IAHV - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Project Manager - Ayurveda Mother & Infant
Ann is the Training Director for Sri Sri Ayurveda at the Art of Living International Center situated at Saint-Mathieu-du Parc, Quebec. www.artoflivingfoundation.ca. She is certified by the Sri Sri Ayurveda Teaching Hospital in Bangalore to train massage therapists, teach cookery teacher training programs and give lifestyle consultations. Her specialized training in baby massage was completed with The Sacred Window School, whose Director, the late Ysha Oakes, has personally overseen her training and certified her as a Baby Massage Trainer.
In February 2018 Ann finalised a partnership with the University of Rio in Brazil to receive certification endorsement for AMI in Brazil.
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- Project Manager - Read Library
Job Titles:
- Core Management & Project Manager - ACTivity
Full time Healthcare Consultant. Deepa is a keen volunteer on this project as well as other projects run by the organisation. She has transformed this project and it's activities by launching a new brand and bringing projects like 10K run under this banner.
Job Titles:
- Trustee
- Research Fellow at University of Oxford
- Trustee / Research
Hajra is a Research fellow at University of Oxford and a Teacher at Art of Living who lives in Oxford.
Job Titles:
- Researcher
- Trainer
- Programme Director Peacebuilding
- Programme Director Peacebuilding / Programme Director Prison SMART
Dr. Katrien Hertog is a peacebuilding researcher, trainer and practitioner with 15 years of experience in the academic and non-governmental sector. She has a MA in Peace Studies from the University of Bradford and a PhD from the Centre for Peace Research at the University of Leuven. Thanks to her book "The Complex Reality of Religious Peacebuilding: Conceptual Contributions and Critical Analysis" (Lexington, 2010), she has become an international reference and resource on religious peacebuilding.Dr. Hertog has worked as project managerfor different peacebuilding INGO's and as Senior Peacebuilding Trainer and Facilitator at International Alert. As a trainer in peacebuilding, rehabilitation, stress management and capacity development, she has trained 1000+ people, including UN and EU personnel, Dutch and UK government, NGO's and CSO's, students, journalists, refugees and prisoners.
Currently she is Director of the internationally renowned prisoner rehabilitation program Prison SMART for Europe and independent consultant trainer and researcher. Her working experience has mainly been in the Middle East, Asia and Russia / North Caucasus.
Job Titles:
- Director of Sri Sri Ayurveda Cookery Programs
- Project Manager - Ayurveda Mother & Infant
Elisabeth is Director of Sri Sri Ayurveda Cookery Programs, and an Art of Happiness Teacher, Elisabeth is a true Parisian who spent most of her life in the South West of France where she became a master craftsman specialized in Shaker furniture.
Elisabeth met Art of Living in 1989 and has been an Art of Happiness Teacher since 1993. For 10 years, she was treasurer for Art of Living France.
In 2000, she transitioned careers and came to Canada tot rain in Ayurveda. She rapidly developed a love for the subject; it was natural for her to specialize in the important aspect of food for health given her French love of healthy, tasty foods. Elisabeth was certified by the Sri Sri Ayurveda Institute in 2003 as an ayurvedic technician and became aa teacher in 2005. She travels around the world to share the beautiful knowledge of Ayurveda.
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- Trustee Hospitality Industry Professional
Job Titles:
- Senior Security Consultant
- Senior Security Consultant / Retired Trustee Executive Management. Director of Manage Your Mind CIC
Job Titles:
- Project Manager - Gift a Smile
Job Titles:
- Programme Development Manager Peacebuilding
- Programme Development Manager Peacebuilding / Lead for Programme Development Peacebuilding - Brussels.
Born and brought up in the Democratic Rep of Congo (D.R.C.), Nina Noorali has spent 17 years moving to different countries pursuing her career as a life insurance actuary. Not long into that field did she feel the call for more human values and deeper meaning to her life. After taking few sabbaticals to do volunteer work in India, she became a yoga teacher in 2008 and an IAHV trainer in 2009, actively working in South Africa right after her graduation. She focused her efforts on prison rehabilitation programs as well as working in townships to bring joy and stress release to child earners. She initiated stress release workshops in the D.R.C. between 2009 and 2010, reaching out to different sectors of society and mainly NGO workers, including the UN, who were overwhelmed by the political upheaval and difficult environment.
Nina is in charge of program development within IAHV Peacebuilding as well as the director for IAHV Belgium, focusing on CVE and trauma relief programs. She is based out of Brussels.
Shailen Mittal volunteers his time for communication, fundraising and project support for IAHV UK. Coming from a family of helping individuals, Shailen is deeply committed to the vision of a stress-free and violence-free society and inspired to help people overcome stressful situations. Being a problem solver by heart, he believes in the practical solution that peace starts from within and peaceful individuals create a safe, prosperous and successful society. Based out of London, Shailen currently heads the exports division for a global food company after a decade of entrepreneurial experience in the arena of international design and trade of fashion accessories. By academic qualifications, he is an ex-Dipsite, a Business Graduate from University of Delhi and holds a Masters in International Business from the renowned Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. Loving history and ancient civilisations, he has travelled varied corners of the world and is fluent in 5 languages.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is an international humanitarian leader and a spiritual master. He is the global rallying voice of this generation's collective call for peace.
Named one of the "Seven Most Powerful People in India," by Forbes, his world-renowned meditation techniques helped end the 60-year conflict in Colombia. He has been credited with bringing opposing parties together to facilitate meditation and peace talks in Iraq, Cote d'Ivoire, and India.
Founder of the Art of Living Foundation and International Association for Human Values, Sri Sri is leading the way toward peace and tolerance through meditation and humanitarian efforts. The Art of Living is a non-profit organisation founded in 1981. The International Association for Human Values was created in Geneva in 1997 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar as a global platform for humanitarian initiatives that solve problems by uplifting human values. Over 35 years, his programs and initiatives have touched the lives of over 370 million people in over 150 countries.
"Sudarshan Kriya," the meditation technique introduced by Sri Sri is backed by research. It has been implemented in schools, corporations, prisons, refugee camps, and retreat centers around the world. Sri Sri rekindled traditions of yoga and meditation that have helped millions of people achieve personal and social transformation by relieving stress and discovering inner peace in daily life.
Through his life and work, Sri Sri has inspired millions around the world with a vision of a stress-free, violence-free world. He has designed programs that provide techniques and tools to live a deeper, more joyous life
Sri Sri's mission is to show the world that through achieving inner peace, we will be able to see our human interconnectedness and become a One World Family.
Job Titles:
- Project Manager - Ayurveda Mother & Infant
Su trained in 1986 with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi‘s Ayurveda Mother and Baby Programme and worked with Martha Ysha Oakes, who later founded Sacred Window a school for Ayurveda Doulas. In 1998 she studied with Michael Odent in his Doula programme. Su became a member of Doula UK in 1999.
For many years, Su has worked one to one with many families in the UK and Europe, supporting the Mother's return to full vitality and setting the new-born on a strong path for good health. For the past 4 years, Su has taught with Ann the 10day post-partum care program at the AOL Canadian International Centre.
Job Titles:
- Solicitor
- Solicitor / Founder Trustee Core Management and Executive Management. Project Support
Sue Hindle was involved in the set up IAHV in the UK in 2003, and has been heading up the management ever since.
She has now retired after a long career in the law and is actively involved in supporting the various projects and initiatives both in the UK and overseas.
Job Titles:
- Project Manager - Sri Lanka Orphanage Homes