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JULY NEWSLETTER
Dear Friend,
I hope you are keeping cool, calm and refreshed during this summertime phase of growth, flowering and fruiting! Are you choosing light-coloured cotton, linen, flax, hemp and perhaps silk garments? Do you wear a wide-brimmed hat to help protect the sensitive cervical spine region from direct sun exposure?
Are you sipping limeade with maple syrup, rice syrup or other natural cooling sweeteners? Are you choosing cooling items such as aloe vera juice and pomegranate juice while avoiding pitta-increasing items like tomato juice, alcohol and coffee? The reason to avoid ice or chilled beverages is to maintain robust stomach digestion, which chilled items can slow.
Are you getting to bed by sundown and waking before sunrise? All these measures will help you enjoy the warm days of swimming, moonlight walks and early morning prayers. May your summer days be safe, chill and restorative, while you rest during the hot hours of the day and enjoy mornings and evenings with light foods such as soft-cooked rice, steamed green veggies (except spinach) and in-season fruits like dark cherries, blueberries and dark grapes with seeds.
If there are no seeds in the grapes, they may be genetically modified. Here's a yummy, inexpensive home-made electrolyte beverage recipe with no dyes, to help quench thirsty cells during hot days when bodily fluids can easily and quickly evaporate:
1-litre pure water
2 pinches of rock salt
1 tablespoon maple or rice syrup
1 tablespoon pure lime juice
Mix well and garnish with a sprinkle of fresh or dried mint leaves
Sip according to thirst and consume about 2 litres daily for an average adult under average circumstances. If sweating is increased, also increase your electrolyte intake according to individual needs.
AYURVEDA SEMINARS & CONSULTING EVENTS
Consul General of India, Vancouver
I was honoured to be among the panellists invited to speak about the
AWARENESS OF AYURVEDA IN CANADA
On Saturday, July 23 from 2-5 pm, the Consul General of India hosted a historic event at the Shanti Niketan, Laxmi Narayan Temple at 8321-140th Street, Surrey, BC.
All were welcome for free and enjoyed refreshments provided by the Gov't of India!
Panellists:
Dr. Jaisri Lambert, (Ayurveda Doctor (NAMA), (President, Canada Ayurveda Research & Education Foundation; Founder, Ayurveda Seminars & Consulting)
Neelam Toprani (Founding Director and CEO of Sewanti Series Ayurveda Herbal Products)
Erica Mueller (Ayurveda Practitioner & Director of the Ayurveda Association of Canada)
Vaidya Rasesh Patel, (Autism Specialist, Active Care for Youth & Adult Services, Kamloops, BC)
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Martina Ziska presented an informative talk on the fundamentals of Ayurveda for a very appreciative multi-cultural audience.
This event was a dynamic and enlightening program for all those interested in Vedic Culture and Ayurveda in particular. The invitation from the Consul General of India to Vancouver was truly a historic marker, showing the government of India’s acknowledgement and encouragement.
Hosting by the Laxmi Narayan Temple in Surrey carried an ongoing invitation to support Ayurveda events and development for Canada. Discussions included important education and licensing aspects of Ayurveda in Canada. Here’s the flier.
UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS ON THE HORIZON
AYURVEDA SEMINARS & CONSULTING PROGRAMS
AYURVEDA MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
Answering individual patient enquiries has long been a big part of my day, and now there’s an opportunity for many to hear the responses and explanations, instead of just one person at a time.
The AYURVEDA MENTORSHIP PROGRAM has been expressed as a need in our online Ayurveda community for some time. Questioners bring their individual case management enquiries for a fraction of the Consultation Fee. Instead of $170/hr. Cdn, your pre-screened question can be presented for only $17 Cdn. or $17 US.
Now, new Practitioners and senior students will hear a broad range of Ayurveda enquiries and Case Management questions, answered through the lens of the Ashta Vidha Pariksha, or the Eight-Fold Assessment process of classic Ayurveda science.
Even senior practitioners have expressed interest in attending my discussions and explanations. All practitioners and senior students with at least 600 hours of study are welcome.
Participants can attend all eight precious and unique class sessions on:
Times: Friday mornings from 9 – 10:30 am pacific time by Zoom.
Dates: Sept. 9 – Oct. 28, 2022
Investment: $299 US or x$299 Cdn.
