Prakruti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution [Paperback]

Robert Svoboda (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1989

Excellent introduction to the field of Ayurveda,with special emphasis on theconstitutions. Dr. Robert Svoboda is the first and thus far the only Westernerever to obtain a degree in Ayurveda. He graduated from the Tilak AyurvedaCollege, where Dr. Vasant Lad was one of his professors, in Poona, India, in1980. Since that time he has travelled extensively in the U.S. and Canada,lecturing and conducting workshops on the subject.

Product Details

• Paperback: 206 pages
• Publisher: Lotus Pr; 1 edition (January 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0945669003
• ISBN-13: 978-0945669005
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #713,987 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Robert E. Svoboda is the first Westerner ever to graduate from a college of Ayurveda (in 1980) and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India. During and after his formal Ayurvedic training, his mentor, the Aghori Vimalananda, tutored him in Ayurveda, Yoga, Jyotish, Tantra and other forms of classical Indian lore. After moving to India in 1973, he lived there for more than a decade. Since 1985 he has traveled the world lecturing, consulting, teaching and writing. The author of more than a dozen books and audio works, he has served as Adjunct Faculty at the Ayurvedic Institute, Albuquerque, NM, and Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA. To read more about Dr. Svoboda and his travels, visit his website www.drsvoboda.com.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy the 2nd edition!, September 12, 2005

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T. Vincent (Golden, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prakruti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution (Paperback)

The potential buyer/reader needs to know that "Prakruti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution" is the first edition. The significantly revised second edition is titled "Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution" (Prakriti with two i's, not Prakruti with a u). While it is instructional for the scholar to read and note the differences between the two editions, I recommend the second edition to the first time buyer/reader.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent health guidebook, June 15, 1998

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Peter Cascio - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prakruti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution (Paperback)

This book got me started on eating appropriately for my body type. My energy level began to increase once I stopped "poisoning" myself. I also gained insights into why I/my body acts the way it does. Thanks, Dr. Svoboda!

5.0 out of 5 stars Accessible and Deep Introduction to Ayurveda by a Western Physician and Graduate from an Indian College of Ayurveda, December 16, 2010

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ws__ (Hamburg, Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prakruti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution (Paperback)

"Prakruti" was recommended to us by a Sri Lankan ayurvedic physician. His own copy was full of comments. He used it to explain the original texts in Sanskrit to us Westerners. We immediately read it eagerly.

With this book you get a solid introduction with the eyes of a western physician and a complete college level ayurvedic background. Great! And maybe sometimes a little over idealistic as is often found in converts. The western medicine is sometimes a bit dated in line with the publication date of this book. Therefore not every analogy in western medicine is still a good one, but the analogy still improves understanding.

The second edition Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution is extremely close in text to this edition. I do like the printing of the illustrations in this edition better.

In total this is the best introduction I have found so far and I do heartily recommend it.