Dr. John Douillard has been teaching natural medicine and Ayurveda for 22 years and has written and produced 18 health and fitness books, CD's and DVD's. Dr. Douillard publishes a nationally known bi-monthly video-newsletter on current health issues and cutting edge nutritional research that you can sign up for a www.LifeSpa.com. He just released his latest book, The Yoga Body Diet this April and is the author of The 3-Season Diet; Body, Mind, and Sport; Perfect Health for Kids and The Encyclopedia of Ayurvedic Massage.  He is the creator of the LifeSpa Ayurvedic Skincare and Herbal Line and currently directs LifeSpa, an Ayurvedic Retreat Center, where he offers consultaions (in person or over the phone) and personalized Panchakarma Detox Retreats.  He lives with his wife and six children in Boulder, CO.

 

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Board and Faculty Positions

 

1994-1998	Editorial review board, The Protocol Journal of Botanical Medicine.
1997-1999	Advisory Board, Natural Remedies magazine.
1998-2001	National Advisory Board, Wild Oats Wellness Centers.
2001-2008	Advisory Board Member, California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine, CAAM.
2002-2005	National Board Member, National Association of Ayurvedic Medicine, NAMA.
2006-2008	Visiting Faculty.  Kripalu College of Ayurveda.  Lenox, Massachusetts.
2007-2008	Visiting Faculty.  Mt. Madonna College of Ayurveda.  Watsonville, California.

Speaking Highlights

1991	Invincible Athletics Workshop, National Teams, Coaches and Trainers at the USSR State Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, Moscow.
1992	Clinical Workshop and Lecture,  American Association of Ayurvedic Medicine Annual Conference:  Non-Pharmacological Approaches to Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Disease.  CME accredited.
1992	Workshop Leader, Invincible Athletics Workshop, White House Athletic Club, Washington, DC.
1993	Keynote Address on Complementary Practices in Medicine at University of Massachusetts, Department of Family Practice Annual Conference.
1993	Seminar Leader, 10-city seminar tour sponsored by the Mind-Body Convention, co-billing with Deepak Chopra, M.D.
1994	Featured Speaker, Los Angeles Young Presidents Organization. Currently a YPO All-Star.
1995	Keynote Speaker, 1995 Arizona State Dental Association Annual Meeting.
1996-2000	Keynote Speaker, Gaia Herbal and Naturopathic Symposium. Massachusetts, Oregon, North Carolina.
1996-1997	National Spokesperson, Gaia Herbs.
1998-2004	Co-Hosted #1 rated weekend Colorado radio show called Health Time.
1999	Presenter, Body, Mind, and Sport principles to the New Jersey Nets in the NBA.
1999-2000	Director of Player Development,  New Jersey Nets.
2000-2002	Keynote Speaker at inaugural and subsequent annual conferences of the California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine .
2000-2002	Director of Humanity in Unity - a non-profit humanitarian organization.
2002	Keynote Speaker, Southwest Yoga and Ayurveda Conference, Palm Springs.
2003	Keynote Speaker/Seminar Instructor, American Holistic Medical Association certification program.
2003	Keynote Speaker, National Association of Ayurvedic Medicine inaugural conference, Sarasota, Florida.
2004	Commencement Address, Seminar Instructor, California College of Ayurveda.
2004	Keynote Speaker, National Association of Ayurvedic Medicine conference, Long Beach, California.
2004	Keynote Speaker for 800 students at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, New York City, New York.
2005	Keynote Speaker for 1200 students at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, New York City, New York.
2006	Keynote Speaker for 2500 students at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, New York City, New York.
2007	Keynote Speaker for 2500 students at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, New York City, New York.
2008	Keynote Speaker for 2500 students at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, New York City, New York.
2008	Keynote Speaker for the MidWest Yoga Conference.

