David Crow to Open the 2012 NAMA Conference

David Crow is an acupuncturist and herbalist with over thirty years of experience. He is the author of In Search of the Medicine Buddha, a book about his studies of Tibetan and Ayurvedic medicine in the Himalayas. Mr. Crow will open the conference on Friday, April 20th, with his presentation, Ayurveda: The Global Language, wherein he will discuss Ayurveda as a communication form that links people of all nationalities, races, religions, ethnicities, socioeconomic status and political views through the shared human needs for health and healing.

Vivek Shanbhag to Present on Ayurveda & Yoga for Children at the 2012 NAMA Conference

Featured presenter Vivek Shanbhag, ND (USA), MD (Ayu), BAMS, CYEd, is a past NAMA Board Member, renowned Ayurvedic physician, professor, researcher, author and entrepreneur. For more than 30 years he has successfully run various institutions for promoting Ayurveda in India, the US, and Japan. He is on faculty at Bastyr University, Mount Madonna Institute College of Ayurveda, and the Japan Ayurveda Association. Dr. Shanbhag will present Healthy Routines of Ayurveda & Yoga for Children and will address the conference with insights on how being in community brings healing to each of us.

Claudia Welch will be at 2012 NAMA Conference

Dr. Claudia Welch is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, an educator, and author of Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life: Achieving Optimal Health and Wellness Through Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine and Western Science.

Dr. Welch lectures internationally on Oriental and Ayurvedic medicines and Women's Health. She has served on the teaching faculty of The Ayurvedic Institute, Kripalu School of Ayurveda, Southwest Acupuncture College, and Acupractice Seminars.

At the NAMA Conference in April, 2012, Dr. Welch will present Sin, Virtue, Ojas, Yugas & Epidemics: Surviving and Thriving in the Kali Yuga

Marc Halpern will be at 2012 NAMA Conference

Marc Halpern, DC, CAS, PKS is the founder and president of the California College of Ayurveda. In 1997, he and his students founded the California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine; in 1998 he co-founded NAMA. Dr. Halpern is on the Advisory Board of Light on Ayurveda Journal and the Journal for Research and Education in Indian Medicine. He received the Hakim Ajmal Khan Society Best Ayurvedic Physician Award, presented to him by the Indian Minister of Health and Family Welfare. Dr. Halpern has written two textbooks on Ayurveda and has published many articles on Ayurveda and Yoga. He teaches regularly at the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers.

Dr. Halpern will present a Practicum session: The Ayurvedic Management of Attention Deficit Disorder.

Dr. Vasant Lad will be at 2012 NAMA Conference

Vasant Lad has graciously served NAMA on the Board of Advisors for over ten years. He received a B.A.M.S. from the University of Pune and a Master of Ayurvedic Science from Tilak Ayurved Mahavidyalaya in Pune. For 3 years he served as Medical Director of the Ayurveda Hospital in Pune. He also held the position of Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Pune University College of Ayurvedic Medicine where he was an instructor for more than a decade. In 1984, he founded The Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM. He is the author of many books and articles and is respected throughout the world for his knowledge of Ayurveda.

Dr. Lad will present Plants and People, Mystical Relationship for Total Healing in our Daily Lives.

Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa will be at 2012 NAMA Conference

KP Khalsa, LMT, NCTMB, DN-C, RH, CC is a nationally certified massage therapist and kinesiologist, state certified dietitian and nationally registered herbalist. He has practiced Ayurveda for 40 years, and was the principal developer of the Soothing Touch Ayurvedic massage product line. Khalsa has authored over 1,500 published health articles and has written or edited 30 books, including The Way of Ayurvedic Herbs. He has presented over 150 times at national and state conferences and is featured in 3 DVD continuing education courses on massage techniques. Khalsa is senior research scientist for Yogi Tea and Peace natural products, where he created an Ayurvedic body care product line.

He will present Live Long and Prosper: Ayurveda and Gerontology and will address the membership with a talk entitled, Ayurveda: The Original Complementary Medicine.