How to lead a healthy lifestyle as prescribed in Ayurveda?

-Per Ayurveda, overall bio rhythm are determined by a unique balance of three dosha's (Vata, pitta & kapha) present in your own body.

So what are the various factors influences your overall good health?

A Thread.

Your overall good health is sum of

- Proper and Adequate Rest
- Excercise
- Meditation / Prayer
- Strong mind /Emotional resilience
- Nutritious Food

If you watch the order of the above food comes last in the list! Yes food become insignificant if all other are sorted!

Per Ayurveda, good health is taking control of your life routine and helps to makes you wise and capable of decision making – ranging from your food, your habits and your lifestyle

In short, good health means good lifestyle!

In Ayurveda, perfect health is defined as "a balance between body, mind, spirit, and social wellbeing"

Ayurveda emphasises balance and connecting towards your inner self than anything else when it comes to healthy life

-Per Ayurveda ,
All things in the universe, both living and nonliving, are connected.
-We are all initially connected within ourselves, to people surrounding us, to our immediate environment, and to the universe.

-Balanced connectivity ensures good health.

Shakti mudra - A mudra for sound and peaceful sleep

- This mudra helps to keep the tridosha (Vata, Pitta,&Kapha) in balance
- Helps to keep manas /mind calm and easy
-Influences our central nervous system
-Widely done before homas after pranayama to maintain focus 1/2

Do this mudra mudra 15 minutes before going to sleep as below

-Do a 3 to 11 (Reverse count if possible ) count of Pranayama
- Do Shakti mudra for fifteen minutes by chanting any Shloka /mantra or ishta devata
- Complete thanking "Nidhra Devi " (Goddess of sleep )

You will feel calmness before hitting the bed and feel energetic the following morning when you wake up from bed

It’s more beneficial if you do this on a Dharbhasana as it helps you to focus inward (Chakras) by acting as a shield from energy disruption /distraction

If not place a towel or wodden plank asana and do this

As these mudras does activate the Chakras of our body

How to identify pure ghee

According to ayurveda, ghee itself is a medicine and medicated ghee are widely used as medicine

Ghee is a essential good fat and helpful in
- Laser sharp cognition
- Good Bone health
- Proper Digestion

There is lots of adulteration happening with ghee due to increased demand for unpasteurised milk and reduced cow population

Cows were part of every Indian household now it's hardly a family member

Most of diary based ghee are buffalo ghee / imported oil fats or vegetable fats

*dairy

So how check it's purity

- Teaspoon test

Take a teaspoon of ghee heat the teaspoon on lowest flame like diya or birthday candle or burning cowdung dhoop top

Pure one will melt in two seconds and turns dark brown

Adulterated one will take more than a minute to melt and it will turn yellow instead of dark brown as butter and ghee contains artificial food colour for yellowish texture

Why should we wear Bindi / Kumkum / Tilak ??

- Wearing Bindi / Kumkum /Tilak on our forehead is not just symbol of religion or culture

- it's has profound impact on your health and wellbeing

- Why this is practiced even for new born babes

- It's a ancient health hack

- As per ayurveda forehead is a key biological region which has major role to play both over your mind , body and spirit

- Forehead has sensory nerves which helps to detect the earths magnetic field by our brain

- it has deep connect towards your subconscious mind

Per Ayurvedic texts our forehead is gateway for our energy/ kundalini

Marma chikitsa a branch of Ayurveda which is similar to reiki or pranic healing starts the therapy from the muka / face especially with herbal paste being applied over the forehead

Same references are found in accupressure and traditional Chinese medicine

- Applying gentle pressure over forehead by wearing bindi / kumkum/ Tilak helps to keep key pineal gland hale and healthy

As per Hindu culture, sadashiva holds the sacred and fierce third eye over this region

For normal man, it's a key technique to activate your key chakra - the Ajna chakra

This is soul reason any hindu Pooja or vedic procedure emphasizes wearing a Tilak over this region

Why we should avoid eating Morris /G9 banana :

Ever thought hought the following while buying bananas ?
☑️Banana in markets are so shining and evenly shaped
☑️ No mosquito or flies bothering fresh bananas
☑️ No ripened fragrance emanating from these banana

