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Deepak on Dr. Oz!

Check out Deepak's latest visit to Dr. Oz here!



Don’t let stress make a mess of your balanced life. The greatest mind and body expert of our time, Deepak Chopra, shares his four simple secrets to stress less.

Stress-Less Starter Breakfast
This breakfast consists of one tablespoon of flaxseed oil, one hardboiled egg, and tomatoes and cucumbers drizzled with extra virgin olive oil. Flaxseed and olive oil help slow the release of inflammatory hormones the body pumps out under stress. The omega 3 fatty acids in flaxseed and olive oil also provide anti-inflammatory effects on your joints and improve blood flow. EPA and DHA fatty acids present in omega-3s also maintain healthy levels of serotonin. Serotonin controls emotional response and creates a sense of well-being within the body. Take the flaxseed oil as you would cough syrup and enjoy this nutrient-rich breakfast.

Take a Stress-Less Supplement: Endorphinate
Endorphinate is used to support important functions in the body that promote a sense of calm, comfort and well-being. This stress-reducing supplement contains two B vitamins, folate and vitamin B12, which help prevent and relieve physical and emotional distress. Take two capsules in the morning and afternoon, for a total of 4 capsules. This supplement can be found online for $17.50.

Eat a Stress-Less Snack: Chyawanprash
This jam-like mixture of herbs, spices and other ingredients from the ancient ayurvedic healing tradition is widely used in India due to its extensive health benefits. The main ingredient in this snack is amla, a gooseberry that is very rich in vitamin C. Research shows vitamin C may help prevent the stress hormone cortisol from increasing after a stressful event. Chyawanprash can be eaten by itself or it can be spread on a cracker or piece of toast. This vitamin C-packed snack is available at health food stores for $10.

Try Stress-Less Breathing Exercise: Ujjayi
Breathing is fundamental for life, but because it is automatic, we tend to take it for granted. Ujjayi breathing is a technique created by ancient yogis to help clear and cleanse the body and mind. It is a diaphragmatic breath which first fills the lower belly, activating the lower rib cage and finally moves into the upper chest and throat. Inhalation and exhalation are both done through the nose. Practicing ujjayi breathing several times a day for a minute or two can have huge benefits.

Journey Into Healing Special Guest: Byron Katie!



This March 7–11 at the signature Journey into Healing workshop, Byron Katie will join Deepak Chopra and other renowned experts in exploring the power of the mind to heal the body and unleash our unlimited potential for authentic happiness and wellbeing.

March 7–11, 2012 | La Costa Resort & Spa, Carlsbad, California
Guest speakers include Byron Katie, Dr. Valencia Porter, and Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar

For more information call me at 760-494-1657 or click here!

Experience Perfect Health at The Chopra Center!

Perfect Health - An Overview from Chopra Center on Vimeo.



Are you feeling stressed out and anxious? Do you have trouble getting a good night’s sleep? Are you struggling with pain, a chronic condition, or a difficult diagnosis?

If physical and emotional roadblocks are preventing you from fully enjoying your life, it’s time to experience Perfect Health.

Perfect Health is one of the Chopra Center’s most popular signature programs – a 6- or 10-day mind-body immersion that blends the healing arts of the East with the best in modern Western medicine.

In the Chopra Center’s beautiful nurturing setting, you will feel your stress and tension melt away as our highly trained team of physicians, certified educators, and healing arts masters help you restore your balance and address your personal health concerns.

The Perfect Health program’s unique approach is based on the powerful principles of Ayurveda, India’s 5,000-year-old healing system. Ayurveda focuses on the whole person – the mind, body, and spirit – seeking to correct the imbalances that cause distress and disease. Health is not just the absence of illness or symptoms, but a state of expanded wellbeing, vitality, and joy.

2012 Chopra Center Events- Available Now!!




Perfect Health Panchakarma

{ Balance. Heal. Transform. }

Our six-day wellness program. Experience panchakarma detoxification therapy, daily ayurvedic spa treatments, a medical consultation, and instruction in meditation, yoga, and Ayurveda.
Learn more about this transformative program

Offered each week: Exclusively at the Chopra Center in Carlsbad, California.