NAMA members can qualify for PACE credits by providing their Certificate of Attendance, issued at the end of the series. For more information and to register, please call 604-290-8201 from 9 am-5 pm Mon.-Fri. pacific time.
AYURVEDA SEMINARS & CONSULTING IS AGAIN HOSTING THE
INDIA PANCHAKARMA PROGRAM
After a gap of four years, we are now back on track to travel to India for personalized health rejuvenation programs, according to traditional Ayurveda practices.
The dates are Nov. 13 (arrival) to Dec. 30 (departure). Travel to India encompasses two days, due to crossing the International Dateline.
The payment deadline is September 1st latest and includes all 41 days of treatment, 6 days rest: 3 before and 3 after treatment, plus meals, beverages, doctors’ consultations, yoga Nidra, daily, educational talks and discussions (Satsang), morning and evening chants & meditations and hosting with Jaisri M. Lambert, to help make the most of your Ayurveda cleansing and healing experience.
Investment is $7477 USD (single occupancy) or $6977 USD (double occupancy).
Take-home herbs, incidentals and extra requests are not included in the fee and are paid individually at the end of the program, before departure.
If you plan to do tourism in India, please plan it for prior to your program, as the rest is recommended to help integrate your treatment protocols afterwards. Plan to return home with your commitment to implement your Ayurveda follow-up at home for 3 months.
If you can only do 21 days of treatment, the dates are Nov. 13 to Dec. 11, including 7 days’ rest, 3 before and 4 after treatment. Investment is $4777 USD (single occupancy) or $4277 USD (double occupancy).
The payment deadline is September 1st latest and includes all 21 days of treatment, rest days before and after treatment, all meals, beverages, doctors’ consultations, educational talks and discussions (Satsang), morning and evening chants & meditations, yoga Nidra class, and hosting with Jaisri M. Lambert, to help make the most of your Ayurveda cleansing and healing experience.
To sign up for the 21-day or the 41-day program, please notify me at: jaisri@ayurveda-seminars.com
CARE FOUNDATION PROGRAMS
CONFERENCE SUMMARY
Now that the long-awaited Share Ayurveda Conference has come and gone, here is your summary:
The conference brought together attendees from Europe, Eastern Canada, Alberta, and various parts of BC, all for either the Professional Forum to meet with Ayurveda colleagues or the weekend Conference event itself for professional development or both. Live-streaming attendees were in the US & Canada.
All were uplifted to meet one another and share in-person greetings, strengthening our bonds as committed Ayurvedists. Online attendance included the US and Canada.
The weekend began with the Professional Forum on Friday, June 24 to bring together practitioners, manufacturers, students, and all those interested in co-creating our Ayurveda community in Canada. It was a time for commitment to contributing to the quality of support we wish to enjoy and offer through the Ayurveda Association of Canada. The Professional Forum was in-person only with no live streaming.
A wealth of experience, knowledge, sincerity, and depth was revealed through the introductions of each participant, revealing the scope of Ayurveda in Canada today. Erica Mueller and Neelam Toprani represented the Ayurveda Association of Canada and described its breadth, and need for an invitation to join to co-develop Ayurveda across Canada. Volunteers came forward to contribute to the fabric of Ayurveda’s development outside India.
Dr. Vasant D. Lad
After opening prayers, Saturday began with a pre-recorded welcome message from Dr. Vasant Dattatray Lad, a Keynote Speaker at the 2018 Share Ayurveda Conference event. Dr. Lad recalled that event and brought well-wishing for this year’s program. For more information, please click here: https://www.banyen.com/events/ayurveda-conference
Mr. Manjish Grover, Consul of India
We also had the great good fortune of meeting Mr. Manjish Grover, representing the Consulate of India. Manjish is very favourable to Ayurveda leaving India’s borders and sharing her wealth and wisdom with other nations such as Canada. His leadership provided us insights and channels for furthering Ayurveda’s journey abroad, and we expressed our readiness!
Micheline Wong, P.T.
Saturday’s program continued with a wonderful presentation by Micheline Wong, P.T. on the C.A.R.E. Foundation’s MS & AYURVEDA program. Micheline created a wonderful PowerPoint presentation for those interested in discovering the benefits of Ayurveda management for self-healing of MS and indeed all neuro-muscular conditions. Micheline is a passionate Physiotherapist, a steady meditator, and a first-time writer, spreading her wings for Multiple Sclerosis patients who can benefit from the Ayurveda lifestyle. Check this link for work completed together on this topic in recent years: https://www.facebook.com/Multiple-Sclerosis-MS-and-Ayurveda-A-4-Week-Study-Group-100688455088801
Neelam Toprani
Neelam is the founder of Sewanti Series and Padmashri Nationals. She had appeared with two other Ayurveda professional women just before the event on RED-FM Radio, our local Punjabi Station, with journalist Jasmine Kaur.
