Associate Director Brooksley Williams has been working as an Ayurvedic Practitioner since 2000. She received her initial training at the California College of Ayurveda, apprenticed with Vaidyas Mamta Landerman in the Bay Area and Myrica Morningstar in Kauai, and completed advanced studies in Ayurveda and Panchakarma in India. Before returning to the East Coast in 2002, Ms. Williams operated a thriving private practice in San Francisco, where she also served on the Board of Directors for the California College of Ayurveda. In 2005 she completed her training as a holistic nutritional counselor at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She received her BA in Psychology from Oberlin College. Fluent in American Sign Language, Ms. Williams has also worked as a professional sign language interpreter in the greater Pioneer Valley. She has practiced Ayurveda and Nutritional Counseling in the Northampton area since 2005 through her company, Eat Consciously, and is now a happy member of the Valley Ayurveda family.