Dr Rama Prasad Bio

Rama Prasad
17 Orchard Road, 
Chatswood NSW 2067

+612 9904 7754
+614 2523 3426

info@ayurvedaelements.com
www.ayurvedaelements.com

Date of birth - 31-05-67
Married with one child
Citizenship - Australian 

Company
Ayurveda Elements 
ABN 17 345 545 355
www.ayurvedaelements.com

Associations

Founder member
Ayurveda Yoga Australia in 2005, an organization promoting ayurveda and yoga, that has already conducted an International conference in 2006, in Sydney. The second one is during 3-5 April 2009. Link.

Founder member

Centre of Ayurvedic Research and Development, Trichur, Kerala, South India - 1995

Practitioner Member

Australian Traditional Medicine Society.Provider number 9364

Education 

Bahelor's degree

Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine & Surgery, a 7.5 year full-time training 1983-90

  • Training organised by Ayurvedic Trust Coimbatore (www.avpayurveda.com)
  • Studied ayurvedic philosophy of heatlh and healing with  mind-body medicine, herbology, pancha-karma etc.
  • Yoga philosophy and Applied Yoga
  • Vedanta philosophy (in relation to Ayurveda)
  • Sanskrit Language (in relation to Ayurveda, Yoga and Vedanta) 

Private studies with and clinical internship with

Certificate in Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapy
Academy Applied Hypnosis, Sydney October 2005 - aah.edu.au

Experience 

Sauparnika Ayurvedic Health Clinic, Edappal, Kerala, India 1991-92
  • Clinician; specialized in patient oriented formulations from locally available herbs

Centre of Ayurvedic Research and Development, Kollam, Kerala, India  1992-93
  • Full time Clinician treating regional health conditions

Ayurveda College Coimbatore Bharathiyar University 1993-95
  • Lecturer (panchakarma, pathology, etc) at BAMS
  • Clinical supervisor, at BAMS
  • Lecturer: Ayurvedic Spa therapy course;
  • Lecturer: Intensive Ayurvedic Course for Western students

Sanjeevani Health Clinic, Cairns FNQLD 1995-96
  • Full time Clinician, teacher

Ayurveda Elements, Chatswood Sydney 1996 onwards
  • Ayurvedic clinician, Ayurvedic & Yoga teacher, Lecturer at various venues

Pathway International -Ayurvedic product development & marketing 2001
  • Lectures to practitioners, preparing marketing strategies and materials

International Presentations

Conference
Ayurveda and Yoga - where Science meets consciousness
Madras, India. 

  • Organised by Punarnava Ayurveda 

  • 17-21 February 2006. 

  • Keynote presentation - Holism in Ayurveda - The myth and Science

Conference

International conference on Ayurveda and Yoga
Sydney, Australia - Ayurveda Yoga Australia 
8-9 April 2006
Title of Presentation - Tongue Diagnosis

Conference
Ayurveda and Yoga - where Science meets consciousness
Rishikesh, India. 

  • Organised by Punarnava Ayurveda
  • 21-25 February 2008. 
  • Presentation - Effective Ayurvedic Nutrition

Many other local and international events are not listed.

 Published Articles/media

  1. FIve Tibetan - Wellbeing Magazine
  2. Salute to the Sun - Wellbeing Magazine
  3. Pranayama - Wellbeing Magazine
  4. Agni -the fire of digestion - Wellbeing Magazine
  5. Regular column - Australian Yoga Life - November 2005 
  6. TV appearance - SBS, Compass (Yoga) 2002
  7. Interview - Sydney Morning Herald 2007
  8. Good Medicine 2007 
  9. Good Medicine 2008

Regular Tutor 

Ayurveda

  • Nature Care College, Sydney - Sydney 1997 onwards
  • Yoga Moves - Sydney 1997 onwards
  • Yoga Moves - Melbourne 1997 onwards
  • Yoga Synergy - Manly 1997  - 2005
  • Yoga Mukti - Adelaide 1997  - 2005
  • ACTYM - Canberra 1997 onwards
  • Yoga in Daily Life - Annandale 1997 onwards
  • Yoga in Daily Life - Canberra 1997  - 2005
  • Yoga in Daily Life - Melbourne 1997  - 2005
  • Satyananda - Canberra 1997  - 2005
  • Satyananda - Canberra 1997  onwards
  • Ayurveda Elements - Sydney 1997 onwards
  • Bikrams - Various locations 1997 - 2005

Sanskrit

  • Ayurveda Elements - Sydney 1997 onwards
  • Yoga Moves - Sydney 2008 onwards
  • Caroway - Melbourne 2007

Current work 

Ayurvedic Lecturer, presenter, clinician

  • Nature Care College, Sydney
  • Ayurveda Elements, Sydney
  • Yoga Moves, Melbourne
  • Yoga For Everybody, Wollongong
  • Various leading yoga schools in Sydney

International Ayurveda Conference 
  • Punarnava Ayurveda
  • Ayurveda Yoga Australia

References 

Robert Svoboda - Author  C/o 00612 6684 5491 - Link
Daniel Baden - Traditional Medicine Society 02 9699 4655
Donna Duggan - ex Editor, www.wellbeing.com.au
Trina Bowden-Smith - Link
Mark Breadner - Link
Simon Borg-Oliver - Link
Louise Goodvach - Link
Eileen Hall - Link
Dr Shaun Matthews - Course Co-ordinator, Nature Care College 02 9398 1656  - 
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