Nancy Floyd, M.D., Ph.D., obtained her Bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and her M.D. from the University of California at Davis School of Medicine. She completed post graduate training in Pediatrics (Residency Year 1) at the University of Minnesota and in Emergency Medicine (Residency Years 2 & 3) at the University of California, San Francisco - San Francisco General Hospital and Highland Hospital, Oakland, CA.
Her Ayurveda clinical training includes graduation from the California College of Ayurveda, the Ayurveda Holistic Center School in N.Y. (Sw. S.S. Tirtha), and certification in Panchakarma specialty training (PKS) from the California College of Ayurveda, in Ayurveda from the American Institute of Vedic Studies (David Frawley), and in Sanskrit from the Sanskrit Academy (San Jose, CA).
Dr. Floyd completed a Ph.D. degree in Ayurveda at Westbrook University. Her Ph.D. thesis discussed in depth the method of Ayurvedic pulse diagnosis in which she was trained, and its application to Ayurvedic therapeutics and the design of comprehensive individualized Ayurvedic treatment programs, including Panchakarma and Panchakarma-at-home.
Her training in Meditation and the Yoga tradition includes many years of study and practice with her spiritual teacher, Mata Amritanandamayi, as well as other teachers (Swami Veda Bharati, Sant Keshavadas, Sri Karunamayi), and past training in the Episcopal prayer traditions and the Records of the Life of Jesus (a study tradition of the New Testament based in modern psychology).
Her Ayurveda clinical training includes graduation from the California College of Ayurveda, the Ayurveda Holistic Center School in N.Y. (Sw. S.S. Tirtha), and certification in Panchakarma specialty training (PKS) from the California College of Ayurveda, in Ayurveda from the American Institute of Vedic Studies (David Frawley), and in Sanskrit from the Sanskrit Academy (San Jose, CA).
Dr. Floyd completed a Ph.D. degree in Ayurveda at Westbrook University. Her Ph.D. thesis discussed in depth the method of Ayurvedic pulse diagnosis in which she was trained, and its application to Ayurvedic therapeutics and the design of comprehensive individualized Ayurvedic treatment programs, including Panchakarma and Panchakarma-at-home.
Her training in Meditation and the Yoga tradition includes many years of study and practice with her spiritual teacher, Mata Amritanandamayi, as well as other teachers (Swami Veda Bharati, Sant Keshavadas, Sri Karunamayi), and past training in the Episcopal prayer traditions and the Records of the Life of Jesus (a study tradition of the New Testament based in modern psychology).