Subject: A special invitation from the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre at Bad Ems, Germany

We are pleased to invite you to do your Panchakarma in August when we have reduced our prices by 10%.

If you come for example for 10 days the all inclusive price for treatment, doctors fee, single room in the 4-star hotel, and Ayurvedic cuisine will be only 2,150 Euros instead of 2,388 Euros. You are also welcome to come for shorter durations and receive the same 10% discount.

Please visit our website for pictures and prices, or contact us for other offers and for more details:

Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre Bad Ems www.ayurveda1.de e-mail: info@ayurveda-badems.de Telephone +49-2603-9407-0, Fax +49-2603-3122 P.O. Box 1330, D 56120 Bad Ems

You can get flights from London, Glasgow and other places in the UK for under £20 to Frankfurt/Hahn airport. We will be pleased to pick you up from Frankfurt/Hahn for 50 Euros. For flight information visit www.ryanair.com

Enjoy our indoor hot spring swimming pool, sight seeing tours and boat rides on the rivers Rhine, Mosel and Lahn with beautiful castles and historic towns in this romantic region of Germany.

We can assure you that Maharishi Ayurveda in Bad Ems offers you an extraordinarily attractive alternative to a conventional holiday.

With best regards Jai Guru Dev Lothar and Dr. Karin Pirc and all staff members

Following you will find some more information about Maharishi Panchakarma, the Spa Hotel and our Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre in Bad Ems.

The Sanskrit word Panchakarma means five actions (pancha = five; karma = action), by which is meant the five broad groups of different physical procedures of Ayurveda. The effects of the individual therapies systematically build on each other and also complement each other. In so doing they achieve a long-term and extremely profound purification of the body. The steps of treatment described below bring about the systematic elimination of toxins and harmful substances from the body, which have accumulated as a result of wrong ways of living, toxins in the environment, and wrong thinking. Health improves as a whole, which in the case of chronic disorders frequently leads to relief from the actual complaints. In the case of fully healthy people, there is a clear increase in zest, joie de vivre, and performance.

First of all, easily digestible medicinal oils are applied internally or externally, These stimulate the digestive power and thereby the whole metabolism. Internally one takes for example clarified butter (ghee) or other substances; these reach the cells via the digestive process. Externally a similar process takes place via the skin, using full-body oil massages or the pouring of oil on the body. Carefully selected substances gently and effectively dislodge from the cells the accumulated fat-soluble metabolic waste products and environmental toxins.

Now it is time to make sure that the previously dislodged toxins and waste products are actually flushed out of the tissues. By applying heat in the form of herbal steam baths, hot compresses etc., metabolic activity is increased and the subtlest blood and lymph vessels are dilated. In this way the toxins are able to leave the cells and get flushed into the intestinal tract.

It is then necessary to make sure that the already dislodged toxins really leave the body: Comfortable, gently purgative enemas cleanse the intestinal tract. In this way the waste products are effectively removed from the system. The remarkable benefits …. …. and effectiveness of Panchakarma therapy were already described in the ancient records. According to a quote from Charaka Samhita (about 400 BC), one of the old classical texts of Ayurvedic teaching Chapter 16, Sutra 17-19:

"In a person whose digestive system has been cleansed and purified, the metabolism is stimulated, disease is reduced, and normal health is maintained. Sense organs, mind, intellect and complexion are improved; strength, good nourishment, healthy progeny and potency are the result. Symptoms of ageing do not appear so easily and the person lives long, free from disorders. For this reason, elimination therapy should be carried out correctly and at the right time." In this sense, Panchakarma treatment in our health centre is a truly unique treatment method for revitalisation, rejuvenation, prevention, and cure. Among other things we consider it our duty to carry out the Ayurvedic treatments in an authentic manner and thereby allow maximum benefit to be gained from them.

Live in style and enjoy your treatment, in an environment rich in tradition The Häckers Kurhotel Bad Ems is situated on what is probably one of the most beautiful stretches of the River Lahn, in the midst of the Nassau nature reserve. The facilities of the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre, with a treatment section of over 1000 square metres, are located in the Imperial Wing of this splendid historic building.

The hotel comprises 108 rooms, furbished with the pleasant comfort of a top-class hotel. It offers a perfect mixture of stylish tradition, modern ambience, and attention to aesthetic detail. The right environment for a relaxing day and a restful night. Our hotel guests can find additional relaxation in the adjoining park and in the in-house hot springs swimming pool which has both dry and steam sauna.

For further information contact: Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre Bad Ems www.ayurveda1.de e-mail: info@ayurveda-badems.de Telephone +49-2603-9407-0, Fax +49-2603-3122 P.O. Box 1330, D 56120 Bad Ems