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Sep 4, 2017, 11:18:06 AM9/4/17
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Greetings Everyone,
I want to reach out to anyone preparing to take the certification exam! Terri and I are preparing and researching the study guide and looking for others to share notes and information.
Even if you're not taking the exam I would love to hear what's going on in your lives and practices...

Mike E

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Adena Rose Bright

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Sep 4, 2017, 11:25:18 AM9/4/17
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Good for you guys studying and practicing! I can't wait to hear about it.  I am not planning on taking it...at this time anyway. Working on drumming up enough PACE credits to keep up with the new requirements (as I havent studied much in the past 2 years, having baby and all!)

Iah (my son) is 2 now! Terrific twos...really, I actually love it more than newborn-intensity.  And it took so long for my energy to come back, to settle into my new normal.

We just spent a few days in Maine visiting Aiyana and Krishna and their daughter Lalita.  I am so blessed to have stayed in touch ater KSA.  We were all together for the eclipse.

I am still working at The Ayurvedic Center of Vermont - lead therapist now, through default ;) and beginning to do Marma treatments, and more guidance/consultations for PK clients.

And still teaching my online classes.  My work is taking me into Women's Health...deeper.  So more creative gatherings and educational resources in that avenue growing...

LOVE, can't wait to hear from more of you.

Adena




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Jenny Schulder Brant

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Sep 4, 2017, 11:38:19 AM9/4/17
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I am interested !

"To me, good health is more than exercise and diet. It's really a point of view and a mental attitude you have about yourself." Albert Schweitzer
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Lisa Lopes

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Sep 4, 2017, 12:44:31 PM9/4/17
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Hi KSA6 Friends,

It's so great to hear from you! I am not taking the exam because I just completed the credits and got re-certified last month. If any of you still need credits, I got some credits by taking a couple of the on-line courses offered through the NAMA website. They have sales all the time. You can also listen to some of the hour-long audio programs for 1 credit each (there is a limit on the number of these you can submit.)

I retired from teaching high school in 2016. I still practice Ayurveda and work as a consultant at Root and Branch Oriental Medicine in Hopkinton, MA. I can't say I have a regular flow of clients. It's pretty sporadic... but then again, I don't really advertise. This past year, I taught some workshops on Ayurveda and led a 6-week mindfulness workshop, which I loved. I am trying to promote mindfulness in school systems and volunteer for a company called Inner Explorer. If you have kids, or are interested in this, check out www.innerexplorer.org.

So Terri and Mike (and anyone else taking the test), I found these notes that I must have typed when I was preparing for our final exam. I must have had a lot of free time on hand. Anyway, I have attached the study guide to this email. I hope it help!

Cecelia, I love reading your notes "from the forest" as well as comments from our classmates. I don't go on Facebook much, but when I do, it is great to see photos of some of you and your kids/pets! I hope you are all well.

XO,

Lisa

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Adena Rose Bright

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Sep 4, 2017, 3:30:24 PM9/4/17
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Mike just reminded me of the NAMA PACE credits - 28! I only need 8 more, but I still think it's probably worth it to take this test (considering you can't 'fail.')

What's the date you all have picked?




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Krishna Perry

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Namaste Dear Sangha, 

How is the late summer treating you all? I hope this finds you enjoying the gifts of the autumn harvest. Thank you Mike for reaching out. I am not planning to take the test, but thank you for initiating a study group. 

Regarding my personal studies I have been studying Vedic Astrology with a teacher.  My teacher, Radhe, is in the Hart De Foue lineage (Robert Swoboda and he co-authored a book together). It has been a real awakening on many levels.The breadth and depth of the wisdom traditions leaves me inspired again and again. My teacher Radhe is an Ayurvedic practitioner as well, so the Vidya weaves her way into the jyotish studies during our weekly lessons. 

Professionally, Aiyana and I are going to be teaching a couple of times next year at the Sivanada Ashram in the Bahamas which is lovely homecoming of sorts. We, also, have a retreat we are leading to India to an Ayurvedic center outside of Coimbatore called Maitreyi. Its been a few years since we have been to India, so we are really excited about going and sharing Ayurveda with our students. 

Thats the news from the frontier. I hope that a few more voices add to this thread as I would love to hear from you too. 


Om and Prem, 

Krishna

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Jenny Schulder Brant

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Sep 4, 2017, 4:06:11 PM9/4/17
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When are the credits due? Im so happy i can reply to these emails again! For a while they all kept bouncing back


"To me, good health is more than exercise and diet. It's really a point of view and a mental attitude you have about yourself." Albert Schweitzer

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Lynn Hickey Schultz

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Namaskar my sanga
I will not be taking the exam.  At almost 65, I'm semi-retired.  I was certified by IAYT this spring as a yoga therapist, and I continue to see a few patients using both Ayur and yoga--I consider them to be completely intertwined.  I also have a pranayama, meditation, and yoga practice that is important to me daily.

What I have been doing is writing theoretically about yoga and human development.  I presented a paper at a Harvard conference last December entitled "Fostering Spiritual Development:  The Guru and the Yogic Path to the Soul."   (I've attached a copy.)  I'm now reading books on Tantra, planning to keep writing some more.  I hope to return to India and Vaidyagrama next year and to travel in the north, since Delhi is as far north as I"ve been.

I hope you all are in the place you want to be, and I feel confident that KSA6ers taking the certification exam will pass easily.

