AUTHORS’ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We would like to thank Ayurveda-Acharya Shanti Kumar Kamlesh from Lucknow, India, for sharing his practical and enthusiastic knowledge of Ayurvedic diet and lifestyle during countless visits in the Sivananda Centers during the past 20 years.
Cordula would like to thank the Seva Academy in Munich, and especially her Ayurveda teacher Dr. Neelesh Taware, for generously sharing their knowledge and expertise.
PUBLISHER’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The publisher would like to thank Soma Chowdhury, Janashree Singha, Madhurika Bhardwaj, and Nonita Saha for their help editing the recipes, Corinne Masciocchi for proofreading, and Vanessa Bird for creating the index.
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