Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa, Yogaraj (Ayurveda), AD, DN-C, RH, LMT, NCTMB, has 47 years of experience in holistic medicine, and is one of the foremost natural healing experts in North America.

He’s President Emeritus of the American Herbalists Guild and trained with Ayurvedic master Yogi Bhajan for 32 years. He’s nationally credentialed to teach herbalism, yoga, and Ayurvedic massage, and is one of the first nationally certified instructors of Kundalini yoga in the United States.

K.P., who holds a doctorate in Ayurveda, is a professor at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, a founding faculty in the Ayurvedic Sciences program at Bastyr University, and a faculty member in the Botanical Medicine Department at the National College of Natural Medicine, where he trains naturopathic medical students and teaches Ayurveda.

He’s written or edited 30 books, including major works on Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, and physiology. His latest book, The Way of Ayurvedic Herbs, co-authored with Michael Tierra, brings Ayurveda to life in an understandable and practical way.