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The Maharishi Ayurveda^SM Approach to Multiple Sclerosis

The Raj multiple sclerosis program is conducted under the supervision of an Ayurveda Health Consultant and draws on knowledge from Maharishi Ayurveda, the world's oldest and most complete system of natural health care.

Through its unique assessment of causal imbalances at the basis of a condition and its wide range of time-tested recommendations, Maharishi Ayurveda provides the most comprehensive natural approach for multiple sclerosis available today.

Understanding the Root Causes of Multiple Sclerosis

While modern medicine understands that the disease is a slow progression of patches of demyelination in the brain and spinal chord, it is less clear as to what triggers this process in the first place. From the Maharishi Ayurveda perspective the following types of imbalances play a major role in MS and need to be reversed.

1) Imbalance and deterioration of nervous system strength and stability

This is seen most clearly in the physical demyelination of nerve membranes and the many symptoms of decreased nervous system function that accompany MS. According to Ayurveda theory, the functioning mode in the body called Vata controls the overall level of balance and activation of the nervous system. MS is a classic Vata imbalance from this perspective. Vata imbalance is responsible for many conditions and symptoms some of which are often associated with MS.

• insomnia
• pain
• headaches
• constipation
• anxiety, worry and fear
• fatigue
• dry or rough skin
• poor digestion
• underweight
• heightened sensitivity

Because Vata is the principle most often disturbed in people there are many Ayurveda recommendations to help restore balance to Vata and aid in the natural healing process.

2) The buildup of toxins and impurities in tissues

The buildup of plaques around affected nerves with accompanying inflammation that is seen in MS is a classic example of impurities accumulating in tissues and disrupting delicate tissue biochemistry. Cleansing the tissues of impurities and preventing the impurities from being created in the first place, through improvements in digestion and metabolism, is a fundamental approach of Maharishi Ayurveda for MS.

3) Reduction of immune response and overall healing and resistance ability of the body.

Modern medical theories postulate infection by a latent virus as a possible cause of MS and often use immune function enhancing therapy to strengthening the body's natural immune response. This matches well with the main techniques of Maharishi Ayurveda that aim at preventing and treating disease through enlivening the natural healing ability of the body.

4) Accumulation of physical and mental stress.

MS fluctuates between remissions and relapses throughout its course. Experiences of high mental and physical stress often are associated with a relapse of the condition and worsening of symptoms. An important component of the Ayurveda approach to managing MS includes stress reduction therapies. Reversing the body's response to stress The Raj in-residence programs aid in reversing the body's response to stress through the availability of instruction in:

1. The Transcendental Meditation^® program
2. Ayurveda massage and heat treatments
3. Yoga asana postures and Ayurveda flexibility exercises

A Natural Treatment Approach to Multiple Sclerosis

The following section describes the classic Maharishi Ayurveda approaches used at The Raj to reduce Vata imbalance, eliminate toxin buildup, enliven the healing ability of the body and manage stress.

a) Herbalized Oil Massage:

Your Ayurveda Health Consultant will choose a specific herbalized oil best suited for your condition. You will learn the technique of Ayurveda massage, which involves using specific strokes over different parts of the body.

Daily herbalized oil massage provides a deeply soothing and balancing effect to the entire nervous system. The motion of massage creates heat and friction which enhance circulation and help cleanse the areas of chemical impurities that could be causing symptoms of multiple sclerosis. The oil and herbs cleanse and nourish the tissues thereby hastening tissue development and repair.

The various herbs that have been boiled into a base oil, and the oil itself, are specifically chosen for their Vata balancing influence. The oil allows the herbs to deeply penetrate the tissue beds, thereby balancing the nerve and other tissues in the affected areas.

Your program involves two types of Ayurveda herbalized massage:

1. Your home program involves herbalized self-massage for 5-10 minutes in the morning before you take your shower. Daily herbalized oil massage provides a deeply soothing and balancing effect to the entire nervous system.
2. During the in-residence portion of your program, highly trained Ayurveda technicians will give you a very specialized massage each day using oils in which as many as 50 herbs have been cured. These special oils are available only as part of the in-residence program.

b) Diet, Nutrition and Digestion

Multiple Sclerosis can be aggravated through improper diet. For example, some foods can make Vata highly active, thereby worsening many of the symptoms of multiple sclerosis.

Consultations with The Raj Ayurveda Health Consultants, along with daily educational meetings, will help you understand which foods are the most clogging and obstructing to circulation and which are the hardest to digest. These foods have the potential to create toxins that create the inflammation that leads to nerve sheath demyelination.

