AN AMAZING ADVENTURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Spiritual seekers and scientists explore the depths of consciousness

Advanced yoga practitioners share their personal experience

Modern science meets authentic spirituality

Practical methods, simple and effective techniques, accessible to everyone

Answers to fundamental questions about the human being and the universe

Profound truths that will transform your perspective on life

Looking forward to welcoming you between June 20-26, for the 7th edition, ONLINE

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About the Congress

International yoga teachers, spiritual seekers and scientists of various disciplines come together to highlight the amazing interconnections between science and authentic spirituality, and to share with us the results of decades of study and practice. Traditional yoga and objective science can bring about a true revolution in consciousness.

Congress Objectives

Unifying the discoveries of scientific research with the results of spiritual practice, contemporary knowledge with ancient wisdom, experimental science with experienced mysticism, the Congress aims to reveal the unsuspected depth of the yoga system and its systematic approach and significance for the holistic development of man and his consciousness.

Why attend?

As a unique borderline place, the Congress welcomes specialists in medicine, physics, psychology, natural and human sciences, who – being themselves long-term yoga practitioners – were courageous enough to also investigate their inner worlds. They have unified science and yoga within and share their rich experience and valuable expertise with all who are interested.

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The MISA School of Integral Esoteric Yoga and the International Federation of Yoga and Meditation ATMAN invite you to the 7th edition of the Congress of Yoga and Eastern and Western Alternative Therapies, which will be held online.

Resuming – after a break due to the events of the last 2 years – the tradition of these exciting and constructive encounters between objective science and authentic spirituality, we aim to offer you a series of topics that will arouse the interest of both beginners and advanced yoga practitioners, to dispel some of the misunderstandings that have created an artificial “rift” between science and spirituality, to answer some of your questions and at the same time to challenge you to ask even deeper ones, to allow you to accumulate knowledge, but also to live new experiences.

The programme of this seven-day congress has been designed to allow everyone to benefit as much as possible from participating online, and thus compensate for the shortcomings of a “virtual” meeting. We won’t have the opportunity to talk face to face, get to know each other, laugh together and maybe even make friends, but you will be able to choose from a large number of presentations with a wide range of topics, hear some of the most successful and appreciated lectures from previous editions, participate – even staying at home – in Hatha Yoga sessions, practice a number of simple techniques guided by experienced yoga instructors, enjoy exciting artistic moments and watch captivating documentaries. You’ll also have access to lectures and practice sessions for an additional 48 hours.

On June 21st we will celebrate International Yoga Day together, with a full-day programme including some very special meditations and spiritual exemplifications.

Being an international congress, all the presentations in Romanian will be translated into English and those in English will of course be translated into Romanian. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions – in writing, using the form available on the website – about the topics presented or to share with us your experiences or insights that you will have during these days spent together and, as far as possible, we will try to answer all these questions.

Last but not least, participation in this congress is completely free, you just need to register with an email address.

We look forward to welcoming you on this true adventure of consciousness!

The Organizing Committee

SPEAKERS

Todd Ovokaitys, MD

Researcher, professor, specialist in longevity

Doru-Beniamin Bodea, PhD

Specialist in quantum phase transitions and low temperature physics, senior Yoga teacher

Nicolae Catrina (Adinathananda)

Senior Yoga teacher, author and founder of unique in-depth courses in Kashmir Shaivism, I-Ching, Alchemy and Tibetan Tantric Yoga

Andrei Gămulea

Mathematician, Ayurveda specialist, author, senior Yoga teacher

Adina Stoian

Senior Yoga and Tantra teacher, coauthor of Esoteric Tantra Yoga course

Savel Călinescu, MD

Specialist in addiction, senior Yoga teacher

Advaita Stoian

Senior Teacher, researcher and life coach. Author and founder of the international Tantra Yoga Intensive Course and Maha Vidya Retreats.

Dan Bozaru

Senior Yoga teacher, author, composer

Nucu Condrea

Senior Yoga and Tantra teacher

Maria Blandine Wegener

Psychologist and Couple coach, senior teacher in Hatha and Tantra Yoga

Radu Nichitescu

Senior Yoga teacher, Master’s Degree in Religious Studies

Ileana Ștefănescu

Spirituality teacher

Sofian Krüger

Senior Yoga teacher, designer, coordinator of Atman Online Yoga Academy

Monica Pașcalău, MD

Yoga and Tantra teacher

Octav Fercheluc, PhD

Yoga teacher, PhD in mathematics

Daniela Dae (Ishvarananda)

Senior Yoga and Tantra teacher

Valentin Badea

Yoga teacher, programmer, astrologer

Aida Călin

Psychoterapist, trainer, transformational coach, author

Cristian Dobre

Yoga teacher, engineer at Politehnica University of Bucharest

Georgiana Dăneț (Dhumavatiananda)

Senior Yoga and Tantra teacher, author

Cristian Bandur

Yoga teacher

Crina Atomulesă

Massage trainer

Daniel Radu, PhD

Yoga teacher, assistant professor, PhD in physics,

Ofelia Mohr

Yoga teacher, health coach

Cornel Zavaliche

Engineer, inventor

Dan Crăciun

Yoga teacher, physicist, author

Zoltan Marosy, PhD

Lecturer, specialist in nanotechnology, author

The full list of speakers

PROGRAMME

LECTURE TOPICS

From Experience to Experiment: On the common grounds of science and spirituality

The place and role of yogic attention training in the context of interpersonal relationships

