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Let us welcome you to this Indian Knowledge Systems Conference on “Ayurveda and Yoga: Where Science meets Consciousness”, where the best in the world of Ayurveda and Yoga will be together for you! These exponents in the field of Ayurveda and Yoga will meet you and share their experience and learning with you.

Internationally renowned practitioners and teachers of Ayurveda and Yoga have been invited for the Conference. Some of those who have confirmed their participation till now are Dr. Robert Svoboda, Dr David Frawley, Shri. Pattabhi Jois, Dr. Claudia Welch, Dr. Hari Sharma, Dr. K. P. Muraleedharan, Dr. Ram Manohar, Shri.V. Vasudevan, Dr. Gopalakrishnan, Ms. Rose Baudin, Dr. Rama Prasad. The experienced practitioners from various schools of Yoga shall also be there to lead the keynote sessions, workshops and seminars.

Away from these primary knowledge systems, yet allied to its learning, will be the Yoga sessions, the Ayurveda cooking classes as well as Meditation sessions – all led by experts in their respective fields of learning.

Here is a glimpse of some of the Speakers… This space will have more information on more speakers soon!

1. Dr. Rama Prasad

“If we were born with a users’ manual for our beings- it would be Ayurveda.”

Dr. Rama Prasad is an innovative Ayurvedic physician dedicated to establishing authentic Ayurvedic training and treatment in Australia . Since graduating from the prestigious Coimbatore Ayurveda College in 1989 Rama Prasad taught and practiced Ayurveda in India with the Coimbatore Arya Vaidya Pharmacy and Kottakkal Ayurveda Shala before relocating to Australia . For the past 10 years he has consulted and conducted courses from his busy clinic, Ayurveda Elements in Sydney . He is also the head Ayurveda lecturer at Sydney ’s renowned Nature Care College . Dr. Prasad has published many articles on Ayurveda.

Dr. Prasad is passionate about applying Ayurveda to the modern context and conveying its potent healing potential to the public and practitioners in all health fields .

2. Dr. Robert Svoboda

“ Ayurveda is a science of reality as that reality is expressed in embodied life."

Robert E. Svoboda is the first Westerner ever to graduate from a college of Ayurveda and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India . During and after his formal Ayurvedic training Robert was tutored in Ayurveda, Yoga, Jyotish, Tantra and other forms of classical Indian lore by his mentor, the Aghori Vimalananda. After living in India for more than a decade, he has continued to spend much of each year there and in other lands. The author of a dozen books, he serves as Adjunct Faculty for the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque and for Bastyr University in Seattle .

3. Ms. Rose Baudin

Rose Baudin has studied and practiced yoga for 30 years and has taught for 20. She met her mentor Swami Gauribala in Sri Lanka in 1971, and was initiated into the Parampara in 1984. During the 16 years she lived in India , she was instructed by masters in the various schools of yoga: Integral, Iyengar, Vini, & Astanga as well as extensive meditation experience under the guidance of S.N. Goenka (Vipassana), Zen Master Hogen-san Yamahata, (Soto), and Sayadaw U Janaka (Satipatthana Insight Meditation).

Since 1986, Rose has been based in Australia teaching yoga classes & weekend meditation retreats, as well as instructing and lecturing at Yoga Arts, an international school for teacher training. She has been conducting yoga intensives, residential retreats and seminars internationally for the past 11 years.

4. Dr. K. P. Muraleedharan

Dr. K.P. Muraleedharan is a forward-thinking Ayurveda physician having graduated from the Ayurveda College , Kottakkal In 1977. He has grown to be recognized internationally as an Ayurveda scholar par excellence. This erstwhile principal of the Ayurveda College - Coimbatore and later Jayendra Saraswati Ayurveda College - Chennai, Dr. Muraleedharan’s insights into several aspects of Ayurveda are exceptional. During his career he has many articles published in various journals. He is an eminent speaker and has addressed many Ayurveda seminars.

During his career, he has held key positions in many Universities like Chairman - Board of Studies in Ayurveda in SCVSVMV ( Deemed University ), President for the faculty of Ayurveda Tamilnadu in Dr. M.G.R. Medical University. He was also Chairman for Board of Studies in Ayurveda -Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University , Board of question-paper setting in UG/PG entrance examinations in Kerala Public Service Commission, N.T.R. University of Health Sciences - Andhra Pradesh, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences - Karnataka, Kannur University – Kerala, University of Calicut - Kerala, University of Kerala, Bharathiar University -Tamilnadu, T.N. Dr. M.G.R. Medical University -Chennai, SCVSVMV Deemed University -Tamilnadu.

 
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