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Volume 7 No. 8, December 2007

Dearest Ayurveda family,

It has been a very long time since I sent an email. It has been a very interesting time, last few months being in India and Thailand trying to spread the wisdom of Ayurveda. For some reason nature finally brought me to northern Thailand. I have assumed the responsibility of directing the Ayurveda rejuvenation center here in Chiang Mai, situated on a hill with majestic misty mountain views. You have a panoramic view of lush greenery, rolling hills and beautiful blue sky from every room. It is a serene, peaceful and picture perfect setting with clean air.

As I always say, Ayurveda is not complete without the rejuvenation treatments called pachakarma. It has been very difficult for me to establish these rejuvenation treatments in the US. It is really wonderful that I am able to offer these here. Even one week of panchakarma is extraordinarily transforming.

On the level of the mind and body, panchakarma will bring purification of the physiology, balance the doshas, improve immunity and prevent further disease. These treatments are also designed to dramatically strengthen your body’s natural ability to care for itself. So, when you return home, you will be less susceptible to relapse and other illness. With this you see that you experience good health, more energy, peace and happiness and there is improvement and healing with many illnesses like fatigue, fibromyalgia, anxiety, arthritis, depression, headache, blood pressure etc.

On the level of consciousness, which is experienced during meditation, we know and understand that we are the ocean of consciousness with many layers within it. Within one state of consciousness there are many levels. I have personally understood how invaluable Ayurveda and the rejuvenation programs are in experiencing bliss consciousness. The experience of this consciousness depends on the purity and clarity of the mind and also on the purity of the physiology and nervous system. The shrotas that are fully opened allow the flow of the inner intelligence without any blocks. A body and mind, free of imbalances, allow greater experience. I have realized that when I am fatigued in the mind and body and when my shrotas are clogged with ama or when there is any pain or discomfort, the experience is not clear. Every cell has the smriti or memory of well being, which is disturbed if one becomes fatigued and the physiology accumulates toxins. This smriti of well being is brought back to each and every cell of the physiology when blocks in the nervous system are removed. I have personally had the rejuvenation programs every year and found them to be most valuable in not only keeping good health and a clear and creative mind, but also to hasten the depth of the experience of consciousness.

I realize that, just as our Vedas have said that the experience on the relative level varies in the whole dimension from gross manifestation to the subtlest manifestation, the subtlest manifestation being the devas and devatas, the whole creation is experienced from the gross to the subtlest and the unmanifest state of the atma is something beyond this experience. It has nothing to do with relativity and it is pure consciousness. All the experience is only in the relative state but one has to go through this whole experience of creation from the gross to the subtlest before one experiences this absolute state of atma. So you can see how delicate and profound this whole process of transcendence is. Having had this experience, I have tried to bring this element into the rejuvenation programs offered here, so that you experience calmness in the mind and body and clarity in the mind and intellect. The words in the Vedas, “blissful alertness” “fully awake in yourself”, “the self expanding on the self”, “the self giving knowledge to the self”, will become true to their words. When the heart is full of this bliss, the mind is settled with no desire. The struggle for existence seems to go away and Cosmic Consciousness is established. Which can further lead us to God Consciousness.

With this in mind, I welcome all of you to Amaravati Ayurveda Spa to come and experience rejuvenation programs here. You will have all day panchakarma from morning till night, ayurvedic meals and Maharishi Vedic Pundits doing yagyas and pujas in this beautiful environment surrounded by mountains. You can come for few days, few weeks or stay for a month if you like.

The cost of this whole day flowing panchakarma is 6900 Baht Plus 7% VAT (Value Added Tax) and 10% service tax. The rates include the cost of room, meals, treatment and specific herbal preparations for you during the treatment. A sample of the treatments includes the following: Abhyanga, Patra Potli, Takra Dhara, Nasya, Kati Basti, Greeva Basti, Chakravarti Basti, Hrid Basti, Netra Tarpana, Karna Pooran, Pada Abhyanga, Shiro Pichu and Internal Bastis.

I hope that each one of you can plan to experience these rejuvenation treatments here. The climate is very good now here and winter is a great time to get of the US and be in Thailand.

As you also know, we have many herbs for many common problems. If you have any questions, please email me. We are in the process of making a new brochure for Amaravati Spa. In the meanwhile just enjoy, be happy and healthy.

We start bookings from December 1st onwards. So please send an email to Amaravati on info@theamaravati.net to check for availability. Please also visit the website www.theamaravati.net. I hope to see you soon.

Love to all of you,
Sincerely,

Dr. Reddy
November 6, 2007

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