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 To prescribe my health regime, Our Company''s , and his consulting Indian doctor or vaidya would need to determine my body type or dosha. After I''d completed a written medical history and questionnaire, the doctors talked with me for an hour regarding my sleeping patterns, eating habits and digestion, exercise program, and work schedule. Dr. Clark took my Ayurvedic pulse by placing three fingers on my wrist and listening to its subtle rhythms. Once he assessed my body type and listened to my health concerns, he gave my customized prescription, which consists of a sun salutation yoga asana every morning, followed by a sesame oil self-massage. He instructed me on which foods I should avoid and which foods will aid in balancing my body. The attention the doctors paid me and the accuracy of their assessments inspired me to turn over a new health leaf-now if only I can stick to it! The greatest gift you can give to someone or to yourself is the gift of health. And as we age, health becomes even more of a concern. At Our Company, Maharishi Ayur-Veda Health Center located in restoring health and creating balance in the physiology is the primary goal. The aging process is the inevitable result of wear and tear on our mind/body system. But in many cases what we consider "normal" aging is actually years of accumulated toxins and impurities finally - and visibly - taking their toll on our bodies. Stiffness, chronic disorders, memory loss, insomnia, decrease in skin tone... too often the myriad of problems that confront more and more of us are simply manifestations of deep underlying imbalances that may have been deposited in our physiology in childhood. Once I was diagnosed (too much Kapha-no surprise there!), I received a personalized herbal regimen and a series of panchakarma massage treatments aimed at prying the toxins from my body''s tissue. First was the abhyanga- rhumitoidarthritis a two-hour, over-all sesame-oil massage performed simultaneously by two technicians; next came the shirodhara, a slow stream of oil wandering to and fro over my rhumitoidarthritis forehead that set me afloat somewhere between sleep and waking. Sometimes I don''t know where people go with that one. (The only disturbing note was the basti, or herbal enema, that finished each daily session. If you find the notion off-putting, you''re not alone; but keep in mind rhumitoidarthritis that these treatments are rhumitoidarthritis optional-and given with a minimum of fuss or discomfort.) After two days of panchakarma plus daily yoga, I felt I''d entered the uncharted zones beyond relaxation-and could easily get used to the feeling. Fellow guests who had been here for several weeks, on longer detoxification programs, looked positively radiant. Evenings, we had lectures in the library, followed by delicious hot-milk toddies and chats with our fellow guests, then bedtime (officially 10 P.M.). Other offerings (at additional cost) included Ayurvedic astrological readings and a four-day course in TM. Videos about Ayurveda and TM were available for viewing. Although Raj and their staff are TM practitioners, we felt no pressure to study it. Ayurvedic pulse assessment has several important advantages for health care. First, pulse diagnosis can often pick up imbalances that are developing in the body before they grow into clear diseases states. This early detection of imbalance plays an important role in determing what prevention recommendations should be given. Also Ayurveda does not treat disease on the level of gross symptoms but aims to remove the root imbalances that cause the disease. Ayurvedic pulse assessment is the most powerful means available to our doctors to determine what these root imbalances are so targetted programs can be recommended to remove them. Click here to read an interview with valuable technique of pulse diagnosis. Areas of Recommendations for use in daily life In addition to prescribing the Maharishi Rejuvenation Treatments administered at Our Company our medical team provides a variety of recommendations that can be used in daily life. Recommendations are given in the following areas: Diet is understood as they key to both prevention and treatment of disease in Ayurveda. rhumitoidarthritis Individualized dietary recommendations are given to provide balanced nutrition to the body and also to help remove the imbalances at the basis of disease. Our allergy program is conducted under the supervision of a licensed medical doctor and draws on knowledge from Maharishi Vedic Medicine, the world's oldest and most complete system of natural medicine. Unwanted allergy symptoms are due to an inappropriate activation of the body's natural defense mechanisms against foreign agents.
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