Ayurveda classifies human psychological aspects into three basic types: Sattvic, Rajasic, and Tamasic. These three types differ in moral disposition, their reaction to social, cultural and physical conditions, and by their point of view over life. There is a constant...
Channels of Elimination The three channels are: Feces Urine Sweat Importance of the channels of elimination for health The regular and routine discharge of the body’s byproducts is elementary for maintaining balance and health. Quantity, quality and timing of...
Srotas The human body seems to the naked eye as a solid mass, but it is really a bundle of millions of channels, tubes and passages, enabling the flow of life to take place. Every single cell has ducts that enable the entrance of oxygen and sodium ions, and the exit...
In Ayurveda, the routine and habitual suppression of natural urges is regarded as a major cause for illness. Vata Dosha is responsible for the formation and execution of the natural urges; therefor suppression will cause aggravated Vata. The natural urges serve...
In traditional medicine, the source of phlegm formation is undigested food. Therefore, if for any reason the process of digestion was not completely successful, the remains of the undigested food will manifest as phlegm. Phlegm has typical qualities, it is sticky,...
Ojas (natural immunity) & Bala (strength) Ojas is the essence responsible for vitality and immunity. It maintains the natural resistance of the bodily tissues, fights against aging, wasting and disease. Ojas is the source of vitality and immunity, but power is...
The three dosha, Vata, Pitta and Kapha, are the fundamental terms used in Ayurveda to describe and categorize people’s constitution. Furthermore, the Doshas describe the qualities of any phenomena, such as food items, symptoms and more. In essence, the Doshas...
The physical, psychic, and cosmic language of the body resonates from the cyclic rhythm of the universe set in motion some billions of years ago, when the five great elements were born. Space, Air, Fire, Water and Earth, the root substances of life, compose all...
Disturbing the balance – how does this happen? While constitution is stable throughout life, our disharmonies change. Each of the universal attributes of our constitution, described by the 3 Dosha model or the principles of Yin & Yang, have the natural tendency to...
