>From '82-'88 I lived in FF, my partners and I had Perfect Health Products, Inc. At that time there were only a couple of other importers of ayurvedic products directly from India. We hooked up with a guy named Richard Forrest who was in Florida and had already created the channel for getting products in. We then acquired a very highly though of ayurvedic doctor in India as our advisors. This was Dr. Bhagwan Dass who was an advisor to the World Health Organization. We formed the Ayurveda Corporation and Dr. Vasant Ladd was on our Board and we met with him in NYC. We were importing pre-existing formulations and packaging them outselves. We were working with several large companies in India, we had an investor and I was about to head to India to take our business to a much larger lever.
At this point in time, the TM org had not entered the business of ayurveda. We had a good relationship with the powers to be of the TM org. We maintained regular contact with the Office of the President who knew exactly what it was we were doing as we told him very explicity. One day, in our little office in one of the high-rises, we received a phone call from Bevan's secretary who read us a quote which said, "At this time, Maharishi has announced his intention to get involved with ayurveda and all Governors who are involved in selling ayurvedic products should stop." Of course we could have continued, and in retrospect I'm sure I would have done things differently. But my parnter and I chose to stop. --- In [email protected], Jason Spock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Were you in the Production side or Marketing side of the Ayurvedic business.?? May I know why the TM-org told you to stop your business.?? > > 'SriSri Ayurveda' by SriSri.Ravishankar seems to be doing well. It's based in Bangalore in India. 'Dabur-india' and 'Himalaya & co' are well known companies > > -------------------OriginalMessage------------------ > From: "anonymousff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 21:35:52 -0000 > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Was Letter from Farrokh - Now Situation in India > > >> I was in the ayurvedic business before the TM org got >>involved and, in fact, got told to stop by the TM org. > > >>Bazaar of India (http://www.bazaarofindia.com/)of >>Berkeley, CA They are known for their high quality >>raw (powdered) herbs, all of which are organically >>grown. > > >>2) Banyan Botanicals (http://www.banyanbotanicals.com/)These are both >>excellent companies. Banyan makes more formulas than >>Bazaar of India, but B of I also makes formulas in >>addition to raw herbs. > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
