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Dr. Marc Halpern, D.C., C.A.S., P.K.S.
(Ayurvedacharya)
Esteemed and internationally renowned, Dr. Marc Halpern is the Founder
and President of the
California College of
Ayurveda, an
internationally recognized Ayurvedic school, has honored
AKASHA "A Space to Heal"
with his guidance as our Clinical Advisor and Consultant. He is one of
the pioneers of Ayurveda in the West and is considered to be a
pre-eminent practitioner and teacher of
Ayurveda in the United States. He is one of the few Westerners ever
recognized in both the United States and in India as an authority on the
subject of Ayurveda and was awarded the All India Award for Best
Ayurvedic Physician. A pillar in the development of the profession in
the United States, he is the co-founder of the
National Ayurvedic Medical Association
(NAMA)for which he served as Chairman of the National Committee on
Ayurvedic Education from its inception in 2000 until 2005. He is also a
co-founder of the
California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine
(CAAM). A Doctor of Chiropractic
with post-graduate certification in Holistic Medicine, Dr. Halpern has
studied with many noted teachers from India and the United States.
Dr. Halpern is a contributing writer to
several popular books on Ayurveda and holistic medicine and has written
two textbooks on Ayurveda. He has published articles in almost every
major journal and magazine of Yoga or Ayurveda, and in 2005 was
interviewed by Mike Wallace on CBS's 60 Minutes. Dr. Halpern's own
remarkable story of personal healing was featured in the national
magazine Spirituality and Health. He has been quoted in many major
newspapers, including The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. In
addition to his work with the California College of Ayurveda, Dr.
Halpern is a certified yoga instructor and a regular teacher of Ayurveda
at International
Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers
worldwide.