Ayurveda: The Art of Stress Management
“Ayurveda” literally translated means the “knowledge of life.” It is the traditional healthcare system of India. Ayurveda is based on the idea that a life and lifestyle of harmony is the basis for optimum health. It can be said that where there is harmony there is health and where there is disharmony there is disease. Ayurveda is the science of creating harmony between a person and their environment.
Preventive Medicine, Stress and Ayurveda
Early detection of disease, reducing the effects of stress, and purifying our bodies are important steps on our journey toward keeping ourselves healthy.
Modern Woes, Ancient Wisdom Balanced Ojas and the Prevention of Diseases Caused by Chronic Stress and Lifestyle By: Katharine Tabb
It is common knowledge that modern life and modern medicine affords people opportunities like never before. People are living longer, and many diseases that were once untreatable are now curable or manageable long term.
Stress Management through Shirodhara
In yogic sciences there are a number of procedures explained for relaxation of body and mind. By these procedures like meditation and relaxation the mind comes down to a tranquil state, it reduces stress, helps in normal and better function of mind.
Ayurvedic Approach to Stress by Jeff Mortlock
What is stress, and what does it mean to us as people or more specifically what does it mean to the ayurvedic practitioner? It’s one of those words that are much overused, or so casually, or so incorrectly that we actually lose the real meaning of the word and its significance. Stress is also commonly called anxiety, tension, etc.
Cultivation of Sattva Guna Through Ayurveda and Yoga
The word stress has been used in physics for hundreds of years; however seven decades ago it was redefined by Hans Selye, a brilliant Canadian stress researcher, as “the non-specific response of the body to a demand for change.”
Aging and Health: An Ayurvedic Perspective
The goal of modern medicine is to delay that journey and to improve the quality of life while we are here. It is to this end that Ayurveda offers humanity the greatest hope of achieving both of these goals.