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Interview with Todd Caldecott
Jul 5, 2016

Interview with Todd Caldecott

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Recently I was interviewed by Helen Tomei over at Sacred Earth Journeys, with regard to our upcoming trip to Nepal in February of next year. Here I have reproduced it for your interest: What is Ayurveda and why is knowledge of Ayurveda important for our health and well-being? Ayurveda is an ancient system of healing that developed in India more than 5000 years ago, and is the oldest continuously practiced system of medicine in the world. Unlike most systems of traditional medicine that rely on a set of folk practices, Ayurveda is a highly sophisticated medical system. It maintains a rigorous approach that includes several branches of practice that correspond to similar disciplines in Western medicine, including internal medicine, surgery, and obstetrics. Ayurveda also includes aspects which are for the most part unknown or poorly developed in modern medicine, such as rasayana chikitsa tantra, a form of preventative medicine that includes anti-aging and longevity … [Read more...]

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