Ayurveda is a sister science to yoga. Ayurveda teaches us to support ourselves in disease prevention. It teaches us to correct our nutrition and lifestyle by integrating natural foods, spices, herbs, detoxification therapies, yoga, sound, sleep routines, meditation, and nature therapy into our daily lives to restore balance and health.
It is preventive and holistic, and is based upon each individual’s specific needs in terms of the balance of their vital functional energies, called doshas, at any given moment in time. As yoga, Ayurveda is a complete way of life. Ayurveda improves not only your health, but also your wellbeing, behaviour and state of mind.
Ayurveda as yoga is a lifestyle. It was first mentioned in 4000 BCE. Ayurveda is a philosophy for living a balanced life – it works for any country, any geographical area, any person and race. It brings us back to nature and natural world. And it will never be out of date.
There is an old saying in Bosnia: it is better to prevent than to heal. Ayurveda is exactly that – prevention-oriented, it is free from harmful side-effects and treats the root cause of a disease rather than just the symptoms. Ayurveda views illness as caused by an imbalance in a person’s physical or mental constitution and therefore seeks to gently bring a person’s body and mind back into a healthy balance.
Although Ayurveda can be used to alleviate various conditions, it is founded on the principle of preventing disorders in the long term rather than waiting for problems to manifest themselves. Thus, it is the ideal way for healthy individuals to maintain good health and general wellbeing.
It is possible to live the Ayurvedic way and reap the benefits. Ayurveda is certainly not intended to replace modern medicine, but rather to give people the tools to treat their body according to its needs, leading to emotional and mental wellbeing and good health.
Ayurvedic Constitutions / Doshas
In Ayurveda, you need to understand your own body. The Doshas are biological energies in human body and mind that make us functionally alive. They govern all physical and mental processes and provide every being with an individual blueprint for health and fulfilment.
In Ayurveda, everything in the Universe, including you, is made up of five elements: fire, water, earth, air and space.
There are three main doshas, which govern all of our basic human functions.
Vata is formed of Air and Space. Governs all movement in the body, including musculo-skeletal, digestive, mental, cardiovascular, etc.
Pitta is formed of Fire and Water. Governs trans-formative processes such as digestion and metabolism.
Kapha is formed of Water and Earth. Governs strength, immunity, structure, lubrication throughout the body.
The secret of good health is to balance your specific Doshas.
To find out your dosha, subscribe to our newsletter and send us an email and we’ll send you a test with guidelines what to follow!
Yoga for Menopause
Back in March, I was supposed to do my workshop on nutritional balance and Ayurveda in menopause; this had to be cancelled because of the social distancing and lockdown being imposed. The workshop will come back this year, either online or live (we’ll await the government advice on this) and so watch this space. In the meantime follow our recipes for Ayurveda lifestyle, do the test and continue your yoga practice, meditation, nutrition, drink herbal teas suitable to your constitution and follow the sleep routines to balance your life and your Dosha.
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