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The Dr. Dharma Circle
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An introduction to the life's work of Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D.
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Dear Friend,
Thank you for joining us. You have not simply subscribed to a list. You have stepped into a circle gathered around the life’s work of a remarkable physician, and around a single, hopeful conviction he has spent his career proving.
“The power to regenerate lies within you.”
Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa
His name is Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa. For more than thirty years he has taught that the mind is not destined to fade with age, and that the way we live, eat, rest, and quiet our stress shapes the health of the brain for the rest of our years. We created this circle to carry his teaching forward, and to share it, gently, with you.
This short book is where to begin. In a few pages you will meet the man, learn the one idea at the heart of his work, and try a simple practice you can begin today. There is no hurry. Read it slowly.
Peace, Love, and Healing,
The Dr. Dharma Team
The Man Behind The Work
A doctor who went looking for more
Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa began his career at the center of Western medicine, serving as a chief resident in anesthesiology at the University of California, San Francisco. He was trained, as he later put it, to use powerful drugs to put people to sleep.
A turning point changed his course. He came to believe that the deeper work of a physician was not to sedate, but to help people wake up, and to draw on the body’s own capacity to heal through nutrition, movement, the relief of stress, and the quieting of the mind.
He became one of the first physicians in the country to bring meditation and yoga into mainstream medical care, and he founded the Southwest’s first holistic pain program. In 1993, together with his wife Kirti, he founded the Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation. A twelve-minute meditation he studied has since been examined for its effect on memory at UCLA, the University of Pennsylvania, and West Virginia University. In 2003 he was invited to testify before Congress on the role that lifestyle plays in protecting the brain.
Today his teachings reach people the world over, and we are honored to carry them forward.
The Heart Of His Work
Your mind is not winding down
For most of the last century, medicine believed the aging brain could only decline. Dr. Dharma came to believe something far more hopeful, and he gathered the science to stand behind it. The brain, he taught, is living tissue that answers to how we live. It keeps forming new connections. It can be nourished, challenged, and strengthened at any age.
“The nervous system possesses not just a morning of plasticity, but an afternoon and an evening as well.”
Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa
He liked to remind people that the brain is flesh and blood, and that what works for the heart works for the head. Good food, movement, rest, and steady circulation serve the mind as surely as they serve the body. It is why he placed ordinary daily habits, rather than any single miracle, at the very center of his work.
If there is one force working against the aging mind, he taught, it is chronic stress. He described the stress hormone cortisol in vivid terms, comparing its effect on the memory to something like battery acid when it floods the body day after day. The encouraging news is that stress is among the most manageable forces there is. Which brings us gently to your first practice.
Your First Practice
Begin with the breath
Dr. Dharma often began with the simplest thing we do. He liked to revise Descartes, offering in place of “I think, therefore I am” a version of his own. The breath, he taught, is the bridge between body and mind, the first and most available way to calm stress and bring steadiness to the brain.
“I breathe, therefore I think, therefore I am.”
Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa
Here is a simple practice to begin. It asks nothing of your beliefs, and only a few minutes of your day.
- Sit comfortably, spine tall and shoulders soft, hands resting in your lap.
- Close your eyes. Breathe in slowly through the nose to a count of four.
- Hold gently for a count of four.
- Release slowly through the nose for a count of four.
- Continue for three minutes. When the mind wanders, and it will, simply return to the count.
That is all. A few quiet minutes, practiced daily, is how the mind is tended. Dr. Dharma taught that a new practice takes about forty days to take root and become part of who you are. So give it forty days. When a student once asked her teacher why, after so many years, he still practiced each morning, he answered simply, “Because I want to stay a master.”
Continue The Journey
This is only the beginning
Dr. Dharma’s teachings live on across his books, his research, and the practices he studied for years. As you settle into the circle, we will share more of his wisdom with you, a little at a time.
When you are ready to go further, you are always welcome to read more of his story, explore the twelve-minute practice at the heart of his work, or discover the formulas he created for his own patients.
For now, simply begin. Breathe. And remember what he so often said.
“Wisdom is knowing who you truly are.”
Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa
Peace, Love, and Healing,
The Dr. Dharma Team
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His teaching
Four ideas he spent a life proving
Long before brain health was an industry, these were radical claims. He made them in books, in clinics, and before Congress, and then he helped fund the research to test them.
Food is medicine
What you eat is not fuel for the brain. It is information. He argued that diet belongs in the clinic, as a tool a doctor reaches for, decades before that idea had a conference circuit.
He wrote the book on it. Food as Medicine, 2003.
Stress ages the brain
Chronic stress is not a feeling. It is a physical force acting on memory. His clinical career was built on treating it, first in pain medicine, then in prevention.
