About

Rooted in Tradition. Shaped by Experience.

Dr. Narayan Hegde, BAMS

Ayurveda was part of my early life — not simply a profession, but a way of understanding health, living and service.

I grew up in Karnataka in a traditional family environment, with roots extending into Kerala and a longstanding connection with Ayurveda and Marma practice.

After completing BAMS at Government Ayurveda Medical College, Mysuru, I chose an experiential professional path: clinical practice alongside continued hands-on learning across related fields. More than two decades later, that journey includes clinical practice, hospital work, international experience and extensive practical learning.

Deep Roots

Deeply Rooted in Tradition

Born into a Yajurveda Brahmin family in the lush Western Ghats of rural Karnataka — a UNESCO World Heritage site and global biodiversity hotspot — my early years unfolded in Ummachagi village, Uttara Kannada District, within a vibrant Sanskrit Vedic learning community shaped by daily chanting, disciplined study, and contemplative living.

From age five, I was immersed in the multi-generational Marma-Vaidya traditions inherited from my grandparents: an integration of Kerala's ancient Marma expertise, Goa's wellness lineage, and Karnataka's indigenous healing practices. These teachings were not lessons but a way of life, cultivating an experiential mastery of the body's vital Marma points — the cornerstone of AyurMarmaYoga.

My formative education followed a triple track: formal schooling by day, Vedamantra at dawn, and AyurMarmaYoga practice each evening — a foundation in sound, rhythm, breath, and contemplative awareness.

Heritage & Science

Bridging Heritage and Modern Science

At 18, I transitioned from village traditions to Mysuru, India's global hub for traditional wellness. Committed to both scholarship and practice, I pursued a full-time BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine) in Government Ayurveda Medical College by day (9 AM – 4 PM), and AyurMarmaYoga apprenticeship by evening (5 PM – 9 PM) — maintaining this intensive dual path continuously for 66 months until age 24, initially with Dr. Chandrashekar of Sevabharati Trust and later at an evening clinic alongside Dr. Shantala Priyadarshini, Professor at Government Ayurveda Medical College.

Guided by AyurMarmaYoga luminaries including my grandmother Mahalakshmi Hegde and Dr. Prabhakar (who spent his entire professional career with the legendary Vaidya Malladihalli Tiruka Raghavendra Swami), I sought to integrate ancestral knowledge with contemporary evidence-based approaches.

I advanced my postgraduate hands-on training at India's premier institutions — National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), NIMHANS (Bangalore), NARIP (Kerala), RGUHS Health Sciences University, Mysore University, SVYASA Yoga University — and internationally at Voronezh State Medical University in Russia.

Following graduation, my tenure as Resident Medical Officer (Ayurveda) at Vivekananda Memorial Hospital (SVYM) further honed a rational, ethical, and integrative wellness perspective. Through this journey, the family heritage evolved into a structured, globally accessible educational framework: Marma Narayana.

A Deliberate Choice

Depth With People, Breadth of Learning

After BAMS, I could have followed the conventional route of postgraduate specialisation in one branch of Ayurveda. I chose differently. I wanted depth with people and breadth of learning.

So I continued practising while learning with experienced practitioners, universities, national institutes and specialised programs across India.

This was not a rejection of postgraduate education. It was a conscious choice to build practical breadth without leaving hands-on depth.

Study · Practise · Share

Adhyayana · Abhyāsa · Adhyāpana

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Adhyayana

Lifelong learning.

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Abhyāsa

Disciplined practice.

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Adhyāpana

Responsible sharing.

My professional rhythm is: study continuously, practise directly, share responsibly.

I value learning for what it changes in practice — not simply for the number of certificates it adds.

Background

Professional Journey

2007 → Present

Independent Ayurveda practice.

2009 – 2011

International professional employment — Tsentre Indiskikh Traditsii, Voronezh, Russia. Consultant / Ayurveda & Wellness Professional, under a valid professional work permit.

