You hear the word Ayurveda often enough now…your friends who swear by its miraculous effect on their health (after they have exhausted all other treatment modalities, of course!); you also come across the word “Ayurveda” almost all the time on labels of bottled cosmetics, shampoos and elixirs. Model turned movie …
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Five Elements: What Element Possesses You? (Ayurveda)
We can benefit from Ayurvedic understanding of the Great Five Elements to not only understand the outer universe, but also our inner universe – our unique mind-body personality, because, according to Ayurveda, the relationship of the Elements with each other greatly determines our natural constitution and predispositions to health and …
Read More »THE FIVE GREAT ELEMENTS: A MIRROR TO OUR BEING
Ayurveda is the product of a civilization, which is deeply rooted in Mother Nature. The seers knew that all of Nature is part of the individual, since we are all created from, exist in, and return to nature. A fundamental tenet of the Ayurvedic system of medicine is the principle …
Read More »AYURVEDA’S THREE PILLARS OF HEALTH
In Ayurveda, there are three pillars of health: ahara (food), nidra (sleep), and brahmacharya (balanced sexual drive). When all three are in balance, they make for a properly nourished, adequately rested, and sexually healthy human being. Lacking this critical balance, the individual will suffer from a myriad of disorders, ranging …
Read More »The Ayurvedic Path of Life
Ayurveda teaches that our body, composed of matter, is by its very nature fragile, impermanent, and verily a house of distress and disease, always vulnerable to death in any given moment. Anyone at anytime can become a victim to any disease and often the body collapses before the soul’s work …
Read More »AYURVEDA ~ NATURE’S MEDICINE
Ayurveda is God’s own medicine, which the ancient Indian sages received in their elevated consciousness during intuitive meditation. Ayurveda, as a system of knowledge and method of healing, is considered as eternal, and as such has no start date. Historically speaking, Ayurveda’s transformative presence and capacity to influence mind, body, …
Read More »The Core Philosophy of Holistic Medicine
Holistic Medicine is dedicated to care of the human being as a ‘whole: body-mind-spirit’. It enables care of all the ailments of an individual concurrently. Its philosophy can be explained in three parts: Every physician should be sensitive to the needs of each human being as a ‘whole’, and not …
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