Seekership, spirituality and self-discovery: Ayurveda trainees in Britain

Asian Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 423-451

  Warrier, Maya ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Authenticity; Ayurveda; Biomedicalisation; Healing; Holism; New age; Seekership; Self discovery; Spiritualisation; Subjectivisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951788248     PISSN: 1573420X     EISSN: 15734218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157342009X12526658783691     Document Type: Article

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