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Journey into Healing
{ Mind-Body Wellness Workshop }

Our signature mind-body ayurvedic immersion workshop. Learn the wisdom of Ayurveda from Deepak, David, and a team of renowned guest experts.
Learn more about Journey into Healing here
March 7–11, 2012: Carlsbad, CA
August 16-19, 2012: Carlsbad, CA






Free to Love
{ Feel Whole Again }

At the Free to Love workshop, David Simon, M.D. will guide you in a unique five-step process that has helped thousands let go of their pain, find freedom from the past, and rediscover joy and fulfillment in your life. Read more

November 11–13, 2011: Carlsbad, California
January 20–22, 2012: Carlsbad, California
June 1–3, 2012: Carlsbad, California





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Free to Heal
{ Restore Health and Balance }

A powerful program designed exclusively for those who have completed the Free to Love workshop. At Free to Heal, you will continue to integrate the profound emotional healing you have experienced at Free to Love as you nourish your body and soul six days of panchakarma cleansing, daily ayurvedic massage treatments, meditation, yoga, and instruction in the healing practices and wisdom of ayurveda.
Read more about this emotional panchakarma program here

November 14–19, 2011: Carlsbad, California
January 23–28, 2012: Carlsbad, California
June 4–9, 2012: Carlsbad, California




SynchroDestiny – FINAL SynchroDestiny workshop!

{ Harness the Power of Coincidence }

A self-empowerment workshop. For more than a decade, the SynchroDestiny empowerment workshop has shown thousands of seekers and high achievers how to harness the creative power of coincidence to achieve their deepest desires.
Learn more

February 8–12, 2012: Carlsbad, California





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Seduction of Spirit
{ Meditate with Deepak }

Our premier meditation retreat. Spend six days with Deepak and David, learning deep meditation techniques, practicing the Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga, and exploring other practices for higher consciousness.
Learn more about this transformative retreat here

October 23–29, 2011: La Jolla, California
April 22–28, 2012: Carlsbad, California
July 9–15, 2012: Chicago (area), Illinois
October 29-November 4, 2012: Carlsbad, California





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Seduction of Silence
{ Spiritual Silence Retreat }

Graduates of Seduction of Spirit learn advanced meditation techniques during Seduction of Silence, an intimate spiritual experience. (Seduction of Spirit graduates only) Learn More

October 23–29, 2011: La Jolla, California
April 22–28, 2012: Carlsbad, California
July 9–15, 2012: Chicago (area), Illinois
October 29-November 4, 2012: Carlsbad, California





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Summoning the Sacred

{ Your Path to Enlightenment }

Join us for the premiere of Summoning the Sacred – our most intimate workshop with Deepak Chopra, created exclusively for Seduction of Spirit and/or SynchroDestiny graduates who want to open to new levels of spiritual wisdom.

Summoning the Sacred is a unique experiential workshop that is limited to just 75 participants so that the experience can be personalized to the group’s individual questions and explorations. Read more

Dec 1–4, 2011: Carlsbad, California
Mar 29–Apr 1, 2012: Carlsbad, California
Nov 29–Dec 2, 2012: Carlsbad, California

Vata Imbalanced??

Vata governs movement in the body, the activities of the nervous system and the process of elimination. Vata influences the other doshas.

Qualities of Vata:Cold, light, dry, irregular, rough, moving, quick, changeable

If Vata dosha predominates, movement and change are characteristic of your nature. You will tend to always be on the go, with an energetic and creative mind. As long as Vata is in balance, you will be lively and enthusiastic, with a lean body.
Physical Characteristics: Those with a predominance of Vata dosha are usually have a thin, light frame and excellent agility. Their energy comes in bursts, and they are likely to experience sudden bouts of fatigue. Vatas typically have dry skin and hair and cold hands and feet. They sleep lightly and their digestion can be sensitive. When the Vata dosha becomes imbalanced, it manifests in the body as weight loss, constipation, hypertension, arthritis, weakness, restlessness, and digestive challenges.

Emotional Characteristics: Vatas love excitement and new experiences. They are quick to anger but also to forgive. When Vatas are in balance, they are energetic, creative, and flexible. They also take initiative and are lively conversationalists. When unbalanced, they are prone to worry and anxiousness and often suffer from insomnia. When they feel overwhelmed or stressed, their response is, “What did I do wrong?”


To learn how to balance your vata click here!

Perfect Health at The Chopra Center!



Perfect Health is a 6- or 10-day healing immersion that combines a renowned medical staff, a time-tested detoxification and cleansing process known as panchakarma, and intimate, daily classes in meditation, Ayurveda, and yoga.

