NAMA conference highlights and standards of practice notes

[Guest guest]

The annual National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) just finished

a wonderful 4 days together here in Chicago. Dr. Shresta gave a

tremendous 2 hour talk on management of Threatened Miscarriage and

related topics from Ayurvedic perspective. Dr. Lad gave a beyond

outstanding 2 hour talk on migraines (dureing which he outlined

briefly the many other types of headaches with etiologies, and how to

distinguish, doshic and herbal factors around all of them etc). Many

medical professionals were in attendance, one woman who is very

involved with a large neurologic center/allopathic approach expressed

her professional appreciation as never having heard such an excellent

clinical discussion etc.

 

Many well known and lesser known names also offered their experience

including panels addressing a specific problem (fibromyalgia,

irritible bowel featured) from Ayurvedic, Vedic Astrological and Yoga

Therapy point of view and interaction. The conference featurede for

the first time the working together of these three disciplines.

 

Next NAMA conference is actually 1.5 years away, in the Spring due to

scheduling and cost factors, which will focus on the theme of Ayurveda

in your local community. In the meantime, much work was and will be

done on the subject of national and state standards of practice,

examinations for the National registry of Ayurv Health educators and

Practitioners at 500 and 1500 hour levels to start.

 

The CCAM and other schools represented here have also begun a detailed

process of defining required curriculum factors; at the present time

there is much diversity and many are calling them practitioners who

have such a wide range of training or missing training. Ayurvedic

Panchakarma (cleansing), Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist, and Ayurvedic Doula

programmes will be addressed at a later date. If you have input for

the licensure/curriculum/standards discussion, all is welcome to the

Standards committe chairperson Hillary Garivaltis at Kripalu. Visit

www.ayurveda-NAMA.org.

 

There is a lively Ayurveda association in Europe which has very

quickly created a strong basis for practitioner recognition due to

stringent governmental regs; they will be meeting with open invitation

to attendees next fall in Germany. There is also some midwestern

event next fall in Oklahoma, details escape me at the moment.

Washington State has a strong and growing " WAMA " Washington ayurvedic

association which is strongly committed to the state level licensure

unfolding process work.

 

Namaste;

Ysha

[Guest guest]

thank you for the summary..Its good to get a feel for  where its all going!

 

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--- On Mon, 10/20/08, Ysha Oakes <AyurDoulas wrote:

Ysha Oakes <AyurDoulas

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Monday, October 20, 2008, 4:24 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The annual National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) just

finished

 

a wonderful 4 days together here in Chicago. Dr. Shresta gave a

 

tremendous 2 hour talk on management of Threatened Miscarriage and

 

related topics from Ayurvedic perspective. Dr. Lad gave a beyond

 

outstanding 2 hour talk on migraines (dureing which he outlined

 

briefly the many other types of headaches with etiologies, and how to

 

distinguish, doshic and herbal factors around all of them etc). Many

 

medical professionals were in attendance, one woman who is very

 

involved with a large neurologic center/allopathic approach expressed

 

her professional appreciation as never having heard such an excellent

 

clinical discussion etc.

 

 

 

Many well known and lesser known names also offered their experience

 

including panels addressing a specific problem (fibromyalgia,

 

irritible bowel featured) from Ayurvedic, Vedic Astrological and Yoga

 

Therapy point of view and interaction. The conference featurede for

 

the first time the working together of these three disciplines.

 

 

 

Next NAMA conference is actually 1.5 years away, in the Spring due to

 

scheduling and cost factors, which will focus on the theme of Ayurveda

 

in your local community. In the meantime, much work was and will be

 

done on the subject of national and state standards of practice,

 

examinations for the National registry of Ayurv Health educators and

 

Practitioners at 500 and 1500 hour levels to start.

 

 

 

The CCAM and other schools represented here have also begun a detailed

 

process of defining required curriculum factors; at the present time

 

there is much diversity and many are calling them practitioners who

 

have such a wide range of training or missing training. Ayurvedic

 

Panchakarma (cleansing), Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist, and Ayurvedic Doula

 

programmes will be addressed at a later date. If you have input for

 

the licensure/curriculu m/standards discussion, all is welcome to the

 

Standards committe chairperson Hillary Garivaltis at Kripalu. Visit

 

www.ayurveda- NAMA.org.

 

 

 

There is a lively Ayurveda association in Europe which has very

 

quickly created a strong basis for practitioner recognition due to

 

stringent governmental regs; they will be meeting with open invitation

 

to attendees next fall in Germany. There is also some midwestern

 

event next fall in Oklahoma, details escape me at the moment.

 

Washington State has a strong and growing " WAMA " Washington ayurvedic

 

association which is strongly committed to the state level licensure

 

unfolding process work.

 

 

 

Namaste;

 

Ysha