Applications of sensitive crystallisation

The importance of the process of attention and awareness in creating and maintaining beneficial occult resonant loops

Some aspects that were experienced and brought into awareness that appeared following the communion with the subtle sublime endless, free, eternal energy of Godly Attributes

Maha Vidya Yoga – the spiritual path of fusion with the Great Macrocosmic Powers – and the importance of this knowledge for the rapid and effective evolution of the modern aspirant

Transforming happiness and life’s difficulties into powerful subtle energy vehicles that are capable of significantly accelerating our Spiritual growth

The sages were right – Significant cases of contemporary scientific research that confirm ancient spiritual principles

Secrets of the effectiveness of systematic, daily Yoga practice, performed in unison

The benefits of the royal path of Karma Yoga in modern times

Ancient Yoga at the confluence of tradition and true science

How Yoga practice makes us healthier – A sneak peek into the subtle mechanisms

Science – Wisdom’s youngest daughter

Traditional Yoga and objective science – a unifying perspective

Traditional Yoga and parapsychology

Traditional Yoga, objective science and the new revolution of consciousness

The modern concept of health and the millenary Yoga tradition

The importance of fasting for a spiritual and healthy lifestyle

The law of the 7 steps of a complete process. Examples and applications

Studies on the influence of emotions on water in the human body

Abstracts of the lectures

The programme of the first three days

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Todd Ovokaitys

Dr. Todd Ovokaitys, or just Dr. Todd as he is widely known, is an innovative scientist, doctor, teacher, author, speaker, and researcher.

Dr. Todd did his undergraduate studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and received both BA and MD degrees from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Todd’s subsequent training included an Internship and Residency at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, followed by the completion of a two-year Fellowship in Pulmonary and Intensive Care Medicine, also at Georgetown University Hospital. While at Georgetown, Dr. Todd experienced a deep insight into an elegant method for matching the vibrational states of biological molecules to neutralize toxins and enhance human biochemical functions.

Since 2005, Dr. Todd has been an Associate Professor of Medicine at Louisiana State University. This appointment has been for developing research into metabolic mechanisms for improving the condition of persons with HIV infection. Dr. Todd is also a high level consultant for anti-aging and regeneration medicine. His realm of expertise includes the best of conventional and complementary, metabolic and nutritional medicine.

Dr. Todd’s inventions are bringing a new way of thinking about aging and medicine, based on the body’s nutritional needs rather than pure chemical attempts to heal symptoms and issues.

His contributions to the science of aging, advanced nutrition, and to solving issues of human disease, are outstanding.

More information about Dr. Todd on https://drtoddo.com/

Gregorian Bivolaru

For more than 50 years, Yoga Teacher Emeritus Gregorian Bivolaru has been working tirelessly to guide all those who aspire to discover and know God. Throughout this time, he has disturbed some with his revelations and actions, has inspired others, and has never ceased to guide those who thirst for spirituality, who have carefully and persistently put his teachings into practice, on the path to perfection, with great modesty and a permanent state of godly channel.

Many of the revelations he made in the MISA School of Integral Esoteric Yoga - the most important of which is the Law of Occult Resonance - are unique on this planet and enable persevering aspirants to achieve extraordinary efficiency in spiritual practice and attain peak spiritual realizations.

He has authored or co-authored over 100 books that offer an integrative perspective and guide us towards a holistic view of the human being and a life directed towards perfection.

Doru-Beniamin Bodea, PhD

Doru-Beniamin Bodea graduated the Faculty of Physics, Babeş -Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, achieving a master of science degree in quantum field theory. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics, more precisely in collision theory (atomic and nuclear physics). He did his post-doctoral studies in Bordeaux University and Max Plank Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden where he specialized in the physics of very low temperatures and quantum phase transitions. He started yoga practice in his early 20’s. Soon after he became a yoga teacher and continued to teach yoga since now more than 25 years, holding international workshops and retreats.

Due to this, he had the possibility to combine the constant interest towards understanding the principles and laws governing the physics of the universe with a continuous exploration of his own inner universe through the practice of yoga. He believes that both science and spirituality represent expressions of the innate human tendency towards achieving perfection and thus he is aiming to find modalities to interconnect these two important areas of life.

For more information, please check: http://traditionelles-yoga.de/dr-phys-doru-bodea/

Nicolae Catrina (Adinathananda)

Nicolae Catrina (Adinathananda) is a spiritual teacher with more than 35 years of experience. He gives workshops in many different countries, such as Germany, Italy, France, England, Belgium, Hungary, Czech Republic, Greece, Thailand etc. More than 20 years ago he started teaching the only course of Kashmir Shaivism existing outside of India, for which he wrote hundreds of lessons and which offers, in a unique way, adapted to the western mind-frame, the richness and depth of this spiritual tradition.

