The guiding principle of Maharishi Ayurvedic health care is that the body has an inner intelligence which is at the basis of all its structure and function. Health naturally results when the body’s inner intelligence is fully lively. The goal of all the preventive and therapeutic approaches of Maharishi Ayurveda is to enliven this inner intelligence, which is the most fundamental source of orderliness in the physiology. This is accomplished by promoting balance. When balance is created, the body’s natural self-repair, self-healing mechanisms are stimulated, so that health is promoted naturally from within.