Ayurveda is the traditional Indian medical approach to well-being and illness and has a completely different way of viewing health, to the west. The approach includes practices familiar to westerner such as yoga.
Ayurveda also includes looking at lifestyle and diet in a particular way, the use of herbs and most interesting to you as a massage practitioner, the very special therapies for detoxification of the human body.
Ayurveda considers carefully, a persons constitution how they are, who they are. People seem to fit into three general categories, Vata, Kapha and Pitta and depending on the constitution, therapies and approaches are decided to attain a healthy and happy life. Ayurveda believes that pains and aches are caused by obstruction of the flow of vayu (wind) and accumulation of toxins due to irregular food and lifestyle. Regular ayurvedic massage relaxes the muscles, increases appetite and generally makes life more joyful- thus ayurvedic massage works on body mind and spirit.
In other words ayurveda is an age-old healthcare art science and is thought to have originated from Lord Brahma, the Hindu god and in practice in the Indian content subcontinent for more than five thousand years. This ancient healing system teaches us to understand our body; our particular nature; and our individual mixture of elements at a deep physical, mental and emotional level.
Today ayurveda as with other forms of proven traditional complementary medicine, is gaining a fast and strong foothold in our lives where it has proven to effectively strike a fine balance between one's physical health and spiritual well-being.
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