He created several other courses, among which Yoga of Beauty (or the attainment of spiritual enlightenment through aesthetic experience), Esoteric I-Ching, Enneagram, Tantric Alchemy and Tibetan Tantric Yoga. He is the author of several books on Shaivism, Yoga, Tantra Yoga, spiritual art, etc. and has translated a number of important Sanskrit texts, including the Saundarya Lahari, Shiva Samhita, Gheranda Samhita, Shiva Sutras, Spanda Karikas and Vijnana Bhairava Tantra.

More information on https://nicolaecatrina.com/en/

Andrei Gămulea

Andrei Gămulea is a specialist and connoisseur of the ancient traditional Indian science of Ayurveda, lecturer of Ayurveda, author of specialized books, author of thematic courses of Ayurveda studied in Romania, editor and publisher in the field of traditional oriental knowledge and trainer with an experience of over 30 years of study and research in the field of traditional Ayurveda in Romania.

With a background as a mathematician and a specialist in operational research and factor analysis, he has carried out extensive interdisciplinary research in specific areas of knowledge of the Ayurvedic tradition.

A yoga practitioner and yoga instructor with extensive experience, he is the author of various lectures that enhance interdisciplinary research and is a promoter of valuable concepts of the Eastern tradition and the ancient science of cognitronics.

He lectureed both in Romania and at international events on Ayurveda and Yoga. In his interdisciplinary research work he has redefined many of the traditional concepts of traditional Eastern thought from the perspective of modern knowledge in mathematics, physics, biology, medicine, psychology and sociology.

Adina Stoian

Adina Stoian is a yoga and tantra teacher with a vast theoretical and practical experience in the field of genuine spiritual transformation. Passionate about self-knowledge and the transformation necessary to fulfill her aspiration to perfection, Adina is first and foremost a practitioner who applies with dedication the spiritual knowledge and methods that she has been generously sharing for over 25 years through articles and books, courses, seminars, conferences and camps, both in Romania and in other countries in Europe, Asia, South America.

Together with her beloved husband, Advaitananda, and under the guidance of her spiritual guide, yoga teacher emeritus Gregorian Bivolaru, Adina has devoted her life to promote the wisdom of Esoteric Tantra Yoga. Through her work and practice, she explores a variety of domains such as: human existence and transformation, the couple relationship, spiritual evolution, the role of women in Tantra and the importance of spirituality to our modern world.

Exploring the Eastern tradition with a modern, solution-oriented approach dedicated to the challenges of everyday life, Adina together with her husband Advaitananda - are co-authors of the Esoteric Tantric Yoga course taught within the International Federation of Yoga and Meditation Atman in over 30 countries around the world.

Savel Călinescu, MD

Dr. Savel Călinescu studied medicine at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila" in Bucharest. He started practicing yoga while a student, then after graduation he worked at Fundeni Hospital in Bucharest in the Cardiovascular Surgery Department, where he first applied relaxation and creative visualization techniques on patients in preparation for surgery or post-operative recovery.

He worked in Bucharest as a family doctor, then in Paris with addictive patients, at the Centre for care, support and prevention of addiction for alcoholic and cannabis-dependent patients, Versailles Hospital.

He completed medical training courses in Acupuncture, Api-phytotherapy, Sexology, Systemic Therapy, and also studied Ayurveda.

He has been a yoga teacher since 1990. He is currently creating and successfully teaching the course of Practical Beneficial Parapsychology.

He collaborates with Integral Studies Academy in London.

Mihai Stoian (Advaitananda)

Advaitananda Stoian is an advanced practitioner, teacher, author, researcher, international life coach and lecturer, who has been practicing and teaching Yoga and Tantra Yoga for more than 30 years within several yoga organisations. His practical knowledge unites with his modern scientific formation, which results in highly effective guidance for the practitioner, and is well adapted to the views of our contemporary world.

He is author of Tantra Intensive Course which is taught throughout the world. Annually he lectures at many international retreats and conferences of Yoga, Tantra and Meditation, including the International Meditation Retreat for Revealing the Supreme Self, Tantra Festivals, different workshops for spiritualising relationships, and the valued Maha Vidya Retreats.

He is also a prolific proponent of current sociological issues, speaking at international politic conferences to introduce fundamental concepts that can be used to shape a broader understanding of human rights: spiritual human rights, soul ecology, and hygiene of the consciousness. One of Advaita’s main purposes is to provide the opportunity for many people to come into contact and deeply understand the amazing value of the traditional spiritual practices.

More information on https://advaitananda.com/.

Dan Bozaru

Dan Bozaru is a yoga teacher, author of several books and translations in the field. He has published numerous articles on yoga and other religions in Yoga Magazin.

He is as well an electronic music composer with dozens of albums to his credit and has performed several concerts in Romania and abroad.

In the field of cinema he has made several documentaries specific to the yoga and tantra traditions.

https://indramusic.ro/

Nucu Condrea

Nucu Condrea is a graduate of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Bucharest, but he was attracted to investigating the potential of human consciousness and alternative healing methods. Thus he started practicing yoga during his university years and became a yoga teacher at the MISA Yoga School in 1993. He has taken courses in bio-energetic healing and travelled to India and Thailand to visit yoga schools and attend retreats in Vipassana meditation centres.

