Bulgarian Ayurveda Association
has the pleasure to present for the first time in Bulgaria
Dr. David Frawley and Yogini Shambhavi Chopra
Public Lecture and 2-day seminar
May 30th- June 1st, 2014
speaking on
“Rejuvination and Rasayana Approaches of Ayurveda and Yoga”
Lecture and seminar will be held at
Main Musical Hall, NationalSchool of Music, 17 “Oborishte” Str., Sofia, Bulgaria
Main language is English with consecutive translation in Bulgarian
Inquiries and Registration :
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Payment from abroad by bank transfer only, see details below.
Payments by bank transfer to:
Bank: First Investment Bank, Branch Network Maria Luisa
1202 Sofia,67, Maria Luisa blvd
IBAN: BG35FINV91501215870052 BIC: FINVBGSF
Reference: Your name and surname, country
Please, register prior to the event, seats are limited.
Public Lecture Program: Friday, May30th, 18.00 hrs
“Rejuvenation and Rasayana Approaches of Ayurveda and Yoga”
Ayurvedic theory of aging, immunity, longevity and rejuvenation,
Ayurvedic theory of rejuvenation of the mind and nervous system
18:00 hrs- 18:30 hrs, Registration
18:30 hrs - 20:00 hrs, Lecture: Rejuvenation and Rasayana Approaches of Ayurveda and Yoga"
20:00 hrs- 20:15 hrs,Presentation of Dr. Frawley’s book "Soma in Yoga and Ayurveda", newly translated and published in Bulgarian by Bard Publ.
Lecture donation: 8 Euro
Seminar Program: Saturday, Sunday - May 31st – June 1st, 2014
09:00 – 17:30 hrs, at Musical School Main Hall, 17 Oborishte Str., Sofia
Day 1 – Saturday, May 31st
08:30 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 10:30 Session 1: Rejuvenation therapies for conditions of low vitality, poor growth in children, recovery from disease and improving overall performance in life
10:30 – 11:00 Ayurvedic tea
11:00 – 12:30 Session 2: Rejuvenation therapies for countering stress, depression, anxiety, poor focus and lack of attention
12:30 – 14:00 Ayurveduc lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Session 3: Rejuvenative aspects of life-style, Rejuvenative aspects of diet, Ayurvedic herbs for rejuvenating the body.
15:30 – 16:00 Ayurvedic tea
16:00 – 17:30 Session 4: Ayurvedic herbs for rejuvenating the mind, Ayurvedic Pancha karma and rejuvenation therapies
Day 2 – Sunday, June 1st
09:00 – 10:30 Session 1: Yogic view of rejuvenation of body and mind, immortality of consciousness
10:30 – 11:00 Ayurvedic tea
11:00 – 12:30 Session 2: Pranayama and rejuvenation of body and mind, Mantra and rejuvenation of body and mind, Meditation and rejuvenation of body and mind
12:30 – 14:00 Ayurvedic lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Session 3: The role of Shakti in healing,Shakti and rejuvenation of the body, Shakti and rejuvenation of the mind
15:30 – 16:00 Ayurvedic tea
16:00 – 17:30 Session 4: Rejuvenation and Women's Issues, Rejuvenation Shakti and working with the powers of nature
Seminar donation for 2 days: 67 euro
Acharya David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri)
- “David Frawley is one of the most important scholars of Ayurveda and Vedic Science today. I have great respect and admiration for his knowledge and the way he has expounded the ancient wisdom of the Vedas." Deepak Chopra
- "Frawley is an Indian in an American body. The ease with which he enters into the spiritual of the Indian tradition and renders its deeper concepts in terms of modern thought shows an unusual familiarity with this ancient wisdom." M.P. Pandit, Secretary of Sri Aurobindo Ashram
- "David Frawley is a formidable scholar of Vedanta and easily the best known Western Acharya of the Vedic wisdom." Ashish Sharma, Indian Express, the Express Magazine
Acharya David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) is the author of more than thirty books published in twenty different languages worldwide in the yogic and Vedic fields over the past more than thirty years. Over ten of his books are available in the Russian language. His books are well known and often serve as textbooks in their respective areas. He has also traveled, taught and given programs and intensives throughout the world, with a broad association with various spiritual and healing groups and centers.
Vamadeva is the director of the American Institute of Vedic Studies ( that is involved in international training in Yoga, Ayurveda, Vedic astrology and Vedic studies, including audios, videos, on-line courses and distance learning formats. He is a master educator for the ChopraCenterUniversity, where he helps guide their meditation teacher training program, and a prime advisor for the KeralaAyurvedaAcademy. His wife Yogini Shambhavi joins him for these activities.
Vamadeva is one of the few Westerners recognized in India as a Vedacharya or teacher of the ancient wisdom. He began his Vedic writings in 1979 under the guidance of M.P. Pandit, the secretary of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. In 1991 under the auspices of the great Indian teacher, Avadhuta Shastri, he was named Vamadeva Shastri, after the great Vedic Rishi Vamadeva. In 1994 he was given the title of Pandit along with the Brahmachari Vishwanathji award in Mumbai for his knowledge of the Vedic teaching. Over the years Vamadeva has received many awards and honors for his work from throughout India.
In India, Vamadeva is recognized as a Vedacharya (Vedic teacher), a Vaidya (traditional Ayurvedic doctor), Jyotishi (Vedic astrologer), Puranic (Vedic historian) and Yogi. In India, his translations and interpretations of the ancient Vedic teachings have been given acclaim in both spiritual and scholarly circles. Vamadeva gives a great deal of time and attention to his India work and spends part of his year in India, engaged in various programs, teachings and travels.
