Celebrating International day of Yoga 2016

D/FW Hindu Temple Society  Ekta Mandir  in association with Art of Living      

 presents

The Parliament of spirituality: Celebrating International day of Yoga 2016

Saturday 25^th  June DFW Ekta Mandir   ( Sanskar Hall) 

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Spirituality is the bridge which connects all human being and can foster greater friendship, respect and understanding among our various spiritual traditions, which will lead to a more peaceful world.   

Speakers

Swami Bodhananda:

Swami Bodhananda is highly respected in America and India as an accomplished teacher of Vedanta and meditation. He is the author of several books such as “Meditation: The Awakening of Inner Powers”, “The Gita & Management”, and a monograph titled "Rishi Vision." Swamiji has appeared on radio and TV programs in the US and in India and has been giving lectures across the US and India on over 100 topics related to vedantic wisdom and its value on business, management, relationship and personal life. He is known as “Cutting Edge Swami”. Please visit http://www.sambodh.us/swami.html for detail.

Prof. Ravindran

A Natural Therapist and Healer .He has an MD in acupressure and is a professor practicing Simplified Kundalini Yoga. YOGA, ACUPRESSURE AND NATURAL THERAPY FOUNDATION (YANTRA FOUNDATION) was founded by Prof. K. Ravindran in the year 2010. YANTRA is a registered NGO with six Trustees. The main objective of YANTRA is to create awareness among the masses about acupressure, yoga and all other natural therapies.

More details on YANTRA Foundation

Jeremy Mayer is an author and illustrator living in Dallas, Texas. He has a bachelor's degree in Vedic philosophy. It is his belief that peace can only be achieved through literacy, self-analysis, and financial freedom. He is also the author of books Two Cups of Chai and Shubha and Shanti: Dallas to Delhi

Rafi Dudekula is an accomplished software architect and a strategic thinker. He holds an engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and an MBA from Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business in Dallas. He has been practicing Passage Meditation for 8 years and subscribes to the belief that “It is in giving that we receive". Passage Meditation is an eight-point program intended for the "spiritual growth" of the practitioner. Eknath Easwaran developed this method of meditation in the 1960s, and first taught it systematically at the University of California, Berkeley. Meditating on a memorized inspirational passage is the heart of the program called passage meditation. Seven supporting disciplines are used to help the aspirant go deeper for a lifetime of discovery. For more information please visit http://www.easwaran.org/

Nick Shroff, MD  is a Board Certified Urologist & co-Founder of the Integrated-Accountable Care Organization (I-ACO) and serves as Chairman of the ACO Board   He has done Baba Ramdev's "teaching the teacher" Yoga courses and the AOL Teachers training program.  He participated in several Integral-Yoga sessions with Swami Jyotirmayananda-ji of Yoga Research Foundation.   As a HealthCareConsultant, he helped to set up Yoga Clinics promoting medical applications of Yoga and comprehensive diabetic management and others. Speech Title: Paramahansa Yogananda and Autobiography of a Yogi

Kalyan Basu came from Kolkata to North America after completing his studies from Caulcutta University and Delhi IIT. He worked on Telecommunication Reasearch for more than 30 years and served as Senior executive of a large US Telecommunication company. After retairing early from corporate world, he joined University of Texas, Arlington to teach computer science and perform research. Currently he is fully retIred and dedicate his time for the service of Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of North Texas. He is a long time devotee of Ramakrishna Order.  Speech Title: Saga of Swami Vivekananda and Parliament of religion. 

Kala Krishnan is a Senior Neighborhood Planner with the city of Plano and has been involved with the Art of Living Foundation since 1997. She became a teacher with the foundation in 2005 teaching breath work and stress relief programs across the DFW metroplex. Kala has also taught these programs in women's shelters in Dallas and to troubled youth in  Haiti as part of a youth leadership training program. Her passion for volunteerism and assisting disadvantaged groups has taken her to Calcutta as a volunteer for Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, to southern India working for various NGOs focused on women and children, and to Haiti to work in squatter settlements. She is also a Bharatha Natyam dancer and teacher.