About Ayurveda

It is widely understood that there are four Vedas: the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sama Veda, and the Atharva Veda.

Many believe that Ayurveda comes mainly from the Rig Veda which is considered to be the oldest known human compilation of wisdom, dating back to roughly 3000 BCE.

Maharshi Charaka is known as the “Father of Ayurveda.” He lived between 150AD and 100BC. His world-renowned contribution to Indian medicine and Ayurveda is called the Charaka Samhita, a collection of wisdom that teaches the use of foundational logic in order to diagnose and treat patients through valid observation and reasoning as well as the numerous healing properties and uses for over 2000 herbs.

When we talk about getting back to our roots to cultivate the circumstances for a more natural approach to healing, Ayurveda is at the forefront of the conversation. The focus and foundation of this timeless way of life is Earth-wisdom, making it one of the most versatile and accessible pathways back to the Self.

It is a core belief in Ayurveda that all health and healing begins when one can truly be in their body.

This is not always easy, as our focus can be (and often is) pulled to the perimeter, resulting in a mind/body disconnect that severs our awareness of how we feel. It is this lack of feeling-into, or at times, a lack of language to describe what is being felt, that leads one to make decisions that do not support them. This separation from Intuition and Deep Knowing is what Ayurveda aims to address. The ultimate goal is Svastha, embodiment. It is from this place of Svastha that we can begin to apply Ayurvedic teachings intuitively, download the insights of our own Deep Knowing, and rekindle the reciprocity that is the true nature of all human beings spiritually connected to the Earth.

Ayurveda is a system of medicine and preventative care that has been in practice for at least five-thousand years. Ayurveda—which translates as “life knowledge” or “life science”—was originally shared as an oral tradition, but the ancient Indian texts from which our current understanding of Ayurveda today is derived are referred to as the Vedas.

Ayurveda is a simple Earth-based science that takes away the guesswork and enables those who understand its teachings to implement solutions for health and wellbeing by using foundational logic.

One who practices Ayurveda lives with the understanding that humans are of the Earth and therefore are subject to the same laws as Nature; the integral pillar of Ayurveda is, “Like increases like, opposites balance.” It is this simplicity of breaking wellbeing and illness down to their core functionalities that enables one to truly understand their body and their mind, lending itself to more thorough and rational problem-solving to achieve homeostasis.

Ayurvedic practices include breath-work (pranayama), yoga, eating a variety of healing herbs and spices, meditation, marma therapy, and much more. Ultimately, each person will have their own unique Ayurvedic lifestyle, as no two people are identical in their human experience. Ayurveda is about understanding the ancient wisdom and being able to determine how it will be used to foster the health and well-being of each individual.

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