This is how it all begins when you come for an appointment at Ayushakti Ayurved Health Centers the world over.

First, each client arrives and registers to check-in at the clinic. You are then ushered into the office of the vaidya (pronounced vide-yuh), or Ayushakti practitioner. The vaidya lightly touches your wrist to feel the combination of 360 possible subtle pulses within your body.

To the vaidya, the pulse is a subtle language that the adept practitioner learns to “read.” These 360 subtle variations of the pulse are indicators to the underlying physiological imbalances that can cause acute and chronic disease. As the vaidya reads the pulse, he or she is able to ascertain what is happening in your body, mind, emotions and spirit. Although the science of “reading” the pulse in this way is still not well known in the United States, specialized practitioners have successfully practiced this technique for thousands of years.

Though practiced for millennia, pulse reading is not taught at Ayurveda colleges in India. This deep knowledge is passed directly from a master or Guru to the student or shishya. The profound pulse reading practiced in our Ayushakti Health Centers is known as Siddha Nadi Vidya and was passed down through our 2000-year old lineage. Our lineage is known as Siddha Veda because the knowledge we practice is drawn directly from comes from the ancient handwritten manuscripts called the Siddha Veda that were written by the Siddha Veda masters.

After reading the pulse in a matter of seconds, the vaidya in our clinic will share with you his or her findings and discuss an appropriate course of treatment with you. Depending on the nature of your health or condition, your Ayushakti Ayurvedic practitioner may recommend a few herbal supplements and suggest a particular diet. Sometimes the vaidya will recommend specialized Ayurveda therapies known as Panchkarma and marma chikitsa. (For more information about Panchkarma or marma chikitsa, click here.)

After meeting briefly with the vaidya, you will have an opportunity to discuss your course of treatment as well as dietary and lifestyle recommendations at greater length with a qualified practitioner, who has trained with the Narams.

This simple yet profound process takes place in every Ayushakti Health Clinic all over the world – in Europe, America and Australia – when you come for an Ayushakti Ayurved pulse consultation.

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Testimonial

“Years ago, when I was studying with one of the best acupuncturists and Chinese pulse readers in the country, he told me, ‘If you ever meet a good Ayurvedic physician, study pulse with him.” I came to Pankaj Naram’s workshop and recognized him to be a sage. He has the right way of being. When he takes the pulse, he’s seeing all the other bodies – spiritual and non-spiritual – of the being before him.”
— Isabelle, Munoz
Wilmette, IL

“I had written a list of my diverse complaints to tell Pankaj Naram. I sat down facing him and immediately felt at ease. He gently took my hand to feel my pulse, and as he gazed into my eyes, I felt the beginning of a healing process at that moment. Without my telling him anything from my long list, he went through my completed collection of complaints and infirmities. He jotted down the correct remedies to take and then smiled, satisfied and asked if he had missed anything. Indeed he had not.”
--Robert Kushner, artist
New York City

“I had what I thought was a flare-up of an ulcer that had been troubling me for two years. After taking my pulse, Pankaj Naram asked if I had been to India or Mexico. And I had! Dr. Naram said my stomach problems were caused by parasites and that this condition would go away after I took the herbs that he recommended. I did as he suggested and within a month the problem was gone.”
--M. S.
Dallas, TX.