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Treatments for psoriasis fall into four categories: topicals, phototherapy, systemics and complementary or integrative medicine, according to the NPF. The choice of therapy depends on the severity of the disease, says Dr. Green.

Topical treatments are creams applied directly to the affected area, slowing the rapid production of skin cells and reducing inflammation. The most common topical medications are topical steroids, which contain an anti-inflammatory ingredient to heal swelling and redness and usually require a prescription from your doctor. However, topical steroids cant be used in some areas because they may cause side effects like bruising, pigmentation and redness.

In 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new, nonsteroidal topical cream for adults for the first time in 25 years called tapinarof. Patients can use this treatment from head to toe without any limitations, which is great for those who have mild to moderate psoriasis, says Dr. Green.

The FDA has also approved several over-the-counter topical treatments for psoriasis, such as lotions, shampoos, tars and bath foams that often contain coal tar and salicylic acid.

Phototherapy is a type of light therapy that a dermatologist may prescribe if topical treatments are ineffective. This therapy involves regularly exposing the skin to ultraviolet (UV) light, particularly UVB light. UVB rays are found in natural sunlight and slow the growth of skin cells.

There are several types of phototherapy, and its most effective when patients receive therapy at least two to five times a week for several weeks, according to the American Academy of Dermatology Association (AAD). Phototherapy is not prescribed for patients with skin cancer or in the case of any condition or medication that makes them more sensitive to UV light.

Systemic treatments are prescription drugs taken orally or through an injection or infusion and are usually prescribed when topicals and phototherapy are unsuccessful. These drugs, known as biologics or biosimilars, work throughout the body to target specific molecules inside immune cells and correct the overactive immune response causing psoriasis flares.

Biologics and biosimilars include medicines that come from live organisms, including animal cells and microorganisms like yeast and bacteria. Both treatments are highly regulated by the FDA and deemed by the organization to be safe and effective.

The best way to prevent psoriasis flares is to follow your dermatologists treatment recommendations, moisturize well and avoid trauma to the skin. Lowering stress can also help, says Dr. Stevenson.

The AAD suggests practicing stress-relieving activities, such as yoga, meditation and attending support groups. Lifestyle changes like reducing alcohol consumption, quitting smoking, avoiding skin exposure to dry, cold weather, treating infections and avoiding cutting yourself while shaving can also help prevent flares. Dietary considerations, such as increasing fruits and vegetables and avoiding foods that are high in fat, sugars, sodium and meat as well as limiting processed foods, may play an important role in minimizing psoriasis symptoms, according to an article in Immunity.

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Four candidates running for two seats on the U-M Board of Regents in the Nov. 8 general election made their case at an Oct. 3 forum hosted by the Faculty Senate.

Participating were incumbent Democrats Michael J. Behm and Katherine E. White, Republican Sevag Vartanian and Green Party candidate Sherry Wells. The event took place in the Alexander G. Ruthven Buildings University Hall and was livestreamed on YouTube.

Faculty Senate Chair Silvia Pedraza introduced each of the candidates and allowed each one a five-minutes statement.

Behm, who was elected in 2014, described advancements made by the board during his term. He referenced strides regarding labor, carbon neutrality and investment in the Flint and Dearborn campuses. Behm said he hopes to continue to work to establish trust between the campus and administration, and create an environment of safety on campus.

In the last eight years of the university, weve had a combination of challenges and advancements, he said. There are huge issues and I feel as though the board has tackled them well, and theres a lot more to deal with.

White, who was first elected in 1998 and is seeking her fourth eight-year term, emphasized her qualifications and experience. As the only member of the board with a background in academia, the military, and science and engineering, White said she would bring a unique perspective.

Everyone who teaches, theres something about that profession that really opens your heart, and it gives me great passion to go to work every day, White said, citing her position as a tenured law professor at Wayne State University.

Wells said she thinks the board should be imbued with new ideas and opinions.

The advantage of being new to the University of Michigan in so many ways is that I use my attorney skills: listening, learning, researching, and legislating and administering, she said. I definitely would be bringing more of a common person to the table, and I invite you to give me that opportunity.

Vartanian said his experience in the banking sector would be helpful when dealing with the universitys large endowment. He said he has ideas about better ways to put the money to use to help the university.

