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Deepak Chopra (/ˈdiːpɑːk ˈtʃoʊprə/) (born October 22, 1947) is an Indian-American alternative medicine and New Age guru.[1] He is the author of dozens of books and over 100 audio or video products on complementary medicine, making him one of the best-known and wealthiest figures in the holistic health movement.[2]
Deepak Chopra | |
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Born | (1947-10-22) October 22, 1947 (age 76) |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | New Age and alternative medicine advocate, physician, public speaker, writer |
Spouse | Rita Chopra |
Children | Mallika Chopra and Gotham Chopra |
Parent(s) | Krishan Chopra, Pushpa Chopra |
Website | www |
A licensed physician, Chopra obtained his medical degree in India, and after emigrating to the United States became Chief of Staff at the New England Memorial Hospital (NEMH) in Stoneham, Massachusetts. In the 1980s he began practicing transcendental meditation (TM) and in 1985 resigned his position at NEHM after being invited by the leader of the TM movement, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, to study Ayurveda (Hindu traditional medicine) and to establish the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Chopra left the TM movement in 1994 and later founded the Chopra Center for Wellbeing in Carlsbad, California, with fellow physician David Simon.[3]
Chopra's approach to health focuses on the mind-body relationship and his view that healing is primarily a mental rather than physical process – that "consciousness creates reality."[4] Adopting this holistic approach, he has offered techniques to treat AIDS and cancer, and to extend the human lifespan.[5][6] This has led to criticism from medical-health professionals, who say his treatments rely on the placebo effect and that he provides patients with false hope that may prevent them from seeking medical assistance.[7]