News and Awards

Awards

Vedika's Founder Receives International Award

At the 10th International Seminar on Evidence Based Ayurveda held in Pune in December 2010, Vedika's Founder & Acharya ..... view full article

 
Shunya receives Nalanda Award

Vedika Receives Nalanda Award
Miami, Florida (October 10, 2010)

Vedika Global has been honored with the 2010 Nalanda Award for Excellence in Ayurvedic Education in North America by AAPNA, ..... view full article

 

News

Yoga Bharati

Vedika’s Founder Inaugurates Yoga Training Course at Yoga Bharati

Vedika’s Founder Shunya Pratichi Mathur was invited as Guest of Honor by the Yoga Bharati San Francisco Bay Area Chapter and she inaugurated along with other chief guests ..... view full article

 
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Advanced Education Module on Bhaishajya Kaplana Completed Successfully at Vedika Global

An advanced module for active students and practitioners was taught in March on Bhaishajya Kalpana (preparation of medicines) by Vedika's head of the Kayachikitsa Department ..... view full article

 
Optimum Weight

Optimum Weight Workshop Conducted Successfully at Vedika Global

The Optimum Weight Loss module in February was very popular and reports from attendees of weight loss based on "entering the bubble" of Ayurvedic knowledge and practice ..... view full article

 
upanayana ceremony

Renowned Sanskrit Scholar and Vedika's Advisor Shri Ram Karan Sharma Addresses Gurukul Students on Role of Mind and Soul in Ayurveda

Dr. Ram Karan Sharma is a highly accomplished Sanskrit scholar, author and humanitarian who has dedicated his life to the teaching, writing, translation and promotion ..... view full article

 
upanayana ceremony

Vedika Organizes Traditional Initiation Into Formal Studentship Through Upanayanam Samskaar

Upanayana is a dynamic initiation in which a student "sits close" to knowledge and a lineage of teachers, seeking blessings for their intention to receive and understand ..... view full article

 
Sadhana

Vedika Hosts a Four-Day Residential Retreat for Students on Gayatri Upasana and Shishya Sadhana

Summer concluded with a retreat for all Vedika Gurukula students. The retreat was designed to build on their practice of dinacharya, ..... view full article

 
Shri Vivek Shastri

Renowned Vedacharya Shri Vivek Shastri Visits Vedika Gurukul

Vedamurti Shri Vivek Shastri Godbole is the Acharya of a traditional Vedic gurukula in India, an accomplished Vedic astrologer, ..... view full article

 
Dr Bhushan speaking

Eminent Scientist Dr. Bhushan Patwardhan Lectures at Vedika

Dr. Bhushan Patwardhan is a visionary thought leader, a scientist and educator with a deep respect for the Shastras, the brilliant texts of the early sages of Ayurveda ..... view full article

 
Dr Bhushan speaking

Vedika Hosts Joint Sangha with Ayurveda Sangha of UCSF's Osher Center for Integrative Medicine

Our memorable joint sangha with UCSF's Osher Center for Integrative Medicine's Sangha for Ayurveda Practitioners and research brought together representatives ..... view full article

 
Hema Sarraswati

Vedika's President is Guest of Honor at 4th World Ayurveda Congress

Vedika's President Hema Patankar was a Guest of Honor at the inauguration,
where she touched numerous hearts ..... view full article

 
Dr Nampoothiri and students

Dr. N.V. Nampoothiri, Director of Ayurveda Education (AYUSH), State of Kerala, Teaches at Vedika

Shri. N. V. Nampoothiri, the Kerala State Program Director for the Indian Central Govt. Dept. of AYUSH which ..... view full article

 
Mr Tuhin Kumar

Indian Deputy Consul General Visits Vedika

The Deputy Consul General of India for San Francisco, Shri. Tuhin Kumar, was the Special Guest for one of the lectures ..... view full article

 
WAC logo

Health Begins at Home: Encouraging Echoes from the 4th WAC

When asked to participate as a thought leader at the the 4th World Ayurveda Congress, Vedika's Founder ..... view full article

 
Dr Ram Harsh Singh Book Launch

Vaidya Ram Harsh Singh Book Launch: Reviving Ayurveda's Integrative Approach to Health
Berkeley, CA (February 25, 2010)

“The integrative medicine approach has characterized the practice of Ayurveda, India's ancient science of life and health, for over 5,000 years,” ..... view full article

 
Shakti Retreat

Vedika's Founder Leads Tathaastu Magazine's "Embrace Your Shakti" Retreat

The first Spiritual retreat by Tathaastu magazine, anchored by Vedika's Acharyaa Shunya Pratichi Mathur was held on July 24-26, at the verdant and beautiful Ions Center in Petaluma, California .... view full article

 
Yoga Science camp

Traditional Initiation into Ayurvedic Studies for the 2009 Batch

Dear Friends, Nearly 18 months ago now, Vedika Global established Vedika Gurukula as a back to tradition school for the sacred science of Ayurveda, a tradition of transformations in health, ... view full article

 
Utsav celebration

Vedika Utsav-Celebration of Accomplishment

On Thursday December 11, Vedika Global, Inc. celebrated the one-year anniversary of its back-to-tradition school of Ayurveda – Vedika Gurukula.... view full article

 
puja

Navratri Celebrations at Vedika Global

The nine day Navratri festival was celebrated with usual fanfare at Vedika Global....
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Havan Suhasini

Vedic Yajna by Vedika Global
August 13, 2008

On August 13, Vedika Global had the honor of hosting a traditional Vedic havan or fire ritual, in the garden of Vedika Board member Suhasini Dobrovolny..... view full article

 
Yoga Science camp

Yoga Science Camp
July 13, 2008

Vedika Global's President Hema Patankar was invited to light the lamp and open the Yoga Science workshop at the LA Convention Center..... view full article

 
SF Chronicle Vedika's Founder Featured in San Francisco Çhronicle
August 25, 2002

Pratichi Mathur sits behind a large teak desk in here flaming red sari, a flowering orchid at her side, as she talks animatedly about Ayurveda ... download full article (pdf)

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