Ayurveda Medicine
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A group to explore the teachings and practice of the 6000 year old ancient natural healing system of India.
Website: http://esotericonline.ning.com/group/ayurvedamedicine
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Ayurveda believes in five great Elements (Devanāgarī: पंचतत्व; earth, water, fire, air and space)-- to compose the Universe, including the human body. Doshas are the 3 energies that govern the body; vata, pitta, and kapha. At conception we were created with a unique blend of the 5 great elements (ether, air, fire, water, earth). That unique blend is called our prakruti or individual body constitution. Our prakruti is a combination of the three doshas vata (ether + air), pitta (fire + water), and kapha (water + earth). Since prakruti is made of the 3 doshas, knowing what your dosha(s) is, is key to maintaining your health. Once we know what doshas are dominant in us, we know what our balanced state should be. This is extremely important because with this knowledge we are able to notice when the body goes out of balance AND we know how to bring it back to balance. Since we are little beings of nature and are made of the same 5 elements, we can use the opposite elements to bring us back to balance. In India, Ayurvedic medicine has quite complex formulas with 30 or more ingredients, including a sizable number of ingredients that have undergone "alchemical processing", chosen to balance the three Doshas. Chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow, and semen are believed to be the seven primary constituent elements (Devanāgarī: सप्तधातु) of the body. Ayurveda stresses a balance of three substances: wind/spirit/air, phlegm, and bile, each representing divine forces. According to Ayurveda, these three regulatory principles--Doshas (Devanāgarī: त्रिदॊश्)—vata (wind/spirit/air), pitta (bile) and kapha (phlegm)—are important. In Ayurveda, the human body perceives attributes of experiences as 20 Guna (Devanāgarī: गुन, meaning qualities). Surgery and surgical instruments are employed. It is believed that building a healthy metabolic system, attaining good digestion, and proper excretion leads to vitality. Ayurveda also focuses on exercise, yoga, meditation, and massage.Thus, body, mind, and spirit/consciousness need to be addressed both individually and in unison for health to ensue.
The concept of Panchakarma (Devanāgarī: पंचकर्म) is believed to eliminate toxic elements from the body. Eight disciplines of Ayurveda treatment, called Ashtanga (Devanāgarī: अष्टांग), are given below:
* Surgery (Shalya-chikitsa).
* Treatment of diseases above the clavicle (Salakyam).
* Internal medicine (Kaaya-chikitsa).
* Demonic possession (Bhuta vidya): Ayurveda believes in demonic intervention and—as a form of traditional medicine—identifies a number of ways to counter the supposed effect of these interferences. Bhuta vidya has been called psychiatry.
* Paediatrics (Kaumarabhrtyam).
* Toxicology (Agadatantram).
* Prevention and building immunity (rasayanam).
* Aphrodisiacs (Vajikaranam).
Traditional Indian ayurvedic spa in Goa, India:
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Panchakarma - Ayurvedic Complete Detoxification and Cleansing
Started by ☤Tris☤. Last reply by Peggy Owens Aug 19, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Panchakarma is Ayurveda's primary purification and detoxification treatment. The word Panchakarma contains two Sanskrit words 'Pancha', which means five, and 'Karma' which means action. Together it…Continue
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Comment by Bill Courson on November 30, 2012 at 8:06pm
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Ayurvedic Treatments Course
3 Day training
February 22, 23 & 24, 2013
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
INCREASE YOUR VALUE TO YOURSELF & YOUR CLIENTS!
Certification and 24 CEU hours (CEU Approved by Florida Board of Massage Therapy)
Tuition $455 (includes materials & certification).
Pay only $399 if registered by December 31, 2012
This in depth survey of Ayurvedic principles and their applications is a hands-on workshop course that will acquaint the student with the Ayurvedic conceptions of health, disease and healing with a detailed discussion of the 'tridosha theory', the history of Ayurveda and as its distinctive concepts of the Mind, Body and the Senses, and its concepts of Roopam (outer beauty) and Gunam (inner beauty). Specific therapies studied in which practical experience will be provided include Shirodhara (warmed oil therapy applied to brow), Nasya (nasal/sinus lavage), Swedana (sweat therapy), Abhyanga (medicated oil massage), Udvartana (herbal paste massage), Pindaswedana, (herbal poultice therapy) Netrabasti (therapeutic eye baths), and various topical Basti (warmed oil applied locally to specific body parts), Marma Point Therapy and medicated oils commonly used in Ayurveda.
