| | “Ayurveda and Yoga – Where Science Meets Consciousness" · An International Conference on Indian Knowledge Systems · Hosted by Punarnava Ayurveda Trust, Coimbatore – India · At Parmarth Niketan Ashram , Rishikesh – In the Himalayas, India · From Feb 21- 25, 2008
Punarnava Ayurveda Trust’s Indian Knowledge Systems Conference was attended and appreciated by around 550 delegates from 10 different countries of the world. The main aims of this Conference were to explore the traditional unity of Ayurveda and Yoga, to help students and practitioners of Ayurveda & Yoga understand each other’s system, to highlight the benefits of integrating Ayurveda and Yoga into a comprehensive healing system, to interact with and be inspired by the great teachers of Ayurveda and Yoga, and to heal ourselves and our planet.
The success of this Conference is that it was widely accepted as having taken a good step ahead towards the achievement of these objectives. These are the presenters who helped make it a spiritual & learning experience for all! Sri Swamini Mayatitananda (Spiritual Head of Wise Earth School of Ayurveda) Dr. David Frawley (Author, internationally known speaker, scholar on the Vedas) Dr. H.R. Nagendra (Vice Chancellor of Vivekananda Yoga Mahavidyapeetam) Dr. Hari Sharma (Author, internationally recognized authority on Ayurveda) Dr. Robert Svoboda (Author, internationally known speaker, scholar on the Vedas)Dr. J.M. Sampath (Life Coach) Shri. N.V. Raghuram (Vivekananda Yoga Mahavidyapeetam),
Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan (Indian Institute of Scientific Heritage) Ms. Shakta Kaur (Kundalini Yoga teacher and Board Member of Yoga Alliance) Prof. P. H. Kulkarni (International speaker, physician, author, teacher) Dr. K. P. Muraleedharan (Ayurveda expert & former Principal, Jayendra Saraswathi Ayurveda College, Chennai) Prof. S. D. Upadhyay (Author, Ex-Principal- State Ayurvedic College, Varanasi) Ms. Shambhavi Chopra (Author and dynamic orator) Shri. V. Vasudevan (Ayurveda practitioner, teacher) Swami Vijnananda Saraswati (Swachetana Foundation) Shri. Mukunda Stiles (Expert in Yoga Therapy) Dr. Rama Prasad (Ayurveda teacher & physician) Dr. P. Ram Manohar (Ayurveda researcher & practitioner) Dr. Claudia Welch (Ayurveda practitioner, lecturer, author) Dr. Prachi Garodia (Modern Medicine practitioner specialized in Ayurveda) Swami Bhakti Chaitanya (Bihar School of Yoga) Shri. Mansoor (Expert Yoga Teacher) Dr. Amrit Raj Agarwal (Arogyadham Ayurveda) Shri. Surinder Singh (Yoga expert) Ms. Sama Fabian (Yoga & Pranayama trainer) Shri. Venugopal Goswami (Renowned Musician) It combined the wisdoms of Ayurveda, the Knowledge of Life, and Yoga, the practice of which brings about the Union of Mind, Body and Soul, and enabled to come to a more profound understanding and experience of physical, mental and spiritual well-being. The standard set at Punarnava Ayurveda ’s first international conference Ayurveda: Where Science Meets Consciousness, held at Mahabalipuram in India in 2006, and the richness of the dialogue begun there invoked an overwhelming response, and it is in this context that the discussion continued. The hosting of the Conferences by Punarnava Ayurveda Trust will be a saga that will continue, will enable learning & experience, and will bring more of Indian Knowledge Systems to the fore. Punarnava Ayurveda thus takes a further step to it Vision of Authentic Ayurveda for Universal Well-being!
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