Ayurveda and Yoga

Ayurveda and Yoga are two sister wisdoms coming from the Indian continent; some claiming to be 5.000 years and more old.

Ayurveda is the knowledge of life, where Ayur menas life and veda means knowledge. It is the Traditional Indian Medicine, which looks at life in a holistic way, taking into account not only the physical aspect of our being but also the emotional, mental and spiritual one. When diagnosing the Ayurvedic practitioner takes into account the constitution of our physical and mental body (Prakruti), which is our true nature we were born with, and looks for imbalances (Vikruti) that took place because of wrong food, activities, mental patterns and environment we live in. Health is reached when we are in our constitution we were born with. Each of us has a unique constitution so the procedures and cures are always done on case by case. Mostly they include a specific diet regiment, taking herbs and natural preparations, using internal body cleaning techniques, massages and also Yoga.

  

Yoga as seen in the West is mostly associated with stretching and making poses (Asana), performing breathing techniques (Pranayama), sometimes just sitting and observing the inner world or relaxing. Nowadays lots of different Yoga styles have emerged, but actually all Yoga styles that work with the body are Hatha Yoga. Yoga paths are more and they are known as: Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga, Jnana Yoga, to name a few. This kind of yogis and yoginis are those people around the world who act from selfless impulse, are devoted, are aware of their mind and meditate or acquire knowledge from Holy scriptures.  The goal of all different paths is to reach the state where our Ego no longer exists, the state of Samadhi, Bliss, Self-realisation, or any other name used in different traditions to express the purest state of our being.

Being in the state where total acceptance exists,

NOT wanting and DOING anything,

NOT CHASING LIFE,

but just accepting and understanding the gifts LIFE IS BRINGING to us,

embracing everything with LOVE, with completely OPEN HEART.



There are many paths, the peak is One.