Description:

Diabetes affects more than 1 in 10 Americans including nearly 1 in 3 seniors. This is a national healthcare crisis resulting in more than 87,000 deaths per year! Ayurvedic medicine can play an essential role in diabetes prevention and case management, and even offers the opportunity for cure. During this program we’ll look at the disease from an Ayurvedic perspective and how Ayurveda can be used alone, or in combination with Western medicine, to provide each patient with the greatest opportunity for a healthy life.

Topics:

1. What is diabetes
2. Types of diabetes
3. Symptoms and tests
4. The Ayurvedic understanding of the condition
5. Prevention from an Ayurvedic and Western perspective
6. Herbs and their role in management
7. A complete treatment overview from an Ayurvedic perspective
8. The remarkable role of Yoga Nidra in blood sugar management.

Founder & President of The California College of Ayurveda.

He is an Ayurvedic Doctor, a Doctor of Chiropractic, and a Sivananda Yoga Teacher.

He is a leader in the development of Ayurveda in the West and his efforts toward building the profession in the US has earned him awards in both the United States and India.

In 1995, Dr. Halpern founded The California College of Ayurveda where we provide access to the highest quality education in the field.

In 1998, Dr. Halpern co-founded the National Ayurvedic Medical Association and the California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine and was instrumental in establishing the standards for Ayurvedic Education in the United States.

Dr. Halpern has written five textbooks, including the popular book, Healing Your Life; Lessons on the Path of Ayurveda, and created the #1 best-selling meditation recording in the United States; Yoga Nidra and Self-Healing.