Dear Friend:

Due to difficulties sending and receiving messages from my webmail address for the past several months, if you did send me an email and did not hear back, it’s because I did not receive your message. Please contact me again. In case of any further difficulties, my new back-up email address is  jaisrimlambert@icloud.com. Thank you for your kind understanding.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!  May this year unfold into spiritual progress for each and all!  To me, 2020 implies clarity of balanced vision, being able to see near and far, and being able to focus and interpret what we are seeing with accuracy.  Of course, past sanskaras tend to influence the accuracy of our interpretation of daily experiences.  To me, 2020 is also an opportunity to bring clarity to our past sanskaras.

Greta Thunberg has influenced me to upgrade my activism with environmental law, guided by Vedic principles of balance of each of the five primordial elements of earth, water, fire (e.g. manufacture), air and ether (space).  So far our collective misuse and pollution of each of these elements are now seemingly beyond redress. 

Can I invite you, dear reader, to please pick one or all, and dedicate to yourself also to the peaceful, persistent restoration of a natural, healthy function of each/all, element, OK?  First within our own lives, then within the community fabric to which we belong.

Nowadays, hormonal imbalance of our youth, steeped in B.P.A.’s and so many other hormone disrupter chemicals may not be curable by any means, though plant medicines are still our best option to increase chlorophyll molecules which restore normal oxygenation for cellular cleansing and rejuvenation.  Cellular oxygen can then help purify nutritional uptake and waste release processes. 

Age-old practices of pranayama, yoga, meditation and Ayurveda are more needed than ever for the revival of the science of balance. So many youth are now going into biodynamic farming, sustainable construction, non-polluting power generation, no-waste industries and avoidance of plastics. Let’s require of ourselves and communities that the land, waterways, industry, air travel and space exploration be sustainable and non-polluting throughout, beginning at home.

This year provides many opportunities for furthering our understanding of Ayurveda, the complete body/mind science of healing ourselves and our environment, accumulated over thousands of years of combined human history and experience of health and suffering.  Remembering how to live in balance with nature may lead us back to understanding what must change to restore human health and well being.

Recently, my writings have included some TIPS & LIFESTYLE CONSIDERATIONS FROM AYURVEDA for your interest.  Please do let me know if this article is helpful for you, and if you have questions about any aspect of its content, please do contact me, OK? To read, print, post, tag or forward this article (with acknowledgment), please click here. 

Please save the dates for the following recommended classes, seminars, learning and healing opportunities for 2020: 

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Upcoming Programs in 2020

AYURVEDA SEMINARS & CONSULTING
NEW: Distance Mentorship Program
Feb. 12- Mar. 11, Your home    
Nadi Pariksha (Pulse Assessment)       
March 20-30, Surrey, BC

C.A.R.E. FOUNDATION
Share Ayurveda Conference 2020
May 22-24, Vancouver

AYURVEDA SEMINARS & CONSULTING
Turiya (Applied Marma) Therapy
June 19-29, Surrey, BC

Ayurveda Vacation for Body & Soul       
July/August  Surrey, BC

Abhyanga (Oil Massage Therapy)
Co-sponsored by LA VIDA VEDA         
Sept. 18-28, Edmonton

Panchakarma in India
Nov. 12- Dec. 30, Tamil Nadu

LA VIDA VEDA
Jessica Kruse: Yoga Teachers’ Training
Nov. 1-22, Costa Rica

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NEW PROGRAM: 
DISTANCE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
From the comfort of your own home via Zoom

The offering:
Due to requests from global post-graduate students for a continuing education program, I’m offering a weekly Internet class to facilitate in-depth learning in Ayurveda.
NAMA credits are pending for this 5 week, 11+ hour program.

Dates and Time:
Wednesday, Feb. 12 to March 11, 2020 (5 weeks)
Meeting weekly for 2 hrs
8-10am Pacific; 11am-1pm Eastern; 4-6pm UK time

What’s included?
Includes ONE monthly, 60 minute, one-on-one with each participant.Additional one-on-one mentoring option at $65 US/hr. for participants seeking individual analysis or case management.

