In 1992, Dr. Karin Pirc and Lothar Pirc founded the Maharishi AyurVeda Private Clinic Bad Ems at the invitation of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate – housed in the former Palace Wilhelms I. in the traditional spa town of Bad Ems. Since then, more than 30,000 patients experience an Ayurvedic cure from all over the world, many of them after years of chronic complaints and exhausted conventional medical options.

Dr Karin Pirc  studied psychology first, then medicine. In 2006 she was admitted as World's best Ayurvedic doctor awarded – international recognition for her expertise and work in Ayurveda. Further international awards followed. She is a trained teacher of Transcendental Meditation and has numerous Completed Ayurveda further education in India and Europe. Today she regularly gives lectures, trains doctors, and is part of the teaching team that trains Ayurveda coaches. In addition to many specialist articles, she has nine books published about Ayurveda. She is a mother of four.

Lothar Pirc has been an accredited teacher of Transcendental Meditation since 1978 and has several thousand people He teaches there. Before founding the clinic, he lived as a monk for seven years, dedicating himself to the study of Vedic scriptures. Together with Dr. Karin Pirc, he founded the Maharishi Ayurveda Private Clinic Bad Ems and has managed it as managing director to this day. He is also a founding board member of Adaved, the umbrella organisation for Ayurveda in Germany, co-founder of a foundation for Vedic cultural heritage with 90 partner schools in Nepal, an internationally sought-after speaker on Ayurveda and Vedic sciences, and an academic lecturer (Professor of Practice) at Dr. Patil University in Pune, India.

The clinic in Bad Ems was award-winning, including the ServiceQualität Rheinland-Pfalz certificate, Focus-Gesundheit Top Offer, and the Relax Guide Spa Award.