Integrative Ayurveda in Clinical Practice: Practical Pearls for Enhanced Healing

Ayurveda, one of the world’s oldest systems of natural medicine, is a rich resource of time-tested procedures for maintaining and promoting health, whose principles are increasingly validated by modern research. It applies a systems approach that includes mind, body, behavior, and environment. This clinical workshop will teach evidence-based Ayurvedic principles of diagnosis, treatment and prevention with reference to current scientific literature. Topics include: 1) Personalization: Ayurvedic assessment of constitutional type (body-type) as the foundation of treatment; 2) Prevention: core dietary and behavioral/lifestyle recommendations to prevent disease and optimize health; 3) Gut health and digestion: Ayurvedic clinical pearls to promote optimal digestion, intestinal permeability and healthy microbiome; 4) Ayurvedic chronotherapy: optimum daily routine to normalize biological rhythms; 5) Ayurvedic pulse diagnosis: practical introduction to this highly useful clinical skill for identifying physiological imbalances at an early (ideally pre-clinical) stage, when preventive and remedial measures can be more easily and effectively applied.