Awakened Sleep : An Ayurvedic Approach to Getting Deep Rest and Unlocking Optimal Health

Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar (BAMS, MD, Ayurveda) is one of the most prominent and academically accomplished Ayurvedic physicians in the United States with over 35 years of clinical experience. He is the director of Ayurvedic Healing, an integrative wellness clinic in Santa Cruz, CA. He is also the author of The Hot Belly Diet (Simon & Schuster, 2015) and Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life (Harper Wave, 2018) which has been translated into 13 languages and sold nearly 70,000 copies. As a leading voice in Ayurvedic medicine, Dr. Suhas is a sought- after speaker at Ayurvedic and wellness conferences both nationally and internationally. He is an advisor and consultant at Chopra Global and Chopra Foundation, which allows him to share the stage with some of the leading global experts in the field of Integrative Medicine. He has traveled around the globe popularizing Ayurveda, yoga, meditation, and natural medicine. He chaired and designed curriculums for several Ayurvedic schools. Dr. Suhas has formulated some very successful herbal products generating multi-million dollars in revenues. He has been featured on numerous popular podcast, radio, and television shows.

Dr. Sheila Patel, MD, FAAFP, is a board-certified family physician and Chief Medical Officer for the Gaja Collective. For more than a decade she practiced full-spectrum family medicine in rural communities, and currently maintains an outpatient primary care practice in Southern California where she combines the wisdom of Ayurveda with the tools of modern medicine to help patients heal from a variety of acute and chronic conditions.  Dr. Patel is certified as an instructor of Ayurveda, yoga, and meditation. She previously served as Chief Medical Officer for Chopra Global, the clinical research director for the Chopra Foundation, and has co-authored multiple published research papers on the benefits of meditation and Ayurveda.