 

“Dr. John Douillard’s teachings can change your life as they have for me and thousands of others of all ages!”
– Billie Jean King

 

Publications

 

1992	Invincible Athletics: Awakening the Athlete in Everyone audiocassette series by Nightingale Conant.
1994	Body, Mind, and Sport:  The Mind-Body Guide to Lifelong Fitness and Your Personal Best. Crown  Books, New York.
1998	Ayurvedic Pulse Diagnosis audiocassette series with 50-page manual.
2000	The 3-Season Diet: Solving the Mysteries of Food Cravings, Weight Loss, and Exercise. Crown Books, New York.
2003	Perfect Health for Kids: 10 Ayurvedic Health Secrets Every Parent Must Know. North Atlantic Books, Berkeley CA.
2004	The Encyclopedia of Ayurvedic Massage. North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA.
2008	Ayurveda for Detox DVD produced with Gaiam. Ayurveda for Stress Relief DVD produced with Gaiam. Ayurveda for Weight Loss DVD produced with Gaiam.
2008	Ayurveda Audio Lecture CDs on: Anxiety and Depression Exercise Healing Fatigue Insomnia The Miracle of Lymph Perfect Health for Kids Skin Health Weight Loss

 

Seminar Highlights:

 

From The 3-Season Diet:

• Eat Atkins in the Winter, Jenny Craig in the Spring, and Pritikin in the Summer as Nature Intended
• Natural Weight Balancing:  a way of life you will enjoy!
• No More Diets, Please:  relearn how to eat and never go hungry.
• If You Crave It, You Need It:  don’t suppress them – get satisfied!
• Stress Prevention:  learn how to handle stress before it man-handles you.
• Walk, Run, Stretch and Breathe with Me:  watch breathing, not sweat, burn pounds!

 

“The 3-Season Diet is very informative.  It helps me on game days, when I need energy the most.  This book is a winner.” 

- Kendall Gill, team captain, the New Jersey Nets

 

From Body, Mind, and Sport:

• Effortless Exercise:  learn how to enjoy exercise for the first time ever.
• Human Potential Through Exercise:  find the “eye of the hurricane” in exercise and plug it into your life.
• The Zone:  make it the way you live everyday!
• Nasal Breathing Exercise:  the key to mind body fitness
• Learn How To Exercise According To Your Type
• Competition Therapy:   external victories will come and go but inner victories are here to stay

 

“I apply John’s principles to my personal fitness program every day.  It makes exercise easy and enjoyable, I heartily recommend it.”
- Dr. Wayne Dyer, author of Your Erroneous Zones

 

From  Perfect Health for Kids:

• How to Spot and Treat a Cold Weeks Before Its ETA 
• The Ten Secrets to Cold Prevention
• How to Feed Your Kids an American Diet and Stay Out of the Doctor’s Office
• How to Choose a Doctor for Your Kids
• Emotional Health – A Child’s First Line of Defense

 

"Dr. John Douillard has helped me develop a deeper mind/body connection.  Now I am thrilled to be able to apply his wisdom and knowledge of perfect health to my children's lives.  It is a great gift and blessing for them to start on the road to "Perfect Health" at such a young age.
  -Catherine Oxenberg, actress and mother

 

From  The Encyclopedia of Ayurvedic Massage:

• The Traditional Value of Massaging Infants and Children
• The Role of Lymphatic Massage in Attaining Perfect Health
• Tailoring Therapies to Constitutional Types
• Using Subtle-Energy Systems to Enhance Health Care
• Ayurvedic Facials:  Beauty Is More Than Skin Deep
• Ayurvedic Massage Certification Training

 

“Dr. John Douillard has taken details from various Ayurvedic traditions in which he has trained and synthesized then into techniques that are well fitted to today’s world-ever retaining Ayurveda’s focus on healing mind and spirit as well as body.  The Encyclopedia of Ayurvedic Massage is a worthy successor to Dr. Douillard’s previous books and a valuable incarnation of Ayurveda’s ancient wisdom in modern words.”

-Robert Svoboda, Ayurvedacharya

 

Business and Motivation:

• Balance your life, balance your business
• Who is driving your chariot?  Be the designated driver!
• Making a balanced lifestyle work in business
• Inner harmony and success for business harmony and success