Seminar Description:
Join fellow members in an engaging event, "Speed Dating for Networking," hosted by the NAMA Membership Committee. This interactive experience invites you to move between breakout rooms, sharing insights and best practices in marketing, advertising, social media engagement, and community building. Gain valuable knowledge from your peers, exchange innovative ideas, and collaborate to elevate your clinic's success in a supportive environment. Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to connect, learn, and grow within our Ayurveda community—register now to secure your spot!

Topics in Ayurveda: 1 PACE Credit
Topics in Wellness: 1 PACE Credit 

Description: Attorneys Susan and Aubrey Etheridge will share their insights regarding legal and regulatory trends affecting the practice of Ayurveda and the use of botanical products in the United States.  Areas that will be covered include efforts to provide a regulatory pathway forward in the U.S. for the full practice of Ayurveda and the use of dietary supplements for purposes previously restricted to drugs.

You are welcome to contact Susan at susan@alternativehealthlaw.com or Aubrey at aubrey@alternativehealthlaw.com if you have any specific questions or areas they would like addressed during the presentation.

Presenters

Susan Etheridge is an attorney with over 30 years of legal experience. She is also a NAMA certified Ayurvedic Practitioner and Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist. Susan currently serves as President of Alternative Health Law Firm. Her practice is primarily focused in the areas of alternative and integrative healthcare, technology, and the manufacture and distribution of botanical products. Susan has served in leadership roles involving access to plant medicine.  She is a graduate of Florida State University and Boston University School of Law, and she is a member of The Florida Bar and the National Ayurvedic Medical Association.

Aubrey Etheridge is an Associate Attorney at Alternative Health Law Firm. She assists clients in a variety of areas including corporate transactions, contracts, government affairs, international business, product development, and regulatory compliance.  Aubrey earned her Bachelor of Science in International Affairs from Florida State University and her Juris Doctor degree, as well as her international law certificate, from Florida State University College of Law. Aubrey is a member of The District of Columbia Bar and The Florida Bar.

with Geeta Arora, BAMS PhD(Ayu), ADLC
Step into the future of healing. Discover how AI and digital tools can help you share your Ayurvedic wisdom with more hearts — while staying true to your sacred path. This session will show you how to expand your impact, honor tradition, and thrive in the digital world.

Bio:
Geeta Arora, Founder of Ayurveda Mantra, LLC, is a trailblazer in integrating Ayurveda with modern technology since 2002. With a deep commitment to preserving Ayurvedic integrity, Geeta empowers practitioners to innovate their practices and connect with broader audiences through digital tools and marketing strategies.

New to PACE or need a refresher? Join us for a PACE orientation where we will show you around the NAMA website, navigate through the Member Portal, showcase the Learning Management System for the free recordings for PACE, and help you understand how to track your PACE credit submissions.

Live Attendees will receive 1 PACE credit.

Register Here

Presenter:
Seva Van Why, NAMA PACE Manager, NAMACB Certification Manager

with Janardhana V Hebbar
The wrong food combinations are explained by Acharya Vagbhata and Acharya Charaka in great detail. But often there are some misconceptions which need scientific, Shastra based clarifications. In this time and age, there are new ingredients which are not mentioned in the Shastra, so, there should be ways to elucidate modern day wrong food combinations.

Bio:
Managing Director, Easy Ayurveda Hospital, Founder of EasyAyurveda.com and Ayurmedinfo.com - Websites dedicated to give authentic, detailed Shastra and research based information about Ayurveda to the world.

with Corrina Marahani
Corinna Maharani, long-time Ayurvedic practitioner and devoted animal advocate, shares how Ayurvedic philosophy and the concept of body-type (prakriti) apply to animals—guiding diet, lifestyle, and exercise tailored to your four-legged companions, especially dogs. Learn a calming massage technique and how Marma therapy can ease anxiety, aggression, and travel stress. Guest teacher Lisa Brown, renowned animal communicator and Ayurvedic practitioner and animal healer, brings wisdom from over a decade of working with animals, offering insight into intuitive connection and healing. While the class centers on dogs, it also touches briefly on Ayurvedic care for cats and horses.

Bio:
Corinna Maharani: PanchaKarma expert, Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner, teacher, herbalist and author Corinna Maharani is an Ayurvedic practitioner with 30 years of experience teaching and practicing Ayurveda in the USA and Germany. She graduated from one of the first Ayurveda programs held at the Maharishi International University, Iowa, in 1989. There she also met her lifelong teacher, Vaidya R.K. Mishra, who was considered one of the most brilliant minds in Ayurveda history. He stemmed from a lineage of Ayurvedic healers that dated back 126 generations. It is from that living tradition that she shares her love of Ayurveda. Corinna has owned and operates her own Ayurveda clinic in Santa Barbara since 2000. She is a frequent speaker and published writer on the topic of Ayurveda. She has been the director of the Pancha Karma educational program, at the Kanyakumari Ayurveda & Yoga School, in Wisconsin, for 15 years. Her goal is to deepen our understanding of this holistic science and help us apply these ancient principles in our modern times.

with Anuradha Gupta, AD
The LGBTQ+ community faces a dual impact of greater healthcare issues due to marginalization, combined with unequal healthcare access and discrimination. There are inclusive references to the LGBTQ+ community in Vedic times and I have established best practices for providing culturally competent, affirming Ayurvedic healthcare management through my AD research which was peer-reviewed and selected for the 2024 NAMA conference Digital Poster Presentation. I would like to present these practices for Ayurveda Schools, Providers, Associations and other stakeholders to implement.

