Mangala (Sue) Loper-Powers

Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist, Hatha Yoga Teacher

Mangala Loper-Powers

Mangala has an impressive background in yoga training and teaching, Ayurvedic training and practice, and in-depth medical training and practice.

She has a Master's in Nursing and has won awards as Nurse Practitioner of the Year (1982), and for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching when she was a lecturer at The University of Washington School of Nursing (1987).

She has also trained as a Biofeedback Therapist, was a Clinical Specialist in Stress Management, and is a certified Massage Therapist and Polarity Therapist. For many years she has been a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner in Nevada City.

She was certified as an Ayurvedic practitioner by Dr. Vasant Lad (1999), in addition to her previous certificates as from the California College of Ayurveda and from Dr. David Frawley's Correspondence Course.

She was certified as a Yoga Teacher at The Expanding Light (1997), and has taught yoga and Ayurveda in Europe, India, and America.

In addition to this impressive list of training and qualifications, Mangala is, quite simply, an excellent teacher, who listens sensitively and shares with her students compassion and wisdom.

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