The Perfect Health program’s unique approach is based on the powerful principles of Ayurveda, India’s 5,000-year-old healing system. Ayurveda focuses on the whole person – the mind, body, and spirit – seeking to correct the imbalances that cause distress and, ultimately, disease. In contrast with conventional medicine, Ayurveda defines health not just as the absence of illness or symptoms, but as a state of higher consciousness that allow us to experience greater energy, creativity, wellbeing, and happiness in our daily lives.


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"I would like to like to say a big ‘Thank You' to the therapists and doctors of the Chopra Center for successfully getting me back to work! As a 54-year-old computer guy, I’d been through a tough time, with months of 20-hour workdays. I was unable to continue using a computer mouse due to the pain and increasingly limited mobility from overwork of my right hand and elbow. A similar work crunch a few years ago had already left me with a damaged left hand and elbow, so in addition to the discomfort, I was faced with being physically unable to do my job."

"My doctor prescribed a painkiller, but although it dulled the pain and let me sleep, did nothing for my mobility. For New Years my wife checked us into the Chopra Center for the Perfect Health Panchakarma program for a general health and de-stress break – not actually for my hand problems. Still, after the first day's treatment the pain had largely gone from my right hand, and by the end of the program I had pain-free mobility in both hands and elbows."

"I felt the excellent massage therapy helped the most, but this is a balanced program and it may well be the combination of treatments that made it so effective for me. The therapies are certainly powerful, pleasant, and healing, and the therapists are very caring, giving people."
—Howard Proops

Learn more about Perfect Health here!

The Perfect Health

Perfect Health is a 6- or 10-day healing immersion that combines a renowned medical staff, a time-tested detoxification and cleansing process known as panchakarma, and intimate, daily classes in meditation, Ayurveda, and yoga.

The Perfect Health program’s unique approach is based on the powerful principles of Ayurveda, India’s 5,000-year-old healing system. Ayurveda focuses on the whole person – the mind, body, and spirit – seeking to correct the imbalances that cause distress and, ultimately, disease. In contrast with conventional medicine, Ayurveda defines health not just as the absence of illness or symptoms, but as a state of higher consciousness that allow us to experience greater energy, creativity, wellbeing, and happiness in our daily lives.


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The Perfect Health is offered 2-3 times each month ever month here at The Chopra Center. For more information click here!

Perfect Health Teacher Training This Week!

Perfect Health Teacher Training

The Perfect Health course offers a five-step exploration of mind body medicine and ayurveda. The course is designed for the general public who have had little or no previous understanding of these concepts. Each of the five lessons includes instruction in practical approaches of mind-body medicine that participants can begin using in their daily lives.

Teacher Spotlight: Maggie Grueskin


Maggie Grueskin, RYT / Perfect Health Instructor
Maggie is the founder and director at Ekam, having received multiple teaching certificates, primarily though The Temple of Kriya Yoga in Chicago, Lex Gillian in Houston, and most recently through The Chopra Center in Carlsbad, CA. Her teachings are influenced in large part by Paramhansa Yogananda, Gary Kraftsow and Deepak Chopra. She is a 200 hr Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance and a Perfect Health Instructor through The Chopra Center. Maggie created Ekam Yoga Center, to be a community-based mind/body/spirit wellness center, where people can gather in peace, heal and nurture themselves, and spread love and compassion everywhere.

Ekam Yoga Center
7036-B FM 1960 Rd East
Atascocita, TX 77346

Telephone: (281) 358-9642


E-mail: peace@ekamyoga.com

Congratulations to our ACT Graduates!


We are proud to present to you the first graduates of the Ayurvedic Consultant Training. Please join us in congratulating this first class on their successful completion of this very intense yet special advanced training course. They were guided by ayurvedic masters Drs. David Simon, Vamadeva Shastri, Valencia Porter, Sheila Patel, and Suhas Kshirsagar; Christie Lees, RN; davidji; and CCU staff members. The graduates have completed many hours of study and independent projects with an enfoldment of life-changing experiences.

If you are ready for the next level of your ayurvedic training, we invite you to consider becoming an Ayurvedic Consultant. Learn more here. This Chopra Center advanced training is open to all certified Perfect Health instructors.

What is Panchakarma?


What is Panchakarma?

