Ayurveda deals with life in its totality. It concerns not only the body but the mind and the soul. The body, mind, and soul are the three limbs upon which the three-dimensional therapy of Ayurveda-the physical, mental, and spiritual-stands. Ayurveda has a holistic view of life and health care practices. Perfect health can only be achieved when body, mind, and soul area in harmony with each other and with the cosmic surroundings. Ayurveda : A Way of Life is an easy-to-understand, comprehensive guide for assimilating the fundamentals of Ayurveda – India’s ancient life science and system of holistic health care-into our modern, daily lives. Most people are familiar with the three-humor constitutional types that form the basis for Ayurvedic treatment. This book is uniquely important because the constitutional types – and their combination – are clearly explained so readers can create their own balance.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Vinod Verma
Dr. Vinod Verma assimilated yoga and Ayurveda from her father and grandmother. She earned a Ph.D. in Reproduction Biology from Panjab University, Chandigarh and a Ph.D. in Neurobiology from the University of Paris (old Sorbonne). She got her training in Neurobiology from the prestigious National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA, and worked at the Max Planck Institute in Freiburg, Germany. At the peak of career with a pharmaceutical company in Germany, Dr. Verma realized that the modern Western approach to health is fragmented, illogical and uni-dimentional (non-holistic). The mental and spiritual aspects are lacking and all our resources are put in curing diseases rather than trying to stay healthy. She returned to her traditional past, studied Patanjali and other texts on yoga and learnt the scriptural tradition of Ayurveda from her Ayurvedic guru, Acharya Priya Vrat Sharma. A Scientific Exposition of Patanjali’s Yogasutras was her first book that she began writing in 1986 and after years of research, this book was published in 1996. She has written seven more books on yoga, Ayurveda and Women’s health and these books are published in different languages of the world. Dr. Verma founded The New Way Health Organisation in 1986 to spread the message of holistic health care and spiritual living. She is totally dedicated to revive the spiritual tradition of yoga and integrate it with Ayurveda for health and healing. She hosts seminars, lectures and workshops and has been interviewed on TV and radio programmes all over the world. She has made a film on Ayurveda in collaboration with German television and this film has been shown in 130 languages in 100 different countries. She has also numerous scientific papers published in international journals.
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