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s
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d
at
t
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e C
a
li
fo
rnia
C
oll
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ge of
Ayur
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da
a
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in
Sc
h
o
o
l
s
of Ay
urv
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d
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c
r
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ss
t
h
e USA
,
was writ
t
e
n
by
D
r
. M
a
rc H
a
l
p
ern
,
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y
urve
d
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c
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r
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ver
a
co
ur
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o
f 30+
yea
r
s.
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b
ook h
as been
praise
d fo
r
h
o
w
clea
r
a
nd
i
n
sp
i
rin
g
hi
s
wr
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c
o
m
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ni
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t
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n
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t
hat
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s
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l
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n
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od by
the
s
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ent.
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t
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tbo
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o
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e
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th
e d
ep
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o
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olog
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ase a
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p
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a
ily
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sea
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ie
tary
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ra
p
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h
e
t
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a
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r
o
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s
t
he re
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r
to
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r
bolo
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, c
olo
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so
und,
an
d to
uch thera
pie
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h
e
text
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oo
k c
ul
mi
n
at
e
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t
h
a
n
in-
d
e
pt
h l
oo
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t p
an
c
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ar
m
a,
the
Ay
ur
ved
ic p
r
oc
ess
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f
p
uri
fyi
n
g
the
b
o
d
y.
T
h
is
is
t
h
e
fi
r
st
of h
is
fiv
e
textbo
oks
,
t
o
b
e
re
leas
ed
. This
t
ext
b
o
ok
is
u
s
e
d in
th
e
f
ir
st
c
ours
e al
l s
tu
d
e
nts
o
f Ay
ur
v
ed
a
at
t
e
n
d
a
t
th
e
Sankalpa Ayurveda College
wh
e
ther
t
he
y
pla
n
o
n
b
eco
mi
ng
Ayur
v
edi
c
H
e
al
th
Co
u
ns
e
lo
rs,
Ayur
v
ed
ic
Yo
g
a
T
h
e
rap
ists, or Ayurvedic Practitioners.