Panchakarma is the ultimate mind-body healing experience for detoxifying the body, strengthening the immune system, and restoring balance and well-being. Developed thousands of years ago in India, panchakarma is the cornerstone of the Chopra Center's Perfect Health program. It is recommended on a seasonal basis, as well as when an individual feels out of balance or is experiencing illness.

Panchakarma Detoxifies the Body and Mind
According to ayurveda, good health depends upon our capability to fully metabolize all aspects of life, assimilating that which nourishes and eliminating the rest. When we can’t completely digest our food, experiences, and emotions, toxins accumulate in our bodily tissues, creating imbalance and – ultimately – disease. Panchakarma is an elegant cleansing process that releases stored toxins and restores the body’s innate healing ability.

When our digestive energies, known as agni (fire), are robust, we create healthy tissues, eliminate waste products efficiently, and produce a subtle essence called ojas. ojas, which may be envisioned as the innermost sap of our psychophysiology, is the basis for clarity of perception, physical strength, and immunity. On the other hand, if our agni is weakened, digestion is incomplete and creates toxins that get stored in the body. This toxic residue is known as ama.

The Foundation for Health and Well-being
When ama accumulates in the body, it blocks the flow of energy, information, and nourishment throughout the system. Ayurveda considers this build-up of toxins the underlying cause of all disease. A common example of this is the accumulation of saturated fat and cholesterol that is beyond the body’s capacity to metabolize. Over time, this leads to the blockage of the blood vessels and arteries and, ultimately, to heart attacks.

While it’s easy to understand agni and ama in terms of food, it’s important to remember that your mind and heart are continually digesting energy and information as well. Right now your mental digestive powers are working right now to break down these ideas into components that your intellect can assimilate. Similarly, your emotional agni is responsible for processing your experiences and feelings, including the smile of a loved one, unexpected criticism at work, or the excitement of a new relationship.

Restoring the Body's Natural Balance
If your emotional agni is strong, you are able to extract whatever is nourishing and eliminate the rest. The inability to metabolize emotions, however, produces just as much toxic residue as undigested food. In fact, pent-up anger, long-held sadness, and lingering guilt are more debilitating for most people than problems with physical digestion.

If we want to experience optimal health, it is crucial to maintain a strong digestive fire and eliminate toxins from the body. Panchakarma is a time-proven natural therapy that detoxifies and restores the body's inner balance and vitality.

At the Chopra Center's Perfect Health program, you can experience the healing power of panchakarma in our safe, nurturing setting.

Introducing Dr. Patel



Dr. Sheila Patel, M.D., is a board-certified family physician who earned her M.D. at the University of Wisconsin Medical School and completed her residency in family medicine at the Ventura County Medical Center in Southern California. For more than a decade, she has been practicing full-spectrum family medicine (from prenatal care and deliveries, to ER coverage, and inpatient and outpatient primary care for all ages) in a variety of settings.

Dr. Patel’s integrative healing approach combines the best in conventional Western medicine with the wisdom of ancient healing traditions. “I believe in a holistic individualized approach to patient care that incorporates a wide variety of healing modalities. Every person is unique, so what works for one person may not be effective for someone else. I work with patients to develop individual treatments plans that address body, mind, and spirit," states Dr. Patel.

“Before coming to the Chopra Center, I chose to practice in small communities for the last twelve years – initially in southeast Alaska, and then in rural Wisconsin, where I was able to develop close relationships with patients and their families and provide patient-centered care in a supportive environment.

"I was drawn to serve as a physician at the Chopra Center because I could continue to offer individualized medical care in a loving, nurturing setting where patients feel empowered and supported on their healing path."

Dr. Patel's special interests include preventive medicine and mind-body medicine with an emphasis on Ayurveda. She has also taken additional continuing medical education courses in integrative medicine and has received further training in mindfulness-based stress reduction.

“My practice has always focused on preventive medicine for all ages, as well as management of a wide variety of chronic and acute health conditions. I believe that the best way to achieve wellness is to integrate all of the knowledge available to us from modern conventional medicine as well as from traditional healing systems. I have particular interests in meditation and yoga, which I have practiced for many years," she said.

“I have been interested in Ayurveda since I began my medical training at the University of Wisconsin, and was influenced early on by Dr. Deepak Chopra’s writings. Working at the Chopra Center allows me to blend the Vedic spiritual tradition of my childhood with the practice of medicine, which is both personally and professionally fulfilling."

