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Ayurveda's Engagement with the Social, Economic and Political Precursors of Disease

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  • 5:00 P.M. PACIFIC | 6:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN | 7:00 P.M. CENTRAL | 8:00 P.M. EASTERN

  • ID: 814 5378 8800

  • Password: 216863

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Overview

A review of Integrative Medicine interventions in U.S. under-resourced populations identified no Ayurvedic trials. Contrast this with Ayurveda’s history of grass-roots healing. Why are U.S. Ayurvedic professionals disengaged with under-resourced populations? Poverty, unemployment and profit-driven healthcare increase poor outcomes. Ayurveda’s focus on health promotion, prevention and self-care equip us to serve under-resourced populations. Yet mind-body medicine places undue burden on individuals for health outcomes when social precursors of disease are not addressed.

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Jennifer Rioux,PhD AD AYT C-IAYT RYT, is a medical anthropologist, studying the intersection of Ayurveda/Yoga and the Integrative Medicine movement. She is a NAMA Ayurvedic Doctor and Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist and certified Yoga Therapist via IAYT. Dr. Rioux served two-terms on the NAMA Board of Directors and is a Board Advisor to IAYT. Dr. Rioux is an activist-scholar focused on health justice. She teaches, conducts research, and publishes on Yoga, Ayurveda, holistic medical sciences, research methodologies, mindfulness and bioethics. She has a clinical practice in North Carolina. 

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