The course instructor is Anay Abreu, Yoga Siromani, E-RYT, LMT, FS, AVSA (Associate of Vedic Studies in Ayurveda). She has also been practicing as a Licensed Massage Therapist and Licensed Skin Care Specialist for over 11 years, is a Thai Yoga Massage Practitioner, and has extensively studied Yoga Therapeutics. She is a graduate from Sai Ayurvedic College of Miami's degree program in Ayurveda and is a member of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association as well as the Yoga Alliance. Anay is also a certified yoga teacher of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in India where she earned the title Yoga Siromani ("jewel of the crown of yoga") and she has offered authentic teachings from the lineage of this tradition for groups and individuals with specific health challenges.
Ayurvedic Treatments Course
3 Day training
February 22, 23 & 24, 2013
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
INCREASE YOUR VALUE TO YOURSELF & YOUR CLIENTS!
Certification and 24 CEU hours (CEU Approved by Florida Board of Massage Therapy)
Tuition $455 (includes materials & certification).
Pay only $399 if registered by December 31, 2012
This in depth survey of Ayurvedic principles and their applications is a hands-on workshop course that will acquaint the student with the Ayurvedic conceptions of health, disease and healing with a detailed discussion of the 'tridosha theory', the history of Ayurveda and as its distinctive concepts of the Mind, Body and the Senses, and its concepts of Roopam (outer beauty) and Gunam (inner beauty). Specific therapies studied in which practical experience will be provided include Shirodhara (warmed oil therapy applied to brow), Nasya (nasal/sinus lavage), Swedana (sweat therapy), Abhyanga (medicated oil massage), Udvartana (herbal paste massage), Pindaswedana, (herbal poultice therapy) Netrabasti (therapeutic eye baths), and various topical Basti (warmed oil applied locally to specific body parts), Marma Point Therapy and medicated oils commonly used in Ayurveda.
The course instructor is Anay Abreu, Yoga Siromani, E-RYT, LMT, FS, AVSA (Associate of Vedic Studies in Ayurveda). She has also been practicing as a Licensed Massage Therapist and Licensed Skin Care Specialist for over 11 years, is a Thai Yoga Massage Practitioner, and has extensively studied Yoga Therapeutics. She is a graduate from Sai Ayurvedic College of Miami's degree program in Ayurveda and is a member of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association as well as the Yoga Alliance. Anay is also a certified yoga teacher of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in India where she earned the title Yoga Siromani ("jewel of the crown of yoga").
For further information or to register, please call 305-380-0652 or email us at ctello@saiayurvediccollege.com
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Comment by Deb on November 7, 2011 at 9:50am
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Peggy, I do not have enough knowledge in this to offer you any advice, but I would suggest you &/or your friend check out Deborah King at her http://www.deborahkingcenter.com/ She sounds very knowledgeable and I have heard her lecture about the doshas on Hay House Radio. She is a healer and an intuitive who works with the chakras and Ayurveda. Another source of help would be Dr. MonaLisa Schultz. She is an M.D., but also a medical intuitive, and well versed on a wide variety of therapies, including acupuncture and Chinese Traditional Medicine.
I do not any personal experience with these people, but I have listened to them for over a year, (among others), and if I needed such services, they would be who I'd contact. Just throwing them out here as a possible source of help.
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Comment by Peggy Owens on November 3, 2011 at 6:53pm
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I have a friend who is growing uterine polyps. This is a new phenomenon. She is in her 60s, and is post-menopausal. This sounds to me like a Kapha imbalance. Anyone have any comments, suggestions, whatever?
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Comment by Carol from Sweden on July 4, 2009 at 3:07pm
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