Ayurveda, one of the most ancient healing arts in the world.
Jun 10, 2008 in Ayurvedic healing
Ayurveda is the most ancient medical and health wisdom known to humankind. It has been handed down to us generation by generation through oral tradition and was later recorded in ancient texts, known as the Vedas. Ayurveda is considered by many scholars to be the oldest healing science. It stems from the ancient Vedic culture and was taught for many thousands of years in an oral tradition from accomplished masters to their disciples. Ayurveda’s mythological origins, though, are attributed to the Indo-European Nasatya or Aswins, twin physicians of the gods of the ancient Indo-European pantheon. Four thousand year old references to the Nasatya are found in the now extinct, Hurrian and Hittite languages in Turkey, and in the Sanskrit language in India.
Ayurveda is based on the ancient Wisdom of good living and has roots deep in the history that gave birth to Buddhism in Sri Lanka . The means of healing available in nature are combined with secrets passed down from generation to generation to revitalize the essence of the body’s potential. Ayurveda literally translates to “the science of life” that originated in India more than 5,000 years ago. In ayurveda, health is defined as an active state of wellness–a state in which you truly live, not merely exist.It treats mind, body and spirit as one, and strives to balance the essential elements that exist in all of us to attain our natural state of pure health.
Ayurveda empowers you to take control of your own life and health, with the aim of preventing illness, as opposed to only treating disease once it has arisen. For example, if you have a headache, you will not only be recommended a treatment, but also asked to look at the imbalance in your lifestyle, your environment, diet and mind that has given rise to the pain.
Ayurveda aims to integrate and balance the body, mind, and spirit (thus, some view it as “holistic”). This balance is believed to lead to contentment and health, and to help prevent illness. Ayurveda views the balance of doshas as health and their imbalance as disease. If you choose the right tour operator they can take you to some of the best Ayurvedic health spa’s in India.