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Marcus Schmieke President of the EAVS
Head of the Vasati Department
Head of the Vedic Astrology Department
Reinhart Schacker, CAS Head of the Ayurveda Department
Sacinandana Swami Teacher of Vedanta
Jochen Weiss Teacher of Sanskrit
Jelena Neumann Teacher of Vedic Astrology

Marcus Schmieke is President of the European Academy of Vedic Sciences. He is Director of the Vedic Academy in Germany and President of the German chapter of the International Institute of Predictive Astrology.

Marcus Schmieke was born 1966 in Oldenburg, Germany, and studied Physics in Hannover and Heidelberg. He is one of the world's pioneers in Vasati and founder of the Vedic Academy in Germany. Since 1996 then he has been giving seminars and working as mentor for students of Vasati (Vedic Architecture) and Vedic Astrology. Being a prolific author  of more than 20 books translated in 14 languages he is well known also beyond the borders of Europe.
He is a mentor for students of Vasati and Vedic Astrology Courses at the EAVS, and he also teaches the Karma & Dharma module of the Vedanta Personality Development course.


 

Reinhart Schacker, CAT/CAS, is Head of the Ayurveda Department and mentor for students of the Ayurveda Correspondence Course. 1983 he spent 6 months in Rishikesh (India) studying Ayurveda and in 1986 he completed his yoga teacher course at the Shivananda Yoga Centre. He graduated from the SEVA Academy (Munich, Germany) first as Ayurveda Therapist (CAT) with a practical training in India and completed his studies as Ayurveda Specialist (CAS) in 1997.

Since 1999 he is teaching the Ayurveda Correspondence Course at the Vedic Academy in Germany, mentoring students and leading workshops. He has many years of experience in giving yoga, breathing and reiki courses and seminars of Ayurveda and Ayurvedic cooking, especially in adult education.

He is author of two books on Ayurveda, both published in Germany. He often lectures on the topic of Ayurveda and writes articles published in German.

 
Sacinandana Swami is teacher at the Vedanta Department of the European Academy for Vedic Sciences. He is one of the founding members of the Vaishnava Training and Education project. At Bhaktivedanta College in Belgium he is a member of the Faculty Council, where he also teaches courses on character development. At the EAVS he is teaching the Atma and Paramatma Module of the Vedic Personality Development course.

Born 1956 in Hamburg, Germany, since 1971 a monk in the tradition of Caitanya Vaishnavism, he has been travelling around the globe spreading the Vedic wisdom and helping others in their spiritual life and personal development. He gives workshops and retreats on practical spirituality and lectures about hindovedic philosophy and has written The Nectarean Ocean of the Holy Name and The Way of the Great Departure. His new book on the Gayatri mantras will be published shortly and aims to become the standard work on this subject-matter.
 

Jochen Weiss is the author of the Sanskrit Course of the European Academy of Vedic Sciences. He has studied physics and Indian philosophy at the University of Heidelberg, and he has been studying Sanskrit language and literature since more then 15 years, with special emphasis on hindovedic scriptures.

He works as literary author, translator and editor. He translated several books into German language, and also translates also German publications of the Vedic Academy in Germany into English. His first literary work „Kali comes“ is a historical novel taking place in the Vedic times. He gives seminars and courses on hindovedic philosophy.

At the European Academy for Vedic Sciences he is the teaching the Sanskrit Courses and the Triguna module of the Vedanta Personality Development Course.

 

 

Jelena Gäbler studied Astrology at the Vedic Academy in Germany from Marcus Schmieke and works as astrologer. She especially learned and specialized the Vedic partnership astrology. She assisted in the development of the Prashna astrological software for the Vedic Academy by writing the texts for the horoscope interpretation. She gives classes in Astrology, works as astrological advisor and writes Articles about astrology. At the European Academy of Vedic Sciences as co-tutor she is supporting Marcus Schmieke in taking care of the Vedic Astrology students.

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