This vivid portrait shows conversations with the Ayurveda practitioner Deepak Chopra, among others, and documents the life and work of Dr. Vasant Lad, who fulfilled the destiny seen by his family's guru and became a pioneer of holistic medicine. He helped to make Ayurveda, which was largely unknown when he arrived in the West, one of the most widespread alternative healing methods in the world.
An Indian doctor introduces the West to an ancient health care system called Ayurveda.
This vivid portrait shows conversations with the Ayurveda practitioner Deepak Chopra, among others, and documents the life and work of Dr. Vasant Lad, who fulfilled the destiny seen by his family's guru and became a pioneer of holistic medicine. He helped to make Ayurveda, which was largely unknown when he arrived in the West, one of the most widespread alternative healing methods in the world.