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"Dr. John Douillard’s teaching can change your life as it has mine and thousands of others of all ages."
Billie Jean King, foreword - Body, Mind and Sport

Today eighty percent of Americans do not exercise regularly, and ten million are exercising less today than just three years ago. Yes, people are very busy, but the real reason for this exercise apathy is that they do not enjoy it -- people find time to do the things they enjoy. Dr. Douillard teaches people how to enjoy exercise, probably for the first time ever, as well as reap   [read more]

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"Dr. John Douillard’s teaching can change your life as it has mine and thousands of others of all ages."
Billie Jean King, foreword - Body, Mind and Sport

Today eighty percent of Americans do not exercise regularly, and ten million are exercising less today than just three years ago. Yes, people are very busy, but the real reason for this exercise apathy is that they do not enjoy it -- people find time to do the things they enjoy. Dr. Douillard teaches people how to enjoy exercise, probably for the first time ever, as well as reap the most important health benefits not available in other exercise programs.

Based on individual body types, certain activities are selected, and the Body-Mind-Sport (BMS) training begins, teaching people how to deal with their stressful lives and jobs from a calm center -- the eye of the hurricane -- using exercise as the training model. BMS research has proven that people can take a meditation state or relaxation state coherent brain wave pattern into maximal level exercise on a regular basis. This means that the elusive "zone" or "runner's high" is now available to anyone even while walking around the block. This makes exercise fun, euphoric and safe as you learn to listen to your body, and to know exactly how much exercise is good for you and how much more is harmful. Most importantly, this calm experience in the midst of stressful situations is carried with you into daily life.

Body, Mind and Sport is a best selling book of health and holistic fitness through Ayurveda. It is published by Harmony/Crown (softcover) in seven languages with forewords by Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova. Ayurveda holds three primary keys to prevention of disease -- exercise with proper breathing, a proper individualized diet, and a lifestyle in harmony with nature. Body, Mind and Sport covers each of these and more, in easy to read detail.

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"I'm a personal trainer and graduate student at Harvard University who has applied your Body, Mind and Sport principles to my own training over the past three years. I have found them very helpful in my recovery from pneumonia -- for example, three years ago I could accomplish only one set of leg extensions with 30 pounds; I now regularly do reps on the squat press with 500+ and am minimally fatigued the next day. I'm finding my personal training clients appreciate and benefit from this approach, as much as I have..."
~ J.L.

 

"I am a yoga teacher specifically for athletes.  I read your book, it took me 9 months to read it because I did not want to miss a word.....it is brilliant.  I have employed many of your principals into my teaching.  I tell every athlete I work with to read your book and encourage them to read my summary.  I currently work with 5 professional teams in the New York area..."

Best, G.L.

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The Colorado Cleanse is a 2 week at-home detox and digestive rejuvenation program designed to support blood  sugar,  digestion, release old patterns of stress, normalize  cravings and detoxify fat cells. The Colorado Cleanse can be done while working and leading your regular lifestyle.

Now you can do the cleanse that everyone is talking about anytime! With this 165 page book, you will have all the instructions you need to do the deepest, gentlest, and most effective detox possible at home on your own, whenever it works with your schedule  [read more]

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The Colorado Cleanse is a 2 week at-home detox and digestive rejuvenation program designed to support blood  sugar,  digestion, release old patterns of stress, normalize  cravings and detoxify fat cells. The Colorado Cleanse can be done while working and leading your regular lifestyle.

Now you can do the cleanse that everyone is talking about anytime! With this 165 page book, you will have all the instructions you need to do the deepest, gentlest, and most effective detox possible at home on your own, whenever it works with your schedule. You are given a complete list of all the supplies you will need and options for where to buy them. Suggestions are also given for substitutions that can be made for locally accessible herbs and non-LifeSpa products.

In addition, the book is an insightful resource for information on why cleansing is so important and how it actually works, so that you can avoid doing cleanses that might do more harm than good. This book also overviews all of the yoga and breathing exercises that are important for deepening the cleanse, as well as self-inquiry exercises for releasing old emotional patterns. It also includes answers to many frequently asked questions, inspiring testimonials, recipes for cleansing diets, and many other special tips.

This is an essential book for anyone planning to do a cleanse!

