B.A. in Physiology and Health
The Department of Physiology and Health offers a B.A. and also a pre-med program leading to a B.A. degree.
We are the only university in America offering the prevention-oriented Consciousness-BasedSM health care system introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. This exceptionally effective natural system of health care, research shows, significantly lowers sickness rates and relieves many chronic diseases.
As part of this discipline of health you will study how the human physiology is an expression of the deepest intelligence of nature. And how to enliven nature’s intelligence, the inner intelligence of the body, through the simple Transcendental Meditation® technique.
You will also study how to measure the level of balance or imbalance in the physiology through the technique of pulse diagnosis. Pulse is the most effective means of gauging the degree of balance and the degree of enlivenment of the inner intelligence.
We also study means to maintain or restore balance through diet, herbs, daily and seasonal routine, exercise, and traditional purification techniques from the ancient Vedic tradition.
This program contains four specially developed courses:
- Self-Pulse Diagnosis: Measuring the impulses of the body’s intelligence and restoring balance in the physiology through the touch of three fingertips (PH 260)
- Prevention: Creating perfection and avoiding disorder through the principles and practices of Maharishi Consciousness-Based Health Care (PH 261)
- Diet, Digestion, and Nutrition: Imbibing intelligence from food and the environment (PH 262)
- Maharishi Yoga Asanas: Vedic exercise to enliven mind-body coordination to support pure awareness, the state of yoga (PH 263)
The Department of Physiology and Health also includes the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention, funded by the National Institutes of Health. This Institute has been responsible for the most important research on preventing cardiovascular disease.
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