Amrita Shrivastava: Validating Ayurveda Through Modern Science
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Percilla Herrera: Women, Consciousness, and Health
Growing up in Los Angeles, Percilla Herrera observed women around her and desired to help them grow healthier and happier. But it wasn’t until she came to MIU that she realized she could have a career doing just that.
Professional Tennis Player Studies Maharishi AyurVeda
Rudy Richter is a professional tennis player from Guatemala with a world ranking of 1293. Although several US universities offered him scholarships to play Division I college tennis on their team, Rudy wasn’t inspired by the majors they offered and came to MIU instead.
Krista Brisbane: Taking Wellness to Dominica
Krista Brisbane comes from Dominica, a small island in the Caribbean that has been named the “nature island” due to its unspoiled rainforest, springs, and waterfalls. Growing up in a healthy environment, Krista became interested in natural health and self-development. Inspired by her cousins, she learned the Transcendental Meditation® technique three years ago, and after completing holistic massage therapy training in the US, she applied to MIU.
Varsha Khatri: Illuminated Health
I spoke with Varsha Khatri a few weeks ago when she came to Fairfield to visit her alma mater. She is a graduate of the BA degree in Physiology and Health in 2008, and about 3 years ago, she settled with her husband in London—where she was born. There, she began a health practice called Illuminated Health which has become quite successful. Varsha utilizes Maharishi AyurVeda, yoga, nutrition and herbal medicine to help her clients achieve balance and health. The word about Varsha and Illuminated Health is spreading.
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Practicum Students Conduct Over 100 Wellness Consultations
Campus residents are now a bit healthier thanks to the health consultations offered by students in the undergraduate major in physiology and health.
Spring Detox, the Maharishi AyurVedic Way
You know how you often don’t feel well after eating out? Maharishi AyurVed advises to eat light for a meal or two, while sipping hot water every 20 minutes, to burn away excess Ama (undigested food) with our digestive fire (Agni).
Sipping hot water throughout the day is perhaps the most powerful adjunct to any diet and a wonderfully easy way to detox. Some like it hot, but warm works well. This practice literally scrapes the insides of your blood vessels clean. This works whether you’ve eaten something that...
Keeping 3 Fingers on the Pulse
At Maharishi International University (MIU), students come from all around the world to learn from the best of the best about health and how to improve it through the ancient system of Maharishi AyurVeda.
Undergraduate Physiology and Health students study with top-notch Maharishi AyurVedic professors, MDs, and Vaidyas with decades of experience, and then put that knowledge to work in a practicum class in the local Integrative Wellness Center.
One thing that such students learn is Maharishi AyurVedic pulse diagnosis, which is a powerful tool for learning about...