God bless
Lynn

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When are the credits due? Im so happy i can reply to these emails again! For a while they all kept bouncing back

"To me, good health is more than exercise and diet. It's really a point of view and a mental attitude you have about yourself." Albert Schweitzer

Lynn Hickey Schultz

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Lynn Hickey Schultz

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Adena Rose Bright

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Thanks so much for sending that Lynn, and for your update. 💕🙏🏽

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Jenna Labbe-Watson

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Sep 5, 2017, 8:21:15 PM9/5/17
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  Hey lovely ones, 

It's been quite a ride over here. I  was fortunate to be a guest teacher on Ayurveda at an advanced herbalism weekend August 26, just before my third year of my doctoral program in clinical psychology kicked off. I'm on target to finish in the spring of 2020.  I'm really excited about integrating Eastern and Western concepts of mental health and  dinacharya  on the other side of this. It's been a challenge to keep my own healthy routine  going in the midst of so many diverse demands. But for the most part I'm enjoying the ride over here with Jesse and Scarlet by my side ( husband and daughter… ). 

 Thanks, Mike, for reaching out and getting this thread started. I'm a little in the dark about this exam. I have it in my head that if we are keeping up with CEUs we are  grandmothered in.  I hope someone will tell me if I'm wrong about that.   I did the intensive this past spring with Hilary and Satyanarayana in Boston in Ayurvedic psychology so I think I'm good for a while.

Sending love and wishes for a beautiful transition into fall. 

❤️
Jenna


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Aiyana Athenian

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Hello dear ones~

So wonderful to hear from you. Krishna and I have been fortunate to reconnect with some KSAers over the summer. As Adena mentioned we had a lovely visit with she and her family. So fun to get our Ayur-kiddos together! We also enjoyed a great camping birthday celebration for Jenna's bday in July and Carrie S. was there as well.

I don't think I'll be taking the test right now as I believe I have my CE's covered for the current term. I took a course with Rosy last fall which was wonderful. I have been taking a western herbalism course at Avena Botanicals this year which should count in the "other" category, I hope.

Does anyone know if Hilary is offering her advanced modules again?

As Krishna mentioned we are super excited to be returning to India in the winter and to lead our first retreat there at an Ayurvedic center. I'm seeing Ayurvedic clients here in Maine and our yoga school is still keeping us busy. :) But, I keep a good deal of free time open to play with our little Lalita Devi, who continues to inform me daily of how to live in balance with the natural rhythms of this world. Children are such teachers of the Vidya!

love and light,
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Hello every one!

It’s so great to hear what everyone is up to these days! You are all amazing!

I may join you, Mike in your study group, if we can apply the CE’s to the next 2 year cycle…

My life keeps morphing.

I am becoming a bit more nomadic, thinking about purchasing a teardrop camper in order to travel around the country to share the Ayurveda love. If anyone is interested in hosting me for treatments in your area, please let me know. I travel with my table and shirodhara set-up. I’m mostly booked through this year, but am looking forward to scheduling for late spring and next summer/early fall. 

I’ll be assisting KSA Foundations in September, if anyone else is planning to be there.

I’m leading my second PK group to Vaidyagrama, also near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, this February. Yana, if you and Krishna are there in Feb, let me know, maybe we could meet up before or after our trips.

While I’m in India, I’ll be studying more Sanskrit with my teacher in Varanasi, and hopefully studying more Jyotish with my teacher in Secunderabad.

I have so much gratitude for Ayurveda, Kripalu and you, my wonderful Sangha. My life has become so much richer since our training.

With much love,
Belinda

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Jenny Schulder Brant

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Hi Everyone,
Im loving all of these updates — As I said, Im interested in taking the test, and the idea of re - touching the foundational material - and since it doesn’t count against me, I may just try, so I’m very interested in the study group:) 

As for what’s going on in my professional world, I have been teaching more yoga over the past year, which has really helped me with getting over my fear of putting myself front and center in the classroom. Every time I teach, I find it easier to access words and articulate what I’m trying to say:). I’ll be starting to teach an Ayur/yoga class soon and have been teaching an ongoing restorative class. I am excited to be starting a 6 week series teaching Yoga/Ayurveda- self care  at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design.  With my background as an artist, I am looking forward to finding the right way to seduce these kids  into taking care of themselves:)  I am still taking pictures, and have been working on a series of portraits of the venders at our farmers market for a local ad campaign.  I am constantly looking for ways to merge my art with the knowledge of Ayurveda and in that vein there is also a pop up, week long,  chai walla/walk in "clinic" in the works - I’ll be partnering with a local design company for this. 

I can’t believe that my kids are now in Middle school! 6th and 7th grade - They are at a Waldorf School and love it. Spike and I love it too - the waldorf philosophy all jives really well with ayurveda - its pretty much a match made in heaven. 

Love to you allxoxoxoxo

Jenny

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Hi all~

I love hearing all the updates too. You all inspire me so!

Belinda, yes we will be in the Coimbatore area from Feb 20-ish on for a month. We would LOVE to see you. We'd also like to visit Vaidyagrama, but aren't sure if it's a place that's open to visitors just for a short stay without doing a full PK. Thoughts? Here's my email if you want to touch base: aiy...@shivashaktiyogaschool.com

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Adena Rose Bright

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I just registered....update soon 🙏🏽❤️ I too really look forward to studying the foundations again!

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Oh boy, I just registered.  Thanks Mike!  Here we go again . . . 

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Tracy Zuschlag

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I’m considering that the test in the New Year. Has anyone actually taken it yet? If so, how was it? Any deviations from the Study Guide they provide?

Happy Holidays - missing every one of you!!!


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Mike Elliff

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I just rescheduled mine for the 3rd week of January...
Life got super busy and Pass or Fail, I am really learning a lot. Herbal Formulas are very new...
Let's stay in touch...

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Tracy Zuschlag

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yes let’s def stay in touch! I’m not quite sure when I’ll actually take it but I will purchase in New Year. I’m ready to dive in an re-learn and re-fresh! 

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