Nieuwsbrief november AAS: muziek, conferenties en nog meer

Future development of Traditional Herbal Medicine in EU
'Perspectives and challenges'
21 november 2009
Hilton Hotel
Brussel, Belgium

"The European legislative framework will negatively affect Ayurvedic and all TCM medicinal products, more then it will harm Western herbal medicine.
EMEA, the responsible agency is already implanting the relevant legislation and is preparing regulation for market authorization of herbal medicine. THMPD shall be fully implemented in 2011. Many traditional formulas will be wiped out from the market without scientific arguments given.
The European legislation poses a great threat to health because it limits international options. The WHO (WHO - Fact sheet N°134 - Revised December 2008 - Traditional medicine) rightly argues that "in some Asian and African countries, 80% of the population depend on traditional medicine for primary health care. Herbal treatments are the most popular form of traditional medicine, and are massively present in the international marketplace. Annual revenues in Western Europe reached US$ 5 billion in 2003-2004. In China, sales of products totaled US$ 14 billion in 2005. Herbal medicine revenue in Brazil was US$ 160 million in 2007."

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ANVAG Symposium
13 maart 2010
Amsterdam, Nederland

"De Algemene Nederlandse Vereniging voor Ayurvedische Geneeskunde (ANVAG) is een onafhankelijke beroepsvereniging voor regulier en ayurvedisch geschoolde artsen en therapeuten, die zich beroepsmatig bezigen met het praktiseren van de ayurvedische geneeskunde. Naast het behartigen van hun maatschappelijke belangen streeft de vereniging naar verspreiding en bewaking van het gedachtegoed van Ayurveda als een (natuur)geneeskundig systeem, een holistische levenstijl en een levensvisie zoals vastgelegd in de klassieke handboeken en geschriften.
Dit doet de vereniging middels uitwisseling van multiplurele ervaringen en meningen tijdens ledenvergaderingen en middels kennisoverdracht aan derden via door de leden te organiseren lezingen en/of symposia."

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AYURVEDA: COMPLEMENTARY GLOBAL MEDICINE
April 15 - 18, 2010
Hosted at the San Mateo Marriott Hotel
San Mateo, California

"We face an exciting time in the history of Ayurveda. Together we can establish Ayurveda as a legitimate health care profession in the United States.
Since 2003 we have been holding conferences to bring Ayurveda from around the world into one meeting place; to share ideas, knowledge and practices of this amazing science of life. We have new Membership categories where you get additional benefits when you sign up.
It is the intent of this organization to represent the interests of the Ayurvedic profession as a whole. Our vision is that this association will be able to gather together and unify our profession around its common interests and goals. The organization is set up as a non-profit professional trade association under IRS section 501(c)(6)."

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Science and Nonduality

October 21-25, 2009
Embassy Suites/Marin Civic Center
San Rafael, California

"Wisdom gained through meditation, yoga and mystical experiences suggest these dichotomies are illusory. Eastern mystics know a single underlying reality called advaita, Brahman, the Tao, or Nirvana, from which all existence arises through consciousness. Nonduality is the philosophical and spiritual understanding that dualisms obscure a deeper reality of non-separation and fundamental oneness."