You will learn also which foods you can digest easily thereby creating the micronutrients that can be assimilated into the tissues for rebuilding their strength and balance. Your Ayurveda Health Consultants will provide programs to improve digestion, an important prerequisite for overcoming multiple sclerosis.

During your in-residence stay at The Raj you will learn the basic principles of Ayurveda cooking. The Raj cooking classes provide knowledge of how to prepare foods in ways that create maximum nourishment for the body while simultaneously preventing incomplete digestion and clogged circulation.

In summary, improper nutrition can create and aggravate multiple sclerosis, but proper nutrition can go a long way towards curing and preventing it.

c) Stress Management and Improved Mental and Emotional Function

Many individuals experience a worsening of multiple sclerosis symptoms brought) about by heightened stress, anxiety and mental fatigue. This is due to hormonal changes and other biochemical responses to stress that can aggravate the nervous system, create pain and depress the immune response. The sleep disturbance often created by symptoms of chronic disorders increase fatigue, which in turn increases one's susceptibility to stress, which in turn aggravates the multiple sclerosis condition. A downward spiral gets created. The Raj Ayurveda Health Consultants recommend practice of the Transcendental Meditation program for removing the stress component of pain, insomnia and other symptoms of chronic disorders.

Published articles report on the effectiveness of TM practice for both pain relief and insomnia.

If you choose to learn meditation during your in-residence stay at The Raj, highly trained teachers of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique will instruct you in the TM program. The TM technique has a wealth of scientific research verifying its effect on reducing many of the mental and stress factors influencing multiple sclerosis. Research shows it creates virtually the opposite physiological response to stress and helps the body recover more quickly from stressful stimuli.

Practice of the TM technique twice a day is an ideal mental approach to the modern problems of multiple sclerosis. The TM program at The Raj gets you off to a superb start with your practice and your instructor will help connect you with the local TM program center in your home area for any desired follow-up.

d) Lifestyle and Daily Routine

One of the most important factors for balancing Vata and maintaining stability in the nervous system is to have a lifestyle that does not disturb natural bodily rhythms. When we eat, sleep and exercise in constantly fluctuating and disturbing patterns, the body loses its natural balancing cycles and cannot cleanse or heal itself as effectively. Improper lifestyle aggravates the Vata imbalance at the basis of multiple sclerosis and disrupts the body's natural cleansing cycles.

Our Ayurveda Health Consultants will review your daily routine and provide the information you need to help create a daily schedule for increasing balance in your nervous system and aid in healing your body.

e) Ayurveda Herbs and Reduction in Free Radicals

During your consultation, our Ayurveda Health Consultants select the appropriate herbal formulas for aiding the healing process, strengthening digestion and helping the body purify itself of toxins, including free radicals.

Free radicals are highly irritating to the physiology and their presence creates and worsens many disorders, including multiple sclerosis. When appropriate, our Ayurveda Health Consultants can recommend Ayurveda herbs that contain powerful anti-oxidants and free radical scavengers. These herbs also have a holistic influence of balancing and nourishing the entire physiology.

Traditional Ayurveda theory says that herbs are most effective after a person completes an internal cleansing program. The main focus of your in-residence stay are the Ayurveda cleansing and rejuvenation treatments. Once you finish the program you are ready to gain maximum benefits from your herbal program.

f) Cleansing therapies: Maharishi Rejuvenation^SM Therapy

Your daily three-hour treatment program of massage, application of herbalized preparations and mild internal cleansing is the cornerstone of your In-residence treatment at The Raj. The combination of these three treatments received every day for 5 to 21 days creates the ideal internal physical environment for healing.

g) Exercise and Flexibility Education

Maharishi Ayurveda considers proper stretching and flexibility exercises to have a positive effect on the body's healing response. During your in-residence stay at The Raj, we offer Yoga classes every day and teach you a simple but profound set of postures that you can practice daily to create a healthy flexibility throughout the body. We also instruct you in individualized Yoga breathing practices that create a state of restful alertness in mind and body.

Our in-residence courses give you knowledge you can continue to apply after you leave The Raj to maintain your progress in alleviating the symptoms of multiple sclerosis.

Summary

The Raj In-residence program provides the most comprehensive approach in natural health care to remove the imbalances at the basis of multiple sclerosis.

For detailed information on program structure and fees see Program Overview.

Wishing you perfect health,

The Raj

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