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Ayurveda for Daily Living Retreat, Heading Back to the Ashram

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If you have been following our blog, you know that I love spending time at Yogi Hari's Ashram . Recently, a group of us headed over for a weekend retreat . For me personally, there is something very calming and rejuvenating about the place.  Weekend Retreat 1.2020 On the weekend of Feb 21-22, I will be returning for an  Ayurveda for Daily Living Retreat .    If you are new to Ayurveda, according to the National Institutes of Health, Center for Complementary and Integrative Health , it is one of the oldest known medicines. Ayurveda uses  products (mainly derived from plants, but may also include animal, metal, and mineral), diet, exercise, and lifestyle to treat disease. P reliminary scientific studies show it to be just as effective at treating arthritis as drugs and shows promise for treatments of type 2 diabetes.  As a research scientist, I know that it will take a long time to prove that it is effective, that is the way research works. However, as a researcher, I