Dr. Paul Dugliss, M.D.  practices Internal Medicine and Ayurvedic Medicine in Santa Barbara, CA. He is also trained an acupuncturist and practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine.   The former director of Oakwood Healthcare System’s Complementary & Alternative Medicine Center in Westland, MI, he began studying Ayurvedic Medicine in the mid-1980s.  He received training in Ayurveda in the United States and Europe.   Dr. Dugliss has authored several books: Ayurveda — The Power to Heal, Capturing the Bliss: Ayurveda & the Yoga of Emotions, and The Myth of Cholesterol.  He directs the New World Ayurveda Program, a training program designed to train Ayurvedic health educators and clinicians throughout the United States. In conjunction with several psychologists and therapists, he is also teaching holistic mental health care through Ayurvedic Counseling.