Newsletter Summer 2020

Dear Friend:
As we find our way out slowly of lockdown, along with most other nations, I’m reminded about John Lennon’s ‘Imagine . . . there’s no countries’. We’ve seen how small and vulnerable this planet is,  yet she began restoring herself remarkably, in only a matter of weeks of reduced activity. 

Now that local activity is resuming, self-care and environmental care are in focus.  I’m reminded that this life is a spiritual journey.  Ayurveda has commented on thousands of years of public and individual health conditions, including epidemics and pandemics. 

Charaka’s famous ‘Treatise on Longevity’, introduces that the reason to be interested in health is to fulfill the spiritual purpose of life, as Self-realization or God-realization.  Ayurveda teaches how to avoid suffering in order to enhance the capacity for meditation, contemplation, service, and sustainability.

Integration of Ayurveda and modern medical science is currently coming to a natural merging for the benefit of suffering humanity.  Necessity is again the mother of invention and adaptation, bringing R E S P E C T to Ayurveda, increasingly. 

I notice western populations are now more ready and open to receiving Ayurveda’s wisdom, to understand that thriving is a matter of balance of the five primordial elements making up this cosmos and this body.  Daily practices (causes inducing their effects) are critical to personal and collective outcomes. 

Mental health may begin with the mind but ends with one’s relationship with All that is.  Let’s take full advantage at this time, towards the integration of east and west, inner and outer, OK?  Dr. Lad has written a beautiful piece on Unfolding Emotion into Compassion for times like these when fear and hopelessness call for action and inaction to transform.  Please read and take in the insights from this powerful article. 

Below please see how Covid19 has triggered seminar changes for 2020, an exciting new Ayurveda book review, and an important announcement about the C.A.R.E. Foundation.  

Check your local travel regulations for participating in the programs below.  Now in BC, we’re traveling again for school, dental offices, and massage therapy services, though international travel remains restricted.  You know I love to hear about what and how you are unfolding in your region with Ayurveda.

IMPORTANT UPCOMING EARLY-BIRD DEADLINE CHANGES
Travel within B.C. resumed on June 15.  Check your local travel and exposure regulations to now be able to enroll in these life-changing programs:

DISCOUNT DEADLINE EXTENDED TO AUGUST 13th, 2020
POSTPONED TO SEPT. 2-6 & Oct 19-23, 2020

The NADI PARIKSHA or Pulse Assessment tutorial/practicum from March had to be postponed.  I’m taking this as a blessing in disguise to allow participants of various levels to now join us.  Two five-day segments combine to cover all seven pulse levels, two case management classroom teaching examples, and a balance of theory and practice. 

The revised pre-payment discount date is now August 13st, so invest in your professional development now. PACE credits apply for NAMA members.  To view/print/forward this opportunity to others, please click here.

PROGRAM POSTPONED TO SEPT 17-27, 2021

ABHYANGA or Generalized Oil Massage Therapy has been postponed to Sept. 17-27, 2021 in Edmonton. This program is developed specifically for Registered Massage Therapists and provides approved Continuing Education Units in Ayurveda Massage Therapy, available in Canada only at this time, by signing up for this amazing class with Jessica Kruse and Jaisri Lambert. 

The art of Ayurvedic Oil Massage Therapy is a deep experience of healing, rejuvenation, and renewal.  Henceforth, my dear assistant Jessica Kruse will teach this program.  She has been practicing this profound method, learned from my integration of Vaidya Vasant Lad’s own demonstration, learned in person in 1990.  View the event flyer here.

Pre-requisite of 70 hrs. of Ayurveda study.  PACE credits for NAMA members are pending.

For more information and to reserve your spot for the new schedule, please contact jessica@lavidaveda.ca and check out www.lavidaveda.ca. The pre-payment discount deadline is now June 25, 2021. 

AYURVEDA STAY-CATION FOR BODY & SOUL
PROGRAM UPDATES AUGUST 2020

Choose your stay of 3, 5, or 7 days:

•         Time to Feel Deeply Quiet, Relaxed and Energized
•         Assimilate Ayurveda into Your Everyday Life
•         Learn Easy Ayurveda Meals for Restoring Digestion
•         Support Your Ayurveda Dina Charya Morning Program
•         Daily Consultation, Treatment, and Cooking Class
•         50% Deposit (non-refundable) Reserves Your Dates
   

  Three Day Opening: Aug. 24-26, $1297 + GST
  Five Day Opening: Aug. 17-21, $2197 + GST
  Seven Day Opening: Aug. 17-23, $3077 + GST
  
  To view, forward, or print the flyer, please click here
  
  Consider your local travel and COVID 19 regulations within Canada to enroll for your personalized healing/learning program with Ayurveda, the world’s oldest holistic health science.

