Holistic healing system offered as antidote to virus, stress MAAYAN SILVER, WUWM-FM FacebookTwitterEmail MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ayurveda is one of the world’s oldest holistic or “whole-body” healing systems. It originated in India thousands of years ago and uses lifestyle intervention and natural therapies to encourage balance in the body and mind. Treatments start with inner purification and can include changes in diet, herbal remedies, meditation, yoga and massage therapy. Rima Shah has taught and practiced Ayurveda in the Milwaukee area and elsewhere for decades. She runs Diva Ayurveda, an Ayurvedic wellness center, WUWM-FM radio reported. Shah says the pandemic has had an impact on those coming in for treatments. “So, I think that isolation has been such a key thing,” she says.