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Our nature
According to the ancient science of Ayurveda and Chinese medicine, all the elements that are contained in nature are in us. In nature there is a rhythm, a pulse that keeps things in harmony. When this rhythm is broken, either through man’s intervention or a disturbance, there is discord – nature bounces back and always starts building again, if we allow her.
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