An interest in naturopathic
medicine and natural healing runs deep in Dr.
Devgun’s family. As a child, she remembers
her father helping and healing others with homeopathy. “Watching
Dad help others was an inspiration and made it
easy for me to choose a career in noninvasive,
safe and effective natural therapies. I knew
that this was exactly what I wanted to do.” Her
father in turn was inspired by her great-grandparents
who were known as the local community healers
back in India.
Dr. Devgun moved to Minnesota in 1995, having graduated
from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine
in Toronto. She had her own practice before joining
the Natural Care Center at Woodwinds. Dr. Devgun holds
a license from the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice and the Board of Drugless Therapy-Naturopathy,
Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the American
Association of Naturopathic Physicians, Ontario
Association of Naturopathic Doctors and the Minnesota
Association of Naturopathic Physicians. As a naturopathic
doctor at the Natural Care Center at Woodwinds
and assistant professor at Northwestern Health
Sciences University, her goal is to empower her
patients to take responsibility for their health.
“Improvements in health are possible if
patients commit to making long-term changes in
their lifestyle. In order to do that, they need
to take ownership of their lifestyle choices.”
She considers herself a health and wellness coach
at the Natural Care Center and enjoys practicing
in an integrative environment.
Dr. Devgun's focus is on ayurvedic medicine, traditional
eastern medicine, which she routinely incorporates
into her patient consultations. She is certified as an ayurvedic practitioner. Her other professional
interests include women’s health, chronic
ailments and endocrine imbalances using ayurvedic
medicine, detoxification, homeopathy, botanical
medicine, nutritional supplementation, dietary
and lifestyle counseling and iridology. During
the last 15 years, she has spoken and written
extensively on topics relating to complementary
alternative medicine.
Dr. Devgun lives in Woodbury with her husband and
two daughters. She enjoys dancing, being with
nature, traveling, experimental cooking and learning
about cultures around the world. As part of her
mission towards wellness, she has served on the
nutrition task force committee at her daughter’s
school, hoping to change what we see in our children’s
lunchboxes today. When seen at school, some children
are heard asking, “Isn’t that the
food doctor?”!
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