Founding director, Acupuncture, Stress Medicine, and Chronic Pain Program, University of Arizona College of Medicine teaching hospital, 1990.
The mind trains like the body
Memory responds to practice. A twelve minute daily meditation became his most studied claim, tested in randomized trials at major universities.
Researched at UCLA, the University of Pennsylvania, and West Virginia University.
Spiritual fitness
Purpose, connection, and psychological wellbeing are not soft extras. He argues they are a measurable dimension of prevention, and he put that argument into the scientific literature.
Spiritual Fitness, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2021, with Andrew B. Newberg, M.D.
Founded 1993 by Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D.
A foundation built to keep minds whole
The Alzheimer's Research & Prevention Foundation is the nonprofit Dr. Dharma founded more than thirty years ago, born from a simple conviction — that much of what dims memory can be met by how we choose to live. For three decades it has funded research, trained practitioners, and carried brain-health education into communities that rarely hear it.
Its work rests on what ARPF calls the Four Pillars of Prevention — nourishment, stress reduction, physical and mental exercise, and spiritual wellbeing — and on a twelve-minute meditation, Kirtan Kriya, that its studies have explored for years. That research has been carried out with institutions including UCLA, the University of Arizona, and Sweden's Karolinska Institute.
Fund research
Backing integrative brain-health studies at universities here and abroad.
Train practitioners
Certifying teachers and clinicians in the foundation's methods.
Reach communities
Free education and memory screenings where they're needed most.
The library
His life's work, in his own words
Decades of writing on memory, the brain, and how to protect both. Sit with it for as long as you like.
Every guide is freeYours to keep. We only ask for an email so we can send them and share what is new.
Browse the full libraryThe doctor, on camera
Hear it in hisown voice
A few minutes with Dr. Dharma. The science, the story, and the simple practices behind a lifetime of brain medicine.
Board-certified physicianFounding president, ARPFAuthor of Brain LongevityTestified before Congress
Meet Dr. DharmaThe formulas
Why a doctor started making supplements
His patients kept arriving with bags full of medications and supplements, a dozen bottles from a dozen brands, and many of them were still struggling. He grew concerned about the limits of what conventional western medicine alone could offer the people in front of him. So he did what he had always done. He studied. Nutrition, supplementation, eastern medicine, yoga, the whole landscape of holistic wellness.
Through years of research and clinical experience he studied ingredients one by one, and then studied how they worked together. The goal was never to follow the industry. It was clean, intentional formulas built for real needs, shaped by his faith, his yoga practice, and his healing philosophy, designed for the whole person, mind, body, and spirit.
He became one of the early pioneers of clean supplementation in this country. In 2002 he put the formulas online, vegan capsules with no fillers, long before clean was a category. He formulated every one personally, for his own patients first. They are still made to his original formulations.
He takes them himself, every day.
The formulas
Find your formula
Five clean, doctor-formulated supplements — unchanged since 2002. Start with one, or build a routine.
The foundation
Gold Multi-Vitamin
The complete daily multivitamin.
Key ingredients
13 vitamins · 11 minerals · bromelain
Supports
energyimmunityvitality
Recall & Focus
Memory Caps
For the name on the tip of your tounge
Key ingredients
Vinpocetine · Huperzine A · Ashwagandha · Rhodiola · Blueberry
Supports
memoryrecallstressbalancesleep
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Daily foundation
Brain Caps
Your Brain's everyday support.
Key ingredients
Ginkgo Biloba · DHA · Phosphatidylserine
Supports
clarityfocusenergymood
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Detox & calm
Inner Healing
Quiet, daily repair.
Key ingredients
Milk Thistle · NAC · Turmeric
Supports
liverinflammationimmunity
$54.95Shop Inner Healing →
Cellular energy
Super Rejuvenation
Energy from the inside out.
Key ingredients
Resveratrol · ALCAR · ALA · CoQ10 · Quercetin
Supports
energyrecoverylongevity
Not sure which is right for you?
Every order gives back
Shopping here supports his life's work
Dr. Dharma donates two percent of all profits, every year, to the Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation, the nonprofit he founded in 1993 and still leads today.
So this is not only a place to buy his formulas. It is a way to stand behind the research, the education, and the families the foundation serves. You take care of yourself, and a little of it goes to the cause he has given his life to.
The Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization. Donations are made by Dr. Dharma Supplements. The foundation does not endorse any product.
Why buy here
The same formulas his own patients take
Not a label with a stock photo. A doctor's life work, made the way he designed it, and yours to try with nothing to lose.
30 days, no risk
Try them for a full month. If they are not for you, we refund you. The risk is ours, not yours.
