November 2011
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Ayurveda Diet: Getting started
#2 Take it slow: Try to make some time in your daily routine for your meals (not only eating but some time afterwards as well) where you can unwind, enjoy and focus on your food without disruption. A bit silence or relaxing music can’t hurt or a few rays of sunshine and fresh air if you’re trapped in an office all day.
I know this might look hard; of course you’d wish to have...
Ayurveda Diet: Getting started
#1 General clean up: Have a closer look at your ingredients and try getting less artificial colors, preservatives, chemicals. See if you can replace a few of the frozen, fried or microwaved ingredients with a freshly cooked alternative. How about baked potatoes instead of chips tonight?
Ayurveda Diet: Getting started
A word upfront:
Ayurveda recommends doing all changes slowly and never put yourself under pressure. Pay attention to your body and let it guide you. Begin with the things that seem easiest and most natural to you and observe the subtle effects this will have. Every single move will naturally take you to the next as your body adjusts and you are getting a lot more used to paying attention to its...
Getting started with Ayurvedic Diet
Hey there, over the next days I’ll be posting a series how to get started with an Ayurvedic Diet in 6 easy steps.
Ayurveda teaches us that an inappropriate diet can possibly be the cause of many common ailments.Modifying your diet to suit your person and help your digestion will help your general well-being hugely including the potential to cope better with whatever hurdles your everyday...
“Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.”
– Hippocrates
“Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become...”
– Upanishads
About Gunas in Ayurveda
Ayurveda recognizes and names more qualities in food than we Westerners usually do. One of the most important and conveniently easiest to grasp principles is that of the Gunas.
According to Ayurveda there are three states of mind: Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. We need a sattvic state of mind to envision and start things, it is those moments when we’re full of energy and enthusiasm and feel as if...
“The purpose of spiritual practice is to effect a transformation in our...”
– Dalai Lama
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The story of Jivaka Komarabhacca
Jivaka Komarabhacca was a personal ayurvedic physician to the Buddha in the 6th century. His life began very humbly indeed, on a heap of rubbish where a prostitute had left him. Only by chance was he discovered still alive (“jiva”) by a prince who named him Jivaka and raised him like a son.
Later Jivaka studied medicine in Taksasila and as part of the final examinations the students...
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10 things to know about Ayurveda
#10: Ayurveda is NOT some new age product
… but a science that has been proven and refined over thousands of years and is a true alternative (or supplement) to standard western medicine. being a holistic approach it contains elements that might seem to be connected to new age, but as a whole Ayurveda is still a science and nothing less.
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10 things to know about Ayurveda
#9: Ayurveda considers everything as either medicine or toxin
Ayurveda considers literally everything natural utilizable as medicine instead of wholly relying on artificial products from the pharmaceutical industry. If anything acts as medicine or toxin is according to Ayurveda indeed only dependent on the amounts taken.
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10 things to know about Ayurveda
#8: In Ayurveda a healthy diet is the main resource for good health
As mentioned before, Ayurveda is about illness prevention and its most important means is a healthy diet. This is not a strict dietary regime but rather about principles for balanced and individually beneficial foods - what is perfectly good for one person might be less healthy for the next and so it’s important to know...
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10 things to know about Ayurveda
#7: Ayurveda is concerned with physical as well as mental health
Almost all diseases emerge from a combination of several circumstances rather than having only one clear cause. Many “modern” typical Western diseases like headache, migraine and burnout are triggered by mainly mental causes like constant stress and fatigue in the simplest of cases. Often this is promoted by a ...
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10 things to know about Ayurveda
#6: Ayurveda is called “The Mother Of Healing”
Although Ayurveda is not very well known in the Western world today, it has influenced all major healing systems in the world. And it gets increasingly popular because it speaks of those keystone concepts of contact with nature, holism and that we are what we eat. Ayurveda forms an essential part of the lifestyle of hundreds of ...
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10 things to know about Ayurveda
#5: Ayurveda is not bound to religious beliefs
Although Ayurveda has its origin in India and is there closely connected to Hinduism you don’t have to believe in any special gods or rituals for Ayurveda to work for you. It’s a medicine system and even though it’s holistic and aims to care for your mental and spiritual health as well as your bodily health that doesn’t...
