The Raj Ayurveda Health Center, Fairfield, Iowa (2000 – 2005)
(now in private practice)
Awards
Atreya Award for Excellence in Ayurveda Practice
Nancy Lonsdorf is an American author and medical doctor who practices Maharishi Ayurveda.[1] She received her training at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and studied Ayurveda in Europe and India, and is the author of several books on the subject.
She is a member of the planning team for the College of Perfect Health at Maharishi University of Management, which plans to grant M.D. and M.S. degrees during a 5-year educational program.[4] She is a contributing editor for Natural Solutions (formerly called Alternative Medicine) magazine[3] and a member of the Scientific Board of Advisors for RateADrug.com.[7] She teaches courses in clinical Ayurveda to health professionals through the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine in La Jolla, California.[9]
Londsorf reports that she sees "12 patients or less per day"[10] and according to the "Ask The Doctors" web site, has treated more than 10,000 patients since 1986. She says "the great majority of our patients are professionals" [11] including one profiled by author and physician, Andrew Weil.[12][13]
In 1987, Lonsdorf became the medical director for the Maharishi Ayurveda Medical Center in Washington, D.C.,[5][14] and in 2000, she became the medical director for The Raj Ayurveda Health Center in Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa, a position she held until 2005.[3] In 2011, she received the "Atreya Award for Excellence in Ayurvedic Practice" from the Association of Ayurvedic Professionals of North America, (AAPNA).[15]
Lonsdorf has authored several books and videos on Maharishi Ayurveda and its relationship to women's health.
Books
Lonsdorf, Nancy; Veronica Butler; Brown, Melanie (1995). A Woman's Best Medicine: Health, Happiness, and Long Life Through Maharishi Ayur-Veda. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher. ISBN0-87477-785-2.[21]
Lonsdorf, Nancy; Butler, Veronica and Brown, Melanie (2001) Ayurveda für Frauen Gesundheit, Glück und langes Leben durch indische Medizin Language: German, Publisher: München Droemer Knaur [22]
Lonsdorf, Nancy (2002) 2002A woman's best medicine for menopause : your personal guide to radiant good health using Maharishi Ayurveda, Chicago: Contemporary Books[22]
Lonsdorf, Nancy; Brown, Melanie and Butler, Veronica (2002) Nejlepší medicína pro ženy : zdraví, štěstí a dlouhověkost za pomoci Maharišiho ájurvédy Language: Czech, Publisher: Praha : Dobra,[22]
Lonsdorf, Nancy (2004). The Ageless Woman: Natural Health and Beauty After Forty with Maharishi Ayurveda. MCD Century Publications. ISBN0-9721233-5-0.
Lonsdorf, Nancy (2008) Zralá žena : menopauza a ájurvéda : přirozená cesta ke zdraví, kráse a harmonii Language: Czech, Publisher: Praha : Triton, 2008 [22]
Videography
Lonsdorf, Nancy (1988) On creating health : eliminating stress and reversing aging Maharishi Ayur-Veda Association of America.; Global Video Productions, Publisher: Lancaster, MA : Global Video Productions[22]
Lonsdorf, Nancy; Bassick, Jane; Guth, Jamie; Weil, Andrew; Northrup, Christiane and Kronenberg, Fredi (1995) Alternative health (medicine), Publisher: Sherborn, MA: Aquarius Productions, Inc.[22]
^Naughton, Jim (December 17, 1991). "Maharishi's followers can't transcend stress and violence of D.C.". Austin American Statesman. Austin, Tex. p. A.1.
