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NAMArama

April 13th, 2010

levis25

I’ll admit it: I’m an
Ayurveda geek. I think you should be, too. Ayurveda is the healing wisdom of
yoga, a profound technology for carrying the balance you’re achieving on the mat
out into the rest of your life. And even if you never get into the super-detailed
nitty gritty (it is a science after all), even the most cursory of explorations
is likely to expand your self-knowledge, and may even lead to an AH-HA!

Now’s a good time to
delve into Ayurveda, especially if you live in the San Francisco Bay Area:
The seventh annual meeting of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association
(or NAMA) takes place in San Mateo this week. If you’re nearby, consider
nabbing a day pass–there will be yoga (of course), meditation, panel discussions,
seminars, and even shopping. And there will be the chance to hear from and hobnob
with the greats of American Ayurveda: Robert Svoboda, David Frawley, Vasant
Lad, Yogini Shambhavi, Mark Halpern, and David Simon, M.D., among others. Even
if you can’t get to the physical space, taking a virtual tour of the conference
schedule can give you a good feel for what Ayurveda is, and how it might be
useful to you as you work to deepen your practice, heal your body, and expand
your spiritual vistas. (At the very least, it will give you plenty of fodder
for further Google exploration of the subject.) In many ways, this “science
of life” is life–completely relevant to you whether you choose to use it
or not. But then, an Ayurveda geek would say that.