DEEPAK CHOPRA, M.D. Chairman and co-Founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing in Carlsbad, California. Acknowledged as one of the world's greatest leaders in the field of mind body medicine, Deepak Chopra, M.D. continues to transform our understanding of the meaning of health. Through his creation of The Chopra Center for Well Being in California in 1995, Chopra established a formal vehicle for the expansion of his healing approach using the integration of the best of western medicine with natural healing traditions. Dr. Chopra serves as the Director of Education at The Chopra Center, which offers training programs in mind body medicine (Journey into Healing). The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has granted continuing medical education credits for this program, which satisfies requirements for the American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award. Through his partnership with David Simon, M.D. and numerous health care professionals in both conventional and complementary healing arts, Chopra's work is changing the way the world views physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social wellness. Renewsal weekend Join internationally acclaimed Drs. Deepak Chopra and David Simon for a profound weekend of renewal designed to help you restore, reflect, rejuvenate, and re-connect with yourself. You will be taught effective ways to manage stress, calm anxiety, respond to life's uncertainties, and achieve balance in your life. A great start for beginners, this revitalizing weekend teaches you the basics of Ayurveda--the ancient healing practice of India--and how it complements modern western medicine. Yoga, meditation, and emotional wellbeing help to balance body and mind. The Renewal Weekend Experience includes: Reception and exclusive book signing (including complimentary book) Mind-Body-Spirit sessions, nutrition instruction, relationship guidance, introduction to Ayurveda, group meditations, and interactive exercises with Drs. Deepak Chopra & David Simon Personal instruction in Primordial Sound Meditation Daily Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga classes and morning and afternoon meditation sessions Nurturing Touch Massage Workshop: Simple Partner Massage Techniques ____________________________________________________ Astrology Jyotish, in Sanskrit translated as “science of light,” is a profound and mathematically sophisticated form of astrology that originated in the ancient Vedic tradition of India. It describes how planetary patterns at the time of our birth give valuable clues in helping us understand our life’s journey. Through careful analysis of these cosmic influences, Jyotish Astrology can help us realistically evaluate our strengths and weaknesses in order to optimize our full potential. By forecasting the changing trends and periods of our lives, Jyotish Astrology can enable us to make more evolutionary choices. It can offer practical remedial measures to help alleviate areas of difficulty, giving us the confidence to manifest our true destiny and create success, happiness and harmony on all levels. The Chopra Center for Wellbeing is pleased to offer its Jyotish Astrology Counseling Service to help provide participants with valuable information in all areas of their lives. Birth charts are calculated and fully discussed by Program Director, Brent BecVar, M.S. Mr. BecVar has practiced astrology and counseling over the past 30 years, and has studied with respected teachers in this country and in India. A consultation lasts one and a half hours and may be conducted in person at the Chopra Center, or by telephone. All sessions are tape recorded for participants and remain completely confidential. The Chopra Center maintains its connection to the Vedic traditions of India through a direct relationship to the Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math, Swami Vasudevananda Saraswati Maharaj. We are also members of the American Council of Vedic Astrologers.

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Journey Into Healing An Ayurvedic immersion

Continuing Education type of Healthcare Provider would benefit? Any type of healthcare practitioner stands to gain expanded healing potential, including physicians, nurses, therapists, acupuncturists, chiropractors, and naturopaths. The foundational wisdom imparted by Deepak Chopra M.D. combined with practical application techniques taught by David Simon, M.D. and other special guest teachers will allow you to bring an intuitive mind-body awareness into your daily life to heal yourself and those around you. Healthcare providers experience Ayurvedic Knowledge Workshop/Case Study Development and learn practical and clinical applications of Ayurveda and discover mind-body medicine in a comprehensive workshop environment. Working directly with Dr. David Simon, individual study groups will review a variety of medical case studies including: fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic pain syndromes, diabetes mellitus, and cancer. This format facilitates a deeper, more experiential application of the Journey Into Healing material and will help you draw vital connections between current medicine, the principles of Ayurveda, and your own life. Prerequisites for Journey into Healing It is recommended that you are practicing Primordial Sound Meditation. You can learn Primordial Sound Meditation from one of our certified instructors at locations throughout the world. If necessary, you may take Primordial Sound Meditation the day before Journey into Healing begins, but we recommend that you take the first step today and begin your meditation practice. Find an Instructor in your area. Continuing Education Credits are available for counselors, nurses and acupuncturists for this seminar. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and The Chopra Center at La Costa Resort and Spa.. The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 20.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The Chopra Center is an approved provider of continuing education by: -The National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC Provider #5604). We adhere to NBCC guidelines. -The California Board of Registered Nurses CEP#12332 -The National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

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Yoga Teacher Training Program "Any reason for practicing yoga is a good reason. Enhancing flexibility and releasing stress are as noble a purpose for performing yoga as the awakening of spirituality. This is the great gift of yoga – it serves and nourishes us at every level of our being and spontaneously contributes to greater well being in all domains of life. Yoga will help you discover gifts within yourself that have remained unopened since your childhood – gifts of peace, harmony, laughter, and love." The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga by Drs. Deepak Chopra & David Simon Practitioners of meditation and yoga around the world have long awaited the introduction of a Chopra Center yoga program designed, developed, and practiced by Drs'. Deepak Chopra and David Simon. In response to these requests, Drs'. Chopra and Simon have designed The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga – an entirely new style of yoga that is based upon and encompasses the Chopra Center’s central philosophy of uniting the body, mind, and spirit. Yoga for Every-Body. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga integrates 5,000-year-old Vedic wisdom and the yogic interpretations of Drs'. Chopra and Simon. The program blends meditation, pranayama, yoga sutras, sun salutations, asana development, sanskrit sessions, chanting, anatomy classes, and mantra study. Whether you are new on the path of yoga and self-discovery, or you are hoping to deepen your knowledge about the ancient traditions, enrollment in the Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga Teacher Training course will take your understanding of the true principles of yoga and conscious living to the next level.

Now there are a million questions I would love to ask Depak, namely how is this any different than Hinduism? The answer it is not when looking at the website it is merely a form of Hinduism an introduction(deceptive) to it. Hinduism by its nature is a nature religion, enduing everything around it with Godhood. The problem than is if everything is god then nothing is the Supreme God, if nothing is supreme than we need to fear everything, which a good Hindu does. Now Depak has written many things that purport to enlighten you, yoga is built on the premise that enlightenment comes from within to the outer. Thus opening you up to receive all kinds of influences from the spiritual world, indeed many shamans in earth religions work this way and are possessed by spirits. False religion says that I can get to God through my effort. The only real faith is in the one that says that God is ultimate and that God has to come and redeem me for I can not do it on my own.