Cricket graduated from The Ayurvedic Institute and is a practicing Ayurvedic practitioner at Blue Lotus Ayurveda in Asheville, NC.  She is also a registered nurse, with experience in acute cardiac, psychiatric, hospice, and primary care nursing, and has over 20 yrs of experience as a massage therapist, including 13 years of providing Ayurvedic body therapies. Additionally, she was a psychotherapist, holding a masters degree in psychology, with a focus on Buddhist and somatic approaches.