Ayurveda is a system of medicine that originated in India thousands of years ago. It’s main objective as a medical system is to bring the individual into balance of body, mind, and spirit. What is distinct and consistent about Ayurveda is that it maintains that every person is a unique individual with their own makeup of strengths and weaknesses likes and dislikes, aspirations and beliefs. Ayurvedic medicine differs from modern Allopathic medicine in that it does not treat diseases based on the research of statistics or commonalities. Instead, Ayurveda maintains that for every person, illness and disease will manifest differently, in ways that are particular to one’s body type, mental state, personal history, and belief systems. Thus, healing from disease and restoring health and balance will vary according to the individual.
Ayurveda has always believed that by paying attention to the intelligence and order of the Natural world, by observing the rhythms of nature and by attuning oneself to these balanced systems, one can achieve health and happiness. We can see harmony in our natural environment in the waxing and waning moon, the sun rising and setting, the seasons changing, the flowers blooming and wilting. In these ways, nature takes care of herself in ebb and flow. The tides of life wash in and out, and Ayurveda recognizes that every person fits into these particular rhythms in their own unique way.
Just as the Earth knows exactly how to rotate and the sun knows exactly how to create light and heat, so too our bodies and minds know exactly how to function and thrive when given the proper environment, foods, and activities. Ayurveda sees illness as a confusion of this innate intelligence of the body, and works to remove the cause of this confusion that has created the problem. In removing the causes of illness, we restore the conditions of health.
Copyright 2008 Candice May.
Ayurveda has always believed that by paying attention to the intelligence and order of the Natural world, by observing the rhythms of nature and by attuning oneself to these balanced systems, one can achieve health and happiness. We can see harmony in our natural environment in the waxing and waning moon, the sun rising and setting, the seasons changing, the flowers blooming and wilting. In these ways, nature takes care of herself in ebb and flow. The tides of life wash in and out, and Ayurveda recognizes that every person fits into these particular rhythms in their own unique way.
Just as the Earth knows exactly how to rotate and the sun knows exactly how to create light and heat, so too our bodies and minds know exactly how to function and thrive when given the proper environment, foods, and activities. Ayurveda sees illness as a confusion of this innate intelligence of the body, and works to remove the cause of this confusion that has created the problem. In removing the causes of illness, we restore the conditions of health.
Copyright 2008 Candice May.