Paul Van Camp

Dr. Paul Van Camp is an authorized teacher, or Acharya, offering personal instruction in the practice of Neelakantha Meditation as taught in Blue Throat Yoga. Neelakantha Meditation is the natural, easy and transformative prac-tice of deep introversive meditation that nourishes and powerfully en-hances life. Once learned, Neelakantha Meditation is a practice for life. It is mediation perfected. It is entirely effective for every person who learns, it whether or not one has meditated before. Dr. Van Camp is pleased to offer careful and precise personal instruction into its the-ory and practice.

Neelakantha meditation is the natural and easeful introversive practice to enter, experience and be uplifted by our own deepest Self. That is the Source-Place of our own highest consciousness within. So this does not require any particular religion, philosophy or beliefs. So anyone can effectively add it to their existing circumstance and life to provide a joyous, settled and refresh-ing practice that will progressively grow. It is the means to fullness, to trans-formative knowledge and to greater happiness and health in life. It brings profound benefits into every dimension of our lives. It is the practice that sets us free and fulfills the very purpose of living.

Dr. Van Camp has meditation practice experience for over 43 years. Since 2013 he has been studying intensively with Professor Paul Muller-Ortega, a world’s leading authority on the Shaiva-Tantra teachings of Kashmir. He is the founder of Blue Throat Yoga and respected senior teacher of Neelakantha meditation.

In addition to personal initiatory instruction in meditation, Paul Van Camp offers teachings and discussions to vari-ous groups about the philosophy and theoretical basis of Neelakantha Meditation and of Kashmir Shaivism. These teachings are based upon the most sublime and extraordinary knowledge in ancient texts from the most refined yogic traditions. Paul enjoys conveying this knowledge in an accessible and easily understood, thoroughly modern way. He is available to travel for Satsang teaching to yoga groups and retreats throughout the United States, Mexi-co and Latin America. Paul was born in California, USA. He attended medical school in San Diego and practiced medicine for over 30 years (With specialties in Emergency medicine, Tropical and Family medicine). He retired from regular medical practice in 2008, except for volunteer medical service missions to countries such as Peru, Mexico and Ghana (Founder and Medical Director of Cal-Africa Medical Service Project). He lives with his wife, Johane, half of the year in the mountain town of Bend, Oregon and the other half in San Jose del Cabo (BCS), Mexico. He travels exten-sively and enjoys trail-running, cycling and mountain treks, surfing and kite-surfing, snow-boarding and skiing.

Dr. Van Camp is a cancer patient and survivor, since diagnosis in 2007. He is active in cancer survivorship and sup-port programs, both in Oregon and in Mexico. (Founder of The Baja Cancer Advocacy Project (Sobrevivientes del Cancer.) He also works to bring transformative meditation practice to cancer patients and to their families.