Development And Organization of Maharishi Ayurveda

At the end of the 1970s, Maharishi Organizations began an initiative to bring leading Ayurvedic physicians together in order to share their wisdom, the knowledge of the authentic texts, to integrate the tried and tested treatment procedures of the various family traditions, and to restore the fragmented areas of knowledge to their original wholeness. A number of additional therapeutic approaches recommended by the classical Vedic texts were systematically incorporated into Maharishi's Vedic Approach to Health. These included disciplines such as meditation (Transcendental Meditation), Yoga, Vedic architecture (Maharishi Sthapatya Veda) and Vedic astrology (Maharishi Jyotish and Yagya), as well as the systematic application of Vedic sounds. This pioneering work to integrate all of these different disciplines included the input from leading Vedic experts and also western doctors and scientists. This has made it possible for the integrated, holistic form of Ayurveda – Maharishi Ayurveda – to be scientifically examined.