INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS VEDICAS

About the Vedic Institute
The American Institute of Vedic Studies
The American Institute of Vedic Studies is an educational center providing a broad range of training programs, resources and publications. It focuses on Ayurveda, Vedic astrology, Yoga and their interconnections. It provides in depth examinations of Veda, Vedanta and Tantra along with the background system of Hinduism and Sanatana Dharma. It is one of the few places in the world today that brings the greater Yoga tradition together and explains it in an integral and authentic manner with regard to its ancient lineages and branches. It also holds a special connection with the teachings of Ramana Maharshi, Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni and Anandamayi Ma.

The Vedic Institute is recognized internationally as an important center of Vedic learning and research. Founded and directed by Acharya David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri), it serves as a vehicle for his work, offering courses and consultations to go along with his many published writings. Vamadeva is one of the most honored acharyas or teachers of Vedic wisdom both in India and in the western world over the last thirty years. He is respected as an Ayurvedacharya (teacher of Ayurvedic medicine), Jyotish Brihaspati (teacher of Vedic astrology), Vedacharya and Vedaguru (teacher of the Vedas). He is regarded as a Pandit, a doctor or professor of Vedic wisdom. He is one of the few modern teachers to write definitive books in all major Vedic fields, based upon his original study of Sanskrit texts and his own direct experience, including commentaries on the Vedas themselves.

The Institute works with several important Afilliated Schools in such diverse countries as Germany, Russia, Czech Republic, Brazil, India and the United States that teach and promote our courses and programs, and their own additional training in Ayurveda and the Vedic field.


Yogini Shambhavi is the co-director of the institute helping with new retreats, tours, trainings, chanting CDs and publications. Yogini Shambhavi is one of India's foremost women teachers and gurus in the Shakti tradition, in yogic, Tantric and Vedic fields, and is now gaining a following in the western world. She joins Dr. Frawley (Acharya Vamadeva) for teaching programs and is available for personal consultations and individual guidance. Yogini Shambhavi is a noted writer and chanter, who has a unique power to inspire, motivate and uplift all who come into contact with her.

The institute is noted for its distance learning programs and correspondence courses that have attracted thousands of students from numerous countries over the past twenty years. Our Ayurvedic Healing program is probably the most widely taken Ayurvedic distance learning program in the world. The institute has direct levels of student-teacher interaction as well for those who want deeper levels of instruction.

Acclaimed Recent Books by Acharya Vamadeva (David Frawley)

Mantra Yoga and Primal Sound: Secrets of Bija (Seed) Mantras - One of the most important new publications on how to employ mantras for healing, union with Divinity and Self-realization, examines mantras in Yoga, Tantra, Veda, Vedanta, Ayurveda, Jyotish and Vastu. This short and succinct volume can show you the deeper power and meaning of mantra in a practical and yet profound manner. Note beauiful article based upon the book.

Inner Tantric Yoga: Working with the Universal Shakti - presents the classical higher Tantra of Raja Yoga with the inner worship of Shiva and Shakti as the light of consciousness and its transformative power, based on the works of Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni, chief disciple of Ramana Maharshi.

Universal Hinduism: Towards a New Vision of Sanatana Dharma - new India publication discusses the new global relevance of Sanatana Dharma, the great spiritual and cultural tradition of Hinduism, Yoga and the Vedic sciences. The book is insightful and empowering, explaining this vast and complex tradition in a clear and comprehensive manner.

Yogini Shambhavi's Books and CDs
Yogini Shambhavis' Beautiful new Yogini Bhava Chanting CD - beautiful and resonant bija mantras to the Goddess in her many forms of Durga, Kali, Sarasvati, Lakshmi and Parvati, as well as Ganesha and Shiva, Dattatreya and Lord Saturn. Regarded by many who hear it as one of the best chanting tapes available. LISTEN TO TWO TRACKS OF SHAMBHAVI'S CD NOW!
Shambhavi's two books below have been widely acclaimed for their authentic portrayals of inner yogic experiences and have been best sellers in India.

