What is Ayurveda?
Ayurveda is an ancient holistic system of health & lifestyle, originated in India more than 5000 years ago. This science of living, as Ayurveda translates from Sanskrit (ayu means life and veda stands for knowledge) is still vastly used all around India and is also becoming more and more popular in western world. It is based on two principles. First and the main task is to maintain the health of a healthy person. Only after this comes the knowledge and techniques about curing the diseases when needed. It is very important to remember this sequence. Why? Because Ayurveda emphasizes the prevention of sickness as the most important aspect. If all the actions are done to avoid illness, there is no need to worry about how to cure it. Even after five millennia Ayurveda hasn’t lost its influence among all the theories and practices about staying healthy. It is a rare phenomenon that something does not lose its relevance for such a long time, so trust the miraculous power and efficiency of Ayurveda and give yourself the opportunity to explore the techniques that will allow you to always be healthy.
There are 8 well developed clinical branches of ayurveda. It’s a group of types of Ayurvedic therapies where each of them is responsible for different categories, starting from persons overall health to more specific categories such as, for example, surgery or pediatrics. In this course we are focusing on exploring the first branch of Ayurveda – kaya chikitsa which is focused on maintaining good overall health.
Relation between yoga & ayurveda
Many people think that yoga & ayurveda are two different subjects. But actually this knowledge works together. Yoga helps us to maintain our health with the help of asana, pranayama and meditation while ayurveda does it with the help of proper food habits and lifestyle.
What will you cover in the Ayurveda Course?
- What is Ayurveda?
- How to apply Ayurveda in daily life
- Branches of Ayurveda
- Health Definition according to ayurveda
- Tridoshas
- Vata
- Pitta
- Kapha
- Qualities of tridoshas
- Tridoshas effect on our daily life & body
- Types of fire
- Body Types (Prakriti) according to Ayurveda
- Body tissues and waste products
- 6 type of taste food
- Effects of tridoshas on food
- Dinacharya (Ayurvedic daily routine)
- Ratricharya (Ayurvedic night routine)
- Ritucharya (Ayurvedic seasonal routine)
- Food habits & principals
- Right amount of food
- Ahara vidhi (regimen of diet)
- Food type in different season
- Wrong eating habit in present era
- Eighteen types of Viruddha (opposites) food principles
- Sattvic food (Yogic food)
- Rajsic food
- Tamsic food