VaYU in the Bay Area — Oct 23, 2026
Community Launch Event

VaYU in the Bay Area

Bringing Yoga, Ayurveda & Modern Science Together

An evening with VaYU — the first yoga university outside India — on what it would take to build a Teaching, Research & Wellness Center here in the Bay Area. Keynote from Arjun Sen.

Date
Friday, Oct 23, 2026
Time
7:30 – 9:30 PM PT
Venue
Stanford Faculty Club439 Lagunita Dr., Stanford, CA

Know VaYU

Care that doesn’t make you choose

VaYU advances authentic yoga through research, graduate education, and partnership. Working alongside healthcare professionals and community leaders, we hope to bring that work to the Bay Area.

Our Teaching, Research and Wellness (TReW) Centers unite modern medicine, Ayurveda, and Yoga Therapy under one roof — close to home, so that care is within reach. Join us at our upcoming event to learn how you can help bring a TReW Center to the Bay Area.

Support VaYU for what it stands for — healthcare for humanity.

What a TReW Center brings

One roof
Modern medicine, Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy practised together rather than in parallel.
Evidence first
Grounded in VaYU’s graduate research and published work, not claims.
Close to home
Built with local clinicians and community leaders, in the city it serves.
Teaching built in
A training site for the next generation of yoga therapists and integrative clinicians.

Keynote Speaker

Arjun Sen

Arjun Sen

Founder & CEO, ZenMango

Globally recognized marketing and branding expert, entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker. An IIT Kharagpur alumnus and Founder of ZenMango, he has worked with leading global brands. A cancer survivor once given just 100 days to live, Arjun turned that journey into his philosophy of resilience — “Unquit.” His story became the basis for Shoojit Sircar’s film I Want to Talk, with Abhishek Bachchan portraying him on screen.

ZenMango IIT Kharagpur “Unquit”

Who should attend

If you are in one of these rooms already, you belong in this one

Community Leaders
You know who needs to be in the room, and you can open the door.
Healthcare Professionals
Physicians, nurses, therapists who see where conventional care stops short.
Researchers & Academicians
Collaborators for VaYU’s graduate research and published work.
Wellness Leaders & Entrepreneurs
Studios, clinics and health ventures already serving the Bay Area.
Philanthropists
Supporters who want to see a TReW Center built in their own city.
Yoga Practitioners & Teachers
Practitioners looking for the research and rigour behind the practice.

The venue

Stanford Faculty Club

Address439 Lagunita Dr.
Stanford, CA
DateFriday, October 23, 2026
Time7:30 – 9:30 PM PT
Parking[CONFIRM — the poster shows **Parking** unfilled]

Registration

Reserve your seat

Seating at the Faculty Club is limited. Registering also helps us plan the evening.

VaYU in the Bay Area
Friday, October 23, 2026 · 7:30–9:30 PM PT · Stanford Faculty Club, 439 Lagunita Dr.
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Questions? Email info@vayuusa.org or call the committee below.

Bay Area program committee

The people organising this evening

Local volunteers. Call or message any of them — venue questions, who to bring, or how to help.

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Rakhi Israni+1 (832) 419-7105
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Prof. Anurag Mairal+1 (408) 425-6650
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Jyothsna Prasad+1 (408) 216-3072
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Somali Sambhus+1 (669) 203-9719

Support the work

Help us build a TReW Center in the Bay Area

Every Teaching, Research and Wellness Center starts with people who decide their city should have one. Your gift funds the research, the teaching, and the care.

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