Since 1996 he has worked as a yoga teacher at Natha Yoga Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he also took Tantra Yoga courses and became a teacher.

In 2007, together with Winde Vandegaer, he opened the Ananda Yogacentrum in Antwerp, Belgium, where he is teaching and coordinating the yoga activity. He holds annual workshops and retreats on various yoga topics with an international audience.

www.anandayoga.be

Blandine Wegener

Blandine is a certified Yoga and Tantra teacher in the Atman Federation for yoga and meditation. She has been deeply engaged in the yogic path for the past 15 years dedicating every day of her life to teaching, personal growth and selfless service. She cofounded Mahasiddha Yoga in Chiang Mai and the Integral Yoga Centre Amrita, an Ashram resort in the lush country side of Thailand.

Blandine is a practicing psychologist and coach as well and shares her passion for spirituality, yoga, meditation and self-growth in an inspiring way with everyone around her.

https://tantrayogathailand.com/

Radu Nichitescu

Radu has had an early interest in spirituality and religion which he had the chance to pursue academically. He has a Master’s Degree in Religious Studies.

His main area of interest was the study of mystical experiences, and he was certain we would follow an academic career and become a professor. However, following a major epiphany, he realised that spiritual experiences hold greater value when approached practically rather than academically. Since then, he has turned almost exclusively to the practice of spiritual, esoteric tantra and yoga, and meditates daily.

Radu is a senior teacher at Mahasiddha Yoga in Thailanda. He teaches regular classes, workshops and retreats, and has an active spiritual life.

https://tantrayogathailand.com/.

Ileana Ștefănescu

Ileana Stefanescu is a teacher of spirituality with a broad international experience and education. Born in Romania, she discovered spirituality at an early age, under the guidance of a legendary yoga master. Ever since, spiritual practice has been an active part of her life, and it defined and improved her life in countless ways.

Born in a family of scientists, she holds a MS Degree in Electronic Engineering, and has worked in International Relations for the Romanian Parliament, and then in IT for a large international company. In parallel to her engineering career, she became a teacher in the spiritual school started by her master.

Encouraged by her teacher, Ileana moved to the United States in 2006, to bring there his system of teaching spirituality, based on Esoteric Yoga and Tantra. In the US, she worked as Director of Education for a Health Promotion company, while also setting the basis for this unique spiritual school in the USA. She created a vibrant community of spiritually oriented people in Las Vegas, and at present she also guides and helps establish other teachers in the USA.

Ileana has taught spirituality for over 30 years. The system she teaches is integrative, bringing together science and spirituality, and it is based on the esoteric science of yoga, and the principles of resonance and of the energetic interconnectivity of all forms of life.

Her classes addresses all those who feel the need for more knowledge, for understanding their life's meaning, for answering the most important questions: What am I? Where am I coming from? What is this universe surrounding me? What happens to me after death? What is my place in this world? What am I meant to do here?

Ileana guides her students step by step towards self-discovery and spiritual awakening. Through practice, they become able to shift their perspective on life, Universe, on who they really are and what is their highest purpose. More than just a collection of techniques, the course she teaches provides a way of living, a new perspective in understanding yourself and everything else.

www.usyoga.net

Sofian Krüger

Sofian studies and teaches Yoga for more than 15 years in the Atman Federation. He is the coordinator of the Atman Online Yoga Academy, which hosts the online versions of the Integral Yoga Course, the Esoteric Tantra Yoga Course and the Tantra for Women Course.

He has the great ability to transmit profound spiritual notions in a very clear and relatable way, making them easy to understand and to put into practice. He is also passionate about design, photography, music and many other artistic domains.

Monica Pașcalău, MD

Monica had her first contact with the world of spirituality during high school, when she discovered a yoga book in a classmate's library. It was an extraordinarily fascinating world for her, which she had only glimpsed at the time. She found the idea of always being harmonious and balanced, with a perfectly peaceful mind, just being in a certain body posture (asana), or breathing in a controlled way (pranayama) extremely exciting.

During her studies at the Faculty of Medicine in Cluj, she discovered the courses of traditional Indian medicine Ayurveda organized by AMN Romania, and after only a few months she started to practice yoga intensively at the courses organized by MISA Romania. Later she also started studying Kashmirian Shaivism, and 10 years ago she completed the Tantra Teacher training modules organized by the Atman Federation.

Monica is a specialist in family medicine, with skills in apiphytotherapy, homeopathy, acupuncture, corporate medicine; she is a yoga, Tantra Yoga and Shivaism instructor and is also an Ayurveda lecturer.

Octav Fercheluc, PhD

Octav Fercheluc graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Bucharest, Romania, where he also obtained his PhD in Applied Mathematics. He attended and completed specialized studies at several universities in Sweden, Italy and Spain. He has worked as a research scientist in applied sciences, as a professor of probability, statistics and operations research at several universities in Romania. He has published numerous scientific articles in various prestigious journals worldwide.