In America, Vamadeva is known as a teacher of Ayurvedic medicine and of Vedic astrology (Jyotish) and has done pioneering work on both these subjects. He as been honored by many Ayurvedic groups, especially the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA), for which he is one of the four honorary advisors and received a lifetime achievement award in 2002. He has similarly been honored by Vedic astrology groups, and was the president of the American Council of Vedic Astrology (ACVA) from its origin in 1993 to 2003. In Sept. 2000, he was regarded as one of the 25 most influential Yoga teachers in America by the magazine Yoga Journal.
In Sept. of 2012, Vamadeva gave one of the two closing keynote speeches for the international conference that marked the opening of SanchiUniversity, near BhopalIndia, which is scheduled to be the largest Buddhist university in South Asia, with a Vedic studies department as well. He has been asked to be a visiting professor for the future.
Vamadeva (David Frawley) presents Vedic knowledge in the Western world and in a lucid presentation recognized by the tradition itself. He has worked extensively teaching, writing, lecturing, conducting research and helping establish schools and associations in related Vedic fields over the last thirty years. He has studied and traveled widely gathering knowledge, working with Vedic teachers and groups in a non-sectarian manner.
Vamadeva sees his role as helping to revive Vedic knowledge in an interdisciplinary approach for the planetary age. He sees himself as a teacher and translator to help empower people to use Vedic systems to enhance their lives and aid in their own Self-realization. He regards Vedic wisdom as a tool for liberation of the spirit, not as a dogma to bind people or to take power over them. Vedic knowledge is a means of communing with the conscious universe and learning to embody it in our own life and perception.
Yogini Shambhavi Chopra
Yogini Shambhavi is one of the most important and dynamic women teachers of the deeper aspects of Yoga coming out of India today. Her teachings are rooted in the ancient teachings and traditions of Bhakti Yoga, Shakti Sadhana, Jyotisha (Vedic Astrology), Mantra Yoga and Ayurveda. Shambhavi has been honored with the Jyotisha Visharada by CVAfor her insightful contributions and teachings in Vedic Astrology.
Yogini Shambhaviis amystic Yogini, spiritual guide and preceptor of ancient Vedic traditions and is noted for her clear, direct, and uncompromising expression, and her ability to inspire seekers from every walk of life.She unfolds the bliss of well-being through Vedic Upaya, ancient rituals, mantra and meditation, drawing one to the deeper ‘Yogic Reality’, awakening the universal Shakti power within us.
Yogini Shambhavi is devoted to bringing the wisdom of the ancient Rishis alive in our contemporary times. Her teachings and guidance inspire one to experience and celebrate the Shakti path through jnana (wisdom), contemplation, sacred rituals, Devi Sadhana and mantra chanting.
Yogini Shambhavi holds the ancient Hindu Shakti yogic spiritual lineage which is Devi Shakti Tantra. With the grace and blessings of many revered Gurus and the guiding force of Sri Guru Sivananda Murty and Pandit Vamadeva Shastri’s Guru-Jnana, she has been teaching and focusing on spirituality in daily life engaging in spiritual and humanitarian teachings and projects worldwide.
- The transformational power of the feminine is revealed in Shambhavi’s remarkable exploration of Goddess Kali. At this juncture in humanity, awakening the feminine offers hope that we can re-establish the balance of forces on Earth for the benefit of all.
-Deepak Chopra
- Experience the transformative grace of the Goddess in your own hearts through Shambhavi’s luminous vision of Ma Kali in as the Universal World Mother.
-Professor Lokesh Chandra, recipient of Padma Bhushan
As co-director of the American Institute of Vedic Studies, Santa Fe NM, along with Pandit Vamadeva Shastri (David Frawley) they offer educational programs and trainings, Online and Long Distance Courses in Ayurveda, Yoga and Vedic Astrology as well as Yoga Shakti retreats, Shakta teachings, personal empowerments and workshops in North and South America, Europe, Russia and India.
Yogini Shambhavi offers consultations in Spiritual guidance and Vedic Astrology. She facilitates one to draw the Shakti power of the Planets as divine grace into the life. She has a deep understanding of the western mind and through her astrological consultations she creates an awareness of the ‘Planetary Influences’ in our lives, guiding one to work through the karmic strains with restorative and harmonising Upaya or Vedic remedial measures.
With Vamadeva Shastri she conducts teachings and programs at the Chopra Center University, Kerala Ayurveda Academy, Council of Vedic Astrology (CVA), American College of Vedic Astrology (ACVA), British Association of Vedic Astrology (BAVA), National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA), Kripalu, Yogaville, Sivananda Ashram centers, Swami Rama Sadhaka gram, Gayatri Pariwar Haridwar, Sudha Dharma Mandala Brazil, Parmarth Niketan, Yoga festivals in Rishikesh, Berlin and Canada, Brazil Yoga for Peace and is on the advisory board for the California College of Ayurveda and the magazine Tathaastu.
Yogini Shambhavi has authored two bestselling books on the Mother Goddess and Tantra and special CDs of Devi chants and Bija mantras:
Yogini Unfolding the Goddess Within by Wisdom Tree, India
Yogic Secrets of the Dark Goddess by Wisdom Tree, India
Yogini Bhava CD, Shakti Mantras Invoke the Divine Within (Lotus Press USA)
Jyotir Bhava CD, Shakti Mantras for the Nine Planets (Lotus Press USA)