"Aaharah Praanah," says ayurveda. Which means, food is a synonym for life. Food nourishes more than the body. It determines the quality of your very consciousness. What you eat, how you cook, when and in what company you eat ... these seemingly small details have a big impact on your overall health, and, ultimately, your life span.

Use plenty of spices and herbs in cooking. Spices are not only taste-enhancers, but also great healers. Sprinkle some freshly-cracked black pepper on your sandwich and it helps you absorb the nutrients readily. A pinch of turmeric in your soup not only adds color but also works as an excellent antioxidant. Combined in the right proportions, spices lend their synergy to everyday soups and curries. If you are not sure how to blend them, try Maharishi Ayurveda's gourmet Churnas, which will spice up your food with no fuss and lots of flavor.

To derive maximum benefit from your spices, sauté them in clarified butter or ghee before adding them to prepared foods. Ghee helps the body absorb the lipid-soluble part of spices with ease. It's highly aromatic and delicious, too.

Ayurveda the Vedic Science is primarily teachings for the development of the full human physical, mental and spiritual potential believing in prevention than cure.

Ayurveda recognizes that all living creatures must live in harmony with nature in order to survive.

Ayurveda lifestyle starts with rising with the sun, eating seasonal foods of your region and building your activities around the natural rhythms of the day are the simple and profound ways of Ayurveda Lifestyle

How When & what to eat is ayurveda diet comprises of eating made easy is ayurveda

Routine Matters

Ayurveda healers have always emphasized the value of regularity in everything, be it rest, play or work. They observed it in the daily and seasonal rhythms of life itself, and adapted it to their own lifestyles. Most of it is practical advice: Go with the flow of nature as often as you can. Sleep on time — never after 10:00 p.m. if possible. Wake up early. Spend time and attention on your morning ablutions, including the daily self-massage. Eat a good, fibrous breakfast, and have lunch at noon, when the body's agni or digestive fires are at their peak. Meditate twice a day — Transcendental Meditation is a proven stress-reduction technique. Spend time with your family.

Diagnosis: Classical Ayurveda Approach

In Ayurveda, attention is paid to nature and directly observable attributes of the disease process itself and to the pattern of dosha disturbance in the individual.

Understanding the disturbance, or "vitiation" of the individual's normal dosha is the essence of Ayurvedic diagnosis and forms the basis for the therapeutic approach

As has been stated above, in addition to assessing the dosha vitiation, the physician also must understand the tissues affected, the srotas involved, the patient's social circumstances, the emotional tendencies, personality traits, and the general state of the patient's health and life. Clearly, this information gathering demands an extensive interrogation and physical examination which Ayurveda teaches as a two-part approach: 1) Diagnosis of the patient (Rogipareeksha) 2) Diagnosis of the disease (Rogapareeksha)

Rogipareeksha: Diagnosis of the Patient

The first of these, rogipareeksha, is the true strength of Ayurvedic diagnosis. It includes the physician's judgment regarding the patient as a whole, his temperament, discipline, habits, digestive capacity, intelligence, hereditary traits, emotional set, finances, support system, desire to heal, and of course his constitutional type. Charaka also described a ten-fold methodology for this aspect of Ayurvedic diagnosis which is still in use today precisely as outlined below:

Ten-fold Ayurvedic Diagnosis (Rogipareeksha)

1. Constitution (Prakriti).
2. Doshic Vitiation (Vikriti).
3. Quality of Tissues (Sara).
4. Body Compactness (Samhanana).
5. General Stature and Physical Proportionality (Pramana).
6. Physical Strength (Vyayama Shakti).
7. Adaptability (Satmya).
8. Emotional Balance (Sattva).
9. Digestive Capacity (Ahara Shakti).
10. Rate of Aging (Vaya).

Rogapareeksha: Diagnosis of the Disease

The diagnosis of the disease, rogapareeksha, is aimed toward assessing the nature of the disease and is divided into three main activities:.

 

1. Prashna (Interrogation).
2. Panchendriya pariksha (Physical examination using the five senses).
3. Ashtavidha pariksha (Specialized "Eight-fold" Ayurvedic examination).
Below in table form:

 

Ayurvedic Eight-fold Examination (Rogapariksha)
1. Examination of the complexion
2. Examination of the eyes
3. Examination of the speech and voice
4. Examination of the tongue
5. Examination of the skin
6. Examination of the stool
7. Examination of the urine
8. Examination of the pulse
These three activities are applied to assess the nature of disease using the following rational and orderly approach. First one identifies the cause(s) of the disease (Nidana). Next, one evaluates the stage of progression of the disease or pathogenesis (Samprapti). This is followed by careful observation of any very early signs of disease (Purvarupa) and the overt symptoms of the manifest disease condition (Rupa). Finally, we derive additional information about the disease from how it responds to therapeutic interventions which are administered, i.e. response to treatment (Upashaya).

DINACHARYA-Daily Regimen

 

In a changing worldly scenario no one has time to have a daily timetable of events which can be a land mark for each & every day.

 

Maybe it’s not clear what am hinting at ,let me elaborate –Our age old science Ayurveda has put forward a list of regimens to be followed in a day .

 

Just imagine the discipline followed by our ancestors which has enabled them to live upto 120-130 healthy years of their lives in bliss.

 

Here is a simple list of simple things if followed will lead to blissful living .

 

Dina-means DAY, Charya –means regimens. It sounds silly as we all know that we have to brush our teeth, make our toilets, have bath etc, what’s the fuss, but here are specifications given 100’s of years ago with detailed elaboration when the modern science began its evolution . .

 

 PRATHARUTHANA: time to get up Time to get up is between 3.00 am to 6.00 am known as Brahma Muhurta as it is the best time for study & knowledge.
 VEGODHARANA: elimination of urges Natural elimination of urine ,faeces etc should be done without forcing as suppression or initiation of the natural urges leads to disease. Instead suppress the vegas of greed, envy, jealousy, love etc hence control the sense organs.

 DANTHADHAVAN:Brushing One should clean ones teeth with the twigs of Nyagrodha, Khadira, Karanja etc which are astringent, Pungent in taste. The brush should be the size of tip of little finger in thickness, straight and 12 angulas in length. They should be made soft by chewing the tip .Brushing should be done without hurting the gums.

 GANDOOSHA: Gargling Gargling with herbal decoctions or oils help in cleaning the mouth from bacterias etc which will serve the purpose of a mouth wash.

 NAVANA: Nasal Drops Nasal drops to be instilled to clear the nasal passage

 KARNAPOORANA: Oil Pooling Oil pooling in the ears help in clearing the ear cavity

 VYAYAMA: Exercise Exercising regularly helps in bringing lightness to the body, ability to do heavy work, decrease fat and create a stable physique.

 ABHYANGA: Massage After exercise all parts of the body should be massaged comfortably. It should be done specially to head ears & feet. This helps warding off old age ,exertion & Vata, bestows good Vision, good sleep, strong & healthy skin.

 SNANA: Bath Pouring of warm water all over the body bestows strength but it should be avoided over the head as it leads to loss of strength of hair & eyes. It improves appetite, Valour, removes dirt, sweat, itching etc

 AHARA: Food Food should be taken after digestion of the previous meal, that which is suitable in limited quantity. Two parts of the stomach should be filled with solid food ,One part with liquid and remaining left empty for Vata. Water taken at the middle of meal is normal but if taken at the end of meal it leads to stoutness & beginning to thinning.

 NIDRA: Sleep Sleep should be indulged in the proper time and not in excess. It should be avoided during the day .Keeping awake at night causes dryness & sleeping during the day moistness hence taking a nap in between sitting comfortably is advisable. Sleep should be as much as desirable, in case of loss of sleep one should sleep half that period the next morning without food.

 SADVRITHA: Code of Conduct One should abstain from
 Himsa(Torture)
 Steya(Stealing)
 Anyathakama(Unlawful Sex)
 Paisunya(Harsh or abusive words)
 Anruta Vacahana(Scolding)
 Sambhinna Alapa(speech causing separation)
 Vyapada(quarrel)
 Abhidya(jealousy)
 Drgviparyaya(finding fault)
 Those who have no means of livelihood & suffering from disease should be helped
 Beggars should not be disappointed, abused or objected
 One should maintain a balanced mind in wealth & poverty
 One should speak appropriate to the occasion & in brief
 One should neither believe nor suspect everybody
 One should not reveal his enemies
 One should cut his hair, nails, mustaches, keep his feet & orifices clean
 One should walk with a foot wear and look straight at a distance of 4 arms length
 One should not sneeze, Laugh, Yawn without closing the mouth
 Should not expose to direct breeze, Sunlight , Dust etc
Sounds too easy right, immediately a blog in the mind says oh come on I know all these!!But just how many of us follow …Ayurveda says for an intelligent person the whole world is a teacher hence one should imitate the world after carefully considering the meaning of such actions.
Article By:
Dr Bijitha K P .

VIKRITI ANALYSIS AND REMEDIES

(Understanding the Imbalanced State of the Body)

'Prakriti' denotes the normal state of Tridosha while ‘Vikriti’ denotes its abnormal or imbalanced state of the body. By answering the following questions you can estimate the state of imbalance of your Dosha.

When do you need to balance Vata?
• Are you restless?
• Are you worried constantly?
• Are you suffering from palpitations?
• Are you under weight?
• Do you experience different kinds of pain such as Tearing pain, Breaking pain, Pricking pain, Cutting pain, radiating pain etc?
• Do you have numbness or lack of sensation in any part of your body?
• Are you tired even by small work?
• Do you feel stiff?
• Do you have deformity in your body?
• Do you feel tingling sensations or tremors?
• Do feel emptiness in any part of your body?
• Does your skin become dry?
• Do you suffer from insomnia?
• Is there a black discoloration in your skin, nail etc?
• If yes, to above questions, it indicates an imbalanced state of vata. In this condition one should adopt the diet & life style advised for vata, to pacify and balance the vata.
I Life style for vata
• Vata is cold; hence consumption of warm food is essential as it helps in digestion and also with the downward passage of vata.
• Vata is dry, therefore unctuous food is beneficial as it helps in stimulating the digestion process, gives vigor to the body and sense faculties, and improves skin texture.
• Vata is erratic hence food should be consumed only after the digestion of the previous meal. This helps to promote good digestion, appetite, proper expression of the natural urges and increases longevity of the person.
• Foods that are incompatible should be avoided.
• Avoid consumption of coffee or tea on an empty stomach. They create restlessness.
• A light, warm, unctuous & nourishing food is suitable as breakfast for Vata type persons. They should not skip breakfast as they tend to be weak. Their breakfast should preferably be porridge- light and sweet.
• Drinking warm milk with palm sugar and 5 ml of ghee at bedtime is very good for Vata
• Eat at regular intervals. Try to follow the same mealtime daily.
• Do not skip meals. This may further weaken your system.
• Foods that are predominant in sweet, sour and salty taste and hot in potency should be taken
• Eating food at the right place and the right time helps to reduce emotional strains.
• Eating in a hurry or carelessly results in the food entering the wrong channels. This could lead to severe complications.
• Eating extremely slowly does not give pleasure and impairs absorption.
• Focus on the food while eating. Knowing about the benefits of food is necessary for good health.
• Apart from this one also needs to avoid practice of a life style that is bad for one's well being.
Recommendations to be followed by persons of Vataja constitution are :
• Taking a massage with warm sesame oil or mustard oil
• Apply oil on your head ears & foot for sure. Fill your ears with oil for some time.
• Gargle with sesame oil or ghee to prevent the dryness of the mouth & cracking of the lips.
• Take a nice bath with hot water. It invigorates the body immediately.
• Application of green gram powder is advised during the bath. Avoid soaps, since it may produce dryness of the skin.
• Sleeping during daytime is advised for vata, since the kapha produced during the day- sleep nourishes the body.
• Keep your self-warm. Avoid cold by wearing thick clothing. Wear a scarf to protect your ears and throat. Avoid long exposure to Air conditioners.
• Involve yourself in singing, dancing and Yogic Exercises
• Since vata is erratic, to balance this nature of vata, make a regular routine for your life.
• Evening stroll under moonlight
• Listen to good things and good music
• Avoid stress, worry and anxiety
• Chant mantras that are calming like, sham, vam and lam.
• Go early to the bed.
Contra-Indications:
• Fasting- vata is already weak hence fasting will worsen the condition.
• Eating in small quantities that are less than sufficient. This will also lead to lack of nourishment
• Too much of worries, fear and anger. These emotions increase vata
When do you need to balance Pitta?
• Do you experience burning sensations in your stomach, skin or any other body parts?
• Do you develop reddish rash of the skin or pimples?
• Do you feel that your body is heated up?
• Do you sweat more?
• Do you feel the burning sensation in your eyes?
• Do you faint frequently?
• Have you observed yellow, green, green, blackish discolorations of the body, eyes, nails, stools etc?
• Would you become irritated or frustrated often?
• Are you a perfectionist?
• Do you have premature graying of hair or baldness?
If yes, to the most of above questions, it indicates an imbalanced state of Pitta. In this condition one should adopt the diet & life style advised for Pitta, to pacify the Pitta.
Lifestyle For Pitta
• Take bath in cold water twice a day. Taking an immersion bath in river, lake or tank in the daytime is very good to balance pitta.
• Avoid coffee or tea in the morning especially on an empty stomach. They may aggravate your pitta.
• Roam with a good friend who don’t control you, in pleasing places such as seashore, park, fountains & falls.
• Stay in a cool house.
• Spend time near water reservoirs.
• Enjoy the cool sea breeze.
• Swimming is very good for pitta.
• Spend more time in cold weather or living in a cool place.
• Drinking cold water / juice.
• Pitta people are advised to do mild exercises.
• Exercise to half of your capacity.
• Applying cold pack with mud or cloth dipped in water, wearing pleasant smelling flower necklace or pearl necklace or crystal necklace is advisable.
• Take sweet, cooling & mild purgatives such as Avipathy churnam, triphala churna or Grapes etc.
• Be exposed to and enjoy the cooling moonlight.
• Relieve your stress by hearing the sweet voice of a child.
• Listen to pleasant music.
• Try reducing your short tempered nature by doing meditation.
• Chant cooling mantras such as vam, yam, lam and sham.
• Anoint your body with sandal wood paste, camphor, agaru (Aloes wood) & paste of other pleasant smelling & cooling herbs.
• Use of perfumes always is good for pitta.
• Take more melted ghee in your diet.
• Taking 1 spoon of ghee with hot milk at 11 ‘o’ clock (pitta predominant time of the day) is very beneficial.
• Do not miss your meal as the tikshna agni (the sharp digestive fire) of pitta will start digesting the tissues & cause debility.
• More foods predominant in sweet, bitter & astringent tastes should be taken.
• Food with contradictory potencies should be avoided.
• Eating food at the right position and the right time helps to decrease emotional strains.
• Eating in a rush or eating carelessly results in the food entering the erroneous passage. This gives rise to consequences that cause severe complications.
• Food should be eaten meditatively.
• Knowledge of the benefits of food is necessary for good health. Apart from this one also needs to follow a restricted life or at least avoid practices that are bad for one's well-being.
Contra-Indications:
• Usage of heater.
• Roaming out during summer season.
• Riding on animals.
• Excessive walking in hot weather.
• Taking foods that are pungent, sour and salty in taste.
• Excessive stress.
• Emotions like anger and hatred.
When do you need to balance Kapha?
• Do you feel heavy?
• Is your skin very oily?
• Are you lethargic?
• Is your body itching?
• Do you gain weight easily?
• Do you get cold & cough frequently?
• Is your tongue & skin coated?
• Do you feel as if wet cloth is lying upon the body?
• Do you have swelling?
• Do you suffer from poor appetite & indigestion?
• Do you feel always sleepy?
• Do you feel discomfort in cold & damp weather?
• Do you have white or pale discoloration?
If yes, to the most of above questions, it indicates an imbalanced state of Kapha. In this condition one should adopt the diet & life style advised for Kapha, to pacify the Kapha
Factors that increase Kapha
• Taking excessive sweet, sour & salty foods
• Excessive unctuous foods
• Heavy foods
• Excessive nourishment
• Taking foods heavy & fatty unctuous foods such as yogurt, cheese, ice creams, meats, milk, fried foods, black gram etc.
• Taking more cooling foods
• Taking food before previous meal is digested
• Lack of exercise & sedentary life style
• Laziness, greed, possessiveness\
• Day sleep & excessive sleep
Lifestyle For Kapha
• The kapha people tend to put on weight. So following a proper exercise regime helps to maintain weight.
• Sleeping late in the night induces dryness in the body, which balances the excessive oiliness of kapha.
• Kapha people have lot of strength and endurance. So exerting themselves helps to utilize and balance kapha dosha. If proper exertion is not given, it may lead to sleepiness and to laziness.
• Traveling is very good for kapha, as it increases vata that balances the kapha.
• Drinking hot water helps in balancing the coldness of kapha.
• Taking bath with hot water is also equally good. It gives an immediate energy & lightness of body.
• Taking hot steam bath or inhaling hot steam helps in eliminating the excessive kapha by melting it.
• Fasting is advised for kapha people, It the best way to bring down the heaviness of the body.
• Taking a dry massage with herbal powders that are hot in potency is very good for balancing the kapha dosha. It melts the excessive fat under the skin & eliminates them. The dry massage also gives a good texture to the skin.massage are also best suited for kapha.
• Taking diet predominant of pungent, bitter & astringent tastes is advisable.
• The food should be warm, light, dry, prepared with spices, cooked without much of water with a minimum usage of butter, oil and sugar. It should be stimulating in nature.
• Taking alcohol in small quantities, at night times and after food, helps to balance kapha.
• Frequent indulgence in sex is also good for kapha people.
• Taking sunbath and exposure to hot and dry wind is good.
• Keep the mind active with new thoughts, projects and information.
• Induce vomit, using warm salt water, once a while to balance the kapha.
• Chant stimulating mantras such as ham, yam, Om, aim, hrim.
Contra-Indications:
• Not following an exercise regime.
• Sleeping during daytime is a very bad habit. It will increase kapha and fat, and it is the cause for disease such as diabetes and obesity.
• Using cold water for bath.
• Taking bath many times in a day.
• Traveling during cold & damp weather conditions
• Overeating
• Eating many times in a day.
• Eating in the early mornings and late evenings.
• Cold and ice water
• Applying cool things on the body
Article By:
Dr Bijitha K P

 

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When we arrived here four weeks ago, we were fluing from a crowded Bangalore to find this place of tranquility & peace. The first think that I noticed was the friendliness of the staff, all smiling & welcoming faces. I'm not the same person anymore. The treatments, the caretakers - also doctors & massage staff - and the peaceful environment slowly changed me, bringing me back to my inner core. I'm very grateful for this expirience and would like to thank every person, who, knowing or not, helped me to achieve this. Every member of the staff isimportant equally. I return with a better health, physically & emotionally, I feel strong & decisive to follow this pata. You are wonderfull. Thank you Swaasthya. Hilde Sofia & August (Belgium & Austria, living in Spain)

I think the staff is reall very kind. The therapists are also skilled in the treatment room. The food is good. And the setting is beautiful. I wish that I had gotten a morformal intake and orientation to ayurveda and panchakarma treatment in the begining. I alsothink that sanscrit classes should be offered as it may help us better understand ayurvedic treatment terms, etc. I think yoga and meditation should be emphasized as mental/emotional health is one of the care goals of ayurveda. I think the weekends get really loud here which is difficult. I would have liked more interaction with doctors interms of them helping me make sense of my illnesses and helping to connect them to treatment. I think 3 weeks is a very longtime to bein place thatdoesn't offer much to do - not that I want to have bingo games andloudparties - butas I said earlier, I think a more holistic approach to treatment with more emphasis on teaching us howto heal ourselves through yoga, classes on understanding ayurveda and breathing meditation would make our time and money and the trip to get here much more worth it.

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Thank you very much for the peaceful and relaxing stay on these beautiful premises. We enjoyed every aspect, starling from the beautiful gardens, the entertaining pets, until the extremely helpful and friendly staff. If we had a chance, we would certainly couse come back with almost pleasure. Oleg + Eva Hana P.S.: Looking forward to see how the ayurvedic treatment work out! Oleg + Eva Fichtrush. Dresden, Germany. +49(351)801-29-69

I arrived on Dr.Rao's door step 18 days ago looking and feeling like I had been dragged through a hedge backwards and shuck by lightening 3 times... I am leaving today following my panchakarma treatment feeling like a new man, full of energy like a spring chicken with bright eyes and a bushy tail! I would like to thank Dr.Rao along with the other doctors for such a professional service and for taking care of us so well and being so patient with us aalthough Lilley kept breaking the computer! I would also like to thank the ayurvedic staff who took careof us and gave such wonderful & professional treatments. Also I would like to thank the rest of the staff who helped to make our stay here so pleasant, and of corse the great food that was served each day!!! I will most certainly be coming back here and will readily recommended this wonderful place to anyone who wishes to improve their health and their lives. Many thanks. Daniel. Thank you Dr.Rao forhelping my body to heal self and for giving me confidence for my onward healing journey. I feel bright eyed and excited about achieving my physical potential. I trust you! And promise to not eat any cucumbers. With love and light. Lilley. Thank you also to the team for their warm hearts and wonderful smiles - for making us feel like part of your family. Daniel and Lilley. London, UK

We often talk about the destiny. I happened to come here by chance and I can declare confidently that our destiny gives us unforgetable gifts at times. Cosmos is a father and the earth is the mother for every person. After spending time here you understand that this is one of the places where their two forces energing together give you part of them and this reinforce your spirit and faith in the perfection of the iniverse invaluable contribution to achieving this goal. They are real guides into the world of perfection and well being I would like to mention the cheif in particular. His art demonstrate that vegetarian food is not just tasty and good for you - it's divine. I wish health and prosperity to all family and friends, those who took care ofme and helped learning about this new paradise during me two weeks. Peace and Love, Alexei. Alexei Karpuk. Russia. Komi Republic, Ukhta.

We are very happy, ten months later we returned to this island of paradise in the world. We are shure that the treatments gave us a lot of health, both physical and mental. Everybody gets here atention of doctors, wonderfull treatments and love from personal. Special thanks to the cooks, who prepared a various meal. But last not least most thanks to Dr.Subramania Rao the head and motor! The area became clean, our first which last time. But we still missed a lamp for writing andreading in the room. You should use the power of the sun to heat the water insted of woodfire. It is a good idia to use aplace forcomfort for the nature waste. Itwould begoodto your fields. We wish to come back again! Dr.Nina Geling-Bouchon, Errahart Bouchon, Srigori Bouchon, Germany

I am leaving this wondeful place with a feeling of happiness and ahope of coming back again. A liked absolutely everything here, especialy this place being small - scale and the individual approach. I was pleased with how attentive the staff was to the guests. I also understand that Dr.Rao's administrative talent turned this place into a branch of the Garden of Edem. Best wishes, Ekaterina. Ekaterina Verbitskaya. Moscow.

Many thanks to Dr.Rao & each and everyone at Swaasthya for making this an even better experience (this is our second time here). Wishing everyone inspiration, prosperity, health & peace of mind. Igor & Shakti, Russia

ToAll the wonderful people who are part of Swaasthya family: THANK YOU so much for taking care ofme so good while I am here. This place is amazingly beautiful and peaceful, the staff is professional, compassionate, kind and smiling all the time, the food is YUMI :-) and the whole atmosphere is positive and relaxing! I FEEL GOOD and I AM GRATFUL THANK YOU! Tom Kaidar.

Wondeful team, feels like family, feelslike being home. The place is peaceful, relaxed and closed to paradise. All the smiling faces will stay in my memory. Thanks to Dr.Rao for his concept and actions to keep this place so nicely running. My best wishes to all the team. (Karl) Thanks to all the team of Swaasthya for this nice ayurvedic Cure in a such beautiful & peaceful place. (Anne) Anne Laure Hagen + Karl. France

We come to this place for the 3rd time. Each time we testify a great step forward done by the clynic and its managment. Each time we see a big progress in treatment, in service. The only thing which is constant - it is heartednes, opennes, friendly and honest attitude and care about us all. We ful that this place is sacred. It helps to understand nature, we become really siritually inspired. Wewould like to keep this feeling as long as possible back home. Would like to thanks all staff, highly qualified therapeusts, doctors. We already are planning to come to Swaasthya again. So see you all later! Alexi, Anna, Nathalia, Pavel, Victor, Yuri. From Russia: Moscow, Voronezh, Krasnodar.

This is my third time to Swaasthya and I am delighted to see that it has gotted better. Everyone is so kind snd cheerful, all is peaceful and the rice is still growing. I lose it here as much as my own home. The calvingis so sacred. I will seeyou again smiling eyes, gentle smiles, kind hearts. Love Mary. Mary Newton. Crestone, Colorado.

Super hodpitality Wonderful atmosphere Always professional treatments Amazing nature Spiritual yoga classes Total quietness (except on someweekends) Helpful and very friendly staff Yummy food (great cook) Affordable prices Thank you for everything! Jens & Lidia. Jens Gerlach + Lidia Plucker. Dusseldorf, Germany

Thank you for a fantastic 6 days...! It has been on unbelievable experience andI am very grateful to the staff for meking my stay so pleasent. The doctors are going to have to take a detour from Russia and make it to Equador at same point! =) Always welcome! Thanks again (shucria!) = hope our paths cross again in the future. This was a revitalizing, spiritual experience for me. Have to comeback! Carolina Andrade. Urbjacaranda, Cunbaya Quito-Ecuador.

I have really enjoyed the tranquilly & peace here. I have stayed for 11 days & during that the staff have been extremely helpful, especially the older women who would go out of their way to help me. I especially liked siting beside the river in the afternoon. Meagan Palmer. Lithgow, Australia

Thanks to everyone and everything here; the treatment and the environment, the staff, the simplicity, the quiet, the birds, the eats, the trees ... My stay hasbeen pleasant, restful and heling! Lidia Pastellano. Rome, Italy

I found this place to be filled with positive spiritual vibrations ideal for health. Dr.Shrikanth & Dr.Bijitha are two wonderful people, always willing to help & heal. Therapists, cooks, and ground workers are extremely helpful, attentive & willing to help. Even the dog "Rochu" is great, followed by cats & birds. I will definitely recommend this to my friends in America! Sahish Boregowda. West Lafayette, IN, USA

Thank you for the two wonderful & unforgettable weeks of absolut tranquility & peace. I feel like a renewed person now. Thanks to great doctors & the rest of the staff who made the stay at Swaasthya such apleasant experience. I gottreatment not just for mybody but for my mind & soul as well which was of great importance to me. I'm sure I will comeback to this place! Thanks again for everything & best wishes to all the members of Swaasthya team! Katya. Katya Ostrova. Moscow, Russia.

Thank you forthis chance to find the inner harmony! For those wonderfull changes I see inside myself I'm very thankfull to each and every member of Swaasthya team fortheir patience and true care! This 3 weeks stay was better than any of my expectations. Thank you! I hope I'd come back hrer many times again. Dmitry. Dmitry Petrov. Moscow, Russia.

I really enjoyed the two weeks I spent here in your center. It is a little paradise, so quiet so peacefull. Everybody is so kind and smiling, men and women are like angels taking care of us with love an compassion. I want to thank God to have given me the opportunity to be here, the chance to take a breack, thinking and enjoying life simply looking the flying birds and listening the song of the river. Yasha Knetcht. Raanana, Israel

Wonderful place, wonderful staff, wonderful treatments, wonderful doctors! Dr Yvonne Toros, Paris, France

I want to thank you all for a wonderful atmosphere you have created at Swaasthya! Great treatment, friendly people, delicious food! Look forward to coming here over & over again. Yulia Yarnykh Moscow, Russia

Wondeful place as tranquil ascan beso near a bustling city like Mysore. Will definetly recomend to the people at home that are in a need of internal cleansing (on every level) just as much as I wss. I will try to keep up to the recomendations bu the Doctors. The staff is wonderful and I thank them all for putting up with me! Patrik Holmqvist, Sundbyberg, Sweden

After staying for 17 days, feel like knowing all wonderful people in Swaasthya for all my life. A high professionalism combined with personal touch makes this place unique. Doctors, therapists, cooks, the whole team treated me not only as a patient, but took care ofme as a person. Thank you to all for making my time here so enjoyable and so good for my health. I came here knowing very little about ayurveda and I am leaving as a big supporter of the treatment and will follow recommendations given. Wonderful place, great professionals, and very nice people! Thank you!!!! I do want to came back again. Julia Romashkina, Moscow, Russia

Time and health are probably our two main assets. I find both when I come to Swaasthya. Professional ayurvedic advice, panchakarma treatments, yoga and food help to improve health. At the same time, walks, sitting in the river bank heed, rest wondering about give me an opportunity to reflect on my life, pray and meditate. I can feel how time slows down here and save on every moment. Huge thanks to Dr Rao and all his team forcreating such as a wonderful place and continuing to improve and special care it for guests. Look forward to many more visits here. Alexander Nikiforov. London

No words can discribe Swaasthya experience. Last 3 weeks were among the most enriching in my life. Body, mind, and soul were deeply touched. Looking forward to come back! Great thanks to amazing staff, also to the guests of the village. The place attracts excepted people. Dmitry Garanin. Moscow

I was here for 4 days. It was lovely. Coming out off the big cities of India this was a place of peace. The heatments left really good!! The was great! And spending time between all the green maked me feel calm. I feel new & fresh!! Thanks for everything. Susanne Egging.

Namaste ~ Thank you very much to Dr Rao, Dr Mans & Dr. Bigita & all the staff. What a wonderful experience ofbliss, peace& serenity. You are all great souls and thank you for making my stay memorable and always helpful and smiling. Amazing how everything just flowd every day. Thanks for all the acluice and will think of you on my new path to health & hope we meet again. Have a bleassed year. Thank you. God Bless, With Love & Light, Mariette Strauss, South Africa.

The lessons I have learnt and the complete mind, body + soul treatment that I have received cannot have a value to it - It is priceness. For this, I sincerely thank the doctors and staff. I leave with tears and trust that God will bring me back some day. The Kaveri River has been therapy on its own. Thank You. - Keep up the Fantastic Work! Lots Of Love - Pranams. Jaymati Kunvar. Johannesburg. South Africa.

Panchakarma procedure in Swaasthya Ayurveda Center is really wonderful. Technicains perform together with four hands and act so in accordance each with other, in perfect fidelity and synchronization; even a man hardly can synchronize own hands such. Results are seen after first procedure! Really, from first time skin notably changed: it became strong and smooth, its colour changed from "urban" gray to "baby" light and tender. Staff of the Swaasthya Ayurveda Center not only just serves guests, but guess desire is fulfilled amazingly in gentle peaceful, delicate andmodest way. Herein the Swaasthya a guest feels that guest are welcomed and are giving joy to Swaasthya's people. I bow to twe talant of Dr. Subramanya Rao. He is genius as healer (physician) and as director!Because, in fact it's difficult to imagine physical and spiritual contribution of Dr Subramanya Rao to create such place as Swaasthya: wonderful harmony of virgin tropicalnature with beautiful landscape design; classic ancient medicine -- Ayurveda -- with modern human demands. Thank you very much! Be prosper! God bless your business!!! Tamara & Anton Kuznetsov, Ukraine

If there is a little heaven on earth, it is Swasthya Ayurvedic Centre. Perfect Place of tranquility and meditation. Dr Rao and his team are absolutely fabulous. Everyone here from the woman that sweeps the floors to the one that gives you the treatments, does it with so much love and feeling. It is all done with so much patience and delication that it is impossible not to be moved by it. All credit goes to Dr Rao forhaving such a big dream and making it in to a reality. We all have dreams but very few succeed in turning it into reality. In conclution I would like to say that one of the best thing that could have happened in our lifes was to land up here. It is purely an act of destiny. We wish Swaasthya and its staff everything of the best. May you grow from stregth to stregth. Thank you for everything. J.Bhana & family Jeram Bhana, Laudium. R.S.A.

This is my first visit to this wonderful place. For the 14 days spent at this venue was on unbeleivable experience. From the team of doctors to the assistant staff, all were very friendly and helpful. You feel most welcome here ofall times. Dr Rao, you have created a perfect healing place at Swaasthya. I would like to thank one and all for the most wonderful experiences I got at this place. Keep up the good work and will see you in near future! Thank you. S.Joshi & Hansu Shirish and Hansu Joshi, Ladium, Pretoria, R.S.A.

Thank you for a very nice stay. We really enjoyed the peace this place has. It is realy medicin for the body. It feels like themost calm place in India. The mixture of treatments, good food, peace and yoga betters the soul and we thank you very much for that. Even our our short three days stay has help us get into this karma. A special thanks to our wonderful yogateacher, it would not have been the same without these lessons. Best regards. Rihhe & Katrine Katrine Cfenstein. Denmark. Rihhe Bisgaard Puulsen. Denmark.

Save this PARADIZE please! Animated Yoga excellent Unbelievable Recommanded Very interesting Extraordinary Delicious Authentic That's the center for me! I staid for 15 days and I enjoyed it (5 days) soo much! Very grateful for this experience I would fill thanks a lot to the whole staff, 3 doctors. All are so friendly, nice, kind, professional, amiable, helpful etc. This peaceful place slowly (shanti, shanti!) changed me a lot! Thanks, "Denaiwa"! You are like a big family. I will come back soon! Be happy! Brigithe Farnault, Australia

The place is incredible. Good mainteined. The staff very friendly. The treatement is marvelous. The Doctors always attending. The kitchen healthy. My experience was very positive. A place to find yourself. Thank you for everything! Alex Martin. Barselone, Spain

Since 2007 we come here every year and did the strong regulated treatment, enjoyed the wonderful athmosphere in a fantastiс nature and holy area. We are sad, that we can not come againe to thisplace because the ajurweda village has to be closed. But the idea and concept from Dr.Rao must go on! This klinik has a high professional standard with exelent results. We wish a good start on the new place together with your wonderful team, dear Dr.Rao and we promise to come again! Dr. Nina Geling. Bouchon, Ekkahat Bouchon, Germany, Hann. Munden

I am extremely thankful to Dr.Rao, Bidjit and other members of Swaasthya team for a very professional and warm attitude to patients I feel at home at Swaasthya Last year I was here for the first time, this changed my perception of life and myself, and for the whole year I was dreaming to come back. Now, for the second time I enjoy it even better. Doctors here know the reason for your illness and the remedy, and in 2 weeks Ifeel much better than I could expected. But more to that I am extremely impressed by the way we patients, are treated here as family. All our wishes are fulfilled, and personal requests are favoured. everybody is friendly and smiling. This is the peace I want to come again an people I want tomeet again andagain. THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I wish you success and happiness and will start dreaming now of coming back next year. Julia Romashkina. Moskow, Russia.

The human body to form three life forces or energies, called doshas. They control how your body works. They are Vata dosha (space and air); Pitta dosha (fire and water); and Kapha dosha (water and earth). Everyone inherits a unique mix of the three doshas
• As Per Ayurveda, Every Individual Is Made Of 5 Basic Elements Of Universe: Space, Air, Fire, Water & Earth.
• Combination Of Elements Is Human Body, 3 Life Forces Or Energies, Called Doshas, They Control One's Body.
• The 3 Doshas (Humoral) Are Vata Dosha (Space And Air); Pitta Dosha (Fire And Water); And Kapha Dosha (Water And Earth).
• Everyone Inherits A Unique Mix Of The 3 Doshas. But One Is Usually Stronger Than The Others. Each One Controls A Different Body Functions & The Health Issues One Develop, Are Linked To The Balance Of Your Doshas.
• Identifying The Doshas & Preparing The Course Of Treatment Or Therapy To Balance These Doshas.
• Based On The Thorough Internal & External Factors Diagnosis, Ayurveda Medicine Is Planned & Prepared.
• Ayurveda Diagnosis, Treatments, Therapies Varies From Individual To Individual, Based On The Body Constituency.
• All Ayurveda Medicines Are Natural & Prepared Just Before Treatments Or Therapies, By Ayurveda Doctor
Ayurvedic medicine is a complete systematic approach to health & wellbeing. It has the ability to help people of all ages who are ready to take their first steps on the path to wellness. The Ayurvedic approach to health care is focussed on not only identifying & treating the symptoms of an illness but determining & removing its root cause. Ayurveda has two features that make it a unique science and separate it from other health modalities.
Body Type
Firstly, it is based on the principle that each individual has their own unique body make up known as Constitution or Prakruti, which is determined by the makeup of their parents and becomes apparent at birth. Once you know your body’s constitution it becomes much easier to for an individual to live a healthy life by following a compatible lifestyle and diet that keeps the body’s constitution in balance. If at any stage an in-balance occurs, it is much easier to structure a specific program to redress the imbalance rather than just treating the symptoms of the illness as they occur.
Body Intelligence
The second feature of this science is that each individual has a unique bodily intelligence. When this intelligence is kept in a balanced state the body has the ability to flush out waste products from cellular metabolism more easily. When the body is unable to regularly flush out these toxins they will start to collect in the tissues leading to more wear and tear on the body, both physically and mentally. Therefore a balanced body intelligence is necessary for flushing out toxins, keeping the body healthy by maintaining this equilibrium and preventing problems from manifesting. When these imbalances occur, it is important to be able to identify what has influenced this change and to redress these factors through diet, lifestyle and environmental changes. This is the role of the Ayurvedic practitioner.
Ayurvedic treatment
An Ayurvedic practitioner will carry out a through body assessment & case history to determine which of the three bodily intelligences are affected, whether Vata, Pitta or Kapha. The practitioner will then assess how deep this imbalance has gone and which tissues have been affected. The practitioner will then assess whether the imbalance is in its preliminary stages or has gone deeper into the body to manifest as a particular ailment and will then structure a specific program for the client to bring the body intelligence back into balance.
Other points of difference
Ayurveda believes that illness begins from disharmony between mind, body and soul. Most of the time the problems & symptoms that manifest at a physical level begin from imbalances at a mental level, so it’s very important to identify a patient’s mental state.
Many illnesses arise from poor metabolism. According to Ayurveda, there is no nutritional benefit from eating only organic foods if we are unable to metabolise these foods properly.
Ayurveda has a systematic approach to healing by detoxifying the body and rejuvenating body, mind & spirit.
The healing principles of Ayurveda have remained unchanged for centuries. Its philosophy does not change in response to the latest fashions in the health industry but are based on centuries of scientific observation of the natural world.