He has been a practitioner of the yoga system since his student years and is currently a teacher of integral yoga, traditional tantra, meditation, and a lecturer of ayurveda. Fascinated by the practical results of combining science and spirituality, he has turned his life into a "spiritual science experiment", applying, testing and verifying the effectiveness of yoga practice in transforming the human being at the physical, mental, psychological and spiritual levels. His unique approach to spirituality, in a lively, practical and accessible way, deeply rooted in current scientific knowledge, continues and expands the spirit of traditional yoga teaching in Latin America.

For more than 10 years he has been the founder and coordinator of the Ananda Traditional Yoga Academy of Uruguay, based in Montevideo. He is the initiator and coordinator of a community yoga project, which has been very successfully integrated into the academic and social environment of Uruguay. In the framework of this community yoga project, he has organised several editions of the Scientific Yoga Symposium, bringing together yoga teachers and instructors from Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Chile, etc. He has carried out highly successful projects on the role of yoga practice in reducing social crime, the results of which have been the subject of several articles he has subsequently published. He has produced and continues to produce several radio programmes on yoga and spirituality in Uruguay and Argentina.

https://yogauy.net/

Daniela Dae (Ishvarananda )

Daniela Dae (Ishvarananda) has been teaching spirituality since 1990.

She is using her knowledge on Yoga and Tantra to help the students find their own path towards a harmonious and spiritual life. As a teacher, she is warm-hearted, spontaneous, and full of humor.

She is leading Yoga and Tantra courses, seminars and retreats that aim to help people to understand themselves better, to understand life as a series of lessons meant to support them to advance in their spiritual growth. Through practice, they can fully awaken their unique qualities, and be more confident, happy, and fulfilled.

Ishvarananda is passionate about supporting those who create spiritual communities. She also uses her experience to help establish new teachers in the field of spirituality. Her luminous presence, her patient and compassionate attitude are rooted in a profound knowledge of the mysteries of life, along with strong faith and love for all beings.

She is currently active as a teacher coordinator in Natha Jooga ja Tantrakoulu Finland.

https://natha.fi/wp2020/

Valentin Badea

Valentin Badea has been a yoga student for over 30 years and a yoga teacher for 2 years. He is an electronic engineer, a programmer by profession, and an astrologer by interest.

He is the author of the astrology program AstrologR, and has written a book on astrology - "Causal Astrology". This book, which, according to some, opens new perspectives in the area of spiritual and holistic astrology, was out of print shortly after publication.

The author has given lectures and presentations on astrological topics, and now he is going to tackle for the first time, as a lecturer, elements of yoga practice.

Aida Călin

Aida Călin is a psychotherapist, trainer, transformational coach, author.

She initiated Venus, the Association for the Elevation of Women, of which she has been president since 2004. She teaches Tantra Yoga and facilitates special classes for women only. An experienced facilitator, Aida coordinates spiritual camps, retreats and workshops on various spiritual topics around the world.

She is the author of two well-received books: 'Reincarnation - a mystery revealed' (2000) and 'Yoga for women who want to be healthy, harmonious, intelligent and happy' (2014).

She believes in the inner spiritual force that sustains us to grow, transform our lives both inwardly and outwardly and reach the full potential of our being.

More about Aida Călin here: http://aidacalin.com

Cristian Dobre

Cristian Dobre has been practicing yoga since 1990 and teaching yoga since 1993. He is an engineer at Politehnica University of Bucharest

Since 2015 he has been engaged in a practical study of consciousness, in particular the transformed states of consciousness correlated with brain waves.

During this period he has been teaching courses on awakening supramental awareness (DHARANA - perfect concentration) and using it in daily life and spiritual practice (practical course on creative visualization). He has recently developed as well an online course, ”Knowing and controlling the brain waves”.

Georgiana Dăneț (Dhumavatiananda)

Dhumavatiananda (Georgiana Danet), the coordinator of the Swedish yoga school has begun practicing yoga in 1990. She became yoga teacher in 1993 and tantra teacher in 1994, after several special training programs for teachers. Since then she has been teaching yoga, tantra and tantra for women in 15 countries.

She has structured, in a unique course for women, the teachings of tantra system, astrology, Ayurveda, Tao, sexology a.s.o. She is the founder of "Shakti Group" and "Tantra for Women" course.

Georgiana is the author of 5 books, Women and Karmic Astrology, Sacred Sexuality, Tantra for women, Unzenable and Beyond the Pose.

holisticlifehub.com/

Cristian Bandur

Cristian Bandur is a graduate in economics, a yoga practitioner for almost 30 years, and a yoga teacher for 25 years. He has studied and taught Ayurveda.

Interested in all that is authentic spirituality, found both in ancient traditions and in modern fields of frontier sciences, he discovered in yoga a spiritual science with the most appropriate theoretical and especially practical ways to improve the quality of life in general, through awareness, understanding, transformation.

He promotes traditional yogic values adapted to modern lifestyles.

Crina Atomulesă

Crina Atomulesă is the founder of the Esoteric Massage Academy, where she promotes a new form of massage inspired by ancient esoteric traditions.

In her massage courses and workshops she aims to bring back to life the oriental science of sacred massage.

The esoteric information about the subtle anatomy of the body as well as the massage techniques are presented in a very clear way, thanks to more than 20 years of experience both in the art of massage and in various forms of spiritual practice that she follows with enthusiasm.

