Director, Dr Deepa Apté MBBS (India), YLA, BYV, ITEC, MICHT is a fully qualified Indian medical doctor (Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery, India), a qualified Yoga teacher (specialising in Hatha Yoga and the Sivananda tradition) and a qualified Ayurvedic practitioner. As a former external Examiner for a Masters degree accredited by Middlesex University, she also anExecutive Director of the APA's (Ayurvedic Practitioners Association).

She lectures widely on Ayurveda and Yoga (both in the UK and Germany) and regularly writes articles for, and features in, magazines and the press (e.g. "Health & Fitness" magazine, "She" magazine, Holland and Barrett's "Healthy" magazine and "Today's Therapist" magazine). After having run successful practices in India and Germany, she now runs her practice fromThe Ayurveda Pura Health Spa & Beauty Centre, London where she offers Ayurvedic consultations, individual Yoga sessions and workshops.

Having previously run many workshops and courses, she lectures as a guest speaker at numerous international health and wellbeing exhibitions (e.g. CAMEXPO, London) and is the lead lecturer of the Ayurveda Pura Academy. As a post graduate lecturer at University of Wales, Dr Apté is an experienced teacher with a knowledge which is second to none on both theoretical and practical aspects of Ayurvedic medicine and treatments.

As well as running her practice Dr Deepa Apté helped to set up Ayurveda Pura in the UK and is the lead Ayurvedic practitioner in charge of products, their production and ingredients.In 2013 she has just won the Outstanding Achievement Award at camexpo in London and just recently in 2014 the Outstanding Achievements Award at APCTC Association of Professional Coaches, Trainers & Consultants) and in September 2014 the UK’s Federation of Holistic Therapists Tutor of the Year Award.