Nancy Lonsdorf is an America

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n author and medical doctor who practices Maharishi Ayurveda.

Education

Lonsdorf received her M.D. from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

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 and did her residency training in psychiatry at Stanford University

Stanford University

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Lonsdorf has also studied with Ayurvedic physicians in India, Europe and the U.S.

Career

Lonsdorf is a lecturer in Ayurvedic medicine and women's health. The Chicago Tribune has referred to Lonsdorf as "one of the nation's most prominent Ayurvedic doctors". She has been a speaker at various medical schools including the Columbia University

Columbia University

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 College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Georgetown University

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 Medical Center, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

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, the George Washington University

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 School of Medicine, Howard University

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, and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

In 1987, Lonsdorf became the Medical Director for the Maharishi Ayurveda Medical Center in Washington, D.C. She and her husband, along with 20 to 40 other committed meditators, sold their house there after Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

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 advised people to leave the city.

In 2000, she became the Medical Director for The Raj Ayurveda Health Center in Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa

Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa

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, a position she held until 2005.

Londsorf is a member of the planning team for the College of Perfect Health at Maharishi University of Management

Maharishi University of Management

Maharishi University of Management , formerly known as Maharishi International University, is a non-profit, American university, located in Fairfield, Iowa. It was founded in 1973 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and features a "consciousness-based education" system that includes the practice of the...

, which plans to grant M.D. and M.S. degrees during a 5-year educational program. Lonsdorf is also a contributing editor for Natural Solutions (formerly called Alternative Medicine) magazine. She is a member of the Scientific Board of Advisors for RateADrug.com.

In 2011, Lonsdorf received the "Atreya Award for Excellence in Ayurvedic Practice" from the Association of Ayurvedic Professionals of North America, (AAPNA).

Practice

According to the "Ask The Doctors" web site, Londsorf has treated more than 10,000 patients since 1986, including one profiled by author and physician, Andrew Weil

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In addition, Lonsdorf teaches Maharishi Ayurveda to doctors at the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine in La Jolla, California.

Media

Lonsdorf has been featured or cited in a number of periodicals including the Vegetarian Times, The Washingtonian, The Chicago Tribune, the Yoga Journal

Yoga Journal

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, Redbook

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 magazine, Rodale's Yogalife, Fit magazine, Natural Health, and Women's Health.

Lonsdorf has also appeared on National Public Radio, Voice of America, TV-MD (PBS), the Geraldo Rivera

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 show, CNN

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 and The Donahue Show.

Personal life

Lonsdorf's husband David, is a pharmacist, and was the director of operations at Maharishi Ayurveda Medical Center in Washington DC and The Raj Ayurveda Health Center in Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa while she was the Medical Director.

External links

• Maharishi Ayurveda natural medicine for women's health and beauty Official web site