Mehrad Nazari, PH.D., E-RYT-500 is a senior teacher of the Walt Baptiste Method of Raja Yoga and was personally trained by Yogi Raj Walt Baptiste. Mehrad has been teaching yoga and meditation since 1992.
Mehrad with his wife, Michele Hébert, provide Raja Yoga and health classes, workshops and reatreats around the world. Their pioneering work in mind-body-spirit integration has introduced Raja Yoga and meditation methods into the varied worlds of medicine, fitness, education, the spa industry, and the corporate wellness arena.
Mehrad was initiated in Himalayan Yoga Meditation Tradition by Swami Veda Bharati of Rishikesh, India and has received initiation by the Zen Master Kyozan Joshu Roshi, and H.H. The Dalai Lama.
Mehrad is a Continuing Education Specialist in Yoga for the American Council on Exercise. He and Michele are presenters for IDEA, the International Association of Health and Fitness professionals, and they have been on the faculty of the groundbreaking annual Inner IDEA Conference from its inception. Inner IDEA is the health and fitness industry's leading event dedicated to visionary mind-body-spirit integration research and techniques.
Mehrad and Michele regularly offer their unique Raja Yoga and meditation programs and workshops at the famed Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, and the magnificnet destination resort and spa, Rancho La Puerta in Tecate, Mexico.
Since 2008 Mehrad has been presenting Swami Veda Bharati (founder of the Association of Himalayan Yoga Meditation Societies International) at Rancho La Puerta. A visionary Ashram Program was developed in collaboration with Deborah Szekley (co-founder of Rancho La Puerta) which is acclamied as the leading spiritual program of the international spas.
Dr. Nazari is the President of California Real Estate Services, a green Real Estate Company. He served as an adjunct professor of Business Negotiation and has taught negotiation practices for fifteen years at the United States International University in San Diego.
He advocates the application of Raja Yoga principles for personal happiness, professional effectiveness and joyful, sustainable living that promotes the health of our family, community and the planet.
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