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Perfect Health/Ayurveda

The Perfect Health course offers a five-step exploration of mind-body medicine and Ayurveda. The course is designed for the general public who have had little or no previous understanding of these concepts. Each of the five lessons includes instruction in the practical tools and techniques of mind-body medicine that participants can immediately begin using in their daily lives.

Session One Your Chopra Center–certified Perfect Health instructor will introduce you to the foundational principles of Ayurveda, meditation, and yoga as well as the three primary mind-body doshas or personalities: Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. Through an in-depth questionnaire and analysis, you’ll discover your own dosha type.

Session Two. In this session on “Food as Medicine,” you will learn how to select the most nourishing foods for your mind-body type. Your instructor will also guide you in Ayurvedic nutritional practices that will help you maintain vibrant health, appropriate weight, and optimized digestion.

Session Three. This session focuses on the tools and practices of rejuvenation and renewal. You’ll learn how to identify and eliminate toxins that accumulate in the mind and body. In addition, you will be guided in gentle rejuvenating practices, holistic techniques to relieve stress and anxiety, a personal daily routine for balance and health, and the secrets of restful sleep.

Session Four. Today you will learn why emotional freedom is the key to our physical, mental, and emotional health. Your instructor will teach you the practice of conscious communication, which can transform your relationships and help you experience more intimacy and joy in your life.

Session Five. The final session delves into the healing power of the five senses: sound, touch, sight, taste, and smell. You’ll learn how to strengthen the body’s inner pharmacy by using specific tools that use each of the senses to heal, nourish, and balance your mind-body.

Find out more information about Our Perfect Health Certification

Mary Glesige

What Inspires Me?

What inspires me most as a teacher are the "aha" moments I see in a students eyes and face. What inspires me daily is the spiritual connection I receive through the daily practice of meditation.

My Favorite Quote:

" And how shall you rise beyond your days and nights unless you break the chains which you at the dawn of your understanding have fastened around your noon hour?" Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet.

Chopra Center Events I have attended:

Seduction of Spirit
Journey into Healing

More about me:

The Perfect Health course on Ayurveda has greatly changed and improved my life. I have a refreshing new perspective of wholeness, self-empowerment, enrichment and wellness.

I practice yoga three times per week and meditation daily which rejuvenates and restores my body, mind and spirit. I am consciously aware of and appreciate the food that nourishes my body. Each evening I enjoy a gentle massage with my abyanga oil and then a delightful aromatherapy bath. My relationships have improved, I sleep better and I am much more at peace with myself. My outlook and perspective on life as well as my consciousness are changing on a daily basis. I feel more balanced in all aspects of my life: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

I was honored and humble when the Chopra Center’s Newsletter, Namaste’, featured me in their July 2008 issue as the “Featured Teacher.” Please visit the archives of the Namaste’ newsletter for the article.

Private instructions as well as classes are available for all three courses: Primordial Sound Meditation, Perfect Health and Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga.