During my trip last weekend, I got this book on Ayurveda and I'd like to share some things from it with you. These remedies are based on the timeless wisdom of India's 5000 year old medical system. It is written by Vasant Lad and might be available in your book stores too.
First step: WHAT IS AYURVEDA?
Ayurveda comes from a Sanskrit word which means "the science of life and longevity." It is the art of daily living in harmony with the laws of nature. It is an ancient natural wisdom of health and healing; a science of life. According to Ayurveda, health is a perfect state of balance among the body's three fundamental energies or DOSHAS( Vata, Pitta, Kapha) and an equally vital balance among body,mind and the soul or consciousness. It is a holistic system of healing in the truest sense. Body, mind and consciousness are in constant interaction and relationship with other people and the environment.
As a science of self-healing, Ayurveda encompasses diet and nutrition, lifestyle, exercise, rest and relaxation, meditation, breathing exercises and medicinal herbs, along with cleansing and rejuvenation programs for healing body, mind and spirit.
According to Ayurvedic science, every individual is both a creation of cosmic energies and a unique phenomenon, a unique personality. It teaches that we all have a constitution, which is individual pshychobiological makeup. From the moment of conception, this individual constitution is created by the universal energies of Space, Air, Fire, Water and Earth.
These five elements combine into the three fundamental energies or doshas.
Ether and Air constitute Vata, which is the energy of movement; fire and water constitute Pitta, the principle of digestion and metabolism, the transformation of matter into energy and water and earth make up Kapha, the energy of structure and lubrication. When the male sperm and the female egg join at the time of fertilisation, the vata-pitta-kapha factors from the parents' bodies that are most active and predominant at the moment, due to the season, the time, the emotional state and the quality of their relationship, form a new individual with a particular constellation of qualities. This individualism is called PRAKRUTI, a constant factor that does not change throughout our lifetime. It is our own unique pattern of energy, our combination of physical, mental and emotional characteristics and predispositions. In modern terms, we speak of this blue print of the individual as our inherited GENETIC CODE.
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Thank you MMT. I liked your blogs. The name though fascinates me. Why choose this name- Magical Mystery Tour?
Very interesting girl. Thanks. I don't know a lot about this type of medicine but am willing to learn.