The Health Centre opened in April 2026. Panchakarma has been given here since 2012.
Since 23 April 2026. From 2012 to 2018 we ran a Panchakarma centre at Sint Odilienberg, a few kilometres from here, open to anyone who wanted to come. When it closed in 2018 the treatments continued for the community living at MERU.
What is new is the building, not the experience. Most of the team has been here for years.
MERU is an organisation, not only a place. It was founded in Switzerland in 1975 and moved to this estate in the Netherlands, which was bought in 1984.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi lived here from 1990 until his passing in 2008, and the international Transcendental Meditation organisations have been administered from this address ever since.
The grounds stand inside De Meinweg National Park, near the German border. Maharishi's Peace Palace is here, along with the peace parks and gardens, private residences belonging to members of the Transcendental Meditation community, and several new buildings.
The Maharishi College of Perfect Health International, which sets and monitors quality standards for the worldwide practice of Maharishi Ayurveda, has been based here since 2001, as are the departments for Maharishi Ayurveda Aroma Therapy and Light Therapy and the office for Maharishi Vastu, the architecture the Health Centre itself is built in.
MERU's own history is set out in full on meru.international/about.
In the early 1980s Maharishi worked with India's foremost Vedic scholars to restore Ayurveda to its complete classical form, with consciousness as its foundation.
In 1997, after examination, the President of the All India Ayurvedic Congress, Shiv Karan Sharma Chhangani, signed a statement describing the result:
"Maharishi Ayurveda makes the principles and practices of Ayurveda available in such a complete, systematic and authentic way that has rarely been achieved recently in India."
Two Vedic Pandits are in residence on the grounds, and they recite daily. The tradition they maintain is Vedic chanting, transmitted orally for thousands of years.
This oral tradition was proclaimed by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
Maharishi European Research University is founded, in Switzerland.
Ayurveda is restored to its classical completeness.
MERU buys the Vlodrop estate.
Maharishi moves to Vlodrop. MERU becomes the worldwide headquarters of the Transcendental Meditation organisations.
The President of the All India Ayurvedic Congress signs a statement on the completeness of the restored tradition.
Maharishi founds the Maharishi College of Vedic Medicine at MERU, renamed to Maharishi College of Perfect Health International in 2007.
Maharishi passes away at MERU, after eighteen years here.
A full Panchakarma centre opens at Sint Odilienberg, open to everyone.
Sint Odilienberg closes after seven years. The work continues for the MERU community.
The MERU Apartments building is inaugurated, built in Maharishi Vastu.
The Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre opens on its ground floor, open to everyone again.
PanchakarmaAyurvedic ConsultationThe place, and getting here
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Yes. A full Panchakarma centre ran at Sint Odilienberg, a few kilometres from the campus, for seven years before the Health Centre opened here.
More than 200 clients received a treatment in its first 6 months. A larger Centre is planned and will be built over the coming years
The Maharishi College of Perfect Health International, founded by Maharishi at MERU in 2001. It establishes and monitors quality standards for the worldwide practice of Maharishi Ayurveda, trains practitioners internationally, and offers an accredited Master's degree in Ayurveda with Alma Mater Europaea University.
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