PRAKRITI AYURVEDIC NATURAL REJUVENATION CENTRE

Prakriti Ayurvedic Natural Rejuvenation Centre owes its popularity in such a short period of time, to the dynamic trio of Captain N S Ramachandran, Meena Ramachandran and Sujatha Ramachandran, who are the moving force behind Prakriti.

Prakriti, means 'everything that is your nature'.  "It is not nature as in 'Nature', but it means each person's individual nature", says Captain Ramachandran, who is from a family of Ayurvedacharyas. He adds, "Ayurveda as a science originated in India more than 5,000 years ago and lays claim to be the oldest documented system of medicine.  This holistic system of medicine has several aspects, which distinguish it from other systems of medicine.  Ayurveda lays emphasis on establishing and maintaining a balance, of 'life energies' within an individual, rather than focusing on individual symptoms.  Each individual is unique and each person requires treatment that is unique to him or her.  In Ayurveda, we do not treat the illness but we treat the person".

Prakriti Ayurvedic Natural Rejuvenation Centre is not just another Ayurveda clinic; it gives priority to the 'lifestyle' aspect of Ayurveda.  As Meena Ramachandran puts it very aptly, "We are trying to bring back Ayurveda back into focus as a way of life.  Prakriti is the result of coming together of a team of highly motivated therapists and doctors.  Our roots are traced back to Kottakal.  We thought about this centre because, when it comes to Ayurveda there are a few curbing factors like, it was available only in Kerala and even when it was attempted outside, only a few aspects were touched upon.  We approach Ayurveda as the traditional Ayurvedacharyas in Kerala do.  Since Kottakal has no branch here for treatment, we thought of bringing it to Chennai.  But since they run it as a Trust at Kottakal, we registered ourselves as 'Prakriti' and it's been a really exciting journey for us since we started". 

Another aspect that is to be highlighted about Prakriti is the homely feel that one gets there. The normal signs and smells associated with Ayurveda are not prominent.  "We chose this house because we wanted our clients to relax and not be rigid or tense like they would be on entering a hospital.  Also, you will not find a heavy smell on entering the reception area, because we have separated the treatment area.  There is a faint aroma of the oils that comes through to the reception area, but many of our patrons have told us that it is in fact very pleasant", says Captain Ramachandran.

But any treatment of Ayurveda is to be performed at an optimum temperature of 24 - 28 degree celsius for it to be effective.  Well don't worry; Prakriti has a solution for that also.  "Chennai being a very warm place we air- conditioned the whole place.  Because we need to have the windows open when the treatment is going on, we pre-cool the room to about 18 degree celsius, so that the room remains at the optimum temperature necessary for the treatment to be effective.  Our masseurs are all from Kerala and have years of experience and we use only products of Kottakal.  Ayurveda puts off many people, because they feel it is very messy and dirty.  This happens because in Ayurveda we deal with oils and when oil is involved there is going to a lot of mess.  We at Prakriti take care to ensure that the whole room is washed after treatment is administered to a person.  The room is disinfected so the next person need not have any fear that he or she is going to come in contact with any residue left behind from the previous treatment.  We also give disposable cloth towels, which are for use only once.  All this is done to remove the idea 'messy or dirty' that persons usually associate Ayurveda with", say Sujatha.

They also have some plans for children in the future.  They have various courses of treatment - a rejuvenation massage costs Rs 350/- while a complete rejuvenation package lasting for about 14 days would cost around Rs 10,000.  The centre also has in its premises the Vaidyarathnam P S Varier's Kottakal Arya Vaidya Sala Agency.

Address: Prakriti Ayurvedic Natural Rejuvenation Centre, AJ - 15, 9^th Main Road, 5^th Street, Anna Nagar, Chennai 600 040.
Phone: 620 9052

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