Check out this link to her easy-to-follow bilingual interview with professional guest colleagues and distinguished experts, colleagues and speakers: Neelam Toprani, Preeti Syal, and Navjeet Kaur: https://www.facebook.com/REDFMVancouver/videos/855275428764436.
Neelam’s presentation on the health Canada regulations governing Ayurveda is a critical compilation for all those interested in Ayurveda product approval in Canada. Neelam is also a founder and chief volunteer for the Ayurveda Association of Canada. For more information and to join the A.A.C., please click here: https://www.ayurvedaassociation.ca.
Dr. Eduardo Cardona-Sanclemente
Dr. Eduardo presented his Keynote talk on Ayurveda & Cancer, elucidated in such a way that we all understood the dynamic of how many ways abnormal cells can occur and how to manage the consequences from an integrative medicine perspective.
Such a wealth of information and understanding was a lot to take in and digest. Still today, I hear messages of wanting to hear more from Dr. Eduardo and this critical topic of our time. Dr. Eduardo combines an emphasis on western science and integrates his later life experiences of Ayurveda.
Dr. L E Cardona-Sanclemente, D.Sc., Ph.D., M.Sc., and Ayurveda Doctor (NAMA) is an Integrative Medicine Consultant & Research Scientist, currently living in Berkeley, CA, whose medical and scientific career spans professorships, and senior scientific research posts at several Europe's most prestigious institutions.
For more information, please check out: https://www.pacesconnection.com/blog/the-healing-place-podcast-dr-l-eduardo-cardona-sanclemente-dsc-phd-msc-ayurveda-an-integrative-approach-to-healing.
Glynnis Osher
Saturday afternoon also included a wonderful session with the inimitable Glynnis Osher, who was also our dynamic program M/C. Her engaging teaching style and experience came through her experiential presentation of the Five Senses and Five Elements of creation according to Ayurveda. It was an insightful adventure into the return to the basic Pancha Maha Bhutas or Five Great Constructing Elements of the macro and micro creation. Glynnis is a born teacher and experiential educator.
Her role as M/C kept us all on a good time track while highlighting the vast range and depth of qualifications and experiences among our presenters and participants!
For more information and to track Glynnis’ wide range of design & marketing talents, as well as her wonderful product lines, amazing classes and events, please do check out: https://thousandpetallotus.com and www.academyaromatica.com.
Dr. Arun Garg
Dr. Arun Garg’s presentation on the simplicity of a Yogic approach to life revealed living proof of how much can be accomplished in life such as his exemplary journey, by staying to the basic foundations of Yoga. Simplicity in relationships and marriage, family life as a foundation for professional greatness based on a daily practice of yoga, sound meditation and spiritual priorities. In Dr. Garg, we saw a representative of how humility and respect render outstanding, exemplary attainment and citizenship. For more information, please click here:
https://pathology.ubc.ca/faculty/arun-garg/
https://www.sfu.ca/fhs/about/people/profiles/arungarg.htmlhttps://
Sunday’s program began like Saturday’s with the Yoga & Meditation session. Our two expert Ayur-Yoga teachers: Jessica Kruse (https://lavidaveda.ca) and Natasha Jyoti Samson (https://nourishyoufirst.ca) both shared their dedication to craft, deep knowledge and mastery of individualization of Ayur-Yoga Therapy. Both offer superlative online Ayur-Yoga support. Check out their sites!
Ismat Dhalat-Nathani
Ismat Dhalat-Nathani, D.N.M., spoke on the History and Future of Ayurveda Education in Canada. Her discussion of professional licensure for Ayurvedists in Canada is a must-see for all practitioners and newcomers. Her power point-presentation was clear, concise, and very well researched, informing us about the importance of licensure in Canada, which she noted is quite different from the US.
Watch the C.A.R.E. Foundation website for our plans to post this recording for free. For more about Ismat’s distinguished work in Ayurveda education and clinical practise, please visit https://ismatdhala.com and https://www.caishayurveda.org.
