What is Maharishi Ayurveda?
Maharishi Ayurveda is the revival of the traditional Vedic health care system of India, which dates back thousands of years, by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The Sanskrit root ‘Ayu’ means life and ‘Veda’ means pure knowledge. Ayurveda can thus be understood as the total knowledge of life and living. In ancient times, Vedic sages, or Rishis, cognized the pure knowledge of the Veda—the structure of total Natural Law—deep within their own consciousness. They saw that Vedic knowledge has its source at the root of creation, in what modern physicists call the Unified Field, from where all matter and energy arise. Because the Unified Field gives rise to immutable Laws of Nature that govern biology, chemistry and physics, it naturally gives rise to universal Laws of Nature that govern health. The Vedic Rishis recorded these laws for perfect health in six samhitas, or complete works on health, which summarize the essence of Ayurvedic knowledge. Even though Ayurveda has been in continuous practice for
