The American Institute of Vedic Studies is an educational center providing a broad range of training programs, retreats, resources, and publications. It focuses on Ayurveda, Vedic astrology, and Yoga and their interconnections. It also provides in depth examinations of Veda, Vedanta and Tantra along with the background system of Hinduism and Sanatana Dharma. It is one of the few places in the world today that brings the greater Yoga tradition together and explains it in an integral and authentic manner with regard to its ancient lineages and branches.
      The Vedic Institute is recognized internationally as an important center of Vedic learning with students all over the world. Founded and directed by Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri), it serves as a vehicle for his work, offering courses and consultations to go along with his many published writings. It is most noted for its distance learning programs (correspondence courses) but has direct levels of interaction as well. The Institute works with important Afilliated Schools in such diverse countries as Germany, Russia, Czech Republic, Brazil, India and the United States that also help teach and promote our courses and programs.

We are happy to announce that our third annual Inner Tantric Yoga Experience: Ma Ganga Retreat, March 9-14, 2010 is now open for early registration. It will feature deeper teachings for serious students and sadhaks and special interaction with Vamadeva and Shambhavi by the sacred Ganga river in a quiet resort above the holy city of Rishikesh, India. The retreat will be followed by a special ten day Yogini Yatra tour to Himalayan Shakti temples for a limited number of people. The tour will provide a direct experience of Himalayan temples and Himalayan Yoga such as westerners rarely have access to.

July 24 - 26: Tathaastu Magazine Spiritual Retreat - Embrace Your Inner Shakti 
Aug. 21 -23:  Brazilian Shakti Retreat with Yogini Shambhavi and Renate Mendes, Casa Moksha, near Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Sept. 11 - 13: Inner Tantric Yoga program with Shambhavi and Vamadeva at Kripalu
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Google video of interview with Dr. Frawley (one hour and fifteen minutes). 

Acclaimed New Books by Dr. Frawley

Inner Tantric Yoga: Working with the Universal Shakti  (Lotus Press)

Yoga, the Greater Tradition (Mandala Press) - note reviews in Yoga Journal, Yoga Plus and the Library Journal of America

Recent Releases

Ayurvedic Astrology: Self-healing through the Stars

Yoga and the Sacred Fire: Self-Realization and Planetary Transformation

Hinduism, the Eternal Tradition (Sanatana Dharma) , new revised edition Voice of India

Yogini Shambhavi Chopra, one of India's foremost women teachers, is now part of the institute, which represents her work as well. Shambhavi accompanies Dr. Frawley (Vamadeva) for teaching programs and retreats and is available for personal consultations and individual guidance. Her two books Yogini: Unfolding the Goddess Within and Yogic Secrets of the Dark Goddess, have been widely acclaimed for their authentic portrayals of inner experiences.

Shambhavi's Articles in Tathaastu Magazine
Unfolding the Harmony of Bliss, Feb. - March 2009
The Soma of Universal Delight, April - May 2009

Dr. Frawley's Articles in Tathaastu Magazine
Awakening Our Senses, June - July 2009
The Sacred Fire and Agni, Dec. 2008-Jan. 2009