AYURVEDA YOGA AND TANTRA

Bollywood has always been the flagship of India in rest of the world; in the recent times Yoga was in the limelight. Flying on the wings of yoga came Ayurveda. Now these Sanskrit words have become synonymous with Indian ‘soft powers.’

People wanted to venture into new avenues of hidden knowledge; they started probing deeper into Yoga and Ayurveda. Twenty years ago, westerners flocked India and Sri Lanka to experience ayurveda for the first time. Most of them thought it was another type of massage akin to Thai or Swedish massage. Some of them navigated deeper and realized that massage is just the tip of the iceberg. This is why cleansing or detoxification methods like panchakarma became so popular today. Increase in consumption of ghee and/or coconut/oil in the western countries is a direct index of these changes.

So is yoga; many branches have emerged, apart from the most popular Hatha yoga practices (conquering mind by stabilizing body), Kundalini-Chakra yoga is also getting popular. Going a step further few are trying to unlock the mystery of Tantra-Yoga; because of its seemingly unlimited  and unlicensed use of senses in attaining super consciousness; like ‘Sex to Superconscious.’ 

Classical yoga consider sensual subjects and irrational use of sense organs are obstructions in attaining the final goal of yoga; self-realization.

Kundalini and Tantra-Yoga use these senses to realize the unlimited bliss (Ananda) which is the core of our self in yogic parlance.

Ananda is a blissful state of pleasure by which one experience a well-being of unlimited nature; one can experience a state of positive hallucination without the use of narcotic. Likewise, one feels the same sense of inebriated condition without the consumption of alcohol thereby reducing the risks of hangovers and liver damage.

Kundalini yoga uses these techniques

1.     Visual ignition of our inner sense by using different colors        nd geometric symbols (Yantras) .

2.     Hearing some syllables of sound in clear pattern; starting with a semi-vowel and ending in a nasal sound. (Like Om or Aum, Lam, Vam etc. We call it beeja mantras  (seed mantras)

3.     Later reciting these mantras by himself/herself

4.     Using smells like incenses or smoking spices (In spirituality it is believed that they keep away the evil spirits.

5.     Massages done on vital points or marmas and chakras (mega-marmas are called Chakras)

6.     In Tantra courtship between two lovers who are in perfect reciprocity at all levels of courtship; can be platonic love and/or sexual intercourse.

 

 

AYURVEDA CONSULTATION

 

AYURVEDIC CONSULTATION

One of the basic principles of ayurveda treatment is ‘removal of causative factor’ (Nidana Parivarjana), to understand this in a patient ayurvedic doctor needs a detail history of patient’s illness. More so because mostly patients with chronic (long duration) illnesses seek ayurveda doctor’s help.

So don’t be surprised if an ayurvedic doctor asks your present complaints, followed by history of current illness.

Furthermore, doctor will ask for any past illness which might appear irrelevant in some context, this is to rule out possible connection with your current illness.

In the case of a woman a gynecological history may also be asked; like menarche, pregnancy and delivery (like C-section) and about menopausal details if situation warranted

 

In diseases like diabetes, hypertension, vascular diseases, cancer family history is also relevant.

In stress related and psychosomatic illnesses a social history and personal history are also important which might include questions regarding addictions, family relationships, social relations, job situations and allergies.

Questions will be asked for hospitalizations if any; furthermore, if the patient is on any modern/traditional medicines, that also will be noted down.

Ayurvedic doctors also use lab reports and fluorographic reports to understand health condition better and to rule out some diseases; and to reach a differential diagnosis

Apart from these universally accepted methods, ayurveda has some unique way of diagnosis which include determination of ‘prakruti (nature) and vikriti.’(pathology)

According to Ayurvedic physiology there are there (mainly) natural conditions of people called doshas. Doshas are type of people which is inborn and does not change till we die. It is called ‘prakriti’ in Sankrit which can be translated as ‘nature’ (nature of a person), they are named as Vata, Pitta and Kapha.

 

Second part is vikruti or pathology; this can be a temporary problem or a lifelong issue in cases like diabetes

To understand Prakriti (type) the doctor looks these features of patient; subjective and objective data.

1.      Body type

2.      Musculature

3.      Joint condition and health

4.      Weight

5.      Eyes

6.      Skin/ Hair/nails

7.      Endurance to pain, illness

8.      Movement or body language

9.      Gait/walking mode

10.   Way of speech delivery

11.   Manners (sitting-nailbiter-restless)

12.   Sleep condition/duration

13.   Preferred climate or endurance to heat and cold or changes in weather

14.   Condition of stools (soft-hard-watery)

15.   Self esteem

16.   Likeness for fine arts-music-dance-makeup

17.   Mental abilities (decision making-study-creative skills-logical thinking)

18.   Memory

19.   Attention (attention deficient)

20.   Empathetic-sympathetic-don’t care

21.   Patient in others view

22.   Relationships with others

 

 To assess Vikriti (pathology) Ayurveda uses some other techniques too

It is called eight-point diagnosis tool

1.      Pulse reading (nadi)

2.      Urine

3.      Feaces

4.      Tongue

5.      Voice

6.      Skin texture

7.      Eyes

8.      Body type (skinny-medium-obese)

 

Health Condition according yoga (only in patients with prior knowledge of yoga)

1.      Physical Body

2.      Pranic body

3.      Mental body

4.      Intellectual body

5.      Spiritual body

 

 

Both prakriti and vikriti (pathology) are important in reaching final diagnosis

 

PLAN

1.      Intake of medicines-(mostly in acute/new diseases)

2.      Procedures at our clinic

3.      Panchakarma or detoxification procedures- Are advised both in illness (chronic illnesses) and those who are healthy who wishes to do rasayana therapy

4.      Clinical Yoga therapy

5.      Diet chart based on prakruti (type) and vikruti (pathology). During intake of certain medicines there will be restriction on certain foods and activities.

 

 

DISEASES WE TREATMENT

1.      Arthritis

2.      Backpain

3.      Diabetes

4.      Chronic Respiratory Problems

5.      Hypertension and stress related insomnia

6.      Skin diseases-Allergies

7.      Urinary tract infections and Calculi

8.      Anorectal diseases

9.      Rasayana (Immunity boosting)

10.   Infertility

11.   Gynecological issues, PCOD, irregular menstruation, scanty menstruation

12.   Methods to improve libido