BOOK REVIEW:  Good Living Practices by Dr. R. RAO

The new compilation by Dr. Ramohan Rao is a great contribution to the sincere seeker of everyday good health.  Dr. Rao has provided a practical, detailed, and valuable review of daily practices for a wide range of public health needs.  He has reminded us about giving importance to the life-giving ‘Prana’ of the food, as a simple guideline for how to choose meals day-to-day. 

Dr. Rao was raised in Vedic family culture and educated in western neuro-science.  He is therefore uniquely qualified to offer this carefully selected overview of the tried and true practices that can easily be incorporated into each and every day of GOOD LIVING PRACTICES.

The Case Studies, the importance of Selfless Service and the Meditation section all contribute to the uniqueness of this book.  It’s a handy reference, as well as an excellent overview of Ayurveda for those discovering its priceless, timeless benefits. 

Mental health is the new frontier of western culture, and this book guides the reader well towards happiness, success in all departments of life, contentment, and understanding.  Thank you so much, Dr. Rao, for this excellent understanding of how to sow the seeds of longevity each day.

To order this book published by Kaivalya Wellness.com, please click here:  rrao2006@gmail.com  To order your Paperback copy now from Amazon!  https://www.amazon.com/Rammohan-RaoPhD/e/B086WPKW5S/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

C.A.R.E. FOUNDATION UPDATES
Website Launch!

Our new website is on the verge of launch, so please watch for news of registration for next June’s Share Ayurveda Conference in 2021.  We’re happy to announce our application for our Canada Charities Number for tax-exempt status. At present we’re a federally registered non-profit foundation and your support donation is very much appreciated.  

Our web launch expense is $1,000.  Do you feel inspired to support this important expense?  If so, please do let me know, OK, as we’re seeking a donation to cover this critical founding expense?  See:  www.carefoundation.net   

Donations for operating expenses and program development are welcome to the C.A.R.E. Foundation for web expenses, research, and educational development in Canada. 

Multiple Sclerosis & Ayurveda:  The Four-Week Study Program

Our first research project, Multiple Sclerosis and Ayurveda, will be undertaken with my dear colleague, Micheline Wong, P.T., and Tim Crocker, Administrator. It is now in development. 

At present, we are recruiting a small study group to participate in the filming of the introduction to Ayurveda.  The program is for those with a diagnosis of MS who want to study the natural holistic program from Ayurveda for enhancing daily health.

The commitment is to attend all four filming sessions from 10 am to 1 pm.  The video series is planned as 12 half-hour modules introducing the foundational principles and practices of Ayurveda. This program is FREE, though we do request your full attendance and participation. Please call to sign up for FREE!  Jaisri:  (604) 290-8201 or Tim: (778) 327-8049

BEAUTIFUL POEM BY MICHAEL WEINTRAUB

THE RENDEZVOUS

We wander and we wonder but within our self, till inside and outside touch
the same skin breaths...transparent
the one heartbeats...triumphant

as the deathless rose that blooms forever in the heart of God...
the living hologram of life
is an ever-unfolding flower of perpetual light

The truth is wider and wider than her forms the body, an idea, as infinite as beauty
the mind, a cage, but nobody lives inside... and today I AM

the blue egg of the sky cracking open and the seagull gliding free
on the breath of the nameless

and now when the eyes of the day are closing
in a sunset of surrender and the dying crimson sun turns my life's blood
into a river of molten gold
in the sudden mystery of secret grace
the immortal's touch is felt
as a fluting in divine air...
fading far away, softer than silence
deeper then death

Yes, I have eaten of the world's flesh
it's sweet and bitter gifts of pleasure and sorrow till my heart, grown heavy as stone
falls out of my breast...
till intoxicated of gold moon wine
I feel the white heat of my own resurrection
I am a child of love
inside the body of the Beloved
the heir of all things human and divine
laughing as the bliss
whose rapture dreamed the world...

and now in the darkening splendor of the final day,
I am the birth of the evening star
in the forehead of God
the miracle for which our lives were made

the rendezvous of Knowledge with Itself

My garden is a source of beauty, inspiration, and peace to myself and visitors.  This edition, I’ve shared with you, dear Reader, some of the colours of these peak summertime blooms and blossoms.

You know I love to read and hear about your Ayurveda educational process and clinical needs.  Now is the time to give emphasis to Ayurveda for self-care of body, mind, and soul I feel, and help uplift suffering humanity.  Only from our own wellness are we able to support others. 

This is the year for meditation, spiritual surrender, and remembering our Divine Nature.  Be well and let Ayurveda support your inward journey, now and all ways.

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