Ayurveda - The Manual of Life 

Ayurveda is a natural healing method often referred to as the mother of all healing systems and is one of the most remarkable holistic medical systems in the world. It encompasses all aspects of health and well-being – physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. It shows us how to understand the language of nature, the language of life, so that we can live in harmony with the greater universe.

Ayurveda, the "science of life," is the traditional natural medicine of India, dating back over 5,000 years. It is a science or a way of understanding life, its forces, and its resources. However, Ayurveda is not a science artificially imposed on living beings. Its foundation is not solely in chemistry or a mechanistic and materialistic view of the human body. 

Ayurveda is based on deep communication with the spirit of life itself, on a profound understanding of the movement of vital force and its manifestations within our entire psychophysical system.

As such, Ayurveda presents a striking alternative to the biochemical model of modern medicine, whose limitations are becoming increasingly apparent over time. We are not just an accident or a design of chemistry but an expression of a living consciousness that is universal in nature—one that is inherently wise and possesses the power to balance and transform itself when its nature is understood. Reclaiming that connection with life as a whole is the true foundation of healing, not manipulating the life force with drugs, however useful they may be.

Ayurveda is based on the observation of living beings and their actual reactions to their environment, not merely on laboratory experiments that rarely address the living being. Ayurveda classifies all factors in our lives using an organic and energetic language that reflects the entire living biosphere around us. It shows how our individual constitution and disease tendencies reflect the forces of nature. It shows how food, herbs, emotions, climate, and lifestyles influence the dynamics of our own physiology and psychology, which can vary from person to person.

While Western medicine focuses on identifying external pathogens and controlling disease from the outside, Ayurveda concentrates on the living individual and controls disease by balancing the life force within the person. 

Our internal energy and immune system are crucial to our health, and we can no longer simply try to change our environment for health and happiness, as if manipulating the external will make us feel better on an internal level.

We must learn how to develop and enhance ourselves and our own internal resources, including not only how we eat and exercise but also how we breathe and think. But Ayurveda is not just a medical system in the conventional sense of treating disease. It is a way of living that teaches us how to maintain health and enhance both our energy and awareness.

It shows us how to live a life in harmony with peace of mind and full of vitality!