"As an editor for such publications as Yoga Journal and Natural Health, I see a lot of 'detox plans.' This is a cleanse based on a clear understanding of body dynamics. It's not about suffering - fasting, denial - but about working with your own body rhythms to create better health. My own results were undeniable. I lost 11 pounds. More important, my blood pressure dropped from 160/98 to 125/75. That is a HUGE gain in health." - Hillari Dowdle, Editor, Yoga Journal

Unveils little-known secrets every parent should know, including ways to help you treat your kids proactively—while they’re healthy—to prevent colds, earaches, and even the flu—weeks before they actually show up. Using time-tested and scientifically proven Ayurvedic principles, you can do more than just treat symptoms; you can get to the root cause of childhood weight gain, ADD, asthma, allergies, tummy aches, and more.

John Douillard, DC explains children’s different health needs based on their “kid-types” and the changing seasons. He shares his “Lazy Susan” of natural remedies, along with grocery shopping lists and practical health tips. With six children of his own, John Douillard has come up with dozens of kid-friendly routines to keep his children—and yours—happy and healthy.

“Dr. John Douillard offers a scientifically validated approach to the well-being of children.
Perfect Health for Kids  [read more]

Unveils little-known secrets every parent should know, including ways to help you treat your kids proactively—while they’re healthy—to prevent colds, earaches, and even the flu—weeks before they actually show up. Using time-tested and scientifically proven Ayurvedic principles, you can do more than just treat symptoms; you can get to the root cause of childhood weight gain, ADD, asthma, allergies, tummy aches, and more.

John Douillard, DC explains children’s different health needs based on their “kid-types” and the changing seasons. He shares his “Lazy Susan” of natural remedies, along with grocery shopping lists and practical health tips. With six children of his own, John Douillard has come up with dozens of kid-friendly routines to keep his children—and yours—happy and healthy.

“Dr. John Douillard offers a scientifically validated approach to the well-being of children.
Perfect Health for Kids combines insights of the great wisdom tradition of Ayurveda
with a current understanding of body, mind, and spirit. This is a must-read.”
—.DEEPAK CHOPRA, M.D., author of Perfect Health “


 “John Douillard is an exceptional healer, parent, and human being. These qualities
 permeate this book, in which he powerfully provides a clear and practical guide
for helping children to experience a life of optimal well-being. I’d recommend
Perfect Health for Kids to parents and caregivers of any age or level of experience.
You’ll discover a wealth of wisdom and useful information that you never knew.”
—DR. ROBERT S. IVKER, D.O., President of the American Board of Holistic Medicine
and author of the bestselling Sinus Survival


“Perfect Health for Kids

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"Based on one of the most healing theories in the world, John Douillard offers an easy, effortless and joyful solution to weight problems and food cravings. This is a book well worth reading."
  -- Deepak Chopra, M.D., founder, The Chopra Center for Well-Being

For 50 years the debate over high-protein, low-fat, and high-carbohydrate diets has confused the American people. Each diet is backed by convincing scientific research indicating that it is the best and only  [read more]

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"Based on one of the most healing theories in the world, John Douillard offers an easy, effortless and joyful solution to weight problems and food cravings. This is a book well worth reading."
  -- Deepak Chopra, M.D., founder, The Chopra Center for Well-Being

For 50 years the debate over high-protein, low-fat, and high-carbohydrate diets has confused the American people. Each diet is backed by convincing scientific research indicating that it is the best and only way to lose weight. But how can they all be right?

The answer is astonishingly simple. Each one is right, but for only four months of the year. The secret to making these diets work together for a lifetime is to use each one in the appropriate season as designed by nature: low fat in the spring, high carbohydrates in the summer, and high protein (fat) in the winter.

The 3-Season Diet aligns our desires with the foods that nature has provided in season for thousands of years. In the winter we naturally crave soups, nuts, warm grains, and other high fat and protein foods such as meat and fish. In the spring we want salads, berries, and leafy greens -- a naturally low-fat diet. And in the summer, when the days are long and hot, we require cooling and high-energy foods such as fruits and vegetables, which are a naturally available high carbohydrate diet.

Of course we are used to four seasons, but in nature one season is typically dormant - a resting season. There are really three primary harvests -- spring, summer and fall (that is typically eaten in the winter), thus the 3-Season Diet. In The 3-Season Diet we have classified foods from around the world into winter, summer and spring so you can eat with the seasons but still eat like a king.

"John,  I picked up your book [The 3-Season Diet] at Kripalu 3 weeks ago and have been working with the concept in 3 seasons of eating bigger lunches, with lots of veggies/protein/fruit, smaller dinners, etc....I've never felt so good! I have way more energy, ability to concentrate, no sugar crash at 4:00pm...I LOVE IT... thanks a million for writing that book! Changed my life....

