Carroll Ann (Prashanti) Friedmann was educated at Vanderbilt University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the University of Virginia. From 2007 to 2012, she received Yoga training at the Integral Yoga Academy at Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville (Buckingham, Virginia). From 2013 to present she has studied at the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute with Saraswathi Jois and the Anantha Research Foundation with Dr. M. A. Jayashree and Sri M. A. Narasimhan in Mysore, Karnataka, India. She currently studies and practices Yoga under the guidance of Richard Freeman, Mary Taylor, Ty Landrum, and other classical teachers. She and her husband, Liam Buckley, are devotees of Sri Swami Satchidananda. They have four adult children and live in Charlottesville, Virginia, where they own and direct Ashtanga Yoga Charlottesville and the Ivy Yoga School. They teach asana, pranayama, meditation, chanting, philosophy, and hold an annual Yoga teacher training.