☑️ Tasting raw than it appears outside
☑️ No dots ever appeared on the banana
☑️ Neck of banana is so stiff so that banana pulp never withered off from the neck

☑️Neck of banana is never black or ripened

☑️Honest answer for above is these are genetically engineered banana features

☑️These are bananas grown from tissue culture saplings and does involve special engineering for texture, yield and even ripening time

☑️These are farmers friendly as these high yield

☑️ In my opinion these are just bananas by appearance and taste never in terms of nutrition as these are genetically engineered right from growing to ripening

☑️Cytogenetically engineered for high yield, short-term, disease resistance

☑️ These bananas can never match nutrients

My major concerns are below

☑️These banana trees can't bear offshoot by themselves would require tissue culture processed saplings from banana seeds (Monsanto greed)
☑️Pesticide are mostly injected on the plant
☑️Yield is thrice of normal and in half of time

Why you should avoid Packet Curd :
Curd is a vital ingredient of our daily diet and it is a essential fermented probiotic food to ensure proper digestion of the food we eat

Per Ayurveda , there are different type of curds

-Thick Semi Formed Curd
-Sweet Curd
-Sweet & Sour Curd

-Sour Curd
-Very Sour Curd

-This classification is purely based on the probiotic culture growth on the curd and the age of the curd

-Each curd has different benefits to your health and used for treating different ailments

- Very Sour Curd is the most beneficial curd to our body as it increases the digestive fire /biological fire /Agni that exists in your body

- Proper balance of the digestive fire is key for maintaining good gut health
-Healthy gut bacteria means healthy immune system

-Packet curd is not curd at first instance as it is formed by monoculture of single microbial culture rather varied microbial culture like how it is made at home
-This is done to ensure curd is not turning sour so fast and limits the culture growth & long shelf life

- Another method is coagulating the milk or cheese to curd using a enzyme called "Rennet "

-Rennet Coagulation is mostly widely followed diary practice as it is quick ,cheap and easy

- Vegetarians should avoid this as Rennet enzyme is derived from the stomach of young calf

Mosquito Coils & Vapouriser : Passive poison

- Monsoon season do remind about mosquito menace an awful biting army

- Most sought method to repell them are mosquito Coils, Vapouriser and areosol based spray

- These are nothing but scented slow poison !

- Most of chemical based mosquito repellent are loosely regulated and classified as household insecticide

- The major chemical ingredient is allethrin a harmful type of pyrethroid and it's present inalmost all brands

-Inhaling one mosquito Coil = smoking one cigarette

Manufacturers trick the government regulations by enhancing the percentage of composition of it's derivatives as law has loop hole for
composition of allethrin only Not it's derivatives

So called extra strong, plus, jumbo etc should be read as more harmful than normal

Another way to trick the regulation is classifying the not permitted additives as other ingredients

Until there is a madrush for powerful insecticide these folks would keep surviving with innovative jargons

Repellent are heavily scented to obfuscate the excessive amount of additive in place plus tricking the users mind using soothing aroma

Is it that harmful to ingest , Yes studies says so

Rats exposed to 12-15 hours of insecticide exhibited symptoms similar to TB

Know Your Local Herb : Cardiospermum Halicacabum /Kapalphodi/ Mudakaruthan Keerai/ Indravalli /Balloon Plant Leaves

- Must green of every household garden

- Proven Cure in
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Relives Joint pains of any sort
- Hair Growth & Dandruff

Per Ayurveda this green is used as

- Anti Arthritic
- Anti Inflammatory
- Anti Fungal
- Anti Pyretic in its medicinal formulations

This climber is easy to grow at everyone gardens and it is undergoing research for other lifestyle ailments too

Studies are underway to asses the

- Anti hyperglycaemic effect to treat diabetes
- Herbal analgesic and vasodepressive properties of this herb

- Phytoconstituent cardiospermin is used as natural herbal source in most of modern fertility improvement drugs beneficial both for men & women

- Consumption of this herb gradually will relive menstrual cramps & dysmenorrhea suffered by women with irregular menstrual rhythm

-This has ability to nourish & strengthen the hair root to great extent after hibiscus

-Applying the leaf powder over the scalp with coconut oil will cure dandruff and itchy scalp experienced by working women by constant use of chemical synthetic shampoos

My ninety year old client called me for a clarification.. He is a upsaka of Shri Karthikeya ..

