Robert E. Svoboda is a very reputed ayurvedic doctor. He is a popular writer too. He gets invited to impart speeches and conduct courses throughout the world. Apart from this book, the author is famous for authoring and co-authoring many other books, some of which are Tao and Dharma: Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda, Light on Life: An Introduction to the Astrology of India, and Ayurveda for Women: A Guide to Vitality and Health. Svoboda was born in the year 1953 in Texas, USA. Svoboda finished his undergraduate studies from the University of Oklahoma in the year 1972 with a B.S. degree. His minor was in French and major was in Chemistry. Afterwards, he visited India and in the year 1980, he passed from Pune University with a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS). In this process, he obtained the title Ayurvedacharya. At present, he is working as an adjunct faculty at the Ayurvedic Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dinacharya Institute, New York, and Bastyr University, Kenmore, Washington.