Robert E. Svoboda is the first Westerner ever to graduate from a college of Ayurveda and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India. During and after his formal Ayurvedic training Robert was tutored in Ayurveda, Yoga, Jyotish, Tantra and other forms of classical Indian lore by his mentor, the Aghori Vimalananda. The author of more than a dozen books, including the bestseller Ayurveda: Life, Health and Longevity and Ayurveda for Women,he lived in India for more than a decade, after which he has continued to spend much of each year there and in other lands.