As a regent, every question that gets raised I will look through the lens: Is this good for the students? Is this good for the faculty and staff? And is it good for the reputation of the University of Michigan? he said.

Pedraza then moderated a question-and-answer session consisting of questions submitted in advance by faculty members.

Gary Hammer, Millie Schembechler Professor of Adrenal Cancer and professor of internal medicine, molecular and integrative physiology, and cell developmental biology in the Medical School, asked the candidates about womens reproductive rights and if they plan to support freedom of choice on campus.

Behm, White and Wells all expressed their support of reproductive rights and a womans right to choose.

Vartanian pointed to a proposed constitutional amendment, also on the Nov. 8 ballot, that seeks to codify abortions rights in Michigan. My views on reproductive rights are irrelevant, he said. If our fellow Michiganders decide that we do want to have abortion in the state, then yes, I will make sure that we all can comply with the law.

Aileen Das, associate professor of classical studies, Middle East studies, Judaic studies and history in LSA, asked how the candidates would respond to COVID-19 concerns on campus regarding the lack of masking, particularly in classrooms.

While Vartanian said individuals need to decide for themselves whether to wear masks, Wayne State still requires masks in classrooms and labs, and Wells said she finds it ironic and hard to understand why U-M has a looser stance.

Behm and White referenced the Centers for Disease Controls guidelines and the universitys adherence to protocol and scientific studies about the vaccine. Behm said the advantages of online learning continue to help students.

Theres that old saying, Out of crisis comes opportunity. I think weve learned quite a few things through the pandemic about how to deliver teaching, he said.

Asked how they would expand access for Flint and Dearborn campuses, Behm and White noted the importance of wraparound services. Based on his interactions with students across the campuses, Behm said the greatest need is child care and solid transportation to and from school.

Vartanian spoke about helping students find summer internships and employment opportunities, and Wells explained her idea for students from the Flint and Dearborn campuses to spend a semester at the Ann Arbor campus.

Tom Braun, professor of biostatistics in the School of Public Health, asked how the candidates planned to increase diversity on campus.

Behm advocated for programs that identify high-achieving students at a young age, Wells supported dropping standardized test requirements, and Vartanian detailed a summer program to bring students of color into the science, technology, engineering and math fields.

White added, A lot of times the University of Michigan and other universities, their admissions office relies very heavily on high school counselors recommendations. A lot of counselors have a lot of biases. We have to work hard to make sure were getting counselors that do see all potential for students across the board.

Finally, the candidates were asked about their support for unionized workers considering many U-M workers are represented by a labor union.

While Behm, Wells and White voiced their support for unions, Vartanian said that each issue would need to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.

Regents are elected for eight years and serve staggered terms, with two seats up for election every two years.

Other candidates on the Nov. 8 ballot, but who did not participate in the forum, are Republican Lena Epstein, Libertarian Eric Larson, Kathleen Oakford of the Natural Law Party, and Joe Sanger of the U.S. Taxpayers Party.

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Joining initiatives announced by the administration at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM) and its partner, the Miraglo Foundation, are committing to pledge nearly $4.5 million for health provider education, joining more than $8 billion pledged by other aligned business entities, civic organizations, academic institutions, and philanthropic leaders to end hunger and to reduce nutrition-related disease by 2030.

The two organizations have been in conversation with the White House and are aligning in support of the United States Department of Health and Human Services federal programming and coordination efforts related to food and nutrition insecurity and nutrition-related diseases. Specifically, the White House's plan to end hunger and reduce nutrition-related disease by 2030, and programming outlined by the federal government around integrating nutrition and health, as well as, empowering all consumers to make and have access to healthy choices.

AIHM and the Miraglo Foundation, under the leadership of Mimi Guarneri, MD, FACC, ABOIM, and Founding President of AIHM, have committed to fundraising $4.5 million for 10,000 scholarships in fundamental nutrition education and 60 scholarships for the AIHM integrative health fellowship program for physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers. The AIHM 1000-hour fellowship program offers an inter-professional and comprehensive understanding of integrative health and medicine, which includes clinical nutrition education. AIHM's leadership and board are also committing in-kind hours supporting this commitment and the White House's new strategies.

''We are fully committed to providing access to programs that improve nutrition and healthy lifestyle education for health care providers, including macro and micro nutrition, physical activity, sleep restoration, connection and community, and resilience," said Tabatha Parker, Executive Director, AIHM. "We believe that healthcare will not transform to a model that focuses on lifestyle solutions for chronic disease without the training of healthcare providers and the education of health to consumers," states Dr. Guarneri, AIHM Founding president.

AIHM and the Miraglo Foundation commit to fundraising for scholarships worldwide and providing access to programs that complement conventional medical education for healthcare professionals. The two entities envision more healthcare schools with programs addressing these gaps in education.

For more information, or if you'd like to support AIHM and the Miraglo Foundation's commitment, please go to http://www.aihm.org or http://www.miraglofoundation.org.

About AIHM

Founded in 1978, the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM) is the leading interprofessional organization for traditional, complementary, and integrative health practitioners worldwide. In 2021, AIHM merged with the Academic Collaborative of Integrative Health (ACIH). Together, they are working to advance integrative health on a global scale and transform health and wellness through education, leadership, collaboration, research, and advocacy.

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The Miraglo Foundation is a California-based 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity founded in 2011 by two pioneering integrative healthcare providers, Mimi Guarneri, MD and Rauni Prittinen King, RN, MIH after years of traveling to impoverished communities around the world. "We found out that the only way to make an impact on people's lives is by training existing healthcare providers in healthy lifestyles and serving underserved communities, locally and globally. The White Houses' plan to end hunger and reduce lifestyle related diseases by 2030 fits with our mission and experience," states Rauni Prittinen King RN, MIH, Miraglo Foundation, President.

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THOOTHUKUDI: The Central government will take all efforts to transform VO Chidambaranar Port into the transhipment hub in the east coast of India by developing the Outer Harbour Project, said Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and AYUSH, Sarbananda Sonowal while inaugurating a slew of projects the port on Friday.

In the presence of VOC Port Chairman TK Ramachandra and Collector Dr K Senthil Raj, the union minister inaugurated the upgraded coal yard road and drainage system, renovated at a cost of Rs 16 crore, Fixed Fire Fighting System at Oil Jetty, established at a cost of Rs 18.79 crore, 22 KV HT Electrical Network thatwas strengthened at a cost of Rs 1.15 crore, Optic Fibre connectivity worth Rs 1.15 crore, and Ease of Doing Business projects, Drive through Container Scanner and 140 MT Electronic in-motion Weigh Bridge installed by spending Rs 46.51 crore and Vessel Traffic System developed at the cost of Rs 2.29 crore.

Some of the green initiatives unveiled by the minister include 100% Conversion into LED Lights, Induction of e-cars, 140 KW Solar Roof Top Solar Power Plant and a medical oxygen generator plant.Addressing the gathering, Sonowal said the union government is taking all efforts to reduce the logistics costs in order to achieve its well-defined goal of a $5 Trillion economy by 2025. The inclusive green port initiatives taken forward by the VOC Port will set standards across all major ports by increasing the share of renewable energy by more than 60% by 2030.

On launching India's first indigenously developed Vessel Traffic System, Sonowal said it would eliminate dependency on proprietary and expensive foreign-made software solutions. The minister also laid the foundation stones for Tuticorin SPEEDZ (Coastal Employment Unit) land for development of port-based Industries in an area of 1300 acres envisaged at a cost of Rs 100 crore, inner harbour development project for widening of the port entrance and dredging the widened portion pegged at a total cost of Rs 65.53 crore, and green port projects like 2 MW Wind Farm, 400 KW Solar Roof Top Solar Power Plant, Public EV Charging Stations estimated at a total cost of Rs 26.93 crore, integrative medicine & AYUSH unit and VOC maritime heritage museum at a total cost of Rs 1.78 crore.

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For those who dont know, integrative medicine is the blending of conventional medicine with complementary or alternative medicine.

Essentially, an integrative treatment is one that utilizes traditional drugs and surgery in combination with other holistic therapies such as Ayurveda, homeopathy, acupuncture, yoga, meditation and massages.

This medical practice doesnt just remedy a patients disease or pain. It also dives deeply into the patients physical, emotional, spiritual and pathophysiological wellness.

Integrative medicine is preventative and curative, just like conventional medicine, but it also brings forth a dimension of healing that conventional medicine and alternative medicine simply cant reach on their own.

It is understandable why people tend to be skeptical about alternative medicine. After all, the scientific evidence proving the legitimacy of alternative treatments is just beginning to roll out.

Additionally, alternative medical treatments are known to take much longer to work than conventional treatments. This is because every health issue is dealt with at its root by promoting lifestyle changes, emotional/spiritual wellness therapies and natural (non-lab-made) medication. Therefore, alternative medicine is not the best option in emergency situations.

On the other side, alternative medicine patients do receive personal attention and tailored treatment plans to heal not only their ailments but also their body and mind.

Patients often feel long-term betterment due to the fact that they are given the lifestyle tools to promote further healing. Alternative medicine patients also tend to suffer less from the side effects of their medication.

Last but not least, alternative medicine is much more affordable than conventional medicine.

On the other hand, conventional medicine is widely accepted throughout the world, especially in western societies. There is a lot of scientific evidence proving the effectiveness of conventional medicine.

It is especially great in emergency situations and can be helpful if a patient wants to treat an illness and its symptoms quickly.

Unfortunately, conventional medicine does fall short since treatment is often localized to where the disease or pain is rather than treating a patient on the whole.

In these ways, conventional medicine might not be the best in cases of chronic pain and illness.

Alternative medicine and conventional medicine both have drawbacks and benefits, but together they make an incredible treatment plan.

Where one falls short the other pulls through and vice versa. The best example is a cancer patient.

Telling a cancer patient to only take natural medication and to practice yoga to rid themselves of the cancer is impractical.

Telling a cancer patient to go through chemotherapy without accounting for other facets of their wellness is also impractical.

A patient should go through chemo while also focusing on alternative medicine treatments such as inflammatory food avoidance.

As time passes, studies increasingly show that there is a strong connection between mind and body when it comes to illness.

For example, studies have demonstrated that depression is a risk factor for heart disease.

The mind and body affect one another, so a successful, sustainable treatment would address mind-body related health issues along with physical issues.

For example, studies show that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in combination with highly active antiretroviral therapy is a great combination to treat HIV-positive men.

In this treatment, both mind and body are looked after to foster the long-term healing of HIV-positive men.

While alternative medicine works best for some people, and conventional medicine works better for others, it is the gap that integrative medicine bridges that truly promotes sustainable and successful health and wellness.

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'The Douglass Update on Integrative Medicine - Integrating the Best from All Medical Disciplines'

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gathering evidence-based information from the full spectrum of medical sciences, The Douglass Update (TDU) - http://www.douglassupdate.com - is a new podcast and website devoted to exploring facts from a wide health field. Hosted by Dr. W. Campbell Douglass III, TDU will explore breaking health news along with best-practice medicine, offering concise narratives on specific health-related subjects along with interviews on relevant topics conducted with leading experts. The podcast is released weekly with complete access to archived material via TDU's website.

Following a long family tradition of medicine that speaks truth to medical power, Dr. Douglass is a board-certified physician with over three decades of experience in integrative medicine, primary care, and emergency medicine.

"I think we're at a critically important crossroads in the history of medicine," said Dr. Douglass. "The freedom to incorporate the best from all medical disciplines has never been so important as it is now in the era of COVID-19, as the medical-industrial complex determines mainstream media programming and lashes out against those who do not follow in lockstep. Speaking out against this medical fascism that's unfolding can be scary, but the time has come to call out the blatant authoritarian overreach by healthcare corporations and government agencies. TDU will cover this, and many other medical topics deemed too dangerous for industry-friendly doctors to speak about."

TDU: A Mission of Medical Integration and Integrity

Seeking to update listeners on how best to combine the most crucial and salient facts from all medical disciplines while stressing the importance of guarding and keeping freedoms, the TDU podcasts are packaged into 15-20 minutes of intriguing and entertaining health information and news. The target audience for TDU is intelligent adults who are interested in health but who do not necessarily have backgrounds in science or healthcare.

"It's for people who are looking for the truths about health and healing in a country overrun by industry and media corporatism ('medical fascism'). And it's time to test the virtue of telling the truth by heaving the societal gag rule that's been imposed on us doctors," said Dr. Douglass. "It's time to declare that the emperor has no clothes; it's time to call some folks to the carpet; it's time to point to the elephant-in-the-room and the blatant encroachments on our healthcare freedoms."

Learn more about upcoming shows by subscribing to The Douglass Updatenewsletter and following TDU on social media: Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and SoundCloud.

About The Douglass Update (TDU)

Founded and hosted by Dr. W. Campbell Douglass ("Camp"), M.D., M.S., The Douglass Update is a comprehensive health education platform including a weekly podcast, dedicated website, newsletter, blog and bookstore, along with integrative medicine products and services. Dr. Camp Douglass holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Nutrition from the University of Florida and Purdue University respectively, and his M.D. degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine. He is board-certified in Family Practice and has practiced medicine for over 30 years. Learn more about his work at: http://www.DouglassUpdate.com.

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Magnesium is a mineral involved in over 300 different biochemical pathways in the body, and that includes ones that promote relaxation. "When we're stressed, we use up our body's store of magnesium. This is one reason why I've been experimenting with taking magnesium for better, more restful sleep for years,"* Moday writes in her review of mbg's sleep support+ supplement.

The integrative medicine specialist explains that magnesium supports muscle relaxation and eases the release of stress hormones like adrenaline, helping to maintain a healthy cortisol response. "It's also crucial in maintaining healthy serotonin and dopamine levels in the brain, which are both needed for mood and a clear mind during the day," she adds.

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Every medical college in the country must have a Department of Integrative Medicine Research

Every medical college in the country must have a Department of Integrative Medicine Research

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has made it compulsory for every medical college to have a Department of Integrative Medicine Research to promote integration of modern medicine with homoeopathy and Indian systems of medicine such as Ayurveda.

Suresh Chandra Sharma, Chairman, NMC, said this at his first joint meeting with the functionaries of the National Commission for Homoeopathy (NCH) and the National Commission for Indian Systems of Medicine (NCISM). The meeting was held on June 29 as per Section 50(1) of the NMC Act, 2019. Its details were made available through a query under the Right to Information (RTI) Act by K.V. Babu, Kannur-based ophthalmologist and RTI activist.

Dr. Sharma said at the meeting that the best methods for integration should be found out and implemented in a scientific manner for the development of all three sectors. This should eventually serve the purpose of helping the mankind in disease prevention, cure and control, he said.

Aruna V. Vanikar, president, Under Graduate Medical Education Board, NMC, said that steps were being taken to change the MBBS course curriculum. Yoga would be included as mandatory practice for 10 days for students as well as the faculty. It would start on June 10 every year and conclude on the International Day for Yoga. A module prepared by the Morarji Desai Institute of Yoga, New Delhi, had been included in the curriculum. There would be male and female instructors. Yoga might be included in theory part as well subject to its acceptability.

Anil Khurana, chairperson, NCH, said MBBS students can do a one-week internship in Ayush systems in homoeopathy colleges so that they gain awareness and respect for other system of medicine. He also expressed the need to have the right perception about homoeopathy in society. Dr. Khurana urged caution at the time of preparing regulations to avoid disrespect about other systems of medicines. He pointed out that it was a wrong perception that the quality of Ayush research was not up to the mark. Research had shown that the death rate in Japanese encephalitis cases had come down by 15% using homoeopathy treatment, he added.

Vaidya Jayant Deopujari, Chairman, NCISM, spoke about the different definitions of integration and sought a consensus. In the postgraduate system of medicine, while there was clarity with respect to nomenclature in modern medicine, Ayurveda did not have it and it was leading to confusion, he said.

From the above documents, it is clear that the dissolution of the Medical Council of India and its replacement with the NMC was for promoting unscientific mixopathy calling it integration. It will be a disaster if this trend continues, Dr. Babu told The Hindu on Wednesday.

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The Fundacin Cientfica Litoral will hold the third meeting of Traditional and Complementary Medicine today, with the main aim of stirring up a debate concerning what is called integrated medicine. Its main purpose is to stir up debate about what is called integrative medicine. That is, not only to make complementary medicine visible, but to think about how they can help improve the formal health system, he told AIM Biochemist. Told Pablo Basso, member of the organization. Activity is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the La Vieja Usina Cultural and Convention Center.

