The songs and teaching in his workshop are based on Ashtanga Hridaya Sutra Sthana – the complete Ayurvedic Encyclopedia. Ashtanga Hridaya is the third major treatise on Ayurveda. It was written by Vagbhata around the 7th century (AD 500) in Sutra (poetic) form. Jack Stafford has translated the concepts in some of the key Sanskrit verses into 21st century songs that people can easily understand and remember.