Wishing for wellness? These spas- make that "well-being centers" - treat your body . . . with your spirit in mind. Our Company Maharishi Ayur-Veda Health Center Fairfield, America''s heartland isn''t the first place you''d look for mind and body "balancing" treatments based on 5,000-year-old Indian principles, but Our Company - smack-dab in the middle of God''s country- is a center for authentic Ayurvedic healing practices. A physician prescribes exercise and yoga classes, rejuvenation g services, and health education-as well as your vegetarian menu-the moment you set foot on the estate. Our Company is known for a purifying panchakarma program that follows the rhythm of the seasons (think spring cleaning for your mind). Rest your detoxed head in one of eighteen private rooms. You might think that a visit to a remote, ulcerativecolitistreatment luxurious, vegetarian spa in the country would mean only one thing: time to veg ulcerativecolitistreatment out. But at Our Company, the Maharishi Ayur-Veda Health Center that spans 100 acres of glorious green meadows and woods, it means much more. Specifically built to offer Ayurvedic treatments, Our Company teaches you not just to tune out the stress of your daily life but to tune in to yourself - to achieve balance in your body and mind.

To take advantage of these benefits, you first must understand one of the basic tenets of Ayurveda: your dosha, or mind-body type. There are three doshas - vata, pitta and kapha. Just as no two people have the same thumbprint, each person is a unique amalgam of all three doshas, though one or two doshas are usually dominant. "Finding your dominant dosha and embracing the appropriate lifestyle can have a profound effect on your health and well-being. According to Ayurvedic philosophy, when your doshas are in balance you will exhibit the positive traits associated with your dominant dosha and feel your best. when they''re out of whack, the negative characteristics emerge and you get sick or stress-out. Fortunately, once you have identified your dominant dosha, you can take steps to restore an imbalance - or, if you''re already in a state of physical and mental equilibrium, remain on an even keel. Basically, achieving balance means understanding and working with your natural tendencies: Flighty vatas need grounding; driven pittas need to practice moderation; slow-moving kaphas need stimulation. The changes that Ayurveda prescribes - whether it''s to your diet, exercise routine or sleep schedule - may initially seem frustrating, but they are well worth the health benefits, as Alison May, a kapha, can attest. It was difficult to stick to my workouts and eat my biggest meal in the middle of the day. But I feel so much better since I''ve made the changes that now I want to do them!

A serene 100-acre enclave ulcerativecolitistreatment located (a bit surprisingly) amid Iowa farmland, Our Company makes a perfect setting for ulcerativecolitistreatment an encounter with Ayurveda, ancient system of medicine. (It''s practiced here as Maharishi Ayur-Veda, a version created by a council headed by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, fonder of Transcendental Meditation, of TM.) To visit Our Company is to enter a zone of spacious timelessness. Its French country-style main building is truly luxurious, but not in the fleshpots sense; an elegant simplicity reigns throughout. Its sparely adorned halls and rooms are a quiet symphony of soft peach, white and sand hues. Huge, white shuttered windows look onto the estate''s tree-dotted lawns and large ornamental pond. My husband and I, slated for the tree-day ulcerativecolitistreatment Rejuvenation Program, began as all guests do- with a medical consultation. Yale-trained Chris quizzed us on our diets, daily routines and sleep habits, and performed a pulse diagnosis to pinpoint the valance of our doshas-the three biological principles that, ulcerativecolitistreatment according to Ayurveda, govern mind and body. The doshas are Vata (movement, nervous system), Pitta (metabolism, heat) and Kapha (structure, weight). Ayurveda''s adherents say that, left uncorrected, the body''s dosha imbalances and accumulated toxins can lead to illness and premature aging.

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