Suggested topics to explore include:
Diagnostics such as form, face, tongue, eyes/iris, voice, hair, ears, neck, and nose analysis. The inquiry process of history-taking, case management principles.

Prerequisite for this course:
Minimum of 300 hours of Ayurveda study

Investment:  $650 USD ($855 Cdn + GST)
To book your space, please email me to register. Payment via PayPal on Contact Page:
https://ayurveda-seminars.com/contact-ayurveda-seminars.htm After payment, you will receive your Zoom link.

Future sessions may include other aspects of the Eight-Fold Assessment Process, Case Management, and Interpreting Test Results, depending on participant interest.

Please send your topics of choice by email at
jaisri@ayurveda-seminars.com 

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NADI PARIKSHA (Radial Pulse Assessment) 
March 20-30, 2020, Surrey, BC

Pulse diagnostic science is the most important of the Eight-Fold Assessment techniques of ancient Ayurveda, and is best learned in person in the oral tradition.

In December 2019, I again had the golden opportunity for continuing study with my beloved mentor, Vaidya Vasant D. Lad, M.A.Sc. at the Sharanya Hospital’s A.V.P. highly respected campus in rural Tamil Nadu, India. 

More than 125 Ayurveda doctors from all over India came to this extraordinary seminar and I was one of a very few foreigners permitted to attend.  The organizers knew of my dedication to Ayurveda and Dr. Lad and recognized my qualifications to participate During the recent seminar, Dr. Lad and the organizers gave me so very much honour somehow, perhaps because of still studying diligently after the age of 70! 

I remember after 9 years of study with Dr. Lad, I felt as if I could begin to understand Ayurveda, though it took me much longer to feel that I could understand the specialized and much sought-after pulse assessment method Dr. Lad has developed over decades of clinical practice. 

Originally, I had been so struck by the efficacy of his diagnostic acumen and how each person reported becoming well from his/her prior symptoms.  I felt inclined to understand how to efficiently pass on this skill, which took so long for me to master back then.

Dr. Lad has long ago given me his invaluable blessing for teaching this topic to others, showing his example of giving with both hands.

The learning format of the March program is an 11-day retreat-style seminar, with a day off after 5 days of study, followed by another 5 days of study and practice.  Included are 2 important case studies and a balance of theory and practice among participants.

This program is open to graduates of all Ayurveda study programs, B.A.M.S. practitioners and those fluent in Ayurveda anatomy & physiology. 

Many graduates are seeking a more intimate learning experience to help verify one’s findings, giving clarity and confidence to progress and take the skill home to one’s clinical practice.  This class has not been offered for two years.

Time is needed to master Pulse Assessment, and home practice is needed for clinical application and integration over time, like practicing music.

Comment from a recent graduate:  I traveled all the way from New York to participate in this training and I’m so glad I made the journey!  Jaisri’s mastery of the pulse, along with her clarity of delivery and the reverence she brings from her mentor, Dr V. Lad, has fortified not only my understanding of Nadi Pariksha, but has also helped me to hone my intuition through increased compassion for the client. 

This intimate program has given me many hours of practice and integration, something that is more difficult in programs of a larger size.  I would happily recommend this retreat-style experience to anyone who wishes to understand the art.
                           J.T., Ayurveda Practitioner and Teacher

PACE CREDITS AVAILABLE FOR NAMA MEMBERS. 
PLEASE REQUEST YOUR CERTIFICATE OF
ATTENDANCE BEFORE SUNDAY 5 PM.
Investment:
$3997 Early Bird investment until March 1, 2020
$4397 thereafter. Investment is quickly earned back.

To apply, please email me
Payment via PayPal on Contact Page: https://ayurveda-seminars.com/contact-ayurveda-seminars.htm

To view, print, post, forward or tag the flier for this unique and powerful program, please click here for details.  Please note the early-bird pre-payment discount deadline of March 1, 2020. Apply now.

