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About Peter Brown

Peter took his first course on Maharishi AyurVeda in Holland in 1984 and became a Maharishi AyurVeda therapist in 1986. He is a director of the Maharishi AyurVeda Health Centre in Skelmersdale, UK and runs courses on Ayurveda, Food and Cooking.

Ancient treatment to cure dry eyes

By |2018-08-31T08:11:21+01:00August 31st, 2018|Detox, Eyes, Oils, Panchakarma|

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Repair and rejuvenate your cells through Panchakarma

By |2018-05-13T12:19:34+01:00May 13th, 2018|Detox, Digestion, Meditation, Oils, Panchakarma, Rejuvenation|

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Jagdish Vaidya consultation tour of the UK

By |2018-05-07T16:20:22+01:00May 7th, 2018|Consultations, Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre|

[fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_2" layout="1_3" spacing="" center_content="no" hover_type="none" link="" min_height="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="left top" background_repeat="no-repeat" border_size="0" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset="" last="no"][fusion_text] Jagdish N. Vaidya was born into a long line of Ayurvedic Physicians and has served as director of a prestigious Ayurvedic hospital in India and as professor at postgraduate level in Kaya Chikitsa (Internal Medicine). He was also director and head of [...]

Six famous herbals of Ayurveda

By |2018-05-07T20:58:28+01:00May 2nd, 2018|Brain, Detox, Digestion, Immunity, Men's Health, Rasayanas, Rejuvenation, Reproduction, Sleep, Stress, Women's Health|

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Top Ayurveda diet and lifestyle tips for springtime

By |2018-03-30T09:17:28+01:00March 29th, 2018|Detox, Digestion, Fasting, Food, Immunity, Maharishi Ayurveda Blogs, Natural cycles, Panchakarma, Spring|

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Why Oil Pulling detox is good for oral health (video + transcript)

By |2018-03-02T08:10:13+00:00February 28th, 2018|Brain, Detox, Kapha, Oils, Skin Care, Vata|

[fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" spacing="" center_content="no" link="" target="_self" min_height="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="left top" background_repeat="no-repeat" hover_type="none" border_size="0" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" dimension_margin="" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset="" last="no"][fusion_youtube id="iAB-28_W_Zo" alignment="" width="1920" height="1080" autoplay="false" api_params="&rel=0" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" /] [fusion_text] Peter Brown: So Dr Donn, I recently read an article in a health magazine, which talked about the wide range of benefits from oil pulling. The article also mentioned [...]

Age wisely and healthily with Maharishi AyurVeda (video + transcript)

By |2018-03-05T13:38:19+00:00February 18th, 2018|Brain, Consciousness, Digestion, Dr Donn Brennan videos, Food, Meditation, Mind, Rasayanas, Rejuvenation|

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Blissful sleep for better health with Ayurveda (video + transcript)

By |2019-02-05T15:01:12+00:00February 16th, 2018|Anxiety, Brain, Consciousness, Detox, Digestion, Dr Donn Brennan videos, Drinks, Emotions, Fatigue, Food, Heart, Kapha, Meditation, Mind, Obesity, Pitta, Sleep, Stress, Vata, Weightloss|

In truth, we need more sleep than we think we need. All the research is pointing to a minimum of eight hours sleep that people actually need for the work that the brain needs to do overnight to be accomplished. Less sleep leaves us less capable, even if we don’t know it. Even an hour’s lack of sleep [each night] over a 10-day period leaves us as incompetent and incapable cognitively, as if we had missed a whole night’s sleep for one night. The only difference is we don’t recognise it. We don’t know it.

Does perfect health need a perfect mind?

By |2018-02-02T16:02:26+00:00January 29th, 2018|Anxiety, Brain, Consciousness, Emotions, Maharishi Ayurveda Blogs, Meditation, Mind, Stress|

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London and Skelmersdale Ayurveda courses by Dr Charlotte Bech

By |2017-12-22T15:43:31+00:00December 7th, 2017|Consultations, Digestion, Emotions, Mind, Obesity, Rasayanas, Rejuvenation, Skin Care, Sleep, Weightloss, Women's Health|

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Ayurveda guide for a soothing Vata season

By |2017-10-30T20:18:41+00:00October 26th, 2017|Autumn, Knowledge, Maharishi Ayurveda Blogs, Natural cycles, Panchakarma, Vata|

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Did birds teach us internal cleansing?

By |2017-12-22T14:45:27+00:00September 13th, 2017|Anxiety, Brain, Detox, Digestion, Emotions, Fatigue, Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre, Mind, Panchakarma, Rejuvenation, Stress|

[fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" center_content="no" last="no" min_height="" hover_type="none" link=""][fusion_text] [/fusion_text] [fusion_text]I first learned about internal cleansing when, as a teenager, I developed an interest in self-development. I picked up a book called Hatha Yoga, in which the author described how in North India, people noticed the strange cleansing habits [...]

