John Kepner, MA, MBA, C-IAYT Executive Director Emeritus, IAYT

John served as the executive director of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) from 2003 -2020.  During that time period, IAYT and NAMA worked hand in hand to help each other with just about everything, including the standards process, conferences, websites, and promoting each other’s conferences.

Cynthia Copple

Cynthia Copple, Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner with over 40 years of clinical experience, is co-founder and past president of NAMA. She is currently a member of the NAMACB. She is co-founder and past Dean of Mount Madonna Institute College of Ayurveda. She is the author of Know Your Blueprint: The Ayurvedic Secret To Restoring Your Vitality in 30 Days. She has been Director of Lotus Holistic Health Institute in Capitola, CA since 1982. In 1982  Professor R.P. Trivedi gave her the mission of bringing Ayurveda to the West and since she has been practicing Ayurveda the longest of anyone trained in the US, she has been called the Mother of Ayurveda in the West.