Ayurveda is imbibed and integrated in Indian life and most of us do not know it as ‘Ayurveda’ but as just the way life is supposed to be lead. Earlier and in some parts of India even now, Vaidyas were
How much water should you drink should be decided on the basis of your body constitution, health status and season. Have you ever given a thought to your daily intake of water? How much of it is good? How much
An administrator, a painter, a poet and a critic were crossing the desert. One night, to kill the time, they decided to describe the camel that was accompanying them. The administrator went into the tent; in ten minutes he wrote
From an Ayurvedic perspective, emotional ill-health is caused by lack of coordination between an individual’s senses, emotions and thoughts. In the Ayurvedic view, the heart and mind are intimately connected. When that connection gets weakened, problems arise. And heart, is
Keeping stress away may not be possible all the time, but one can always mitigate it. The ideal therapy is Yoga Meditation, a systematic process in which you work with the more external aspects of your being, and then move
Ayurved Sutra | Monsoon Edition | Vol. 1 | Issue 3 | On the Cover : The Medicine Buddha
Have you ever found yourself glued to television commercials that promise miracle fat fighting for 40 plus persons, P90X abs or creams that make you look better at 48 than you did at 28, and wondered, “Should I buy it?”
Elephant, beyond the fact that their size and conformation are aesthetically more suited to the treading of this earth than our angular informality, have an average intelligence comparable to our own. Of course they are less agile and physically less
The master of Kennin temple was Mokurai, Silent thunder. He had a little protege named Toyo who was only twelve years old. Toyo saw the older disciples visit the master’s room each morning and evening to receive instruction in sanzen
Choose a time that works for you : The time you choose should be comfortable for you, and should fit in with your daily schedule and the schedule of others. Ideally, the better times for meditation are early morning or