Daniel Radu, PhD

Daniel Radu has been practicing yoga for 31 years and is a yoga and Shaivism teacher in Iasi.

He graduated from the Faculty of Physics, UAIC, class of 1991. He obtained his PhD in physics in 1998, his thesis being titled "Contributions to the study of the interaction of higher spin particles".
He is a lecturer at the Faculty of Physics of "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University (UAIC) Iasi.

He has published more than 30 scientific articles in ISI-listed international journals, as well as three books published by Springer GMBH, World Scientific and CRC Press. He has also participated in numerous national and international conferences and symposia.

He is the UAIC director of the research project "ATLAS experiment at the LHC" in the field of elementary particles.

Ofelia Mohr

Ofelia was born in Romania and moved to the U.S. in April 2004. She has been practicing yoga and meditation since 1990.

She is a certified yoga teacher with the International Federation of Yoga and Meditation Atman and also has a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Transylvania University in Romania and a Health Coach certification from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, New York.

Currently she is a yoga teacher of the US Yoga Academy of and teaches yoga, meditation and healthy lifestyle classes in Des Moines, Iowa, USA.

https://www.usyoga.net/

Cornel Zavaliche

Cornel Zavaliche is a graduate of the Faculty of Geology and Geophysics of the University of Bucharest. Focused on research and innovation, he has developed over the last 20 years devices that work on the basis of beneficial occult resonance. For these devices he has mainly used natural elements, such as various crystals and metals, geometrical shapes found in nature.

The use of the Golden ratio, known and applied since ancient times, including in works of art and architectural monuments, is also an important aspect in achieving intense and harmonious effects.

Some of these devices have been appreciated and awarded prizes at the Archimedes Invention Fair in Moscow in the 2016-2019 editions.

Dan Crăciun

Dan Crăciun, a physicist by profession, has been practicing yoga for over 30 years and teaching yoga for over 25.

He has published the book ”Frontiers of Physics” for the general public and the ”Frontiers of Physics textbook” for high school students studying this optional course. Both works specifically aim to provide both students, and other relentless seekers of Truth with an interdisciplinary approach to knowledge. The Sphere of Knowledge model developed in these works is original and integrative, bringing a unified perspective to knowledge from very diverse fields.

Since 2011 he is also an editor of the science journal Cromatic, where he reviews the section "Frontiers of Science" and publishes various original articles on epistemology and physics teaching methodology. Since 2021 he has been the coordinator of Cromatic, which publishes novel articles written by students, master students, high school teachers and academics.

In 2022 he also publishes the book "The law of the 7 steps of a process" in which he explains in detail both this law, and particular cases of its application.

His entire work is marked by the effort to unite science with spirituality.

Zoltan Marosy, PhD

Zoltan Marosy is a lecturer at the Ecological University of Bucharest, PhD engineer in nanotechnology and magnetism, specializing in unconventional technologies.

Co-founder and vice-president of the Zero Energy Building Association in Bucharest, he coordinates the bioresonance section that can be introduced in civil constructions.

He is also a member of the National Commission for Antarctic Research of the Romanian Academy, section 3 - Structural changes in the magnetic field of the 4th theme of study - Antarctic space analogue extraterrestrial space.

Zoltan Marosy is also the author of the book series "Diary of a Time Traveller", published by Daksha Publishing House.

Sahajananda Porslund

Sahajananda has been researching in the field of esoteric knowledge and the ancient spiritual traditions of the planet since the age of 21. He has combined his informative research work with an in-depth practice of yogic and tantric methodologies and powerful tantric forms of meditation.

As a certified teacher of Atman International Federation of Yoga and Meditation he teaches courses and workshops in Tantra, Yoga and Meditation at Natha Yoga Center in Copenhagen and Stockholm, as well as at various festivals around Europe. He has a Master's degree in Comparative Literature & Art Studies at Copenhagen University and a minor degree in Indology.

Dr. Cristina Cîmpean

Dr. Cristina Cîmpean is a medical doctor, PhD in medical sciences, lecturer in Ayurveda at the National Association for the Promotion of Non-Conventional Medicine in Romania (AMN).

Her concerns in the field of sensitive crystallization analysis began together with Cornel Hoțiu in 1995 in Cluj-Napoca, in a study group of the National Association for the Promotion of Unconventional Medicines in Romania (AMN) and continued between 2006-2017 in the Steaua-Divina laboratories in Bucharest; since 2018 has become a personal research in a doctoral study.

During this period the results of the research on biocrystallization of food, bee products, medicinal plants and mineral waters have been presented at numerous national and international congresses of phytotherapy, ethnopharmacology, apitherapy and ayurveda and published in several journals.

Teofil Teodorescu

Teofil Teodorescu has a Bachelor's degree in mathematics and psychology. After years of teaching mathematics and computer science at high school and university level, he started translating books in the field of spirituality. He has translated, among others, Michel Gauqelin's "Cosmic influences on human behaviour" and Jérôme Bourgine's "From the mysteries of out-of-body travel", as well as the ancient music treatise "Gitalamkara". He has also published "Tales of Wisdom" and "The Enneagram - a journey of self-discovery".