Walter finds the effects of Panchakarma last for months

By |2017-09-07T19:48:12+01:00September 5th, 2017|Brain, Men's Health, Panchakarma, Patient videos, Rejuvenation, Stress|

[fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_2" layout="1_2" spacing="" center_content="no" hover_type="none" link="" min_height="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="left top" background_repeat="no-repeat" border_size="0" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" padding="" dimension_margin="" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset="" last="no"][fusion_text][fusion_youtube id="https://youtu.be/5jY7cO8l-H4" alignment="center" width="" height="" autoplay="false" api_params="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class=""][/fusion_youtube] Peter Brown: Hello Walter, you’ve had treatment a number of times during your life – how did you first hear about Ayurveda? Walter Reid: It was when I learnt to do TM, which was [...]

Health drinks of Ayurveda

By |2018-09-13T09:44:40+01:00August 29th, 2017|Anxiety, Autumn, Detox, Drinks, Fatigue, Kapha, Men's Health, Mind, Pitta, Reproduction, Sleep, Spices, Spring, Summer, Vata, Weightloss, Winter, Women's Health|

[fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" center_content="no" last="no" min_height="" hover_type="none" link=""][fusion_text] [/fusion_text] [fusion_text columns="" column_min_width="" column_spacing="" rule_style="default" rule_size="" rule_color="" class="" id=""]I’ve recently been helping an Australian friend in her quest to find a decent café latte up here in the North West of England and it’s not been easy. While Sydney [...]

“Bathed in bliss” after One Day Wonder Panchakarma treatment

By |2017-09-05T13:51:42+01:00August 23rd, 2017|Brain, Detox, Mind, Panchakarma, Rejuvenation|

[fusion_youtube id="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_NYJEHpe3k" width="1920" height="1080" autoplay="false" api_params="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class=""][/fusion_youtube] Peter Brown: So John, you recently had Panchakarma – you had a One Day Wonder – how did you get on with that? John Collins: I'd been travelling and working for a few weeks and I was frazzled. I'd stopped enjoying things. So I thought I'd try a One Day Wonder at the Maharishi AyurVeda Health Centre in Skelmersdale. I'm [...]

Jean-Louis’s prostate benefited from Panchakarma

By |2017-09-05T13:51:42+01:00July 21st, 2017|Detox, Men's Health, Mind, Panchakarma, Prostate|

[fusion_youtube id="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzs6PDC1zAk" width="1920" height="1080" autoplay="false" api_params="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class=""][/fusion_youtube] Peter Brown: So Jean-Louis, you've been having Panchakarma for some years. What is the sort of benefit you've had over the years? Jean-Louis Nancy: Well, when I first started doing PK [Panchakarma] I had a very different kind of life and wasn't that active. I was practising TM [Transcendental Meditation] more, full time almost, and having little activity in between. [...]

Food Glorious Food

By |2017-09-05T13:51:42+01:00July 18th, 2017|Drinks, Food|

Your body is younger than you may think – a Carbon-14 study* found that our cells are mostly replaced every 7 to 10 years. And they renew themselves from the air we breathe, the liquids we drink and the foods we eat. [fusion_builder_column spacing="" center_content="no" hover_type="none" link="" min_height="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="left top" background_repeat="no-repeat" border_size="0" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" padding="" animation_type="" animation_direction="left" animation_speed="0.3" animation_offset="" type="4_5"] So, to ensure your [...]

Ayurveda and our desire for sweets

By |2018-02-23T09:55:05+00:00July 9th, 2017|Diabetes, Digestion, Food, Heart, Obesity|

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Let’s get Yoga on the NHS

By |2017-09-05T13:51:42+01:00July 6th, 2017|Consciousness, Meditation, Mind, Yoga|

An Early Day Motion has been tabled in the UK Parliament calling for Yoga on the NHS – please encourage your MP to support it. An Early Day Motion  has been tabled by Virendra Sharma MP for Ealing Southall on International Yoga Day urging the introduction of Yoga into the National Health Service. To support this Early Day Motion, write to your local MP. Find out who your MP [...]

Why are ghee and oils used in Panchakarma Treatment?

By |2017-09-05T13:51:42+01:00June 24th, 2017|Detox, Digestion, Oils, Panchakarma, Rejuvenation, Vata|

[fusion_youtube id="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsJ7tjVINO8" width="1920" height="1080" autoplay="false" api_params="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class=""][/fusion_youtube] There are so many detox treatments on the market these days that a question can arise: “How is Panchakarma detoxification treatment different from all these other treatments that promise to remove my toxins”. Below is a transcript of the above video in which Ayurveda practitioner, Dr Donn Brennan, explains how the expert use of specific oils is central to the [...]