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SHARE AYURVEDA CONFERENCE
May 22-24, 2020, University of British Columbia
Alumni Centre, Vancouver, BC

THEME:  Ayurveda Research and Education in Canada Today!

Times & Locations      
Fri. 2-5pm             
Board Room, Alumni Centre, UBC, Vancouver, BC
Sat.7am-5:30 pm
Jack Poole Hall, Alumni Centre, UBC, Vancouver
Sun.7am-5:30 pm
Jack Poole Hall, Alumni Centre, UBC Vancouver

Please continue to read the upcoming February pages of this newsletter with full details of this very special community event of the year.

Featured speakers come from near and far, bringing a wealth of experience to share. This is a must-attend event. I am so looking forward to this special time together with fellow Ayurvedists, the media and our medical colleagues. The time is right for Ayurveda to flower in Canada for personal and public health.  Watch for early-bird registration incentives.  Bring your friend!

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TURIYA THERAPY PRACTICUM
June 19-29, 2020, Surrey, BC

Join me for this rare seminar retreat opportunity to learn how to apply ancient marma treatment. You will practice developing inner stillness and profound body awareness, for self-healing, especially of past unresolved traumas. 

Our karmic history is recording in the connective tissues or bodily fascia, unfolding our destiny in this golden opportunity of the human body. Self-realization occurs by itself within the stillness of inner awareness. 

You will learn protocols such as the General Session, Balancing of the principal pathways of Vata, Pitta and Kapha, how to identify individual concerns, disturbances and their therapeutic techniques. This program reminds us of our own unchanging but forgotten inner stillness, amidst this whirlwind of daily living, the source of spontaneous self-realization.

Turiya Therapy helps restore order, so there is no disorder in body and mind.  Neuro-plasticity occurs by itself, but now with a deep awareness of our inner unique path to unconditional love.  For over thirty years I’ve made my livelihood with these tried and true protocols based in ancient marma science.  Understand yourself and others like never before.

So many, many miracles of self-healing have been witnessed and experienced by the grace of Sri Dhanvantari, the God of Healing according to Ayurveda through Turiya Therapy sessions called the deepest-acting of energy healing techniques.

Through this bodywork method, I successfully financed my continuing education in Ayurveda over perhaps thirty years of clinical practice from age 36 to 68, while providing for my family as a single mother.  It’s a very gratifying career in Ayurveda healing arts, one that provides abundance, freedom, self-healing and happiness.

Investment will be earned back in a month of 40 sessions while strengthening your value as a provider. This is my only program with no pre-requisites, though knowing the language of Ayurveda will help you get much more from your investment.

NAMA PACE Credits Pending
To view, post, forward or tag this program to your colleague, please click here.

To enroll, please email me

Payment via PayPal on Contact page: https://ayurveda-seminars.com/contact-ayurveda-seminars.htm

• $3997 Early Bird investment until May 25, 2020
• $4397 thereafter
• Refer a friend and receive 10% discount if paid before May 25
• Apply now to take advantage of the early-bird discount

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NEW PROGRAM:
AYURVEDA VACATION FOR BODY AND SOUL
July-August 2020, Surrey, BC

Program benefits:

• Give yourself time to feel relaxed and energized
• Assimilate Ayurveda into your daily life
• Learn easy Ayurveda meals for restoring digestion
• Support for early rising, private meditation,  
  personalized yoga
• Daily consultation, treatment, cooking class

Comment from a recent guest:
In all my life I’ve never been cared for so lovingly, so patiently, so personally, so miraculously. Many subtle things and ways have been presented to me. I plan on studying and implementing these wise and beautiful techniques, recipes, books, and practices. Om Shanti.
                                                    J.P. Artist, Grandmother

7-day Early Bird Investment $2797 Can + GST
                                            ($2017 US*)

5-day Early Bird Investment $1997 Can + GST
                                           ($1527 US*)

3-day Early Bird Investment $1297 Can + GST
                                            ($927 US*)

Your investment includes 2 meals, teas, accommodation, classes, treatments, consultations, and airport transfers.