Chosen by Dr. Dharma
Every ingredient and every dose was hand picked by him, drawn from his own research and clinical years.
Third party tested
Independently tested for purity and potency, so what the label promises is what the capsule delivers.
Made in the USA
Produced in a GMP certified facility in the United States, to a standard you can verify.
Clean and vegan
Vegan capsules, no fillers, gluten free and non GMO. Exactly what belongs, and nothing that does not.
Your order gives back
Two percent of every profit goes to his nonprofit foundation and its brain health research.
Begin where it makes sense for you
Find your formula, or start with the foundation he recommends for nearly everyone.
Subscribe to save more, and enjoy free shipping on larger orders.
Dr. Dharma
Every ingredient, every dose, chosen by me. That is my promise.
Good to know
Questions, answered
Honest answers about the formulas, shipping, and how to take them.
How long until I notice a difference?
These are foundational formulas, not stimulants, so give them a few weeks of daily use. Consistency matters more than intensity — the adaptogens and antioxidants build their effect over time.
Can I take more than one formula together?
Yes. Dr. Dharma designed every formula to work alongside the others, so you can combine them without doubling up. If you're not sure where to start, take the quiz or give us a call.
Are they vegan and allergen-friendly?
Every formula is vegan and free of gluten, dairy, soy, and GMOs, with no added fillers. They're third-party tested and made in the USA in a GMP-certified facility.
How does the subscription work?
Choose “subscribe” on any product to save on every order, with free shipping on larger orders. You can skip, change, or cancel anytime from your account — no phone call required.
What's your guarantee?
If a formula isn't right for you, our 30-day money-back guarantee has you covered. The risk is ours, not yours.
Will these treat or prevent a disease?
No. These are dietary supplements that support healthy brain function and overall wellness. They are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Check with your doctor before starting anything new.
Still have a question?
Call (800) 651-5650Chosen for you
The regimens he recommends
People kept asking Dr. Dharma the same question — where do I begin? These are his answers. His own formulas, paired the way he means them to be taken, and offered together for a little less.
One-time order · no subscription required · 60-day empty-bottle guarantee
Every formula here was chosen by me, and paired the way I mean it to be taken. — Dr. Dharma
The Foundation
Where nearly everyone begins.
If there is one place to start, it is here. The brain formula Dr. Dharma built first, paired with the high-potency multivitamin that keeps the rest of you from running on empty. A calm, complete beginning.
What is inside
- Brain Capshis everyday brain support
- Gold Multivitaminthe daily nutritional floor
Most chosen
Complete Brain Support
The trio he reaches for most.
Brain builds the foundation. Memory supports recall and helps you stay steady through a demanding day. Gold covers the essentials underneath it all. Together, they are the fullest way Dr. Dharma cares for his own mind — and the combination he recommends most.
What is inside
- Brain Capsclarity, focus, and everyday energy
- Memory Capsrecall, and calm under everyday stress
- Gold Multivitaminthe daily nutritional floor
The Complete Regimen
The five formulas he takes himself, every day.
This is everything — the complete set of formulas Dr. Dharma created for himself and his own patients, unchanged since 2002. Brain and Memory for the mind, Super Rejuvenation for cellular energy, Inner Healing for liver and antioxidant support, and Gold beneath it all. Whole-person care, exactly the way he practices it.
What is inside
- Brain Capseveryday brain support
- Memory Capsrecall and everyday calm
- Gold Multivitaminthe daily nutritional floor
- Super Rejuvenationcellular energy and healthy aging
- Inner Healingliver, detox, and antioxidant support
60-day empty-bottle guarantee
Try any regimen for two full months. If it is not for you, send back the empty bottles and we will refund you. The risk is ours, not yours.
Chosen by Dr. Dharma
Every formula was hand-picked from his own research and clinical years, and he still takes them himself.
Clean and vegan
Vegan capsules with no needless fillers. Gluten-free, non-GMO, third-party tested, and made in the USA.
Your order gives back
Two percent of every profit goes to the nonprofit brain-health research he founded in 1993.
Still deciding? Take the 60-second quiz
The Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation is an independent nonprofit and does not endorse these products. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Always consult your healthcare provider, especially if you are pregnant, nursing, or taking medication.
His work continues
See where Dr. Dharma is teaching
Dr. Dharma carries this mission forward through the Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation, with talks, programs, and events on brain health and prevention. If he is speaking near you, go.
The Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation is an independent nonprofit. It does not sell or endorse these products.
For practitioners
Carry his formulas in your practice
For years these formulas were shared through acupuncturists and integrative practices. If you run a practice and would like to offer them to your patients, we would love to talk.
Wholesale inquiries welcome from licensed practitioners and integrative wellness spaces.