An Introduction to Maharishi Ayurveda
Maharishi Ayurveda (Maharishi's Vedic Approach to Health) is a revival of the world's most ancient and complete system of natural medicine. 'Ayur-Veda' means 'The Science of Life'. It comes from the ancient Vedic tradition of India, where it has been practised for more than 5,000 years. This ancient prevention-oriented health system has recently been revived in its completeness by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi with the help of leading Indian ayurvedic physicians and scholars.
New Light on Ancient Wisdom
Maharishi Ayurveda gives you understanding of your own unique nature and needs. It treats the whole person, not just the disease; treats the cause, not the symptom. It enhances your inner healing ability, has no harmful side effects and is fully compatible with modern medicine.
Maharishi's Vedic Medicine includes 20 classical
therapies which bring all aspects of life - consciousness, body, behaviour
and environment - into balance in a natural way: The result is restoration
of health together with comprehensive prevention of disease. When you are
out of balance you are 'not yourself'. Maharishi's Vedic Approach to
Health helps you re-connect with that deepest innermost Self, thereby
enabling you to express more of your own love, joy, peace and
intelligence.
Sushruta, Ayurvedic physician, c. 10 BCE.
Maharishi Ayurveda helps you get back in control by:
- Giving you understanding of your particular physical and psychological nature and needs
- Explaining the effects of foods, environment and experiences on your mind and body
- Providing better understanding to give you the motivation to make the changes needed for better health - knowing where you are going wrong, how it affects you, and how you can restore health
- Offering many strategies for health such as foods and lifestyle changes appropriate to you: Transcendental Meditation, yoga, massage, cleansing treatments, specific herbal and mineral preparations, aromatherapy, music therapy, etc. - to suit your needs
- Helping you co-operate with your own innate natural healing mechanisms
"I have had fantastic results with my narcolepsy which was regarded
as an incurable lifelong disorder"
Kerr Byers, architecture student, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
"I noticed Kerr's problem six years ago,"
says Kerr's mother, Marlene. "When it came to a peak he was
sleeping 20 hours a day and when he was awake he wasn't with you. He had
sleep paralysis and terrible nightmares. Conventional treatment with
amphetamines only gave him a different set of symptoms. I came along to
learn TM to help me cope. Kerr was sceptical but 3 months later he also
learned and also saw Maharishi Ayurveda doctors within a month. It took
them a few seconds to diagnose what he had. Once he'd learned TM his
medication dropped dramatically and now he lives a completely normal
life"
The Twenty Approaches of Maharishi Ayurveda include:
- Development of consciousness - Transcendental Meditation
- Powerful diagnostic techniques, including Pulse Diagnosis
- Diet and nutrition advice based on individual needs
- Daily and seasonal routines - Seasonal Health Tips
- Exercise programmes appropriate to the individual
- Yoga and breathing exercises
- More than 500 herbal preparations
- Profound toxin removal programmes - Panchakarma
- Music therapies - Gandharva Veda
- Aromatherapy
- Practical knowledge of biological rhythms
- Seminars and courses to increase your knowledge
- Vedic Architecture - living in tune with natural law