Truth about Aum Ayurveda

Hello Readers and Visitors,

This blog is to raise questions about who is Vaidya Priyanka and the organization called Aum Ayurveda that she claims is a non-profit.

You might have had a positive or negative or neutral experience in dealing with her. You are welcome to share it here. The objective is to bring out the truth about this person and organization. There have been many who have been thankful for her doings, and there have been many who hate her for her misdeeds... The question always remains what is the truth?

You may ask - why is time and energy being spent on this blog by the authors? Simple answer - she has used many people to make a profit for herself, under the pretext of helping them and pretending that she loves them ands wants the best for them. On the other hand, she seems to have done a lot of positive things and people respect her for that. This effort is to create a platform where people can comment/share their experiences, so that others do not get misled and abused by her or her organization; or others benefit by her and her organization. The jury is YOU - the reader to decide what is good for you.

This forum is not meant to defame anyone or pass a judgement. Pls. use respectful language or your post/comment will be deleted.

Lets start with some basic questions:
1. When you visit her why does she make everyone fill a questionnaire similar to the ones used in Psychological tests in the Bachelors/Masters courses of many universities? Why is your psychological profiling done? Have you ever felt that by your answers she is gauging what kind of a person are you so that she can impress you by her statements? Have you ever wondered that how she guesses so much about you or your family/friends without your telling her anything - Could this questionnaire helping in guessing?

2. Why does the same questionnaire has comments in the end that you are doing holistic medicine/ayurveda at your own risk and Vaidya or her organization cannot be held liable for advice/consultation they give you, which might have an adverse impact? Why are you not given a copy of the paper you sign? What is the need of restricting access to this paper?

3. You might have gone to her multiple times for a consultation or invited to one of her gatherings for hindu prayers or parties that she organizes. Have you ever seen any of her so called staff members like Richard or Matt or Belinda? If not, then have you wondered why no staff is ever present in such gatherings?

4. You might have told her about your life/ family/ friends. You might have introduced her - in person to everyone important to you. Why is it that you never meet any of her family even if they are in town? Why is it that you only hear that her mother or father or brother visited and then left? Are you lesser of a mortal to whom her family should not be introduced? Have you ever wondered if this so called family even exists? If yes, then why the secrecy in introducing them to YOU - who is an important part of her life?

5. You might have heard a claim that she is writing and publishing a cook book since last many years. Why is it that she kept on promoting it to you and suddenly kept quiet and does not speak about it? If Goddess Annapurna has taught a human being to cook well, then dont you think that such a person should share such recipes with others who love her without any charges? Why is it that Aum Ayurveda - a non profit organization charges money for every act its representative - Vaidya does? Isn´t this contradictory?

6. Why is it that you only learn a few recipes in a retreat and then she tells you to come to another retreat again and again and again? Of course you shell out an exorbitant amount of $800-900 for 3 days of retreat...

7. Have you ever wondered why no receipt is given to you for consultations or retreats despite requesting it? Have you thought about why do you pay only check or cash? Why are credit cards not accepted? Have you been given a break up of what was the cost of the Himalaya herbs she gives and the cost her reading your pulse? Have you been told that what you pay her can be claimed under Flexible Savings Account by the govt? Has it happened to you - that you requested for FSA receipt and were told it will come soon, and finally no receipt came? Is this how any standard organization (profit or non profit) operates - that they keep the consumer waiting for a receipt and eventually the consumer gives it up!

8. Have you heard that Vaidya was supposed to be interviewed on Oprah? Did that ever happen or was it another marketing gimmick by her to claim that she is one of the movers and shakers of this world?

9. Have you ever wondered that when you pay an average of $150 for 30 mins of consultation, how much does it translate into annual income? It means $2400 for 8 hours of consultation income per day, which means $12,000 of consultation income per week (assume she works for 5 days a week, while in reality she works 7 days a week). This means $48,000 of consultation income per month and $576,000 consultation income EVERY YEAR. Add to this the hindu prayers/ workshops/ retreats she does, how much income is that for a non-profit called Aum Ayurveda - get the point?

For this posting we will stop at this point with 9 questions for you to think about and comment on.

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Truth about Aum Ayurveda