Dr. Patel is a compassionate, caring doctor whose areas of expertise include:

• High cholesterol
• Diabetes
• Hypertension (high blood pressure)
• Heart disease
• Chronic pain/fibromyalgia
• Back and joint pain
• Depression and anxiety
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Cancer screening
• Symptoms related to menopause
• Stress reduction
• Allergies and asthma


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Perfect Health at The Chopra Center!


If you are coping with physical illness, emotional upset, chronic pain, job burnout, work-life imbalance, or relationship stress, the Perfect Health Panchakarma program will help you heal. For more than 15 years, thousands of Perfect Health guests from around the world have experienced profound healing at this transformational six-day program.

Developed by the Chopra Center’s co-founders, Deepak Chopra, M.D., and David Simon, M.D., Perfect Health Panchakarma is the only holistic healing program in the world that combines a renowned medical staff, the powerful detoxification and cleansing process known as panchakarma, and daily classes in meditation, Ayurveda, and yoga.

What is the Perfect Health program?
Perfect Health is a week-long healing process offered each week at the Chopra Center, located in the beautiful coastal town of Carlsbad, California. Deepak Chopra, M.D., and David Simon, M.D., created the Perfect Health program to help you experience relief from your physical pain and the emotional turbulence that often accompanies it.

Click here for more information.

Seven Day Detox Routine

According to Ayurveda, good health is dependent upon our capability to fully metabolize the nutritional, emotional and sensory information that we ingest. When our digestive energies, known as Agni (fire), are robust, we create healthy tissues, eliminate waste products efficiently and produce a subtle essence called ojas. Ojas, which may be envisioned as the source of our vitality, is the basis for clarity of perception, physical strength, and immunity. On the other hand, if our agnis are weakened, digestion is incomplete. This accumulation of toxic residue is collectively known as ama. Cleansing and detoxifying the body helps build the natural fire within (agni), which naturally burns ama and aids in digestion.

To help detoxify, strengthen the immune system, and increase the production of ojas (vital energy), we suggest performing the following activities for 7 days:

1. Every morning, perform a self massage (self-Abhy) with herbalized dosha balancing oil. When stimulated through therapeutic touch or massage, the skin releases a pharmacy of healing chemicals that have health-promoting effects on the physiology. In addition to feeling good, regular massage and loving touch detoxifies the body’s tissues, increase circulation, calms the mind, and enhances immune function.

2. Follow your massage with a Neti pot and Nasya, a traditional method to purify and revitalize the breathing passages. In addition, this process can reduce allergies and decrease your chances of contracting upper respiratory infections.

3. Take Biochavan and Triphala. Biochavan has been used for thousands of years to promote health and longevity. Rich in antioxidants, it has been scientifically proven to have measurable health enhancing benefits including detoxification, improved digestive functioning, and increased immunity. Triphala, formulated by Ayurvedic physicians thousands of years ago and used by literally billions of people since, is considered the most effective colon tonic by most health care practitioners.

4. Drink 3-4 cups of dosha balancing organic tea per day to help flush the system.

5. Simplify your diet to appropriately cooked vegetables and rice to allow your digestive power to work on cleansing the body.

For more information call me at 760-494-1657. Stay healhty + blessed!

Last Week of The Sweet Summer Savings!


This is your last chance to take advantage of our best prices of the year!
Go to www.chopra.com to check out all of The Chopra Center offerings!

Congrats to Our Perfect Health/ Ayurveda Teachers!


Congrats to Our Perfect Health/ Ayurveda Teachers who graduated this week! We are so proud of all of you!! May you share your love + light with everyone all over the world! You are a TRUE BLESSING!!! We are all so PROUD OF YOU!!

Are You Ready to Use Your Holiday Gift?


It's that time of year again! As your holiday gift, we are offering you $475 off our premiere events! Have you been wanting to work on your self? Looking to decrease the stress in your life? Time to work on any pent up personal issues? This is a great time to book that event you have always dreamed of! Give me a call at 760-494-1657 to get enroll yourself into one of our life changing experiences!

Happy Holidays from Nicole at The Chopra Center of Wellbeing!

Find A Chopra Certified Teacher Near You!


Did you know you can connect with a certified Chopra Center teacher in your area? The Chopra Center offer Teacher Training programs in Primordial Sound Meditation, Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga, and Perfect Health/ Ayurveda! We have teachers all over the world who are ready to help you locally! To find a teacher near you, click here.