The American Institute of Vedic Studies is an educational center providing a broad range of training programs, resources and publications. It focuses on Ayurveda, Vedic astrology, Yoga and their interconnections. It provides in depth examinations of Veda, Vedanta and Tantra along with the background system of Hinduism and Sanatana Dharma. It is one of the few places in the world today that brings the greater Yoga tradition together and explains it in an integral and authentic manner with regard to its ancient lineages and branches.
      The Vedic Institute is recognized internationally as an important center of Vedic learning and research. Founded and directed by Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri), it serves as a vehicle for his work, offering courses and consultations to go along with his many popular published writings in a variety of Vedic fields. Vamadeva is one of the most honored acharyas or teachers of Vedic wisdom both in India and in the western world over the last thirty years.
      Yogini Shambhavi Chopra is the co-director of the institute helping with new retreats, tours, trainings, chanting CDs and publications. Yogini Shambhavi is one of India's foremost women teachers in the yogic and Vedic fields, and is now gaining a following in the western world. She joins Dr. Frawley (Vamadeva) for teaching programs and is available for personal consultations and individual guidance. 
      The institute is most noted for its distance learning programs and correspondence courses, which are among the best and most comprehensive in their fields. Our courses have attracted thousands of students from numerous countries over the past twenty years. Our Ayurvedic Healing program is probably the most widely taken Ayurvedic distance learning program in the world in recent years. The institute has direct levels of student-teacher interaction as well for those who want deeper levels of instruction. Note our courses and programs to the left of the home page.
      The American Institute of Vedic Studies works with several important Afilliated Schools in such diverse countries as Germany, Russia, Czech Republic, Brazil, India and the United States that teach and promote our courses and programs, and which offer additional training in Ayurveda and the Vedic field.

Acclaimed New Books by Dr. Frawley

Inner Tantric Yoga: Working with the Universal Shakti  (Lotus Press)

Yoga, the Greater Tradition (Mandala Press) - note reviews in Yoga Journal, Yoga Plus and the Library Journal of America

Recent Releases

Ayurvedic Astrology: Self-healing through the Stars (Lotus Press)

Yoga and the Sacred Fire: Self-Realization and Planetary Transformation (Lotus Press)

Hinduism, the Eternal Tradition (Sanatana Dharma) , new revised 2009 edition Voice of India

Shambhavi's Books

Yogini: Unfolding the Goddess Within

Yogic Secrets of the Dark Goddess

Her books have been widely acclaimed for their authentic portrayals of inner yogic experiences and have been best sellers in India. They are now available in the US as well.

Shambhavi's beautiful mantra CD, Yogini Bhava, will be released through Lotus Press, Feb. 1.

Shambhavi on Facebook

Dr. Frawley on Facebook

Retreats and Tours

We are happy to announce that our third annual Inner Tantric Yoga Experience: Ma Ganga Retreat, March 9-14, 2010 is now open for registration. It will feature deeper teachings for serious students and special interaction with Vamadeva and Shambhavi by the sacred Ganga river in a quiet resort above the holy city of Rishikesh, India.
     The retreat will be followed by a special ten day Yogini Yatra Tour March 14-25, 2010 to Himalayan Shakti temples for a limited number of people. The tour, the first of its kind that we are offering, will provide a direct experience to special Himalayan temples and Himalayan Yoga such as westerners rarely have access to.

Upcoming Programs - 2010
Feb. 13-15: Sivananda Ashram, Nassau, Bahamas - Yoga, Ayurveda and Tantra: How to Bring the Deity into Your Sadhana
Feb. 19- 20: Journey Into Healing, Phoenix, Arizona, with Deepak Chopra and David Simon - Ayurvedic Psychology for Journey into Healing
March 1 -7: International Yoga Conference, Paramarth Niketan, Rishikesh, India - special talks by Vamadeva and Shambhavi
April 15-18: NAMA (National Ayurvedic Medical Association) conference: Ayurveda Complimentary Global Medicine (Tantra and Ayurveda, Vamadeva and Shambhavi are both featured speakers)
April 22-26: British Association of Vedic Astrology (BAVA) - Ayurvedic Astrology, the Vedic astrology of Healing, Devi Bhava, for BAVA yearly national conference, Dr. Frawley, patron/founder of BAVA, will be keynote speaker
June 16-20: Yogaville, Yoga and Ayurveda Training with Yogini Shambhavi and Yogi Mas Vidal, in depth program explaining the Ayurvedic adaptation of all eight limbs of Yoga.
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