At Shambala Publishing House, where he is currently working as an editor, he contributed to the work "The Golden Number. The Mysteries Revealed of the Mysterious Number of the Great Cosmic Power Tripura Sundar" and, year after year, he has been involved in the preparation and editing of the Holiday Booklets and Programmes that are offered during the Spiritual Camps held under the auspices of MISA.

He is interested - within the framework of interdisciplinary research involving ethnography, archaeology, history, linguistics, religion and anthropology - in the ancient civilisation and spirituality of the Carpathian Space, and he even presented a conference on this topic at the Spiritual Camp in Costinești. At this Congress he will present some lesser-known information on the ancient, pre-Christian religion of the Carpathian Space and especially its surprising correspondence with the spirituality of India.

Aldolinor Teodorescu, PhD

Aldolinor Teodorescu graduated from the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology at the Politehnica University of Bucharest and then attended master's and doctoral school. He holds a PhD in electronics and his concern for science has always been coupled with a passion for spirituality.

He has been a yoga teacher in the Movement of Spiritual Integration into the Absolute for 23 years, and combining yoga practice with everyday life has been a constant concern and challenge for him. His research has led him to believe that there is a common denominator for all the higher pursuits of the human being - science, art, pure spirituality - and that their proper harnessing answers our fundamental questions and aspirations.

Kai F. Hodeck, PhD

Kai F. Hodeck hat an der Technischen Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) in Halbleiterphysik promoviert. Seitdem forschte am Berliner Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie (HZB) an Biomolekülen in Lösung sowie an der Mechanik biologischer Zellen am Fraunhofer-Institut für Silicatforschung (Würzburg). Als Mitarbeiter der Fascia Research Group der Universität Ulm untersuchte er die Biomechanik und Physiologie des menschlichen Bindegewebes.

Parallel dazu praktiziert er Rolfing® Körperarbeit und Therapie in Berlin und unterrichtet Faszienmanipulation für Physiotherapeuten am VPT Berlin / Brandenburg.

Jorge Alves

Jorge Alves is a musician and researcher. He is professor at the Escola Superior de Música do Porto and a member of the Matosinhos String Quartet. He performs regularly in Portugal and abroad, collaborating with many musicians and institutions. After finishing his graduation in Portugal, he was awarded a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation that allowed him to study for four years with Professor Tibor Varga (Sion, Switzerland) and Professor Bruno Giuranna (Cremona, Italy). Jorge Alves is the founder and president of the Portuguese Viola Association, and of the Portuguese Branch of the European String Teachers Association. Jorge Alves loves to coach and regularly holds master classes all over Portugal, as well as in the Lemmens Institute, Leuven; Maastricht Conservatory, Malta Summer Festival, Conservatório de Cosenza, Campus delle Arti, Bassano Del Grappa and Santa Maria University, Brasil; Antwerp Conservatory, Petrozavodsk State Conservatory.

Christian Sacarea, PhD

PhD in Mathematics at the Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany and author of more than 40 scientific papers and 4 books, covering topics in Knowledge Discovery and Artificial Intelligence, and developing techniques to unravel the deep structure of knowledge in various data sets. Interested in any form of authentic spirituality and how spiritual knowledge can enlarge our point of view and enrich our consciousness. Studying and teaching Yoga since 1990, as well as Kashmir Shaivism or I Ching, he is Senior Yoga teacher in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Monica Dascalu

Monica Dascalu is habilitated professor at the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology at the Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania, where she teaches digital electronics. She also has a master degree in Journalism and Public Communication. In her scientific research activity, she is interested in artificial intelligence and microsystems’ digital design, having over 70 scientific papers, 5 books and 33 research projects. With almost 30 years of yoga practice and teaching experience, she also authored dozens of articles and 7 books on topics related to yoga, some translated in English, Hungarian and Spanish.

Magdalena Hau

Magdalena Hau is a specialist in psychiatry and a yoga teacher based in London. In addition to her profession as a doctor, she has 17 years of experience in many areas of yoga and meditation and values these disciplines as an important way to live life consciously, heartfelt and in harmony. She believes that life is a journey of evolution and transformation and that yoga provides all the appropriate tools and keys to make this journey possible.

Through her years of practice, she has encountered many yoga practitioners who have cured mental health problems through their practice. She will speak about the crucial factors of spiritual experiences of kundalini awakening as opposed to clinical psychoses as well as important influences for stabilization and resilience.

Maria Porsfelt

Maria started her journey of self-discovery through yoga and tantra yoga in 2001 – a journey that started in Denmark and took her to Thailand, India and back. She has been with TARA Centre in London as coordinating teacher since 2009. She teaches yoga, tantra yoga and meditation and facilitates special classes for women only. She runs spiritual festivals, retreats and workshops on various topics all over the world. Her style of teaching is practical and approachable, expresses a deep understanding, gained through personal experience and is animated by a great joy of life.

Maria has a degree in Philosophy from Copenhagen University and is happy to be able to integrate her educational background into her daily life and teaching practise. The degree in philosophy helped foster a contemplative approach to life and experiences which has proved very valuable in both life and work.

Maria is also a member of the Council of the International Federation of Yoga and Meditation Atman.

