An Indian Ayurvedic practitioner works with a client in Kovaram, Thiruvananthapuram, in India's southern state of Kerala, 17 November 2007. Spa owner Sadasivan is doing his bit to reassure tourists coming to India's resort state of Kerala they won't get rubbed the wrong way when they get an ayurvedic oil massage. He's one of many spa owners who rushed to comply with the law passed by the Communist-ruled state late last year requiring licences for spas offering Ayurvedic treatment. Ayurveda, which translates as knowledge of life, operates on the principle of balancing doshas, or aspects of the body -- vata (related to movement), pitta (digestion) and kapha (body fluids) -- using herbs, metals and minerals.
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