Faculty & Staff


Amadea Morningstar
Core Faculty

Amadea Morningstar

Founder, Ayurvedic Self Care Education courses, and Ayurvedic Cooking Intensive. Amadea Morningstar, BS (nutrition), MA (counseling), RPP (polarity), RPE (polarity education), RYT (yoga), is a student of Tibetan Buddhist yogis HE Garchen Rinpoche, the Venerable Traga Rinpoche, and Tulku Nyima Gyaltsen Rinpoche. She is grateful for her early Ayurvedic training with fine teachers, including Drs. Vasant Lad, David Frawley, and Sunil and Shalmali Joshi.
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Manjula Spears
Core Faculty

Manjula SpearsYoga Therapy Training & Mantra Therapy. Reverend Manjula Spears, RYT is one of Integral Yoga’s foremost trainers of Yoga teachers. She holds certifications to teach all levels of Hatha Yoga, pranayama, and meditation with a deep interest and extensive training in Yoga therapeutics.

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DEVA KHALSA
Core Faculty

Deva Khalsa, Ayurvedic NutritionistAyurvedic Nutrition, Ayurvedic Self Care Education (faculty assistant), Ayurvedic Cooking Intensives (lead faculty). Deva Khalsa ignites the Ayurvedic nutrition and cooking portion of the ASCE trainings; she is passionate about empowering people to take control of their health and lives with Ayurveda, conscious living and Yoga. She is an Ayurvedic Health Educator (California College of Ayurveda), a certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher Trainer, and certified hypnotherapist.

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Sam Hitt
Core Faculty

Sam Hitt

Lead garden faculty, Cooking in the Garden seasonal series.. Sam M. Hitt, serves as lead garden faculty for APYTI’s Cooking and the Garden workshops. A long-time pioneer in the fields of organic gardening and protection of the earth, Sam teaches us directly in the garden he has maintained since 1984.
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Tim Blair
Staff

Tim Blair

Audio visual tech support. Tim Blair edits and produces APYTI’s educational DVD series. He is the founder of OtherSide Wisdom Works documentary company, and can be accessed at OtherSideWisdomWorks.com.
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LIAN REED
Staff

Lian ReedLian Reed is a 2008 graduate of the Ayurvedic Nutrition professional training course. Among her many professional roles, Lian is a vital part of Other Side Wisdom Works, as a producer, co-director and camerawoman, creating educational DVDs and audio CDs for APYTI and other groups.

 

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Sarah Michelle Sarasvati
Staff

Reverand Sarah Michelle Sarasvati CutlerRoving faculty assistant in Ayurvedic Polarity Therapy & Nutrition. Sarah Michelle Sarasvati, serves as a roving faculty assistant for APYTI in Ayurvedic Polarity Therapy and Ayurvedic Nutrition.

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Paul Brown
Staff
Paul Brown provides computer tech support for APYTI. He is also a certified Sivananda Yoga teacher, and a Balkan bass player.