Asheville, NC - The earth's bounty is always reaching out to us, offering its aid to restore us to vitality. Learning in nature and through nature at NCSHH, on our thirty-acre campus, connects the student to the roots and essence of Herbalism. Through the study of medicinal plants and holistic living skills, we return the ancient art of healing to the individual and to the family, rebuilding conscientious communities and embracing our divine potential.

Asheville, NC - We offer classes in the tradition of Roots Herbalism - the kind where your hands get dirty as you develop life-long relationships with plants. Our classroom is the outdoors - garden, forest, field, mountain, and stream. We hold no indoor classes except during inclement weather or insect challenges.

Light on Ayurveda Educational Foundation (LOAEF) is a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization that publishes Light on Ayurveda Journal (LOAJ). LOAEF is supported by memberships that include a subscription to LOAJ (http://www.loaj.com/loaef/loaef_mission.html). LOAEF administers the Betheyla/LOAEF Scholarship Fund, giving a $3,000.00 award to a derserving recipient for advanced studies in Ayurveda, Yoga & Jyotish. (see http://www.loaj.com/Scholarship/scholarship_fund.html to donate or download an application).

Milwaukee, WI - To provide the highest quality education, care, and research in the field of Ayurveda & Yoga, to train students to become practitioners and teachers dedicated to understanding the whole person physically, emotionally and spiritually and dealing with the whole person in all practices.

United Kingdom - A forager's wild food guide to the edible plants of Britain. Wild food is the ultimate in seasonal, local and sustainable produce. At any time the ‘edible landscape’ is there for the taking - if only you knew how and where to look. Come on an enjoyable and relaxing walk and be immersed in the new smells, textures and tastes of wild food, and discover. By foraging for wild food you re-awaken your senses and gain greater appreciation of the land you walk on, and your place in the natural cycles and rhythms of life.

Asheville, NC - At Asheville Integrative Medicine, we understand that chronic degenerative diseases are reversible. Our clients optimize their health and maximize their vitality, using optimum nutrition as their foundation. We also help our clients to correct deficiencies of vital nutrients, reduce burdens of known toxins, and support their digestive, immune, hormonal, and detoxification systems. We individualize patient care through sophisticated testing and treatment strategies and integrate the best of conventional and complementary medicine. We provide services in Chelation and IV therapies as well as emphasizing natural and nutritional remedies.

Santa Monica, CA - In 1991 Athena picked up a Bryan Kest Yoga Video and began practicing in her living room in Santa Barbara. She used the video as cross training and stretching for her running, which she did everyday. She found that not only did she feel amazing she also began to 'practice her yoga' off of the mat. In May of 2003 Athena received her teaching certifications through CNY. In June of 2008 she became a director of Teacher Training and is on the Board of Directors for Cloud Nine Yoga School.

Houston, TX - "Together we can raise the vibrations of the planet by working through our own issues to free the body of negative thought patterns and emotions. The law of vibration concludes that as each of us participate in transcending into greatness by raising our vibrations, we can transcend those around us by lifting their vibrations to a higher state. Every breath and deepening into a posture, and every step we take with the intent to grow and evolve in the awareness process, we begin to emanate a loving energy that exponentially and holographically reaches out across the planet. It is and will always be about the people. Yoga is for everyone."

Asheville, NC - For those who want to take their healing into their own hands or provide healing for their community, the Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine offers a 6-month Weekly Summer Program, meeting 2 days a week from May through October, and a Winter Weekend Program, which meets one weekend a month, November through May.

West Palm Beach, FL - Michael Dick, MA is an Ayurvedic educator and Consultant . He earned a BA in Psychology and a MA in economics. In the 1980's he began to learn about Ayurveda through the works of Deepak Chopra and took a self-pulse course from Dr. Raju in Fairfield, Iowa. Dr. Chopra, acting as president of Maharishi International Institute of Vedic Science (MIIVS), invited him to participate in a two-year master's level curriculum in Maharishi Ayurveda in 1991, Cambridge, Mass., which he completed in 1993. While in this area he trained and worked at the Lancaster Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center, under the guidance of Deepak Chopra, MD., Jay Glaser, MD, and John Douillard, DC, giving panchakarma treatments and lecturing and teaching Ayurvedic principles of health to hundreds of guests. He continued academic studies for the next 7 years with Dr. Vasant Lad, BAMS, MASc., at The Ayurvedic Institute, Albuquerque, NM, completing the Ayurvedic Studies Program (ASP) and several iterations of Gurukula. Other studies include Jyotisha / palmistry (Vedic astrology) with Hart deFouw and principles of Vedic Ecology (Sthapatyaveda or Vastu Shastra) with Sashikala Ananth, and Ganapati Sthapati, and cranial therapy.