Our Story
Our Story
Who We Are
This Institute was born by the love of spreading the awareness of Ayurveda Worldwide. The request coming from patients who has been treated at The Ayurvedic Clinic. They pushed us to start this teaching. In 2004 we started with a handful of students, and it’s Grown to massive hub of more than 100 students per year. We are grateful people who studied this great science and spreading this all over the world as practitioners. We will continue to grow and provide a better service to people who want to know the wisdom of Ayurveda. This all is not possible without the Ayurvedic Clinic which fed to the growth of the Institute. Ayurveda Institute and The Ayurvedic Clinic Standing for more than 2 decades providing Ayurvedic education and as an Ayurvedic Teaching Hospital hand in hand. We can proudly say that all our practitioners practising all over the world and we have provided an Association for their Alumni to register with us and join this ever-growing community of Ayurveda.
We hope you be a participant of this organisation to spread the awareness of Ayurveda and learn the art of healing.
What is Ayurveda
Ayurveda is the ancient and timeless, science of life. It has been experientially proven over many centuries to help us achieve an optimum state of health and well being and is thus one of the most enduring, sophisticated and powerful systems of healing.
Fundamentally, everyone can benefit from the health and well-being that Ayurveda promotes. Ultimately, the wisdom of Ayurveda is a vehicle towards greater awareness and the elevation of our consciousness.
The origin of Ayurveda
More than a system for the treatment of illness, Ayurveda is the science or knowledge of life (the word derives from two Sanskrit roots “Ayu” which means life and “Veda” which means knowledge or science). It is a holistic system of medicine which originated in India thousands of years ago.
Long before modern medicine began to recognize the mind-body-spirit connection, Ayurveda was the transmission of this cosmic understanding to ancient sages in India. It was eventually committed to writing around 5,000 years ago, in the form of Sanskrit verse or sloka in what are now known as the classical texts of Ayurveda. The oldest written codification of Ayurvedic principles begins with the Rig Veda followed by the major treatises including the texts of Charaka, Sushruta and Vaghbhat. There are numerous other works which include disciplines such as general medicine, pediatrics, surgery, toxicology, fertility and rejuvenation. Through the disciplines and through time, the universal principles of Ayurveda endure.
What is Ayurveda
Ayurveda is the ancient and timeless, science of life. It has been experientially proven over many centuries to help us achieve an optimum state of health and well being and is thus one of the most enduring, sophisticated and powerful systems of healing.
Fundamentally, everyone can benefit from the health and well-being that Ayurveda promotes. Ultimately, the wisdom of Ayurveda is a vehicle towards greater awareness and the elevation of our consciousness.
The origin of Ayurveda
More than a system for the treatment of illness, Ayurveda is the science or knowledge of life (the word derives from two Sanskrit roots “Ayu” which means life and “Veda” which means knowledge or science). It is a holistic system of medicine which originated in India thousands of years ago.
Long before modern medicine began to recognize the mind-body-spirit connection, Ayurveda was the transmission of this cosmic understanding to ancient sages in India. It was eventually committed to writing around 5,000 years ago, in the form of Sanskrit verse or sloka in what are now known as the classical texts of Ayurveda. The oldest written codification of Ayurvedic principles begins with the Rig Veda followed by the major treatises including the texts of Charaka, Sushruta and Vaghbhat. There are numerous other works which include disciplines such as general medicine, pediatrics, surgery, toxicology, fertility and rejuvenation. Through the disciplines and through time, the universal principles of Ayurveda endure.
The Fundamental Principles
The principles of Ayurveda are universally applicable. According to the fundamentals of Ayurveda, people are a combination of the three doshas. The three doshas are made up of the five elements – earth, fire, water, air and ether – of which all matter is composite. The three doshas are Vata, Pitta and Kapha. Each dosha has specific qualities and it is a combination of these three qualities of vata, pitta and kapha and the proportion of each, which determine the unique characteristics of each individual. As unique as our genetic code or DNA.
When the three dosha are in their natural proportions there is balance. To heal is to restore something to its natural state of balance. Ayurveda recognizes the competing and complementary nature of the elements in all things. It is the science of identifying an imbalance and using the appropriate opposite elements to counteract and restore balance to the body, mind and soul. Plants, animals and minerals are made up of the five elements and have their own dosha and are thus used to correct the imbalance. The environment, climate and all external stimuli can either contribute to, or restore imbalance.
The Tridosha Concept
Whilst the dosha’s are composed of all five mahabhutas (elements), one or the other of the mahabhutas is predominant.
Vata
Akasa (Ether) + Vayu (Air)
Pitta
Tejas (Fire) + Jala (Water)
Kapha
Prithvi (Earth) + Jala (Water)
These three elements; vata-pitta-kapha govern all the biological, psychological and physio-pathological functions of the body, mind and consciousness. They act as basic constituents and protective barriers for the body and when out of balance they contribute to the disease processes.
The tridosha are responsible for the arising of natural urges and for individual preferences in foods: their flavours, temperatures and so on. They govern the creation, maintenance and destruction of bodily tissue, and the elimination of waste products from the body.
The tridosha are also responsible for psychological phenomena, including such emotions as fear, anger and greed: and for the highest order of human emotions such as understanding, compassion and love. Thus, the tridosha are the foundation of psychosomatic existence of man.
The basic constitution
The basic constitution of each individual is determined at conception. At the moment of this union, the permutations and combinations of bodily air, fire and water that manifests in the parent’s bodies determine the constitution of the individual.
In general, there are seven types of constitutions:
Vata
Pitta
Kapha
Vata – Pitta
Pitta – Kapha
Vata – Kapha
Vata – Pitta – Kapha
Throughout life, there is a ceaseless interaction between the internal and external environment. A basic principle of healing in Ayurveda holds that one may create balance in the internal forces working in the individual. By altering diet and living habits we can counteract changes in the external environment.
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