 

Best regards, Mara...."

features ten Panchakarma treatments plus an Ayurvedic facial, each described in step-by-step detail.  This book provides a background to the history and philosophy of Ayurveda as well as a comprehensive set of tools and techniques allowing the reader to begin Ayurvedic treatments as a part of a spa menu or massage therapy program.

“With great clarity and precision, Dr. John Douillard has provided a detailed
guidebook to the profound system of Ayurvedic massage, bringing this ancient
method of yogic healing into practical focus for everyone to use in its many
different forms.  All those seriously interested in Ayurveda or in bodywork can
benefit from this monumental work, which represents an important new dimension
of Ayurvedic healing now available in the West.”
- Dr. David Frawley, Ayurvedacharya, Director of the American Institute of Ved  [read more]

features ten Panchakarma treatments plus an Ayurvedic facial, each described in step-by-step detail.  This book provides a background to the history and philosophy of Ayurveda as well as a comprehensive set of tools and techniques allowing the reader to begin Ayurvedic treatments as a part of a spa menu or massage therapy program.

“With great clarity and precision, Dr. John Douillard has provided a detailed
guidebook to the profound system of Ayurvedic massage, bringing this ancient
method of yogic healing into practical focus for everyone to use in its many
different forms.  All those seriously interested in Ayurveda or in bodywork can
benefit from this monumental work, which represents an important new dimension
of Ayurvedic healing now available in the West.”
- Dr. David Frawley, Ayurvedacharya, Director of the American Institute of Vedic Studies,
author of Yoga and Ayurveda and Ayurvedic Healing.

"It is with open arms that I welcome such a detailed yet comprehensive reference guide
for massage and spa therapists. John Douillard has laid a wonderful foundation
in his Encyclopedia, for the principles behind Ayurvedic massage and the emerging
Ayurvedic spa treatments that are derived from ancient healing practices.” 
- Tara Grodjesk, Founder of TARA Spa Therapy, Inc.

“Dr. Douillard offers a straightforward and very practical guide to implementing
 traditional Ayurvedic therapies into a spa menu.  His honest style of presentation,
which comes from deep in the heart, should help us realize the profound benefits of these treatments.  May this work become standard in quality spas throughout the world.”
- Melanie Sachs, Dip OT, Ayurvedic Spa Educator and Lifestyle Counselor, author of
Ayurvedic Beauty Care

“Dr. John Douillard has taken details from the various Ayurvedic traditions in
which he has trained and synthesized them into techniques that are well fitted
to today’s world—ever retaining Ayurveda’s focus on healing mind and spirit
as well as body.  The Encyclopedia of Ayurvedic Massage is a worthy
successor to Dr. Douillard’s previous books and a valuable incarnation
of Ayurveda’s ancient wisdom in modern words.”
- Robert Svoboda, Ayurvedacharya

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THE YOGA BODY DIET: Slim and Sexy in 4 Weeks Without the Stress
(Paperback; 288 pages; 150 full-color illustrations)
by Kristen Dollard and John Douillard, DC

THE YOGA BODY DIET is the first program to employ ancient Ayurvedic principles to create a fun, hip program that promises to transform both yoga virgins and seasoned practitioners from the inside out.

 

  [read more]

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THE YOGA BODY DIET: Slim and Sexy in 4 Weeks Without the Stress
(Paperback; 288 pages; 150 full-color illustrations)
by Kristen Dollard and John Douillard, DC

THE YOGA BODY DIET is the first program to employ ancient Ayurvedic principles to create a fun, hip program that promises to transform both yoga virgins and seasoned practitioners from the inside out.

 

THE YOGA BODY DIET begins with a quick test that identifies your type:

• Pitta (fire: tending toward irritability)
• Kapha (earth: tending toward sluggishness)
• Vata (air: a bit on the flighty side)

Followed by a 4-week plan tailored to that specific type. Each plan provides guidelines, workouts, meal plans, shopping lists, and over 75 flavorful and delicious recipes. Readers can look forward to a longer, leaner body and a calmer, more rejuvenated mind.

 

Kristen Schultz Dollard is an editor and yoga teacher in New York, was director of iYogaLife.com.

 

John Douillard, DC,  author of The 3-Season Diet and Body, Mind, and Sport, directs the LifeSpa Ayurvedic Retreat and Clinic and lives in Boulder, CO.

