Dr. Aparna Ramaswamy is a Bharatha Natyam dancer & teacher whose first doctoral research was on Natya Yoga – linking the practices of Bharatha Natyam to the principles of ashta angayoga as described in Patanjali’s Yogasutra. As a counselor and educator, Dr.Ramaswamy utilizes yoga and meditation in counseling people with depression, anxiety and other mood
Dr. Gary Weber has done over 30,000 hours of meditation and yoga with various teachers in various disciplines and traditions. He has two daughters and two grandchildren and authored “Happiness Beyond Thought: A Practical Guide to Awakening”, “Dancing Beyond Thought: Bhagavad Gita Verses and Dialogues for Awakening”, “Into the Stillness: Dialogues on Awakening Beyond Thought”
Dr. Kavitha Chinnaiyan is a Cardiologist and Associate Profess or of Medicine at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in Royal Oak, MI, where she serves as the Director of Cardiac Imaging Research. She serves on numerous national, international and statewide committees in the field of cardiology and cardiac imaging. She has published numerous
Graham M. Schweig joined the faculty at Christopher Newport University in August, 2000, and is currently Professor of Religion and [1], Director of Studies in Religion, and former inaugural Director of the Asian Studies program. He is also Distinguished Teaching and Research Fellow at The Mira & Ajay Shingal Center for Dharma Studies of the
Dr. Philip Goldberg has been studying India’s spiritual traditions for more than 45 years, as a practitioner, teacher and author. He is the author or co-author of more than 20 books, including Roadsigns on the Spiritual Path and his most recent, American Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation, How Indian Spirituality
Swami Sarvapriyananda is the Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York since January 6, 2017. Prior to this, he served as assistant minister of the Vedanta Society of Southern California for 13 months, beginning on December 3, 2015. Swami joined the Ramakrishna Math and Mission in 1994 and received Sannyas in
Ma Gurupriya is a sannyaasin (renunciate) disciple of Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha – the guiding force of Narayanashrama Tapovanam, Kerala; the Centres for Inner Resources Development, in India and abroad; and the Foundation for Restoration of National Values, New Delhi. Born in a family of academic excellence, Ma Gurupriya’s spiritual journey began during her days of
Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha evinced a strong inclination for the spiritual path from a very young age. Right from the beginning, Scientific Quest and Spiritual Pursuit have been complementary in his search for the Ultimate Truth. After a PhD in Physics, he became a scientist and assistant professor in Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur. By
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha (addressed as ‘Poojya Swamiji’ or ‘Swamiji’ by disciples and followers) is a guide in an unbroken lineage of enlightened Souls. He has been guiding people in their spiritual pursuit and expounding the universal truths of Supreme Reality in India and abroad for over six decades. His rational exposition of the science of