How to enjoy the hot weather

By |2018-09-13T08:54:24+01:00June 21st, 2017|Dr Donn Brennan videos, Fatigue, Food, Natural cycles, Pitta, Sleep, Summer|

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Spiritual Ayurveda: our Five Subtle Bodies and Three Subtle Essences

By |2017-09-05T13:51:42+01:00June 13th, 2017|Anxiety, Brain, Consciousness, Dairy, Digestion, Emotions, Fatigue, Kapha, Mind, Rasayanas, Rejuvenation|

The concept of the three Doshas – Vata, Pitta and Kapha – is most people’s route into understanding Ayurveda. It’s easy to grasp how Vata Dosha can be responsible for all movement, Pitta for all transformations and Kapha for all structure in our body and the world around us. But there is a deeper level of this understanding though and the three Doshas have their root or master [...]

What are the benefits of Ayurveda herbal ghee?

By |2017-09-05T13:51:42+01:00June 3rd, 2017|Brain, Emotions, Men's Health, Mind, Oils, Panchakarma, Reproduction, Sleep, Women's Health|

Because of its unique ability to penetrate into cells and cross the brain-blood barrier, Ayurveda considers ghee to be a highly effective medium for transporting the healing nature of herbs very deep into our body tissues. For thousands of years Ayurveda has created numerous Ghritas or herbalised ghees – herbs infused into ghee in order to enhanced their therapeutic effects. How are Ghritas produced? Ayurvedic practitioner, Dr Donn Brennan [...]

Handle the transition from Spring to Summer with Ayurveda

By |2017-09-05T13:51:42+01:00May 14th, 2017|Detox, Digestion, Natural cycles, Panchakarma, Rasayanas, Sleep, Spring, Summer|

From the Ayurvedic viewpoint, interesting things happen within your body as winter gives way to spring and then spring give way to summer. As spring progresses, the cold, slow, heavy and sticky qualities of Kapha Dosha, that build up during late winter, gradually melt away and this often results in the chest colds and runny noses common in March, April and May. Springtime supports the body’s natural elimination [...]

Can hunger increase your brain power?

By |2017-09-05T13:51:42+01:00May 8th, 2017|Detox, Fasting, Mind, Panchakarma, Rejuvenation|

When was the last time you felt hunger so deep that you could eat the proverbial horse? Well, research suggests that the regular experience of hunger may boost the power of your brain. It seems that hunger produces a stomach hormone called ghrelin that not only stimulates appetite but also seems to promote the growth of new brain cells; it even protects those cells from the effects of [...]

How old is Ayurveda and what are its origins?

By |2017-09-05T13:51:42+01:00April 15th, 2017|Consciousness, Knowledge, Maharishi Ayurveda Blogs, Natural cycles, Yugas|

You often find assertions such as “Ayurveda is a 3,000-year-old medical science”. Are such origin dates just plucked from the air because writers know their audience needs some reference point to what may appear, a mysterious and obscure health system? What are the real origins of Ayurveda? As old as mankind I recently went to a fascinating talk by Dr Jagdish Vaidya here in Skelmersdale, where he stated [...]

David claims Ayurveda helped control his Diabetes symptoms

By |2017-09-05T13:51:42+01:00March 30th, 2017|Consultations, Diabetes, Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre|

The following video (and info below) was recently put onto Facebook by the organisers of the International Ayurveda Congress in London, an event that will take place on 1-2 April. The video features David Verhoogt, who is well known at our Maharishi AyurVeda Centre and who is a great advert for the benefits of both Transcendental Meditation and Ayurveda. [fusion_youtube id="fEzVJPfZbH0" width="1080" height="720" autoplay="false" api_params="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class=""][/fusion_youtube] “My doctor [...]

Take care what you drink, breathe and eat

By |2017-09-05T13:51:42+01:00March 22nd, 2017|Detox, Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre, Oils, Panchakarma|

We are told to drink plenty of water each day as it’s good for our brains and for the rest of the body. We are told to drink filtered or bottled water as the chlorine added to mains water to kill bacteria is bad for us. Now we are told that the plastic used in water filters and bottled water contains endocrine disruptive chemicals (ECDs) that damage our hormone [...]

Ayurveda for Childbirth and Nursing Mothers

By |2017-09-05T13:51:42+01:00March 12th, 2017|Mother and Baby, Women's Health|

Childbirth is a natural part of life, and as with all things natural the less medical intervention the better. Yet, this natural process, which women have been doing for many thousands of years, has become highly medicalised. There are good reasons for the medicalisation of the birthing process. Before the proper understanding of how infectious diseases spread, and of the importance of strict hygiene procedures, childbirth was potentially a [...]

What, me worry? How to overcome anxiety

By |2017-10-17T07:28:13+01:00February 22nd, 2017|Anxiety, Emotions, Sleep|

[fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" layout="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" center_content="no" last="no" min_height="" hover_type="none" link=""][fusion_text] [/fusion_text] [fusion_text] I was an anxious teenager. If you were to have asked me why, or what I was anxious about, I’d have been hard pressed to answer. In those days, it was fashionable to be ‘cool’ and I became known for my [...]

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