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AT A GLANCE WHO: Ayurclinic WHAT: A series of clinics focusing on traditional Kerala Ayurveda and Classical Homeopathy as well as other practices such as yoga WHERE: Melbourne CBD Clinic: Exchange Tower, Suite 807 (Level 8), 530 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3000 Braybrook Clinic: Level 1, 6 South Road, Braybrook, Victoria 3019 Taylors Lakes Clinic: 1 Fastnet Drive, Taylors Lakes, Victoria 3038 WEBSITE: ayurclinic.com.auabout 11 years ago. Some of his fam-
ily members had already moved here
from India while his wife and daughter
also wanted to migrate. After practic-
ing in India for 14 years and building
a substantial career there, the deci-
sion to leave it all behind was not an
easy one. Even so, he decided to start
from scratch and move over to a new
country with a new future. In the be-
ginning, things were much harder than
Dr. George or his family had anticipat-
ed. Ayurveda was basically unknown in
Australia up until that point and finding
a job in that field was a seemingly im-
possible task.
After searching for a job practic-
ing Ayurveda for seven months to no
avail, Dr. George decided to support
his family through a processing facto-
ry job. Even then, he never gave up his
ambitions and kept searching for clin-
ics that would allow him to practice at
least some aspects of Ayurveda as a
physiotherapist or a massage thera-
pist, for example. After finally landing a
part-time job, he continued to work on
his language skills and build a reputa-