Deepak Chopra's book about the integrity of body and mind.

The timeless wisdom of Ayurveda and the more advanced theories of modern physics refer to the deeper reality, showing the universe as the field of eternal infinite potential, that we can use for healing and transformation.

This book is an updated edition, that introduces new therapies, that have proved to be useful for patients at the Chopra Center (a clinic based in California).

The book teaches meditation and visualization, speaks about healthy nutrition and herbs. But above all, this "Perfect Health" edition is designed to be a practical and user-friendly book.

The book introduces a system of preventive medicine and a model of healthy lifestyle called Ayurveda. The 5000-year-old Indian word "Ayurveda" consists of two Sanskrit word strings "Ayur" - life and "Veda" consciousness or science, it means this way "life science". "The purpose of Ayurveda is to show, how we can influence and change our lives, extend and manage our life so, that diseases and getting old would not disturb us.

In the case of Ayurveda, treatment starts by finding out our human body type. In Sanskrit, the body type is "prakriti", which means nature. The Ayurveda body type can be compared to a building plan, showing generally all the tendencies encoded in the body. When an Ayurveda practitioner identifies a type of body, he can tell us, what kind of food, exercises, and treatments will help us, which ones are of no use to us and which can even bring harm.

The book contains detailed descriptions and tests of the types of Ayurveda, that help us to get clarity in our body type and to start using and practicing Ayurveda.
The book is very exciting, with a lot of knowledge about modern medicine, physics and other interesting things. This book is meaningful, relatively thick and can be read again from time to time, because you can always find something new and it helps also to remember the most important wisdom.