Our vision is to bring the healing science of Ayurveda and its modalities to the forefront of integrative medicine in the West.
Our Mission
By sharing our wisdom, extensive education and experience, diverse backgrounds, collective knowledge of Ayurveda and integrative medicine, AAPNA strives to:
- Build bridges of knowledge across all health professions in order to incorporate the healing approaches and modalities of Ayurveda into mainstream health care.
- Bring together all ayurvedic and integrative health professionals to offer each other support, academic discussions, professional development and friendship.
- Strengthen the awareness of Ayurveda as a healing science, thereby contributing to the effort of bringing the wisdom and knowledge of Ayurveda to everyone.
What Our Logo Represents
- The word "aapna" means "ours" in Hindi. "AAPNA" in our logo is written in English with a Sanskrit stylized font.
- The circle symbolizes wholeness and oneness.
- The globe represents our world and the fact that we are all connected. It also represents all the people and health professionals integrating ayurveda into their practices all over the world.
- Green and blue in our logo indicates the environmentally and ecologically conscious nature of ayurveda and its natural healing modalities.
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