Ayurveda: Natural Health Practices for Your Body Type from the World's Oldest Healing Tradition [Abridged, Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Vasant Lad (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2006

More than 5,000 years ago, the world's first system of holistic medicine was established in India. Called ayurveda, which literally means the ?science of life, ? this mother of all healing systems is based on spiritual principles, and includes natural treatments to establish the correct balance between the mind, body, and consciousness. On Ayurveda, listeners join Dr. Vasant Lad (founder of America's first ayurvedic institute) to explore this ancient mind/body art. From choosing the right diet and food combinations for your type ? to fascinating cosmic laws about individual constitutions and the three doshas that govern wellness ? to principles for attaining enlightenment through perfect health ? here is the only complete audio curriculum on ayurveda. According to a recent Harvard Medical School study, one in three Americans has sought out and used alternative health treatments. Now the world's oldest system for holistic healing is available to Western seekers, with Ayurveda.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated; Unabridged edition (May 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591795087
• ISBN-13: 978-1591795087
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,388,069 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Vasant Lad, B.A.M.&S., M.A.Sc., brings a wealth of classroom and practical experience to the United States. He received the degree of Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (B.A.M.&S.) in 1968 from the University of Pune, in Pune, India and a Master of Ayurvedic Science (M.A.Sc.) in 1980 from Tilak Ayurved Mahavidyalaya in Pune. For 3 years, he served as Medical Director of the Ayurveda Hospital in Pune, India. He also held the position of Professor of Clinical Medicine for seven years at the Pune University College of Ayurvedic Medicine, where he was an instructor for many years. Vasant Lad's academic and practical training includes the study of allopathic medicine (Western Medicine) and surgery as well as traditional Ayurveda. In 1979, he began traveling throughout the United States sharing his knowledge of Ayurveda and, in 1981, he returned to New Mexico to teach Ayurveda. In 1984, he founded and began as Director of The Ayurvedic Institute.

Vasant Lad is the author of numerous articles and many books, including Ayurveda, The Science of Self-Healing and Secrets of the Pulse and co-author of The Yoga of Herbs and Ayurvedic Cooking for Self-Healing. His work from Harmony Books, The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies, is a compendium of classic Ayurvedic treatments for common and chronic ailments. He is the author of a series of textbooks on Ayurveda. The Textbook of Ayurveda: Fundamental Principles, Volume 1 and The Textbook of Ayurveda: Clinical Assessment, Volume 2 are the first two of the four-volume set covering the topics he teaches in his eight-month Ayurvedic Studies Program. He is co-author of a book on marma therapy, Marma Points of Ayurveda. The third volume of the textbook series on management of disease will be published early in 2012.

Vasant Lad presently is the Director of The Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico and teaches the Ayurvedic Studies Programs, Level 1 and 2 as well as an advanced program in India each year. Vasant Lad also travels throughout the world, consulting privately and giving seminars on Ayurveda, its history, theory, principles and practical applications.

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100 of 106 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, this is the definitive introductory ayurveda, December 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing - A Practical Guide (Paperback)

Keeping it short: this is the only modern intro. to ayurveda that is utterly complete, thorough, concise... well written, top to bottom, thoughtfully organized.... full of very real everyday applications of ayurveda.... it's theory plus application.... confused about ayurveda? want more 'cause you still don't quite get it? yes, this is the book you need.... as an individual's very first book on ayurveda, it is potentially very dense, depending upon consciousness.... if you've already got the essentials in your head, this book will give you an acceleration of understanding...

62 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent book, May 5, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing - A Practical Guide (Paperback)

I had the privilage of being treated by Dr. Lad as well as going to several clases he gives at the Ayurvedic institute in Albuquerque NM. The book is a wonderful aid in trying to understand and identify health and disease. You have to be able to understand that "western" medicine is not the answer for everything and that in many cases it will eventually make you even sicker. What do you prefer, Prozac or a cup of some herbal tea that will eventually help you with depression?. What do you prefer, a cup of chamomile tea along with jatamansi or Pepto Bismol?. Ayurveda is something very real, helpful and extremely cheap. Hmmmm..... just wondering why allopacy wants to destroy alternative methods. Even better, is Ayurveda really an alternative treatment? 3,000 years before Jesus Ayurveda was being practiced...so, just wondering who's really alternative. Give it a try, Vasant Lad is a great humble and loving person.

51 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not enough emphasis on diet and constitutions, July 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing - A Practical Guide (Paperback)

I would recomend it to people with very little knowlegde of Ayurvedic pratices, Lad could have elaborated on the concept of Prakruti (basic constitution) and Vikruti (current condition)a bit more. Especially taking into consideration diet and it's effect on the combination of the constitutions.