* After May 15, 2020, add 10%
* Currency exchange subject to fluctuation
* No tax payable for US residents
* Payment via PayPal on the Contact page of my website:
https://ayurveda-seminars.com/contact-ayurveda-seminars.htm

To print the flier for this new opportunity for your personalized summertime rejuvenation, please click here.

Book now for July-August 2020 to ensure your Spot!

Please call Jaisri M. Lambert, Ayurveda Practitioner & Consultant; Location: Surrey, B.C. (604) 290-8201
or email jaisri@ayurveda-seminars.com

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ABHYANGA AYURVEDA MASSAGE THERAPY TRAINING
Sept. 18-28, 2020, Edmonton, AB

This program has been over 2 years in development to obtain the Continuing Education Units for Registered Massage Therapists in AB, Canada. 

Already, registration is building up, though we just announced the program in November!

The program structure is five days of practical learning followed by a day off for rest and integration, then five days of practical integration to perform a single and dual Abhyanga for Vata, Pitta and Kapha individuals. 

Jessica Kruse is an amazing teacher and healer with Yoga and Ayurveda.  She lives between her home town of Edmonton and her adopted home in Costa Rica, sharing her deep knowledge of life experience as enhanced by yoga therapy, Ayurveda theory and practice.

Jaisri Lambert has been practicing and teaching Ayurveda since 1989, and specialized in treatment protocols most of her clinical practice of thirty years from 1983 until 2018.  This program integrates the best of both their profound clinical experience in healing arts. 

We feel this training represents the best program in the marketplace today, a benchmark in the profession.  It is focused on professional bodyworkers and healers seeking to develop their interest in Ayurveda.  This knowledge opens incredible doors of profound self-realization.

This program already has registrants, so enroll early to ensure your spot.  The class size is limited.

To view/print/forward the flier, please click here check out the pre-payment discount program. Register now:  www.lavidaveda.ca

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YOGA-AYURVEDA GETAWAY with Jessica Kruse
NOV. 1 – 22, 2020
BEST COSTA RICA YOGA TEACHERS’ TRAINING

Jessica Kruse features significant emphasis and insights into AYURVEDA in this best quality Yoga Teacher Training program, and I see a lot of Y.T.T’s.  You’ll be uplifted and enriched by the location, the program content and mostly the presenter.  Jessica is devoted to excellence in Yoga & Ayurveda, bringing together these two sister sciences in a gorgeous tropical setting.

She is my long-time graduate with good knowledge in Pulse Assessment, and my teaching assistant at the Abhyanga training in Edmonton in September.  Please see the item above and tell your friends who are seeking the best value and excellence. 

Jessica is the creator and organizer of this Y.T.T. event and puts her heart and soul into each and every training, treatment, and consultation.   She is a true gem in our community with so very much to share, I feel.  The program is dense but digestible, beautiful yet challenging.

If you and/or your Yoga buddy are seeking the best quality YTT in a vibrant, peaceful and energizing Central American setting, this is the program to pick, I feel.  You’ll be amazed, empowered and well guided every day of this 3-week program. Jessica brings so much loving devotion to this program, developed over many years of careful, thoughtful, considered curriculum development.   

I feel it has no comparison. For more information about the venue, please click here: https://luavillas.com.

For more information and to register, please go to https://www.lavidaveda.ca/training/costa-rica-ytt-2020/

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PANCHAKARMA IN INDIA
NOVEMBER 13 – DECEMBER 30, 2020
Rural Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Last winter was my fifth year hosting a group of patients for authentic panchakarma to this amazing healing ‘hospital’, created with respect of all Vedic teachings and sciences, such a rare gem.  Tentative Dates:

·         21-day treatment program      Nov. 15 - Dec. 12
          21-day treatment program      Dec. 4  - Dec. 30
          41-day treatment program      Nov. 13 - Dec. 30

Option 1 allows for those who choose the 3-week treatment program (4 weeks in all with rest days before and after) to be home for Christmas if desired. Of course, the diet will remain as per the integration phase of treatment. 

