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AYURVEDA is India's ancient science of life. It dates back to approximately 6,000 years but before the VEDAS or scriptures were written, the Knowledge was transmitted orally from Master to disciple, so it might well date back in fact to 10,000 years. ‘AYU’ means Life, ‘VEDA’ means knowledge received intuitively through meditation.

Ayurveda is meant to PREVENT disease & so primarily addresses healthy people who want to keep healthy. HEALTH for Ayurveda is the balance in the body & mind all together of:

The 5 cosmic Elements:

1. Ether or empty space.
   
2. Air or all types of movements behind the respiratory, digestive, circulatory, eliminatory systems.
   
3. Fire or body heat, red blood, eyesight, gastric juices...there are 13 "fires", the main one is "agni", the digestive juices in the stomach, bile, pancreas & small intestine.
   
4. Water or vital fluids like lymph & blood, synovia, semen.
   
5. Earth: hair, nail, muscle & bones.

The 3 major body types:

1. VATA/"air": AIR + Ether - Principle of CIRCULATION.
   
2. PITTA/"fire": FIRE + Water - METABOLISM.
   
3. KAPHA/"water": WATER + Earth - COHESION & LUBRICATION.

Each has its sites: Vata/central nervous systems & colon. Pitta/blood, small intestine, thyroid, liver, pancreas. Kapha/stomach, joints, lungs.

The 3 GUNAS or mental & spiritual types:

1. SATTVA: a clear & pure mind that "possesses the nature of truth or reality" (sat). Consciousness looks inside & serves God in daily life. It creates Enlightenment & Self-Realisation.
   
2. RAJAS: distraction in the mind that causes us to seek fulfillment in the pleasure of the senses. It creates disturbed thoughts, anger, power, ego. In excess it leads to Tamas.
   
3. TAMAS: ignorance, fear, dullness & lethargy, sloth & sleep, low mental focus. The mind is dominated by external forces.

SATTVA fosters health, RAJAS & TAMAS are the roots of
any disease process through aggravating factors of Vata, Pitta, Kapha.

The 7 "dhatus" or vital tissues:

1. Lymph
2. Blood
3. Muscle
4. Fat
5. Bone & marrow
6. Nerve
7. Reproductive (semen & ova).

AYURVEDA helps you promote SATTVA whatever your metabolic type through a highly-personalised program specifically tailored to your needs. It includes:

• Proper diet & herbs to increase or maintain "agni", the gastric fire & prevent the formation of "ama", toxins from improperly digested foods.
  
• Adequate lifestyle to keep away from aggravating your body & mental type, & prevent illness in the long run.
  
• Meditation according to your type, together with colour & sound.
  
• Yoga for your type, regular massage to keep the subtle channels in body, mind & consciousness alike clear to avoid any obstruction in the free flow of PRANA, the positive life force!

This is of the utmost importance as in Ayurveda there are 6 stages in the disease process. The 1st one, accumulation of Air/Vata, Fire/Pitta or Water (phlegm, mucus)/Kapha, can go by Unacknowledged.

For ayurveda, disease is the end product of a repeated lack of wisdom over years. The best drastic way to uproot a disease process is to do Panchakarma, the whole rejuvenation process.
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