Jigyasu Sannyasin Alakananda (Menzano Adriana) started her Satyananda Yoga experience in 2001, completing her TTC at Kalpa Vriksha Satyananda Yoga School, Piossasco, in 2014. Since then she has also been attending refresher seminars, celebrations, workshops. She has been teaching yoga under the guidance of Swami Ishananda Saraswati. She received Mantra Diksha by Paramahamsa Niranjanananda Saraswati, through Swami Ishananda Saraswati, in 2004, and Jigyasu Sannyasa Diksha and spiritual name by Swami Satyasangananda Saraswati in 2010