--- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.
Ha ha. Sucker. > > > > > > > > > --- 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/
