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mind and the body, the body and the skin, the mind and the skin. It is a phenomenon so powerful that it is impossible to break one part of it free from the whole. To understand beauty completely is to understand the self as a flowing entity. When you think something, that thought is traveling through your body, out through your skin, and into the world. Likewise, all of the energy to which you expose yourself is entering through your skin as well. Now that is beautiful! As a medical doctor, I have merged Eastern holistic sciences, like Ayurveda and yoga, with cutting-edge modern science. is is, aer all, what the complexity of beauty calls for. Your absolute peak potential, the beauty that you have always suspected yourself capable of, is within your reach through a combination of Western and Eastern medicine modalities. When you draw upon these tools with an open heart and a free mind, you go beyond the level that either alone would touch, transcending down deeper into genuine self-actualization. is too, is when you hear your intuitions affirm. If it's self- actualization that you desire, you can't decide upfront which tools to use and which tools to throw away. ere is no decision like that for you to make. You need to use every tool within reach, to harness the full power of all that scientists and spiritual guides alike have given to us. We can take this approach even further. Consider astrology, for example. rough astrology, you get to see yourself from a wider, more expansive point of view. You catch glimpses of yourself as you are, an infinite being on a single life's journey, and then beauty feels more natural and self-reinforcing. at is the great wonder of astrology; it is a source of truth that we can all tap into to gain some perspective when life becomes stressful or when we just need a nudge in the right direction along our path. Inevitably, these nudges bring us back to the same ideal, to the goal that we should pursue relentlessly each day. at goal? It's self-love. At a time when cosmetic enhancements are only a few button clicks away and social media has ensured that we are always aware of that fact, self-love can serve as a sort of seeing glass. You look through it and get an idea of who you are, what makes you amazing, and how you can accentuate the beauty that is already yours. In that moment, you may need to remind VUE ON | WELLNESS 88 VUENJ.COM

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