 

Testimonial:

Hello,  I have recently purchased The Yoga Body Diet.  I have to say I love the book, I have been suffering for a long time from severe anxiety and have recently embarked on the journey of healing.  After many doctors have tried to persuade me to take anti depressants, and anti anxiety medication, my frustration had reached an all time high.  I was adamant and still am quite adamant about the fact that taking a synthetic drug, to "fight" the anxiety was not the answer.  So I decided to do my own research and educate myself as much as possible.  Through my journey, I have come across many avenues, all seem to come exactly when I need them.  One being the "The Yoga Body Diet".  For me it is not so much about the weight loss, however I have lost 25lbs so far, it is about finding a connection with my mind, body, and spirit.  I am a single mom, and a lot of my anxiety came from worrying about not being fully capable of providing a good home for my son.  I now have such a sense of calm and center that I can look at his face and know that he is a happy little boy. The eating plan, the yoga, all the information has reinforced what I have already discovered on my own, by just listening to my body.  Not trying to force it, but to do what comes naturally.  With all of these crazy, almost bullying diets and exercise routines, it is no wonder that most people in today's society suffer from anxiety, obesity, or depression.  This book is refreshing, calming, and most importantly it works!  Thanks alot.  It is inspiring for me, to continue forward with loving my body, my unique body, and to appreciate all the nourishment that our world has to offer. 
~ J.S., reader of The Yoga Body Diet book, May 2010

 

 

 

In 1986, Dr. Douillard went to India on a three-week vacation. During his visit he was invited to stay on permanently to train in Ayurvedic medicine. He was taken in by a family of Ayurvedic doctors who specialized in pulse diagnosis. After years of training with his teacher and of teaching pulse diagnosis to lay people and professionals around the world, John Douillard, DC put his entire course on CD with a 50-page manual.

His teacher, Dr. Raju, taught him about Ayurvedic medicine and pulse-reading as a father would a son. There were not lessons and homework assignments, but rather experience of his pulse and discussions about it. If Dr. Douillard did not ask the question or experience it in his pulse there was no discussion that day. Dr. Douillard has taught this course in the exact way his teacher taught him. Each baby-step of knowledge and experience will reveal another key to opening the doors to Ayurveda   [read more]

In 1986, Dr. Douillard went to India on a three-week vacation. During his visit he was invited to stay on permanently to train in Ayurvedic medicine. He was taken in by a family of Ayurvedic doctors who specialized in pulse diagnosis. After years of training with his teacher and of teaching pulse diagnosis to lay people and professionals around the world, John Douillard, DC put his entire course on CD with a 50-page manual.

His teacher, Dr. Raju, taught him about Ayurvedic medicine and pulse-reading as a father would a son. There were not lessons and homework assignments, but rather experience of his pulse and discussions about it. If Dr. Douillard did not ask the question or experience it in his pulse there was no discussion that day. Dr. Douillard has taught this course in the exact way his teacher taught him. Each baby-step of knowledge and experience will reveal another key to opening the doors to Ayurveda and pulse reading.

Dr. Douillard has been teaching this course for 16 years to people from all walks of life.  Do not be scared off by the fear that “I could never learn how to do this.”  The system is simple, time-tested and easy to learn.  Dr. Douillard has taught this course to kids as young as first grade and to people in their eighties. 
For the professional interested in learning Ayurveda, this course is a must.  For the lay person, this course will give you many simple techniques, including pulse, herbal remedies, diet, and lifestyle to insure balance for yourself and your family.
 
This course will take you step by step into an understanding of Ayurveda and pulse diagnosis.  After hearing it the first time, you will be able to determine imbalances in the pulse and prescribe appropriate support.  Each time through, you will glean a deeper understanding of this system, and your own experience of your pulse will gracefully reveal all the secrets of this most ancient and powerful  tool. 

In this course you will learn:
1. How to determine your body type
2. How to determine your imbalances
3. How to design and individualize a treatment program to restore balance
4. How to use pulse diagnosis as a therapeutic technique
5. How to live a proper lifestyle according to your body type and pulse reading
6. Aromatherapy for imbalances and prevention
7. How to use diet according to pulse imbalances and body type
8. Subdosha pulse reading and subdosha-specific treatments
9. How to predetermine if a remedy is appropriate for you with a pulse check technique
10. Basic principles of Ayurveda
11. Integrating the Ayurvedic lifestyle into an American way of life