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Press Contact: John Immel
Joyful Belly Ayurveda, Inc.
828-785-8213
Skype: john.immel
john@joyfulbelly.com
Asheville, NC

Our Story

Joyful Belly is the leading school of Ayurvedic diet & digestive health. We offer the most extensive clinical training of any Ayurveda program in the West, and are known for our down-to-earth, practical teaching style. In our rigorous online training programs, you will study Ayurvedic medicine and digestive tract pathology, pulse diagnosis, tongue diagnosis, diet, lifestyle, herbal formulations, and much more.

In addition to our North Carolina State-approved online Ayurvedic courses, we also offer clients advanced tools in Ayurvedic dieting. We offer a user friendly website featuring thousands of yummy, healthy recipes, ingredients and symptoms online. Joyful Belly helps you understand how your body experiences food so that you can identify the best foods to eat for health, wellness and happiness.

Joyful Belly provides a modern, functional & experiential approach to Ayurveda - a 5,000 year old system of medicine from India. Ayurveda integrates the science of medicine with the art of healing. Ayurveda describes disease not only in western medical terms but as patterns of doshas, feelings, and tastes that everyone can understand and experience. Perspective helps us relate better to our body, self-monitor, respect the laws of Nature, and make supportive lifestyle and diet choices.

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Mission

  • Our mission is to restore wholesomeness to every individual.
  • Our goal is to teach people the right diet for digestive health through publishing recipes, food research, and workshops.
  • Our vision is that everyone will understand their body and how it relates to food, their environment, and their emotions.
  • We value a person's unique inner nature and makeup.
  • Our programs are based on an experiential approach that facilitates personal discovery.

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John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle through constitutional nutrition (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda, offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.

John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, medieval Catholic philosophy, & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. John, his wife Natalie and their 8 kids live in Asheville, NC

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