Krzysztof Stec, PhD

Krzysztof Stec Ph.D. studied and researched yoga several years in Indian institutes, including the reknown Kaivalyadhama yoga institute and had the opportunity to meet and practice with many well-known yoga researchers, gurus and saints of India. In 2009, he received his Masters degree in Sports Science with a focus on Yoga at Banaras Hindu University and then spent two years as a research scientist at the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

He completed his Ph.D. at the Jozef Piłsudski Sports University in Warsaw, Poland, in November 2014. He has authored more than 40 scientific articles in prestigious international journals and gave several well-received presentations on yogic techniques at international conferences in Poland, India and the US. He is the author of two books on dynamic Suryanamaskar, one of which already has been translated into several languages.

Rune Steenberg Reyhé, PhD

Rune is an anthropologist and human geographer working on Central Asia and western China. He specialises in kinship and economic anthropology. Rune did his MA and PhD at Freie Universität Berlin and has since been a postdoc in Bonn, Berlin, New York and Copenhagen. He has conducted fieldwork in Indonesia, China and Kyrgyzstan. In the past decade he has devoted special attention to the Uyghurs in China’s northwesternmost region Xinjiang.

His current research project concerns written narratives and textual strategies of Uyghurs in Xinjiang and their response to rapid social transformation, political oppression and religious resurgence. In his talk at the congress, he reflects the yogic concept of resonance on anthropology – leading to questions of who we are, what happens around us and which parts of reality we experience.

Ivo Strasser, MD

Ivo Strasser studied medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich and received his doctorate in 2013 as a physician in the field of pediatric cardiology. From August 2013 to July 2014, he practiced as a pediatrician at the Friedrich Alexander University Hospital in Erlangen, Germany. From November 2014 to July 2018 Mr. Strasser worked as an assistant physician in general pediatrics in the municipal hospital Fürth. Currently he is assistant physician researching child and adolescent psychiatry / psychosomatics at the University of Erlangen.

From 2009 he started intense yoga practice and education, and becoming a certified yoga teacher in 2014, when he started teaching, specialized in Hatha and Laya Yoga. In the congress he will give us a preview of his research in clinical applications of yoga regarding gastritis.

Swami Mahalayananda

Swami Mahalayananda (initiated as a Swami in 2001 in Rishikesh) has 35 years of experience as international teacher and lecturer in yoga and Tantra Yoga, as well as starting yoga schools in different countries. An unexpected and profound spiritual experience and awakening at the age of 24 made him quit law school and take up spiritual search which has been ongoing since then.

He has a passion for Kashmir Shaivism, Atma Vichara and spiritual art, starting his musical education from young age. This spiritual search is doubled with 28 years of experience as a clinical psychotherapist, with specialty in development and trauma psychology.

Taija Stoat

Taija Stoat (PsM) is a recognised expert in criminal psychology regarding assessing and dealing with negative emotions and destructive and manipulative behaviour. She is frequently referred by the media and regularly gives international talks and trainings on the subject. In her work as psychologist she hence aims to aid her clients, students and audiences to transform harmful aspects into something beneficial.

In this congress she is presenting the results of most recent scientific studies on psychological effects of spiritual practice and pinpointing the importance of the concept of emotional resonance. She has practiced Yoga and Tantra Yoga since 2007 and is certified yoga teacher by Atman Federation since 2015. She is currently finalising her PhD in University of Helsinki and works as Managing Partner in a company specialised in psychological assessments.

Dr. Jean Marie A.T. Beuckels, DO (doctor of osteopathy)

Dr. Jean Marie A.T. Beuckels, DO started his osteopathic journey 30 years ago and studied at different osteopathic institutes in Europe, where he received different DO-degrees in osteopathy. After completing his BSc in Osteopathic Medicine at University of Westminster and his MSc in Osteopathy at University of Greenwich, Jean Marie obtained a doctorate in medical science through the department of osteopathic medicine at the Witten/Herdecke University in Germany.

Currently Jean Marie works as an osteopathic practitioner in Belgium. He teaches as Head of Department of osteopathic Medicine clinical osteopathy to medical students of the Faculty of Health at the Witten/Herdecke University and is appointed as senior docent at the HS-Fresenius, University of Applied Science in Idstein (Germany), where he teaches the full-time students in a Bachelor-Masters programme for osteopathy.

Next to his strong fascination for pluralism in osteopathic manual medicine, Beuckels’ interests are situated within the panorama of osteopathic diagnostic models and related osteosophical conceptualisations and medical theories, that might underpin the clinical observations of resonance and causality interactions of osteopathic ontogenesis.

Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, PhD

Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Ph.D. has conducted research on yoga for physical and psychological health since 2001 and is a practitioner/instructor of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan since 1971. He is Research Director for the Kundalini Research Institute, Research Associate at the Benson Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, Research Affiliate at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His research has evaluated yoga for insomnia, chronic stress, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and mental health in public schools. Dr. Khalsa works with the International Association of Yoga Therapists promoting yoga research as scientific director for the annual Symposium on Yoga Research and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Yoga Therapy. He is author of the Harvard Medical School ebook Your Brain on Yoga, and chief editor of the medical textbook The Principles and Practice of Yoga in Health Care.