Dr. Vijayalakshmi Kavuri

Place and Date of Birth: India, 06/03/1962

Gender: Female

Spoken Language: English, Telugu, Hindi

Nationality: Indian, Permanent Resident of United States

Address: 19520 Moorshire Dr, Cerritos, CA 90703

Phone: (562) 413-7203

E-Mail: vijaya_kavuri@yahoo.com

Education Non Formal Education Awards/Achievements Organizational Experience Publications

Education

2009 - 2016: PhD (Yoga), SVYASA Yoga University, Bangalore, India

1982 - 1984: MA (Economics), Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

1979 - 1982: BA (Economics), Andhra Mahila Sabha, Osmania Univ, India

1977 - 1979: Intermediate, Andhra Mahila Sabha, Hyderabad, India

1968 - 1977: Keyes High School, Secunderabad, India

Non Formal Education

Awards/Achievements

Organizational Experience

August 2020 – Present : Assistant Professor, Vivekananda Yoga University (VaYU)

2016 – Present: Yoga workshops for various ailments (creating modules and conducting yoga classes for a month with the help of PGDYTs)

2016 – 2019: Faculty of SVYASA for PGDYT (Post Graduate Diploma

Yoga Therapy) conducted in VYASA – LA, Norwalk, CA

2011 – Present: Yoga therapist

2011 – 2014: Yoga therapist, White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles

2010 – Present: Instructor for Yoga Instructor Certification (YIC), VYASA-LA

2009- Present: Yoga Instructor, VYASA-LA, Norwalk, CA

2002- 2019: Medical Biller, AMED Medical Billing Company,

Santa Fe Springs, CA

1995 – 2009: Teacher, Sunday School, Chinmaya Mission, LA

Publications

Kavuri, V., Raghuram, N., Malamud, A., & Selvan, S. (2015). Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Yoga as Remedial Therapy. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/398156.
Kavuri, V., Selvan, P., Malamud, A., Raghuram, N., & Selvan, S. (2015). Remedial yoga improves symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome patients: A 12-week RCT. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 7(6), 595-608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2015.11.001.
Kavuri, V., Selvan, P., Tabesh, A., Raghuram, N., & Selvan, S. (2015). Sustained IBS symptom improvement with remedial yoga: Replication and 6-month outcomes. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 7(6), 609-616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2015.11.002.
Singh, D., Tanwar, M., Kavuri, V., & Rana, B. B. (2018). Effect of yoga-based lifestyle intervention on knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00180.

Under Review
5. Singh, D., Rana, B. B., Kumar, K., Menon, R. G., & Kavuri, V. (2020). Neurocognitive performance and well-being: Yoga vs. non-yoga practitioners. Journal of Kathmandu Medical College.

Singh, D., Kavuri, V., & Rana, B. B. (2020). Brief yoga relaxation effects on anxiety and mindfulness. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry.