Ayurveda is the oldest form of medicine on the planet, it is the most holistic and comprehensive medical system available.

Ayurveda uses the inherent principles of nature to help maintain a person’s health by keeping the individual’s body, mind, and spirit in perfect balance with nature. Ayurveda offers recommendations for our lifestyle that help us to stay healthy, and therapies for purification and detoxification that bring us back into balance when we are not feeling our best.

Ayurveda delves deep into defining the root cause of a disease and prescribes the therapeutic use of various herbal medicines and holistic treatments for enhancing the capabilities and vigor of your body’s detoxification system, while at the same time strengthening the body and your overall well-being.

Ayurveda is an ancient India science of life that explains that human beings, like the universe, are made up of each of the five elements (air, space, fire, water and earth) and the Soul.

Therefore, our bodies are a microcosm of the universe itself; these elements are expressed in our bodies as:

*Air is inhaled during breathing, it pumps the blood through our system to keep us alive.

*Space is in the hollow cavities of the body, and we require space to move around.

*Fire is a part of our digestive system that helps to break down the food we eat and burn calories to give us energy.

*Water comprises about two-thirds of our body, and we need water to survive.

*Earth is in our bones and the vital minerals that keep us healthy.

These elements, in their biological form are known as doshas: Vata, Pitta and Kapha. Vata is made up of a combination of Air and Space. Pitta is a combination of Fire and Water. Kapha is made up of a combination of Earth and Water.

Every activity and function of our mind and body is dependent upon the balanced or unbalanced state of our doshas. Because we all have all of the elements in our bodies, we have each of the doshas as well. Every one of us is born with a unique, individual balance of these doshas, no two of us are alike!

The idea is to find what our own special combination of doshas is, and to work to keep it in balance so that we stay in radiant health mentally, emotionally, and physically.

Ayurveda helps us understand our natural tendencies, how we operate and what it takes for us to get along with the people in our lives. Through learning about our doshas, we learn to recognize our strengths and work on our weaknesses.

Since health is not just physical but also mental, emotional, and spiritual Ayurveda can be used to help us create and maintain healthy relationships.

It can help us to better understand ourselves, and the people in our lives. We can work with our natural strengths to help balance each other out by not trying to “change” others to fit our needs and instead accept a person’s characteristics as a part of their wholeness and honour who they are.