Maharishi Ayurveda Health Spa invites you to experience our uniquely authentic Ayurveda day spa in San Francisco. We are located adjacent to the Marriott Hotel on North Point St.

Ayurveda, the world's most ancient system of preventive health care, offers a natural approach to creating balance and enlivening the body's inner intelligence. Ayurveda promotes health and beauty of mind, body and spirit. It provides practical knowledge to live life in perfect health-beyond freedom from disease to the experience of ananda, the bliss of complete well-being.

Working together with the foremost Ayurveda experts in India, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has restored Ayurveda to its purity and completeness in accord with classical Vedic texts. Today we present this ancient knowledge in a serene setting of contemporary luxury, for a profoundly restorative spa experience.

We are very pleased to announce that our Maharishi Ayurveda Health Spa is now offering personal consultations for health and wellness by a distinguished and highly experienced Maharishi Vedic Health Vaidya.

A person earns the title of Vaidya (ayurvedic specialist) when he has, through training, acquired deep ayurvedic knowledge about the physical, mental and emotional aspects of healing. Vaidyas study the whole field of life, individual and cosmic, not just the field of medicine.

Each person who comes for a consultation will have a thorough assessment, including pulse diagnosis (Nadi Vigyan) by a Vaidya. The Vaidya will not only assess the balance and imbalances in the physiology that have caused or could cause chronic disorders, but will also give profound personalized recommendations regarding consciousness, diet, digestion, herbal supplements and life style to correct the imbalances and create greater ease, vitality and wellness.

Parking
Valet parking is available at the Marriott Hotel front entrance, located at 1250 Columbus Avenue at Bay Street. The rate is $8 per hour. If scheduling a treatment of 90 minutes or longer, we will validate your Marriott valet parking.

Maharishi Ayurveda: Authentic Life Knowledge
Over time, the comprehensive knowledge of Ayurveda became fragmented and incomplete. Today, working together with the foremost Ayurveda experts in India, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has systematized and restored Ayurvedic knowledge to its purity and completeness in accord with classical Vedic texts. Founder of the Transcendental Meditation program, Maharishi is widely recognized as the leading expert in Vedic knowledge and its application to daily life. The name Maharishi guarantees authenticity, distinguishing the treatments offered at the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Spa from other, less-effective versions.

In addition to the Maharishi Spa in San Francisco, see our Maharishi Ayurveda sister facilities, including The Raj in Fairfield, IA and Maharishi Vedic Health Center in Lancaster, MA.

A Global Organization
On January 1, 1958, Maharishi formally launched his worldwide movement. Since then Maharishi has circled the globe many times, teaching his simple Transcendental Meditation technique, writing many books, consulting with leaders of government, including heads of state, and addressing conferences of the world’s leading scientists, educators and intellectuals.

In 1961, Maharishi began courses to train teachers of the Transcendental Meditation program. Today, the Transcendental Meditation technique is still taught in the same systematic way through an easy and enjoyable seven-step course.

In 1964, Maharishi’s first book, Science of Being and Art of Living, was published. This classic has sold over one million copies and has been translated into 15 languages. It speaks just as clearly to readers today and was recently reissued by Plume Books, a division of Penguin Putnam.

In 1971, Maharishi trained 2000 teachers of the Transcendental Meditation program and launched a World Plan to establish TM®Centers in every country. Now Maharishi is building Maharishi Peace Palaces in 3000 major cities of the world to offer the full range of Maharishi Vedic Science programs, and to generate an influence of peace for each community and the world as a whole.

Scientific Validation
Convinced that the positive changes reported by meditators could be verified through scientific methods, Maharishi encouraged scientific research on the Transcendental Meditation program. The first research results were published in Scientific American in 1970.

Since then, scientists have made the Transcendental Meditation technique the most thoroughly studied program for human development in the annals of modern science—more than 600 studies have been conducted at over 200 independent universities and research institutions in 30 countries and published in over 100 peer-reviewed scholarly journals. These studies have shown Maharishi’s program to be by far the most effective remedy for the ills of modern life.

Programs for World Peace
Researchers also revealed the Maharishi Effect—the influence of intense coherence produced in a society with just one percent of its population practicing the Transcendental Meditation program—and the Extended Maharishi Effect, in which the same coherent influence is produced by only the square root of one percent of the population practicing the more powerful TM-Sidhi Yogic Flying program in a group.

This discovery has given every country, even the smallest, a formula to eliminate problems and negativity and strengthen positive trends in its national life while bringing peace to the entire family of nations.

Maharishi Vedic Science
In addition to the Transcendental Meditation technique, Maharishi has revived many other practical programs based on the knowledge of the ancient Vedic tradition of India. The term "Vedic" is derived from the Sanskrit word "Veda," which means the complete and timeless knowledge of Natural Law.

Maharishi Vedic Science is the science and technology of consciousness. Every Maharishi Vedic Science program is "consciousness-based," designed to promote the full development of human consciousness, and thereby avoid the mistakes that bring suffering to individuals and to the world as a whole.

The goal of Maharishi Vedic Science is to allow everyone on earth to live their full birthright—life in accord with Natural Law—enlightenment.

Practical Vedic Technologies
Maharishi Vedic Science includes a wide range of Vedic technologies that help us make full use of our mind, body and consciousness—so that we can live a problem-free life in enlightenment.

Vedic Health—Take a prevention-oriented approach to maintaining your health and enlivening the inner intelligence of your body through Maharishi Consciousness-BasedSM health care.

Vedic Education—Awaken the total creative potential of your brain through Maharishi Consciousness-Based education.

Vedic Architecture—Live in buildings and communities designed in harmony with the Laws of Nature through Maharishi Vedic ArchitectureSM.

Vedic Agriculture—Nourish your mind and body with food that is even more vital than organically grown food through Maharishi Vedic Organic AgricultureSM.

Vedic Astrology—Gain valuable insights into future trends in your life through the Maharishi JyotishSM program, and take steps to enhance the positive influences and neutralize negative effects through the Maharishi YagyaSM program.

Vedic Music—Create a peaceful influence in your home and surroundings with the harmonious frequencies of Maharishi Gandharva VedaSM music.

Transcendental Meditation™ Program
Improving Life from Within Perfect health comes from having both a healthy body and a healthy mind. Maharishi Ayurveda provides both physical and mental approaches to creating a healthy body and mind. The Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique, an ancient mental practice, is central to the Ayurvedic approach to health. It is a simple, natural, effortless procedure for gaining deep rest and releasing stress. In TM one experiences a unique state of restful alertness in which the mind becomes silent and expanded and the body gains deep relaxation. The profound rejuvenation of mind and body provided by this unique state strengthens the immune system and increases creativity, energy and intelligence.

TM is practiced 20 minutes twice a day sitting comfortably with the eyes closed. It requires no effort or concentration, and no special skills or change in lifestyle. The technique is easily learned through a 7-step course that is supported by lifetime of follow-up instruction.

A vast body of scientific research on the effects of Transcendental Meditation, conducted at more than 200 universities and research institutes, verifies that TM is the most effective known technique for reducing stress and rejuvenating the mind and body. Over 600 studies indicate a broad range of health benefits, including the reversal of the aging process and the promotion of longevity.

As the most effective mental approach to reducing stress and improving health, Transcendental Meditation compliments the deeply therapeutic physical program of Maharishi Ayurveda spa treatments to make up a powerful, holistic health regimen – Total Rejuvenation.