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The American Institute of Vedic Studies is an educational center providing a broad range of training programs, resources and publications. It focuses on Ayurveda, Vedic astrology, Yoga and their interconnections. It 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 and research. 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. Vamadeva is one of the most honored acharyas or teachers of Vedic wisdom both in India and in the western world over the last thirty years. He is respected as an Ayurvedacharya (teacher of Ayurvedic medicine), Jyotish Brihaspati (teacher of Vedic astrology), Vedacharya and Vedaguru (teacher of the Vedas). He is regarded as a Pandit, a doctor or professor of Vedic wisdom. He is one of the few modern teachers to write definitive books in all major Vedic fields, based upon his original study of Sanskrit texts and his own direct experience, including commentaries on the Vedas themselves.
      Yogini Shambhavi Chopra is the co-director of the institute helping with new retreats, tours, trainings, chanting CDs and publications. Yogini Shambhavi is one of India's foremost women teachers and gurus in the Shakti tradition, in yogic, Tantric and Vedic fields, and is now gaining a following in the western world. She joins Dr. Frawley (Acharya Vamadeva) for teaching programs and is available for personal consultations and individual guidance. Yogini Shambhavi is a noted writer and chanter, who has a unique power to inspire, motivate and uplift all who come into contact with her.
      The institute is noted for its distance learning programs and correspondence courses, which are among the best and most comprehensive in their fields. Our courses have attracted thousands of students from numerous countries over the past twenty years. Our Ayurvedic Healing program is probably the most widely taken Ayurvedic distance learning program in the world in recent years. The institute has direct levels of student-teacher interaction as well for those who want deeper levels of instruction. Note our courses and programs to the left of the home page.
      The American Institute of Vedic Studies works with several important Afilliated Schools in such diverse countries as Germany, Russia, Czech Republic, Brazil, India and the United States that teach and promote our courses and programs, and which offer their own additional training in Ayurveda and the Vedic field.

Acclaimed Recent Books by Acharya Vamadeva (Dr. Frawley)

Mantra Yoga and Primal Sound: Secrets of Bija (Seed) Mantras - just released by Lotus Press June 15. One of the most important new publications on how to employ mantras for healing, union with Divinity and Self-realization, examines mantras in Yoga, Tantra, Veda, Vedanta, Ayurveda, Jyotish and Vastu.

Inner Tantric Yoga: Working with the Universal Shakti  - presents the classical higher Tantra of Raja Yoga with the inner worship of Shiva and Shakti as the light of consciousness and its transformative power, based on the works of Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni, chief disciple of Ramana Maharshi.

Yoga, the Greater Tradition - note reviews in Yoga Journal, Yoga Plus and the Library Journal of America, one of the best overviews of Yoga in its broader scope of knowledge, devotion, action, prana, mantra and Self-realization. Beautiful illustrated hardback edition.

Yogini Shambhavi's Books and CDs 

 Yogini Shambhavis' Beautiful new Yogini Bhava Chanting CD - beautiful and resonant bija mantras to the Goddess in her many forms of Durga, Kali, Sarasvati, Lakshmi and Parvati, as well as Ganesha and Shiva, Dattatreya and Lord Saturn. Regarded by many who hear it as one of the best chanting tapes available.

Shambhavi's two books below have been widely acclaimed for their authentic portrayals of inner yogic experiences and have been best sellers in India. They are now available in the US as well.

Yogini: Unfolding the Goddess Within - the inner journey of the Yogini in communion with the Divine Mother, filled with wonderful stories and inspirations.

Yogic Secrets of the Dark Goddess  - an experience of Ma Kali and the Yoga of the Supreme Shakti. Regarded as one of the best modern books on the Goddess and her inner powers.

Our Annual Ma Ganga Retreat

We are happy to announce that our fourth annual Ma Ganga Retreat from March 10-16, 2011, is now open for early registration, with an extra day added to the program, on the Ganga above Rishikesh in a beautiful retreat setting with private access to the river. Its theme will be Soma, Rejuvenation and Immortality, exploring revitalization of the body, mind and spirit in light of our eternal essence of consciousness, using the tools of Ayurveda, Jyotish, Veda and Tantra. Our third annual Inner Tantric Yoga Experience: Ma Ganga Retreat, March 9-14, 2010 was a great success with sixty attendees from all over the world for Yoga, Ayurveda, ritual, mantra and meditation. 

Vamadeva and Shambhavi Programs - 2010
 
*****Special Yogaville Yoga and Ayurveda Training
June 16-20: Yogaville, Yoga and Ayurveda Training, Vamadeva with Yogini Shambhavi and Yogi Mas Vidal, in depth program explaining the Ayurvedic adaptation of all eight limbs of Yoga. This will be our main such training for the entire year.
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