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WHY AYURVEDA?

Ayurveda is the ancient healing system of India and has been practiced continuously for over 5,000 years. Literally meaning “the science of life and longevity”, Ayurveda teaches us a holistic approach to our entire being. Our body, mind, and spirit are intimately intertwined, with each other, and with our environment.

Ayurveda emphasizes the prevention of illness and the creation of health by promoting and restoring balance. Each of us is born with a unique constitution. Then, due to disturbances in both our internal and external environment, we undergo changes from our inborn nature.

Ayurveda names seven basic tissues (dhatu), which are plasma (rasa), blood (rakta), muscles (mamsa), fat (meda), bone (asthi), marrow (majja), and semen (shukra). Like the medicine of classical antiquity, Ayurveda has historically divided bodily substances into five classical elements (Sanskrit [maha]panchabhuta, viz. earth, water, fire, air and ether.There are also twenty gunas (qualities or characteristics) which are considered to be inherent in all substances. These are organized in ten pairs of antonyms: heavy or light, cold or hot, unctuous or dry, dull or sharp, stable or mobile, soft or hard, non-slimy or slimy, smooth or coarse, minute or gross, and viscous or liquid.