Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Two main schools of Ayurveda are practiced outside of India.

Two main schools of Ayurveda are practiced outside of India. One, Maharishi Ayur-Veda, was started by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (of transcendental meditation fame) and emphasizes meditation as the key to healing. This for-profit (and highly profitable) group runs its own training programs worldwide and sells an exclusive line of products.

The other branch of Ayurveda — popularized by Deepak Chopra, M.D. - also advocates meditation but not as the most important means to health. It’s basically a loosely associated group of healers and health care advocates, many of them trained in India and now based at various alternative medical schools or mind-body centers. Continue Reading >>

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