Introduction to Ayurveda

'Ayur' means 'Life', and 'Veda' means 'Knowledge'. 

Ayurveda is the oldest and most comprehensive healing procedure of the planet. Mother to most of world’s healing traditions, the theory and practice of Ayurveda symbolises the natural health healing. Now as the world moves toward a single system of holistic planetary medicine it finds itself returning to the source and re-entering the vast ancient realm of Ayurveda. 

Ayurveda is the ancient system of Medicine from the Himalayan Mountains. Ayurveda identifies three basic types of energy or functional principles that are present in everyone and everything. Since there are no single words in English that convey these concepts, we use the original Sanskrit words vata, pitta and kapha. These principles can be related to the basic biology of the body. 

The healing of Ayurveda starts at the essence of Being, from Pure Still Consciousness, and works its way down through the subtle bodies of bliss, intelligence and mind and energy to the physical body and finally to the symptoms appearing on the physical and mental plane. So many subtle energies are woven through these subtle and gross bodies, and they are known by Ayurveda and so their actions and reactions are predictable. Ayurveda, is about a whole lifestyle of health and well-being, purity and joyfulness for the ultimate purpose of realizing one's own nature.The focus of Ayurveda is on absolute perfect Health. 

Ayurveda places great emphasis on prevention and encourages the maintenance of health through close attention to balance in one’s life, right thinking, diet, lifestyle and the use of herbs. Knowledge of Ayurveda enables one to understand how to create this balance of body, mind and consciousness according to one’s own individual constitution and how to make lifestyle changes to bring about and maintain this balance. 

The Primary Principles of Ayurveda is to lead one to acheive the goals of life like Moksha , Prajna Paradha ,Shanth and such.

Living according to the principles of Ayurveda promotes that health which leads to the four goals of life, which includes moksha, Enlightenment! Living non-Ayurvedically is called Prajna Paradha, literally meaning "crimes against wisdom," which is the cause of so much individual, familial, social and planetary suffering. Ayurveda encompasses all of them and uses their techniques in proper harmony in order to balance the various facets of the Life Force. In this balance one's being is inclined to be free from all distractions so Self can focus on That blissful Self, so that everybody can attain their innate full potential.