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Rancho La Puerta at the foot of
the Sacred Mount Kuchumma
"the energy of this mountain is closest to the Himalayas"
- Evans Wentz, translator of The Tibetan Book of the Dead |
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is welcoming the return of the
Himalayan Yoga Meditation Master
Swami Veda Bharati
Oct 2 - 9, 2010 |
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Mahamandaleshwar Swami Veda Bharati, D.Litt.(Holland), is a poet, prolific author, scholar, research guide and international speaker par excellence. He teaches meditation from within the religious, spiritual and literary traditions of different world cultures: India, China, Africa, Europe and the Americas. He has spent the past 63 years teaching and providing spiritual guidance around the world and has addressed many UN sponsored sessions: World Peace Summit, World Parliament of Religions, and Climate Change.
Based in Rishikesh, India, he is the Spiritual Guide of the Assoc. of Himalayan Yoga Meditation Societies International and Chancellor of one of the largest Hospital Trust Universities in India. In 2005 he received the title of Mahamandaleshwar, the highest level of the Swami order. He was raised in the 5000-year-old tradition of Sanskrit speaking scholar-philosophers of India, teaching the Yoga-sutras of Patanjali from the age of nine and the Vedas from the age of eleven and has authored the most comprehensive 1400-page commentary on the first two chapters of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras.
Swami Veda has studied and is well-versed in the scriptures of all religions, has access to 17 languages which allows him to teach meditation to people of different faiths - Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, Christians, Muslims, Sikhs - from within their own scriptural and meditative traditions.
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 Rancho La Puerta
#1 Destination Spa in the World*
is celebrating its 70th anniversary in addition to its comprehensive program it is offering special presenters:
Mehrad Nazari, Ph.D., Michele Hebert,
Ragani and Dale Buegle, M.D.
* 2010 Travel+Leisure Magazine |
 Mehrad Nazari, Ph.D. is a Senior Teacher of the Walt Baptiste Method of Raja Yoga and was personally trained by Yogi Raj Walt Baptiste and has been teaching over 15 years. Mehrad was initiated in Himalayan Yoga Meditation Tradition by Swami Veda Bharati of Rishikesh India and has received initiation by the Zen Master Kyozan Joshu Roshi, and HH. The Dalai Lama. He is a Continuing Education Specialist in Yoga for the American Council on Exercise. With his wife Michele, they are regular presenters at the Inner IDEA Conference, The Esalen Institute in Big Sur California, Rancho La Puerta in Mexico and they lead Yoga and Meditation retreats Internationally. Dr. Nazari as an adjunct professor of Business Negotiation taught for ten years at U S Int'l University in San Diego. He advocates the application of Yoga principles to our daily and corporate life for joyful living in a sustainable environment and the health of our family, community and the planet.
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 Michele Hébert is a master yoga and meditation teacher, a natural nutritionist, an author and a pioneer in women's wellness and spirituality. Michele has been teaching yoga for over thirty years. She was personally trained by Raja Yoga Master Walt Baptiste who instilled in her the philosophy "from a sound base upward". As a result of her unique training in yoga, meditation, nutrition and bodybuilding she is considered to be one of the pioneers of mind-body-spirit integration in the U.S. health and fitness industry.
Michele is a former media spokesperson for the American Council on Exercise in the area of Mind-Body-Spirit Integration and developed the first meditation-based stress management program at the renowned Scripps Clinic. She currently teaches Intro to Meditation at UCSD and is a frequent yoga and meditation presenter at Rancho la Puerta and Esalen Institute.
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 Ragani An award-winning artist, Ragani leads Milwaukee's Kirtan with Ragani, the largest independent and ongoing kirtan scene in the US. At age eight, Ragani met the legendary yoga master, Swami Rama, former Shankaracharya of India, who personally trained her in yoga sciences, meditation, and eastern music. Named in OnMilwaukee.com's "100 Milwaukeeans You Need to Know", Ragani has been featured on FOX & NBC affiliates, in numerous international publications (Recording Magazine, Ode, etc.), and she will be featured in a kirtan documentary movie, scheduled for release in 2010. Ragani is also the featured model for the award-winning book/videos, Yoga: Mastering the Basics.
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 Dale Buegel, M.D. began formal training with Swami Veda in 1974 at the Center for Higher Consciousness. Shortly thereafter, Dr. Buegel was initiated by Swami Rama and has taught yoga and meditation for over thirty years in public, teachers' training, and medical practice settings. His expertise in the use of simple, sequential steps for mastering advanced yoga practices have earned him the respect and appreciation of students at the Kanyakumari school and around the world.
Dr. Buegel integrates 35 years of yoga teaching experience with more than 25 years of complementary medicine practice in a program to facilitate health improvement and stimulate new thinking about solutions to common imbalances. Several of the practical sessions will provide and in depth method to improve breath capacity, combining yoga practices with neuromuscular and somatics techniques.
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