{"id":2,"date":"2016-06-02T14:08:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T18:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.demo.wpeasymode.com\/personal-blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2021-04-25T10:27:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T14:27:12","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qatoqi.com\/ayurveda\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/qatoqi.com\/ayurveda\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Marc-II.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-82 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/qatoqi.com\/ayurveda\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Marc-II-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Marc Edwards MD - Living Ayurveda blog author\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qatoqi.com\/ayurveda\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Marc-II-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qatoqi.com\/ayurveda\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Marc-II-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/qatoqi.com\/ayurveda\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Marc-II.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to my Living Ayurveda blog. I\u2019ve been immersed in Ayurveda since the mid-80s. It changed my life for the better and could do the same for you.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2012, I&#8217;ve been giving educational programs and teaching at the graduate level to make this priceless knowledge for better self-care more widely available.\u00a0 \u00a0I started this blog to open another door on the subject. It complements my talks and the extensive self-help material available on my <a href=\"https:\/\/qatoqi.com\/ayurveda\">website<\/a>. You&#8217;ll also find frequent short posts on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Ayurveda.Consultations\/\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re new to Ayurveda, you\u2019ll get the most value from my posts by reading them in sequence from old to new.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn more about me by reading my first post (<a href=\"https:\/\/qatoqi.com\/ayurveda\/blog\/my-story\/\">My Story<\/a>) or my professional <a href=\"https:\/\/qatoqi.com\/ayurveda\/bio.htm\">Bio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Begin MailChimp Signup Form --><\/p>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n<form id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" action=\"\/\/qatoqi.us14.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=fa8b256605d591eeca4e38cf6&amp;id=f2c307d98a\" method=\"post\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" novalidate=\"\" target=\"_blank\">\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\">\n<h2>Subscribe to my mailing list<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-EMAIL\">Email Address <\/label><br \/>\n<input id=\"mce-EMAIL\" name=\"EMAIL\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-FNAME\">First Name <\/label><br \/>\n<input id=\"mce-FNAME\" name=\"FNAME\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-LNAME\">Last Name <\/label><br \/>\n<input id=\"mce-LNAME\" name=\"LNAME\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-MMERGE4\">State <\/label><br \/>\n<input id=\"mce-MMERGE4\" name=\"MMERGE4\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-MMERGE3\">City <\/label><br \/>\n<input id=\"mce-MMERGE3\" name=\"MMERGE3\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group size1of2\"><label for=\"mce-MMERGE5\">Home Phone <\/label><br \/>\n<input id=\"mce-MMERGE5\" name=\"MMERGE5\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group size1of2\"><label for=\"mce-MMERGE6\">Mobile Phone <\/label><br \/>\n<input id=\"mce-MMERGE6\" name=\"MMERGE6\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"mce-responses\" class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups--><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: absolute; left: -5000px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><input tabindex=\"-1\" name=\"b_fa8b256605d591eeca4e38cf6_f2c307d98a\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><input id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"button\" name=\"subscribe\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--End mc_embed_signup--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to my Living Ayurveda blog. I\u2019ve been immersed in Ayurveda since the mid-80s. It changed my life for the better and could do the same for you. Since 2012, I&#8217;ve been giving educational programs and teaching at the graduate level to make this priceless knowledge for better self-care more widely available.\u00a0 \u00a0I started this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/qatoqi.com\/ayurveda\/blog\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About Me&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>About Me - Living Ayurveda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Introduction to the Living Ayurveda Blog by Dr. Marc Edwards. 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