Dr. Ramkumar
Dr. Ramkumar spoke so eloquently and inimitably on Ayurveda as Future Integrative Medicine from his home base near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. He had been a keynote speaker in 2018 and provided a Zoom pre-recorded Zoom interview with insights that must be heard, again and again, I feel.
His talk is planned to be uploaded to www.carefoundation.net. For more information about his profound work for Ayurveda and Transformative Community Building, please check out this video from 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg7MFfSoTwk.
Dr. Eduardo Cardona-Sanclemente
Dr. Eduardo gave a superlative talk on the topic of Ayurveda & Depression, also the title of his most recently published book, elucidating the doshic alignment of psycho-spiritual symptoms and their logical treatments.
For instance, Vata psychosis of worries, anxieties, terrors, forgetfulness, doubt, and paralyzing fears must be treated according to Vata-pacifying protocols such as a regular daily schedule especially sleep, Vata-pacifying food program, yoga, pranayama, Vedic counselling, and suitable livelihood.
Similarly, Pitta and Kapha informed psychoses must be individually managed and treated to balance the doshic causes in the constitution (prakruti) and current conditions (vikruti), within the person’s individual context, as Ayurveda is a personalized and not a standardized science. To purchase the book, please go to: https://www.eduardocardona.com.
Panel Discussion: Ayurveda as the Future Integrative Medicine.
This panel was moderated by Jaisri M. Lambert, Ayurveda Doctor (NAMA) and featured three excellent presenters: Preeti Syal from Richmond, BC (www.myholistickitchen.com ), Dr. L. Eduardo Cardona-Sanclemente from Berkeley, CA and Joanne Cooper from Nanaimo, BC (www.findyourbalanceyoga.ca), who graciously took the place of Dr. Manjiri Nadkarni. Dr. Manjiri could not be present as planned by video, due to an unfortunate motor vehicle accident. Dr. Manjirii (www.manjirinadkarni.com) is now doing very well, thanks to divine grace.
Many commentaries and points of view were shared, with the invaluable audience participation of all attendees. All voices were heard, and I felt the Conference's purpose of participation was fulfilled!
Silent Auction
Priya Anand was again the volunteer coordinator of this important fundraising feature of the Share Ayurveda Conference 2022, just as she had done for the S.A.C. 2018. Over $800 was raised for the Canada Ayurveda Research & Education Foundation, from over a dozen items donated by supporters. All items received bids and were sold by the time the Auction closed on Sunday afternoon. Bravo and sincere thanks to dear Priya Anand! We could not have done it without you!
Conference Recordings
Many people have requested recordings of the weekend, however technical difficulties prevent us from offering the full program. Meanwhile, our volunteer team is working on posting the pre-recorded sessions and possibly other portions of the program such as the Panel on Ayurveda as the Future Integrative Medicine. Please keep checking the website (www.carefoundation.net) for the upcoming free viewings.
C.A.R.E. FOUNDATION PROGRAMS Fall 2022
Development of these programs is planned to begin in September under the umbrella of the Canada Ayurveda Research & Education Foundation, a federally registered non-profit organization founded in 2017. To volunteer for any or all of these important, innovative and creative programs, please email me to share your expertise and skill set at: jaisri@carefoundation.net. Check out our website at: www.carefoundation.net.
Our first goals for the C.A.R.E. Foundation are:
- To develop an Ayurveda Elder Home Care-Aide Training Program
- To further develop the Ayurveda Self-Care for Multiple Sclerosis Program
- To research and publish Local Herbal Classification According to Ayurveda
- To create an Internet Portal for Ayurveda Research Worldwide
You know I love your responses, encouragements and enquiries for both Ayurveda Seminars & Consulting, (www.ayurveda-seminars.com) and the non-profit organization Canada Ayurveda Research & Education Foundation (www.carefoundation.net). Thanks for sharing and forwarding these links to others whom you know will benefit by signing up for this newsletter on the home pages.
Thanks for helping us grow awareness of our Ayurveda community and activities together!
I’m sending good wishes for your whole health and happiness in all departments of LIFE!
Yours,
Jaisri M. Lambert, Founder
Ayurveda Seminars & Consulting
https://www.ayurveda-seminars.com
C.A.R.E. Foundation
Canada Ayurveda Research & Education Foundation
https://www.canadaayurvedaresearch-educationfoundation.org
