing disease and disorder. For 20 years, Aranyani and her younger brother witnessed as their parents ran large ayurvedic retreats aimed at helping participants overcome stress and tackle disease at the source.

In 2011, Aranyani graduated with History Honors from Pacific Union College with a bachelor’s degree in Social Science. She began a 10 year long nonprofit management career on the central coast of California, first working with large volunteer groups to support low income families, and then switching into behavioral health. In the last years of her career as a nonprofit executive, Aranyani managed the fund development program for a local rehabilitation center in Salinas, CA - raising over $4 million in funding for substance abuse recovery.

In 2020, during the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic, Aranyani decided that it was time to dive back into her roots of natural medicine, and thus ended her nonprofit career. She began teaching herbal workshops and conducting wellness sessions in her garden. Her LLC was called Adara Collective; Adara being the Sanskrit word for Love, Respect, and Honor.

Since 2020, Aranyani has operated as a somatic practitioner. She first began by blending herbal teas and tinctures for clients across the US and conducting phone sessions. She then became certified in Usui Reiki, and pursued a certification in Sound Healing via the 40 hour program through Vicki Gould.

Aranyani met her husband David in 2022 and have since been living and working together to support client needs and events. David is a certified yoga instructor, and they have often blended yoga and sound healing together in their weekly classes.

Currently, Aranyani is an independent practitioner who provides services on a “by request” basis. She is currently based out of Del Norte, CO and is seeking to move to Santa Fe within the year.