It was the annual celebration for graduating “garudas,” the name Alaya Preschool gives its oldest students. “There is something unique and special about the land that Alaya Preschool sits on,” says Kaitlyn Sullivan, the school’s assistant director. “There is magic at Alaya,” Euser says, “and I do know that magic tends to deliver itself. Naropa agreed that, however much the land was worth, that’s what Friends of Alaya would pay for the land and business combined. He and his wife, Judy, were founding Alaya parents.