Complementary therapies in health currently have a wide range of options and are in increasing demand, although the health system lacks the ability to envision them due to discrepancies in self and others, as well as health-seeking problems. Traditional. Basso explained to the agency that countless experiences around the world have demonstrated that the use of alternative therapies to conventional therapies has significantly improved the variables that have been measured. For example, hospitalizations. It has become possible to reduce the average days. In post-treatment procedures, therapy also reduces the degree of anxiety at pre-consultation, or improves conditions in the cohort of terminal patients. But he pointed out that perhaps the most important contributions are in areas where Western medicine has failed, such as the pursuit of individual and community balance that is not served by a system that has based its progress on medicalization.

le provincial He also noted that the debate we intend to inaugurate this day is precisely what holds the possibilities and benefits of integrating therapies into a logical balance. It is also important that we define the regulatory framework. What this will be and the scope and importance of these complementary treatments within action protocols against certain diseases, as well as the limitations regarding themselves and those who do them. It is clear that the formal health system can only provide new care through precise regulations tendencies, hence the importance of thinking of a provincial law.

learn more For Basso, it is interesting to learn more about the demand for alternative therapies by society as a whole, as well as their prospects for inclusion in the formal health system. Personally, I believe that we cannot ignore the demand and preference that people are showing. In a survey conducted by the Foundation, we realized that almost 70 percent of those surveyed found alternative therapies. users of.What happenedThe formal health system, with its traditional methods, nor the efficiency of alternative treatments in itself, cannot at all identify the biological functions involved.

In its irreversible hospital-centered tendencies and its dominant medical practice, it is impossible for a formal system to imagine treatments that are not controlled from the systems nerve center. The health patriarchy identified in the phrase the right to receive the best care available establishes responsibilities that the current health system cannot ignore and that includes the preservation of medicine to include other medicinal options except in the name of adjuvant. prevents from traditional (the concept complementary may be a debated choice)

Medicalization is becoming an essential condiment to traditional treatments and has brought logical consequences of the pharmaceutical industrys reliance, both individual and systemic, under market logic rather than health logic. Naturalist alternatives are gaining supporters to the same extent that abuse of medicalization generates mistrust.

Health demands are changing and there is a possibility that not only cures are needed but wellness states may also be needed. The concept of physical and emotional balance cannot be solved by the traditional health system.

Traditional medicine has a passive role of the patient that puts the onus on the influencers. This condition excludes the will of the patient from the therapeutic process. Perhaps the discovery of the patients leading role during the therapeutic process determines the choice of other possibilities for individual health needs.

Because of its expansion, it is interesting to learn more about the demand for alternative therapies by society as a whole, as well as their potential for inclusion in the formal health system.

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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Deepak Chopra and SEVA.LOVE, a first-of-its-kind platform that is empowering a culture of wellbeing in the metaverse, today announced "ChopraVerse," the metaverse for wellbeing in collaboration with Utopia. Utopia is a Web3 ecosystem brought together by Alejandro Saez, Maria Bravo, Eva Longoria, and Javier Garcia. The ChopraVerse initiative is part of Seva.Love's ongoing mission to create a more conscious Web3 community for a peaceful, just, sustainable, healthier and joyful world. The House of Enlightenment, designed by Vera Iconica Architecture, is Deepak Chopra's personal home in the metaverse that was initially designed for the physical world incorporating eastern wisdom design principles and the latest in wellness architecture.

The Metaverse today is mostly about gaming. The ChopraVerse is about creating a world which enhances our wellbeing. A world that will be photorealistic and inhabited by human avatars and AI beings. A world where no one will feel alone one that offers infinite experiences and possibilities. As part of the initial launch, The ChopraVerse will make the "Deepak Chopra - House of Enlightenment" available for everyone to experience in the metaverse and also enable downloadable blueprints for build in the physical world via NFTs.

"ChopraVerse is creating homes for multidimensional living, nourishing the body, mind, spirit and environment as a unified experience in awareness. It will give everyone an opportunity to generate their own abode for the return to wholeness and healing," says Deepak Chopra, world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine, NY Times best selling author and co-founder of Seva.Love.