Option 2 allows for those who wish to spend US Thanksgiving with family.

Option 3 is the most thorough 6-week program (7 weeks in all with rest days before and after) supports deeper healing throughout all 7 dhatus. Preferred.

For all participants, the integration phase is about 3 months after treatment, so please plan accordingly to take full advantage. 

If you plan tourist travel to coincide with your healing retreat, be sure to book this prior to your Ayurveda panchakarma program, and not afterward.  The period following your treatment will be scheduled for rest and integration.

Take-home medicines and incidentals such as laundry and internet are not included. Please contact me for travel arrangement tips. 

The climate is a tropical savannah, where the breeze from the Western Ghats mountains provides comfortable temperatures at this time of year.  Expect rain at times. The retreat centre is managed according to Vedic teachings and principles, including Vaastu, Ayurveda, and Vedanta.

A lovely feature of this program is the opportunity for each patient to plant a tree before returning home, contributing to the exquisite botanical garden that is the surrounding campus grounds. 

Last year I planted a mango tree, which will give fruit in as little as 4-5 years; this year I planted an ashoka tree, whose bark is used as an important Kapha-reducing medicine.  Another participant will plant a sandalwood tree, an endangered species in India due to overharvesting. 

For 2020, the payment deadline is June 1st to ensure our accommodations of choice in this now much sought after model of sustainable living, Vedic management principles, and expert Ayurveda treatments.  If you are not already following your Ayurveda program, it’s recommended you book your consultation to prepare well for making the best use of your investment.

Fees for this program have gone up each of the last 5 years, and I’ve mostly absorbed these increases.  Now though, the investment has gone up marginally to finally reflect a portion of these increases. Also 6 more treatment days are included in the longer program compared to last year. 

Compare the investment to having the ‘same’ treatment in the west – at least 3 times more, though this program cannot be duplicated outside our retreat centre location, I feel.  Mostly locally sourced and fresh medicinal plants are used.

Testimonials from recent participants: 
I feel so very, very fortunate to have shared WITH YOU the amazing healing experience of Vaidyagrama. Thank you! There is much to dwell on from those days, and much more ahead to apply and grow with.
                                                                      E.M., Editor

Hosting with Jaisri in India has been a truly transformative experience. Even though I have studied Ayurveda for many years, Jaisri’s extensive knowledge and experience of the subject and her deep compassion for people filled in my experience of PanchaKarma with much-needed information and tender loving care. It was very comforting to know that the smallest detail was being looked after so that I could focus on the business of healing.

While the staff here is excellent and beyond expectation, I am so glad that I chose to go through the Pancha Karma process with that extra layer of compassion and guidance that Jaisri so generously supplied. I will definitely return!

J.T.  Ayurveda Practitioner, Teacher, Spa Owner

To read the full testimonial and recent account of the author, please click here.

For more information and to forward the flier to those whom you feel will benefit, please click here.

To register, please book your consultation with Jaisri by calling 604-290-8201.

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THOUGHTS TO LIVE BY

An angry person lives in an angry world; a loving person lives in a loving world.  Same world.
                                                                      Wayne Dyer

I am the world and the world is me.  
                                                       Vaidya Vasant D. LAD

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Dear reader, you know I love to hear your feedback and comments about this newsletter and your activities with Ayurveda. You have inspired me to keep improving and enriching its content and relevance. You are in my mind and heart as I sign off for now.  May Ayurveda continue to bless your life and the lives of those around you.

Yours,

Jaisri M. Lambert, Ayurveda Practitioner & Consultant
604-290-8201 in Surrey, BC, Canada
https://www.ayurveda-seminars.com
jaisri@ayurveda-seminars.com