Pranavam Ayurveda Treatment Centre

Pranavam, our family-run Ayurveda Treatment Centre, is an extension of our home in the small village of Manipuram (near Calicut), Kerala. Here, we preserve the traditional essence of the great science of life. My guru, Brahmasree Valloor Sankaran Namboodiri is 95 years old and one of India's greatest Ayurvedic scholars and most respected toxic healers. He is part of a long succession of gurus who taught their shishyas (students) in the traditional master / apprentice way known as gurukula. After completing my degree I lived in a remote area of the Western Ghats with my guru, learning intensely from the source himself and refining my knowledge and practice before returning home, two and a half years later, to open Pranavam. My wife, Dr. Diana Sreejith, comes from a lineage of female medicine women with her grandmother, mother and sister also practicing physicians; you could say that Ayurveda is in her bones. Patients often comment on Diana's profound healing ability and the way she intuitively understands their medical needs. Perhaps our daughter will also inherit her mother's gifts! Ayurveda is the oldest continuing medical system in the world. It is often misunderstood as a pseudo-science or seen only in light of its miraculous effects of rejuvenation. But Ayurveda is a complete medical science. It differs from Western medicine in that Ayurveda considers the individual to be inextricably connected to the universe and therefore, diagnosis considers many lifestyle and environmental factors and medical treatment occurs on levels beyond the individual body itself. Our philosophy is to treat the whole person a