Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri)

Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) is one of the few Westerners ever recognized in India as an authentic Vedic teacher, where his work is known and honored throughout the country. He is a teacher of Ayurveda, Yoga and Vedic astrology, who shows how Yoga and Vedic systems of knowledge interface for optimizing our human potential. His many books include "Yoga and Ayurveda", "Ayurveda and the Mind", "Ayurvedic Healing", "Meditation Vedantic", and "Yoga for Your Type" (forthcoming). He is currently the director of the American Institute of Vedic Studies, president of the American Council of Vedic Astrology (ACVA), on the faculty for the Chopra Wellness Center, and on the editorial board for the magazine Yoga International.

Dr. Frawley has a twenty-year background in natural healing, including the systems of Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Western Herbalism and Vedic Astrology. He has a doctor's degree in oriental medicine from the International Institute of Chinese Medicine, Santa Fe, NM, where he taught herbal medicine for several years. He is associated with the Ashtanga Ayurveda College in Pune, India and other Ayurvedic schools in India, where he has lectured on a number of occasions. Currently he is director of the American Institute of Vedic Studies in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Dr. Frawley is the author of numerous books and articles on Ayurveda and other Vedic topics. He has presented seminars at the Ayurvedic Institute for many years.

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