C.V. 2009

VEDIC SAMPRADAYA EDUCATION/EMPOWERMENT

Advaita Vedanta:

• Ramana Maharshi Lineage, with Sri H.W.L. Poonja for seven years in Lucknow, India who transmitted the Advaita View and many Vedic Sciences. Also significant time with Lakshmana Swami and Annamalai Swami, both disciples of Ramana.
• Swami Dayananda of Rishikesh

Ayurveda:

• A decade in India learning Ayurveda from the highest of Vaidyas to Himalyan Yogis to Research Ph.Ds  to Grandmothers to Spice sellers on the streets.
• Kaviraj Nanak Chand Sharma, Professors Chunekar, Tiwari and Singh from BHU, Narendra Singh of Lucknow
• Pacific Center of Ayurveda, Director since 1999

Jyotisha:

• Hart de Fouw, Vedic Vidya Institute www.hartdefouw.com
• Sitting with Benarsi Jyotishis often over the years

Vastu Shastra:

• Hart de Fouw, Vedic Vidya Institute

Hatha Yoga:

• Shandor Remete www.shadowyoga.com
• Unknown Yogis in Himalyas
  

Tibetan Sampradaya Education/Empowerment

• Dalai Lama: Kalachakra, Avoloketeshvara, Medicine Buddha, Bodhisattva and Green Tara Initiations
• Jomgong Kontrul Rinpoche: Kalachakra and Bodhisattva Initiations from the Lion Guardian of the Dharma
• Urgen Tulku: The View Instructions in Padmasambhava's cave
• Galek Rinpoche: Lam Rim

General:

• Over a decade spent in India steeping in the traditions with dozens of Saints and Yogis at dozens of Tirthas, from Gangotri to Kanyakumari
• Studying the various types of Yoga and traditions since 1985

WESTERN FORMAL EDUCATION

• B.S, Calvin College 1984 (Engineering major, Religion & Philosophy minor)
• B.S. Univeristy of Michigan 1985 (Aerospace Engineering major, Dance minor)
• M.S. Univeristy of Michigan 1986 (Aerospace Engineering major, Dance minor)
• PhD. Candidate, University of Michigan 1988 (Electrical Biophysics)
• EMT, Huron Valley Ambulance 1988 (Emergency Medicine Technician)

TEACHING

• Hundreds of courses, classes and workshops on Ayurveda, Jyotisha, Vastu Shaastra, Hatha Yoga, etc, at various venues including:
• Kailash Vedic Guild Director, Prague, Czech Republic
• Rishikesh College of Ayurveda
• California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine International Conference 1
• California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine International Conference 2
• 5th Scientific International Aromatherapy Conference
• Yoga Teacher Training Programs (Sarah Powers, etc)
• Bioneers International Conferences on Global Sustainability
• University of Connecticut Medical School
• Mayo Clinic
• Yoga Studios
• Fashion Industry in NYC for Sundari Ayurvedic Cosmetics to the beauty/cosmetic/fashion industry, including editors, models, chemists, stylists and other artists.
• As a professional Dancer taught Ballet, Jazz and Movement for 8 years

BOOKS WRITTEN

• Turmeric, The Ayurvedic Spice of Life, Vidyasagar Publications 1998
• The Truth Is:  Redwheel Weiser, 1996 (Advaita teachings of  H.W.L. Poonja)
• This: Redwheel Weiser, 1996 (Advaita teachings of H.W.L. Poonja

ARTICLES WRITTEN

• Dozens of articles and photographs on Ayurveda, Yoga, Puranas, Jyotisha, Vastu Vidya, Herbs, Sustainability, etc, 
• Published in magazines including Yoga Journal, Light on Ayurveda, LA Yoga, Yogi Times, India Post, etc.

ORGANIZATIONS

• The California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine (Board Member)
• Rishikesh College of Ayurveda (Staff)
• Ganesha Foundation (Staff)
• Organic India (Co-founder, Consultant)
• Herbalists with Borders (Board Member)
• American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Editorial Board Member)
• Vedic Vidya Institute (Teacher) www.hartdefouw.com
• Light on Ayurveda Journal (Editorial Board Member)
• Balanced Rock Foundation (Board Member)

AWARDS

• The Most Socially Responsible Company in the Natural Product Industry (won by Organic India in 2005)
• Bioneers: Acknowledged as a Bioneer in global sustainability and have taught at Bioneers. (www.bioneers.org)
• Numerous awards for Scholastic and Athletic excellence
• Shattered the record on the epic Obstacle Course while in the Marine Corp Officer Candidate School in Quantico, VA

CONSULTANT/MANUFACTURING/FORMULATING

Organic India, Om Organics, Ayurveda Organics:

Founder of Ayurveda Organics

Co-founder of Organic India and Om Organics

• Over 3500 farms converted to Organic (certified by the Dutch and Swiss), Biodynamic (certified by Demeter, Germany), Fair Trade and Environmental and Cultural Sustainability
• Over 25,000 tribals taught to sustainably wildcraft in the Forests of Madhya Pradesh
• High Altitude Wild Cultivation Programs set up to protect fragile Alpine environments
• Won Award for the Most Socially Responsible Company in the Entire Natural Product Industry

Sundari Ayurvedic Cosmetics:

• Worked with Christy Turlington for several years
• Formulated many products for her line of Ayurvedic cosmetics
• Trained her staff and hundreds of people in the NYC fashion/beauty industry
• Wrote Ayurvedic content for newsletters and websites
• Created scientific substantiation files for each ingredient and formula

Consulted for many other companies for sourcing herbs, Scientific substantiation files, Formulation, etc.

LAW

• Studied Constitutional Law with Yale Kamisar, adviser to the Thurgood Marshall and William Brennan Supreme Court, University of Michigan Law School, 1985-87
• Part of a team that created Law in Sacremento, SB577, which allowed the practice of alternative medicine without the risk of government persecution

DVD

• Appeared in Sarah Powers Yoga DVD
• Appeared in ‘Who Am I?: The lives and Teachings of Ramana Maharshi, H.W.L. Poonja, and Nisargadatta Maharaj.

Western Science Publications

• Boundary Layer Flow Visualization of Non-Newtonian Fluids as found in Dolphins, April 1984
• Spaceborne Infrared Optical Mirror Contamination Analysis, July 1989
• Bioneural Circuit Modelling: Synchronization of Pacemaker Neurons due to External Field Coupling, December, 1989
• Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices for Long Range Magenetic Signature Detection. 19 May 1988
• The Effects Contamination on Off-Axis-Rejection of Exo-Atmoshperic Superpolished Unbaffled Mirrors, 15 August 1988
• Computational Fluid Dynamics Model of the BioThermochemistry of Cooking Cereal Starches, October 1989

FAMILY

• Raising Kailash de Jager, Born in India in 1996