Bio:
Anuradha Gupta, AD is an Engineer, MBA, and 200 HYT. She is a Guest Faculty, Content Specialist and AP Mentor at Kerala Ayurveda, USA with her own practice, Ayurvedic Footprints. She is a prolific writer. Anu is an Art of Living meditator and advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. She was on NAMA’s DEI committee, is on the Board of her local PFLAG and her AD Research was, “Establishing best practices for LGBTQ+ healthcare in Ayurveda”.

with Monica Groover

Seminar Description:
How to practice Ayurveda Professionally and make it accessible and affordable to the public
1. Is the business of Ayurveda a service industry or healing?
2. Challenges in making Ayurveda Accessible and Affordable
3. Case studies and best practices

Presenter Bio:

Dr. Monica B Groover is a licensed Massage Therapist, Ayurveda Practitioner, Yoga Teacher, & Herbalist. Ms. Groover comes from a heritage of Ayurveda, Vedic Astrology, and Herbal healing. Her father was a famous Vedic Astrologer and Herbalist in India. MS Groover studied extensive Ayurveda and Panchakarma under Guru Shishya parampara. She has also studied with International Center for Ayurveda studies at Gujarat Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Maharishi Ayurveda, and, Kerala Ayurvedic Health Institute in India. She has taught at Kerala Ayurveda in California and been a guest speaker at events organized at Bastyr, Palomar Integrative Hospital, Rady's Children and, Nursing school in San Diego.

A certified NAMA (National Ayurvedic Medical Association), member at the Ayurveda Doctor level; Ms. Groover's research and articles have been published in India, as well as the U.S. Her articles have been published in Light of Ayurveda Journal, and her curriculum has been used by Universities.​ Ms. Groover is the author of AYURVEDA AND THE FEMININE available to buy on amazon. Her second book ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO AYURVEDA - part 1 A textbook for Ayurveda Counselors opened at Number 1 at amazon in its category and stayed there for 9 weeks. Ms. Groover has been actively involved in the standards committee, exam committee, and other voluntary committees with NAMA (National Ayurvedic Medical Association)

Join Ayurvedic Doctor Level Certified, Douglas Neal for this enlghtening seminar. He will shed light on the Ayurveda approach to diet, lifestyle and herbal supplementation for clients living without a gallbladder. There will be insights into how to optimize digestion and assimilation of fats and cholesterol for those working with clients without gallbladders or for whom have this condition.

There will be a brief overview of the Ayurvedic view of the liver and gallbladder as well. Your body is capable of adjusting and functioning normally without the gallbladder for the rest of your life and Ayurveda help support those dealing with such a condition.

Bio:
Doug is a graduate of The Ayurvedic Institute’s Ayurvedic Studies Programs (ASP 1, 2, Gurukula). Doug manages Vasant Lad’s Vasanta Institute of Ayuveda (VIOA - Panchakarma services and Ayurveda trainings), and assists his private clinic in Pune India. Consultations of Ayurveda, Jyotish, Vastu, Agnihotra, and Marma are offered via Ayurprana's website (www.liveayurprana.com) or his personal website (www.ayurhealthcoach.com - donation based services). Doug collaborates with Ayurveda Institute, Ayurprana, VIOA, and Banyan Botanicals. Doug is an Ayurvedic Doctor Level Certified by NAMA (National Ayurvedic Medical Association). Doug is not a health care practitioner licensed by any state or jurisdiction in the USA.

Join Scott Blossom for an integrative discussion of the powerful ways that oral health influences brain health from both Ayurvedic and biological perspectives.

Bio:
Scott has integrated Traditional Chinese (TCM), Ayurveda, Yoga somatics, and evidence based nutrition into his clinical practice and educational offerings for more than 25 years. Experience has taught him that the one secret to health is not a what, not a product or a specific practice, but how to adapt whatever you are doing so it remains potent and agile through the days and seasons of your life.

Scott received his Biology degree in 1993 from UC Santa Cruz and his TCM licensure from the Santa Barbara College of Oriental Medicine in 1998. Renowned Ayurvedic physician and scholar Dr. Robert Svoboda mentored Scott and they have worked together for more than twenty years. Additionally, Scott studied hatha yoga with master Shandor Remete (Sundernath) for over 20 years.

Always passionate about integrative medicine, Scott began his career pioneering yoga-based wellness classes and acupuncture at the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara and Hospice of Santa Barbara in 1996. Since 2008, he has been a faculty member of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda.

New to PACE or need a refresher? Join us for a PACE orientation where we will show you around the NAMA website, navigate through the Member Portal, showcase the Learning Management System for the free recordings for PACE, and help you understand how to track your PACE credit submissions.

Live Attendees will receive 1 PACE credit.

Register Here

Presenter:
Seva Van Why, NAMA PACE Manager, NAMACB Certification Manager

New to PACE or need a refresher? Join us for a PACE orientation where we will show you around the NAMA website, navigate through the Member Portal, showcase the Learning Management System for the free recordings for PACE, and help you understand how to track your PACE credit submissions.

Live Attendees will receive 1 PACE credit.

Register Here

Presenter:
Seva Van Why, NAMA PACE Manager, NAMACB Certification Manager

New to PACE or need a refresher? Join us for a PACE orientation where we will show you around the NAMA website, navigate through the Member Portal, showcase the Learning Management System for the free recordings for PACE, and help you understand how to track your PACE credit submissions.

Live Attendees will receive 1 PACE credit.

Register Here

Presenter:
Seva Van Why, NAMA PACE Manager, NAMACB Certification Manager