Sharing his prayer advice to me if you believe in divine intervention / support - Small thread

Subramanya bhujangam :

Set of Sanskrit Shlokas resembling serpent shape was written and composed by Shri adhi Shankara acharya by praying to Bhagavan Karthikeya at a place called tiruchendur in tamilnadu

- Shri Adi Sankara composed this hymn of 33 verses, in the peculiar Bhujanga metre, noted for its sinuous movement like that of a serpent.

-The Shloka is full of piety, spiritual exaltation and sung when Shri adishankara himself was undergoing life threatening illness

Shloka verses include the disease name itself in it

"When all my senses have calmed down, When I have lost my intelligence,
When I am not capable of any movement, When my throat is full of phlegm..."

"When my body is shivering due to fear, And when my soul is preparing to depart,
Without any one to help me, Oh Lord of mercy, please come fast,
For I want to be in thine presence, Lord Guha"

Diet to reduce Anxiety :

-Prolonged Anxiety hinders your normal body and brain function - makes you more lethargic and reduces your reasoning capacity

Anxiety arises from depressive negative event, visuals / thoughts even news/ messages

It’s impact is silent but deep

- Drink enough water every two hours
- Avoid nerve stimulants like coffee, alcohol and tobacco
- Avoid refined sugar and Table salt (Alternate with Jaggery powder and non Iodized rock salt or Himalayan pink salt)

- Consume more gut friendly Pro biotic fermented foods like sour buttermilk, naturally fermented idli / dosa batter

- Include more green leafy vegetables as soup, Sabji and salad. Magnesium in these help greatly to manage the mood swings due to anxiety

-Reduce and limit your complex carbohydrates consumption like bread, polished rice, pasta

- Avoid spicy and deep fried fast food of any sort

- Lookout for a seed based or nut based healthy snacks like lotus seeds, peanuts, Kulith, local bean

- Include powdered omega 3 rich seeds as toppings or ingredients in your roti or salad

- Include all local vegetable on rotation basis in your diet

- Minimise your grain intake and maximise your vegetables intake

- Beet and carrot are great Anti depressant

Simple diet routine for diabetics

-Diet has pivotal role to play in its management and recovery of diabetes

- A high fibre Low grain (Low Carb) diet plan is seem to be doing wonders when associated simple brisk walking or jogging

1.Diabetics should follow mindful 5 times a day eating pattern with some fibre at each window

It can be a

- Breakfast -7AM
- Brunch-9.30AM
- Lunch- 1PM
- Snack 3.30 PM
- Early Dinner 7 PM

- This should be a must mindset change on their eating habit

2.Simple Mantra to keep your plate healthy is

- 50 % of fibres (Veggies, Diab friendly fruits ,Greens)
-30% of proteins (Nuts, Sprouts, Legumes)
-20% of unprocessed grains (Millets,Oat, Native Desi wheat,Red rice or Desi rice)

**Know your local vegetable : Ridge gourd**

This is must vegetables for people with

- pre diabetes and diabetes
- cholesterol
- strained liver and gland functions
- Improves eye vision

It's a good detox for your body and aids metabolism

-Many diabetic find Karela difficult to consume due to its bitter taste this is a equivalent beneficial

- This can be used even with skin as raw ingredient for your chutney with varied dals

- Can be used in Sabji as well

- It's a excellent vegetable to nourish your skin and enhance your skin tone

- It's given to people of all age from young children, old aged persons and even to expectant mothers

Per Ayurveda it's a must supplement for

– cleansing large intestine
– cleansing stomach and small intestines
– cough, cold
– chronic poisoning
- enlargement of the abdomen
– anemia
– inflammation

– Disease of the spleen
– Tumors of the abdomen
– haemorrhoids
– skin diseases
– Jaundice, Liver diseases

Why should we refrain from refined edible oils:

- Major factor of cardiovascular risk is caused by refined oils
- Study found,Even rats which were constantly fed food made out of refined oils have shown symptoms of hypertension & ischemic heart causing cardiovascular disability

Traditional Indian consumed oils made from locally available seeds like sesame, gingelly, groundnut and coconut oil

