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"We are multi-layered personalities with various diverse aspects to our being, so its not as simple as looking at just the Sun sign. Our heart, mind, innermost selves want different things." - Vikram Devatha
So how do we truly arrive to a point of balance and calm? How do we overcome our patterns and resistances? Can Vedic astrology be used to identify trauma patterns? Our strengths and weaknesses? How can it enable us to become our best possible selves and live our best possible lives? This is the second in our Vedic astrology series with Vikram Devatha.  So subscribe, listen up and SHARE! :) 

Vikram Devatha is a fascinating blend of a data scientist and Vedic astrologer who believes in the power of big-data to find patterns in life! He is passionate about the Vedas and has been studying Vedic Astrology, Yoga, Cosmology, Vedic mathematics and Philosophy for several decades now. He has a post-graduate diploma in Vedic Astrology from the Indian Council of Astrological Sciences and subsequently taught Astrology for many years. Apart from Astrology, he has written a book on Vedic Maths, a system of mathematics that allows problems to be solved quickly and efficiently. That was when he realized that he needed better, sharper, more efficient tools, and knowledge for processing data. He recently graduated from the Indian School of Business with a gold medal and is currently working at Franklin Templeton as a data scientist in deriving actionable insights from performance and sales of mutual funds. You can reach him on his website: https://www.allthingsvedic.in or instagram @vikramdevatha

"Ayurveda is a deep awareness of your own existence and life itself" - Dr. Ram Manohar. 
Ayurveda has been plagued by various interpretations and misconceptions over the last century and has been relegated to status of alternate medicine for the longest time now.  But what is the true essence of this ancient science and how is it relevant in our lives. Join me in conversation with Dr. Ram Manohar, who has dedicated his life to the study and research in the science of Ayurveda. Listen in to his fascinating experience of the Gurukul system!
Dr. P. Ram Manohar is the Research Director of Amrita School of Ayurveda and has been contributing in the field of Ayurvedic research for the last 29 years. He has to his credit more than 100 research papers published in journals. The most notable of them is a research study to scientifically evaluate the efficacy of Ayurveda in rheumatoid arthritis which was conducted in collaboration with the University of Washington, Seattle, University of California, Los Angeles and AVP, Coimbatore. The outcomes of this study were published in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases and Journal of Clinical Rheumatology and won the prestigious Excellence in Integrative Medicine Research Award from the European Society of Integrative Medicine. He received his BAMS degree from Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore, in 1991 and MD (Ay) degree from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, in 2001.
Dr. Manohar has been honored with numerous awards in this space and is also on the scientific advisory committee of the National Institute of Ayurveda AYUSH ministry, Govt of India.

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” - Carl Gustav Jung
Did you know that your dreams can speak? This is the first of our Jungian Psychology series with Kate Donohue and Chandini Harlalka. In this episode we explore our shadow selves and how dreams and art bring out our unconscious in ways that are not doctored.
Jungian Psychology or analytical psychology founded by Carl Jung (pronounced "Yung") in the 1920s is an emperical science in Psychotherapy that has its roots in science-based rationalist philosophy, but integrates ancient and esoteric practices like metaphysics, universal consciousness and astrology. Over time, this study has become popular and more of an art as it integrates intuition with core concepts of psychology.
Kate Donohue is a stalwart with >33 years in Counseling Psychology and expressive arts therapy where she takes a Jungian oriented approach. She has been teaching for >30 years, at such institutions as California Institute of Integral Studies, Institute for Transpersonal Psychology, JFK University and the San Francisco C.G. Jung Institute. Kate is also a cofounder of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association. Her work as an expressive arts therapist stems from her own deep and abiding passion for the arts. Kate is involved in visual arts and dance, having spent 18 years studying indigenous and ethnic dance forms, in particular West African and Afro-Cuban Dance. Her visual arts work in painting and drawing has helped her in understanding the sacred feminine and understand her own inner terrain.
Chandini Harlalka is a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist and a Psychodrama Director. Her work is rooted in experiential methodology and Eastern contemplative traditions. Chandini is committed to a path of self-inquiry and through her work, Chandini aims to disrupt habitual patterns of behaviour by challenging perception that lock us into cycles of dissatisfaction.  Her work combines the use of fine arts, authentic movement, drama, sand-play and other experiential forms to create a representation of thoughts and feelings. Her work with dream analysis and Jungian concepts helps one to explore and engage deeper with indigenous concepts of symbolism, myths & rituals and to retrieve lost meaning in modern day living. Her workshops on “Rangoli Meditations”, “Cosmic Dance of Shiva and Shakti - A divine union and the dissolution of duality”, “The Unfolding Lotus”, “Hiranyagarbh” (The Golden Womb) have been experiential expressive arts workshops, working with Eastern concepts, and take you through a spiritual experience of healing and the divinity of ‘Self’.

Free-will vs Fate, Astronomy, Vedanta, self-enquiry.....and so much more in the next 30 min. This is the first of our Vedic astrology series with Vikram Devatha. In this episode we get familiar with the history of Vedic astrology and dispel long-held colonial perceptions as we explore the relevance of Vedic astrology in our modern lives.
I cannot be more excited to launch with this episode. So subscribe, listen up and SHARE! :)
Vikram Devatha is a fascinating blend of a data scientist and Vedic astrologer who believes in the power of big-data to find patterns in life! He is passionate about the Vedas and has been studying Vedic Astrology, Yoga, Cosmology, Vedic mathematics and Philosophy for several decades now. He has a post-graduate diploma in Vedic Astrology from the Indian Council of Astrological Sciences and subsequently taught Astrology for many years. Apart from Astrology, he has written a book on Vedic Maths, a system of mathematics that allows problems to be solved quickly and efficiently. That was when he realized that he needed better, sharper, more efficient tools, and knowledge for processing data. He recently graduated from the Indian School of Business with a gold medal and is currently working at Franklin Templeton as a data scientist in deriving actionable insights from performance and sales of mutual funds. You can reach him on his website: https://www.allthingsvedic.in or instagram @vikramdevatha

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