Clinic or Panchakarma Center
Director, Ayurvedic Doctor (NAMACB) at
Lotus Ayurveda
Capitola, California, 95010
Cynthia Copple, Ayurvedic Consultant in Santa Cruz, California since 1982, is Director of Lotus Holistic Health Institute and President of Lotus Herbs. She is Co-Founder and Past President of National Ayurvedic Medical Association and Co-Founder and Past Dean of Mount Madonna Institute College of Ayurveda.
She has been trained in Ayurvedic pulse diagnosis and the use of Ayurvedic healing herbs by Ayurvedic master Dr. R. P. Trivedi of Hathras, India, who has encouraged and inspired her to teach and transmit the knowledge of this 5,000 year old system of wellness and rejuvenation from India. Her teachers include Ayurvedic Physicians and Doctors Vasant Lad, Pankaj and Smita Naram,and Sunil and Shalmali Joshi.
She has practiced and studied yoga and meditation for the past 40 years. She has been a practitioner of Ayurveda for 32 years. Her ancient history includes BA from UC Berkeley, 1966; War Correspondent in Vietnam in 1969; free lance writer & photographer 1970-80; rock music/entertainment/circus publicist 1973-76; owner of Lotus & Co. natural fiber clothing store 1978-89.
