Gopi Warrier

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Gopi Warrier
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NationalityIndian
EducationLondon Business School, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, New York University
Occupation(s)Ayurvedacharya, Playwright, Poet
SpouseShrikala Warrier
ParentGovind Parameswara Warrier (G.P. Warrier)
Website http://poetryandbooksofgopiwarrier.com/

Gopi Warrier is a practitioner of Indian Ayurvedic medicine, a playwright, and a poet.

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Life and career

Ayurvedic Charitable Hospital

In 2000, Warrier founded The Ayurvedic Charitable Hospital, with 30 beds, in London. [1] Warrier criticised the commercial aspect of Ayurveda clinics in Western countries, claiming that they were set up to trick people out of their money. [1] [2] In 2006, the hospital received a court order to wind up its activities due to insolvency, and the company was dissolved in 2012. [3]

Ayurvedic university

In 2004, Warrier, David McAlpine and Lady Sarah Morritt (trustees of the Ayurvedic Charitable Hospital) [4] founded Mayur, the "Ayurvedic University of Europe", in London; it offers a B.Sc. degree in Ayurveda. [5]

Ayurvedic restaurant

Warrier opened an “Ayurvedic restaurant” named Mantra in 2004 in the City of London. Rather than diners selecting dishes from a menu, the waiter would assess them and decide what food would be appropriate for them. [6] The restaurant abandoned this approach the following year. [7]

Plays and poems

Warrier is the author of three books of poems, Varaha, [8] and Lament of JC. [9] and "Tenth Incarnation".

Warrier has staged several plays in London [10] and Mumbai: God Sports, The Tenth Incarnation, Genesis of Karma -Three Faces of Evil, Siddhivinayak Saves Mumbai from Terror Attack. [11] "Ego of the Yogis - Searching for Spirituality in a Contaminated World" and "A Polyester Lordship" in London at the Steiner Theatre.

Bibliography

Ayurvedic medicine

Poetry

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