2015 – 2019

Resident Medical Officer (Ayurveda), Vivekananda Memorial Hospital, SVYM, Mysuru.

2021 – 2023

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Vivekananda Arogyadhaama, Snehakunja Trust.

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Inner Freedom

Understanding the Root Cause of Human Suffering

Why We Suffer — and How We Can Stop Creating Our Own Suffering

The biggest problem most human beings face today is not materialistic scarcity or external circumstances — it is rumination: the endless, repetitive cycling of unpleasant thoughts, regrets about the past, and worries about the future. The human mind is extraordinarily powerful; the same capacity to remember, imagine, and anticipate that built civilizations becomes a liability when it replays pain without purpose. Pain is the mind's signal that something needs attention. Suffering is what happens when we add resistance to that pain.

It Is Our Relationship to Thoughts — Not the Thoughts Themselves

Our thoughts and emotions are not the real problem. The real problem is our maladaptive relationship with them — we over-identify with every worry or regret, treating it as "who I really am." The way out is not to fight the mind or eliminate discomfort, but simpler and deeper: learn to be with your experience without collapsing into the story. Through repeated, gentle practice of awareness, breath, and mindful movement, the nervous system rewires itself — reducing overthinking and opening the space for genuine calm and emotional freedom.

A Practical Path

The Marma Narayana Wellness Method offers a complete, time-tested approach to this inner transformation — combining Marma awareness, Ayurvedic lifestyle principles, yoga walking, breath regulation, and mindful self-care practices.

My Vision: A balanced and mindful global society that promotes personal well-being, compassion, responsibility, and awakening the innate intelligence of life in every individual.

My Mission: To preserve the originality of traditional wellness teachings while offering a contemporary, non-sectarian path for personal transformation and professional growth.

My Personal Practice

Hands-on, Embodied, Inner

Meditation (Dhyāna) remains central to my life, alongside Prāṇāyāma, Antaranga Yoga, mindful walking, Ayurvedic self-care and Natural Lifestyle Medicine.

My life moves between hands-on practice, embodied practice and inner practice.

Where appropriate, I share insights from personal contemplative experience — not as something to be imposed on another person.

I live a simple, Zen-inspired life in the Western Ghats near Gokarna, guided by simplicity, mindfulness, compassion and cooperation, and share my ancestral home in Yellapur with my wife Rekha and our son Kishan.

Vision of My Guru

Carried Forward Through People

My Guru's teaching gave me a long-term responsibility: to learn deeply, practise sincerely, and help appropriate knowledge move forward through people.

I understand this not as a promise to build a large-scale organisation, but as a commitment to develop capable practitioners who can understand, practise and responsibly carry appropriate elements forward within their own training, scope and context.

Life's Work

Availability & Engagement

AyurMarmaYoga is not merely a profession but an inseparable embodiment of values — nurturing inner balance, responsible action, and collective wellbeing.

If you're a wellness seeker, yoga teacher, allied healthcare professional, or someone ready to integrate ancient wisdom with modern living, I'd love to connect.

I am available for any kind of AyurMarmaYoga-related engagement, 7 days a week, 7 AM–11 PM IST.

Let's explore how AyurMarmaYoga can support our shared journey.

Disclaimer: Ayur-Marma-Yoga wellness activities are offered for educational, cultural, wellness and lifestyle self-care purposes. They do not replace medical diagnosis, treatment, emergency care, specialist medical care, psychiatric care or other necessary professional healthcare. In India, clinical Ayurvedic services are provided within the applicable professional and regulatory framework. Internationally, AyurMarmaYoga engagements are primarily non-clinical and remain subject to local law, professional scope, visa requirements and institutional policy.

Accessibility: Marma Narayana: Ayur-Marma-Yoga is open to everyone, including those with no prior experience, and can be adapted to different abilities, needs and settings. If you are under medical or psychiatric treatment, please consult your healthcare provider before participating.