The dynamics of edible oil industry got disrupted after we adopted mass production / import of refined oils at lower cost to our wallet( costing our heart health)

Oils are essential dietary fat which were implicitly included In our food culture

Age old days,Oils were extracted at home and given the complexity of extraction it was used mindfully

Oils are excellent supplement if we know how much is too much

Refined oils are trade ploy to make you sick or reduce your life span early due to high chemical treatment and food processing

Refined oils are gateway for

- Obesity
- Hypertension
- Abnormal cholesterol/ Lipid profile
-Ischemic heart disease
-Cardio vascular risk / disability

Refined oil mafia are quite influential to fund a favourable study that refined oils aka healthy oils were meant to do good to your than trad cold pressed oils

As health is subjective to individual so does oils were subjective to region person lived (Tropical bio diversity)

Gayatri Mantra : Maha mantra for healthy and happy life

- Gayatri mantra is sacred of all mantras, it's chanted to seek blessings of "veda mata " Gayatri devi

- Gayatri sadhana can do wonders in terms of health, wealth and mainly to lead peaceful and meaningful life

-Mindset and our mind plays vital role in every aspects of our decision, strong mind is forte of good luck ,health and prosperity

- Gayatri mantra greatly influence improves our concentration

- Sound waves generated during chanting of gayatri mantra affects beneficial way

Gayatri mantra helps to achieve subuddhi , supreme consciousness/ wisdom at least a sense of inner divine guidance at each & every aspect of life

Adhi Shankaracharya says gayatri to be destroyer of our sins coz she destructs the mere thoughts of evil

A Divine motherly shield

Why it's supreme , why so sacred

- Krishna in gita describes himself as "Gayatri" in mantras "

- Gayatri mantra is the only mantra which impact all chakras of our body

- Sound energy invokes the divine energetic reverberation in our nerves in turn our mind

Gayatri activates all our nadis focussing Inner consciousness towards physical, mental and emotional well-being

Gayatri sadhak doesn't care about external events much as their inner state is on absolute bliss , unwavered clarity ,strong body mind and soul

Thorpikaranam : A simple but powerful yogic practice for physical and mental wellbeing

Do this daily if you want to

- Sharpen your mind ,
attentiveness & decisiveness
-Reduce weight and belly fat
- Strengthen your vision
- Overall flexibility of your joints and muscles

Most often given as punishment for mischievous kids at school and done as prayer before Bhagwan Ganesha It's actually a superb physical exercise which benefits both physical and cognitive functions of your body

Per astrology, Ganesha is ruling diety for planet Ketu (Gnanakaraka) who is meant for blessings with wisdom (Gnana) /intelligence Per psychology,it is given as cognitive therapy to minimize their sadistic thoughts ..no wonder it's help to discipline mischievous kids at school

Another name for Ganapathi is Vigneshwara / Vinayagar he is considered to remove the vignam / obstacle by bestowing intelligence To be successful in your personal & professional life you need to tide over many obstacles in your path only through your intelligence & hardwork

Looking scientifically, We hold earlobes between thumb and forefinger with hands crossed in front of chest and perform repetitive squats. This is done 18 or 108 times as prarthana mostly for success in anything It's a kind of auricular vagus nerve stimulation

Some preventive measures for Lumpy Virus affecting cattles

- Deworm using castor oil and turkeyberry / sundakka with jaggery

- Add neem powder, turmeric powder, shikakai powder in cows bathing water 1/2

- Make a paste using Turmeric powder, Neem powder ,coconut oil apply over feet ,face over stomach

- Put a dhoopa using dried neem leaves,loban and white mustard thrice daily

-Sanitize cowsheds using water diouted with rock salt and turmeric powder

- Soak fresh 2-3 handful tender neem leaves in 30 litre for 30 min mix with wheat husk/rice bran with handful jaggery to the cows

- Feed Agathi keerai sumptuously twice along with boiled or soaked channa dal to improve their immunity

- keep cowsheds floors near dry

- Watch the salivation of cows are usual and ensure they are hydrated thoroughly

- Wash green pastures using neem and turmeric water then feed

- Don't send out for grazing unknown areas

- Bath the cattle in brahmamuhurta do puja at sunrise

- Make cows to listen carnatic music

Its proven cows feel happier when they listen to music and appear less