Shekhar V. Annambhotla

Shekhar Annambhotla, Founder is an ayurvedic doctor who was classically trained in India and has been practicing and teaching ayurveda worldwide since 1988. Ayurveda is not just a system of alternative medicine, but is actually a comprehensive and ancient science of health. It is Shekhar's belief that due to the open nature of ayurveda and its timeless principles, it is a boon to those of us living in the modern, stressful world. Shekhar's mission to educate and help people live healthier lives with ayurveda. He began his eight-year course of study in ayurvedic medicine at the age of 17, first at Nagarjuna University in Andhra Pradesh, India and then at Gujarat Ayurved University in Gujarat, India, where he earned his Doctor of Medicine in Ayurveda. He is also a Licensed Integrative Bodywork and Massage Therapist (LMT) and a Registered Yoga Teacher (R.Y.T.-500) with the Yoga Alliance and an instructor of therapeutic Hatha Yoga, having completed training at the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Center in India. A former faculty member of NKJ Ayurvedic Medical College in Karnataka, India, he also served as an ayurvedic consultant to the Maharishi Spiritual Organization for over 7 years, traveling extensively throughout Europe, Latin America and North America to develop and teach courses, deliver lectures and offer consultations for health professionals and for the general public. During his travels, he gave several newspaper interviews on ayurveda, as well as an interview for BBC's Breakfast Television on Ayurvedic Pulse Technique.