Utopia, which recently acquired Virtual Voyagers, has carried out more than 230 projects related to the metaverse for major brands such as META and Vodafone, winning more than 20 awards for innovation and creativity. "The opportunity Web3 technology currently presents to creators, developers and businesses is exciting on many levels. Utopia is born from the dream, duty, and vision of achieving a connection between the tangible and virtual world - in which we will live in an ethical, inclusive, and responsible way," says Nino Saez, co-founder and CEO of Utopia.

"The ChopraVerse will transform how we interact and experience wellbeing in the digital and physical world. Our collaboration with Utopia will enable us to experience interoperable metaverse experiences in real-time, 3D virtual worlds that can be experienced synchronously, maintain presence and have a collaborative experience," says Poonacha Machaiah, co-founder and CEO of SEVA.LOVE. "While the NFT world is incredible, it is still evolving, and we saw a gap in the market to build a wellbeing community and make real social impact via the metaverse."

"The Utopia and ChopraVerse collaboration will enable an ecosystem in the digital world for impactful collaborations within the metaverse, where we aim to bring global action to educate the world, connecting philanthropists, embracing brands and businesses using the power of the blockchain to raise awareness on building a more ethical and transparent world, a community of philanthropreneur's, spreading kindness fast to where it's needed," says Maria Bravo, co-founder Utopia and Global Gift Foundation.

The ChopraVerse roadmap has planned NFT drops which will serve as access tokens to the ChopraVerse in Utopia. Additionally, there will also be a limited number of NFTs that will integrate blueprints and wellbeing design principles, by licensure through the Architect, Vera Iconica Architecture, that can be leveraged to build homes in the physical world. "The House of Enlightenment was designed both to be built in the physical world and to be experienced by many in the digital world as a home that optimizes health and wellbeing in harmony with nature. It is an education and awareness tool that anyone can go into to learn meditation or how your surroundings are impacting your health and behavior and what you can do to elevate your state of being," says Veronica Schreibeis Smith, CEO & Founding Principal, Vera Iconica Architecture.

The ChopraVerse platform has built on its partnership with Deepak Chopra and is collaborating with other global wellbeing experts, products and services within its own metaverse while also integrating with brands and experiences in the Utopia metaverse.

For more information please visit: http://www.chopraverse.io

About Seva.Love

Seva.Love is the metaverse for wellbeing initiative that has been founded by serial technology entrepreneur Pooancha Machaiah and world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine, personal transformation and NY Times bestselling author Deepak Chopra, MD.

Seva.Love is championing wellbeing and social impact in Web3 by curating leading artists, influencers, wellbeing experts and creating conscious communities. Seva.Love has exclusive access to Deepak Chopra web3 content and the ChopraVerse will enable transmedia storytelling and engage communities in the metaverse and IRL. Access to the Seva ecosystem will be via NFTs and the Seva token. For more information please visit https://www.seva.love/ and follow us at twitter: @sevaislove instagram: @sevaislove discord: https://discord.seva.love/

About Utopia

Utopia Group is a Web3 ecosystem brought together by four founders, Alejandro Saez, Maria Bravo, Eva Longoria, and Javier Garcia - with the mission of disrupting how businesses operate and innovate using the power of blockchain technology.

The Utopia Group's vision is to focus on bridging the gap between the physical and digital worlds. Through Utopia's acquisition of Virtual Voyageurs, the group will offer strategic consulting services, particularly developing metaverse applications and experiences, as well as educational programs and initiatives in the world of Web3.

About Vera Iconica Architecture

Founded in 2010 in Jackson by Wyoming native and Wellness Architecture pioneer, Veronica Schreibeis Smith, Vera Iconica specializes in Architecture, Interior Design, and Real Estate Development and is known globally for its Wellness Kitchen. Based in the Mountain West with offices in Jackson and Denver, Vera Iconica's highly flexible, international team of experts merges cultural, spiritual, and qualitative elements with hard science to create highly customized solutions that elevate healthy, conscious living. For more information please visit https://veraiconica.com/ and follow at instagram: @veraiconicaarchitecture

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