Vedic astrologer & Musician



At Moon Rising Retreat Center near Blowing Rock, NC in the Blue Ridge Mountains

K. Sridhar, one of the world’s finest exponents of the Sarod
Allison is a scholar, advisor, teacher, and musician with 25 years experience in Vedic (Indian) wisdom systems. She's dedicated half of her life to practices from ancient India that prove to be easy technologies for calming the mind and living with more grace. Over the years her focus drifted from yoga asana to Patanjali yoga philosophy, bhakti yoga, Vedic Astrology, Sanskrit, Kirtan, Mythology, and Indian music and dance. She is a true Indofile and loves to help people explore the possibility of living life authentically and from the heart. Life itself is the greatest work of art, and we each have so much agency despite whatever our external circumstances look or feel like.
Her innovative program "Nāda Nakṣatra Upāsana" teaches a practice she's been learning as an oral tradition for the past decade that links Vedic Astrology with South Indian rāga music learned from her primary mentor K. Sridhar This program begins each January. Follow this link to learn more.
Allison has served as a Teaching Assistant for her Jyotișa teacher Steven Highburger at Vedic Traditions since 2021. She has been a serious student of Astrology since 2014, having learned along the way from Komilla Sutton, Randy Waserstrom, Steven Forest, and Renay Oshop. She has a growing private practice where she counsels people who are seeking guidance, and she tutors Vedic Astrology students who are learning to read charts themselves.
Allison's music guru K. Sridhar has asked her to write a book on the intersection of Indian Classical Music and Vedic Astrology. K. Sridhar has taught her in the oral tradition for the past 10 years and there are no books currently available on this subject. This unique vidya has tremendous potential to calm the mind, even the highly overactive mind that has a hard time settling down.
Writing a book is a huge undertaking energetically and financially. Your contributions towards a 2026 completion and subsequent publication are greatly appreciated.