Yogini: Unfolding the Goddess Within - the inner journey of the Yogini in communion with the Divine Mother, filled with wonderful stories and inspirations.
Yogic Secrets of the Dark Goddess - an experience of Ma Kali and the Yoga of the Supreme Shakti. Regarded as one of the best modern books on the Goddess and her inner powers.

Vamadeva and Shambhavi 2011 Upcoming Programs

June 2-5: Journey Into Healing with the Chopra Center - Asheville, North Carolina. Vamadeva and Shambhavi will join Deepak Chopra and his staff for their Ayurvedic training program including special classes on the Wisdom of Herbs and Tonification and Rejuvenation. Vamadeva has taught regularly with the Chopra center over the last fifteen years and helps with their Ayurvedic Practitioner Training as well.
June 22-26: Mantra Yoga and Primal Sound - Yogaville, Virginia. Special program with Vamadeva and Shambhavi based upon Dr. Frawley's most recent best selling book and Shambhavi's Yogini Bhava mantra CD. Will explore deeper practices of bija mantras, pranayama, and meditation rarely taught in the West, with reference to Veda, Tantra, Ayurveda and Vedic astrology. Will be our most extensive teaching program in the United States this year.
August 19-21: Toronto Yoga Festival - Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Dr. Frawley and Yogini Shambhavi will give a series of keynote talks and classes on Yoga, Shakti, Ayurveda, Vedic Astrology and Hinduism as part of an important conference featuring a number of important speakers and teachers from throughout the world and from Canada.
September 9-11: Omega Institute, Awakening Yoga Shakti - Awaken the cosmic forces of Shiva and Shakti that pervade the universe, and discover your innate powers of health, balance, and transformation. Vedic scholar and teacher David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) and Yogini Shambhavi Chopra share secrets of the spiritual sciences of Tantra, yoga, Ayurveda, and Vedic astrology to awaken your yogic energy from within and allow the perception, development, and understanding of all your higher potentials.

Our Special Upcoming Retreats in India and Hawaii-----
Dec. 12-19: Hawaiian Yoga Shakti Program - Kauai, Hawaii: A special retreat at a beautiful newly opened private Kerala style retreat center on Kauai's beautiful North Shore. Limited to twenty people in Kerala style rooms. Special interaction with Vamadeva and Shambhavi and visits to sacred sites on the island and the Na Pali coast. Ayurvedic treatments available. Will be our first Yoga Shakti retreat in the United States and will reflect the same teachings and practices as our India programs.
March 7-13, 2012: Fifth Annual Ma Ganga Yoga Shakti Retreat - Rishikesh, India. Now open for early registration (Retreat Registration Form). At Neemrana resort fifteen miles north of Rishikesh with private access to the Ganga. Will include the beautiful Hindu festival of Holi (festival of colors) celebrated on the river itself as well as a day off for river rafting on the Ganga, along with classes, rituals, mantra and meditation to connect with the Shiva and Shakti energies of this region that is the homeland of classical Raja Yoga. Daily Ganga meditations and rituals.
March 13-21, 2012: Yogini Yantra Sacred Himalayan Tour - Ranikhet, India (near Almora). Now open for early registration (Yatra Registration Form). Guided pilgrimage to special temples and sacred sites in the Kumaon Himalayas seldom visited by westerners, including Jageshwar Shiva complex, Dunagiri Durga temple and Mahavatar Babaji's cave, along with special teachings from Vamadeva and Shambhavi on Yoga, Vedanta, Tantra and Vedic astrology, with special rituals, mantras and initiations into Shiva and Shakti worship.

Our Annual Ma Ganga Retreats and Himalayan Yogini Yatra
Our fourth annual Ma Ganga Retreat from March 10-16, 2011, was completed with more than fifty students from thirteen countries,on the Ganga above Rishikesh in a beautiful retreat setting with private access to the river. Its theme was Soma, Rejuvenation and Immortality, exploring revitalization of the body, mind and spirit in light of our eternal essence of consciousness, using the tools of Ayurveda, Jyotish, Veda and Tantra. The retreat was followed by our second Yogini Yatra from March 16-24, 2011 featuring special tours and classes at important temples in Ranikhet, Dunagiri, Jageshwar and Mahavatar Babaji's cave.The Yatra had around thirty students from all around the world.


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