The Ayurvedic College begins in Sarasota, Florida, October, 2008. We hope to see many of you there. Call Light at 941-806-7760 for more information.There are also a few places available in the upcoming workshops.

August 16-17, 2008 - Goddess Workshop by Light Miller
Awakening the Goddess Within - location
Burien, WA - Call Michelle - 208-405-8338

August 23, 2008 - Pancha Karma Training with Certification
Extensive hands-on training for Ayurvedic Practitioners in the science and art of cleansing and rejuvenation.
Cusick, WA - Call Michelle - 208-405-8338

September 7-9, 2008 - Beloved Tantra Experience Class for Couples
Create more intimacy, love, better communication, and healing of the Chakras. Discover Divine romance, conscious sexuality, and learn to move to deeper levels with your beloved. Call Sandy Levey - 360-527-2796

Despite the fact that people try diet upon diet, gimmicks, exercises, and fads, obesity has become a modern Western disease of major proportions. Over 60% of North Americans are 15 pounds or more over their optimum weight. Obesity shortens life, restricts mobility, decreases enjoyment, reduces attractiveness (less sex), lowers self-esteem, and diminishes awareness. Given all this, why is our culture seemingly uncontrollably overweight? What can Ayurveda do about it?

Ayurveda sees four major factors contributing to the problem: (1) over-abundance, (2) toxins, (3) sedentary lifestyles, and (4) failure of the intellect. The ancient science of Ayurveda has tried and true answers to this modern dilemma.

Ayurveda is the 5,000 year old "Science of Life". It is an all-inclusive science, encompassing every facet of living. It began with ancient Holy men so connected to the Divine that the deepest truths were accessible to them. They then made these truths available to all beings, first through an oral history and later through written texts.

Ayurveda was the world's first medical system. It used food, surgery, herbs, exercise, and meditation to bring the sick back into harmony. Ayurveda is the only medical system which recognizes that different people have different metabolisms. Ayurveda treats each "bodytype" differently. "One man's food is another man's poison", observed Hippocrates, the father of Greek medicine. Dr. Deepak Chopra has created an enormous awareness of this medical system through his best selling books, tapes, and personal appearances.

Ayurveda distinguishes three main bodytypes:

Now that you understand something of Ayurveda, let us examine the causes of obesity from an Ayurvedic perspective.

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