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Fall 2021 ejournal
The pandemic has impact beyond the infection, disease, death, care, treatment, and vaccination, as it has seriously affected much of the socail, dynamcis, adversly influencing economics, educational enterprise, relationships, and an entires gamut of cultural connections. This journal is no exception. We are very thanful to Dr. Anusha Sehgal, who aptly and effectively led the journal as its Editor-In-Chief for three years, up until the Winter issue of 2021. Although we had planned a smooth transition of the Ediotr-In-Chief position by appointing Dr. Raja Sivamani, who actually took over for the Winter 2021 issue, he has since been occupied with some personal issues that have prevented him from sparing time to fulfil his editorial responsibilities. He has also conveyed some differences..
Q: Please tell us about yourself and how did you become interested in Ayurveda?
A: I come from a family that was involved in more holistic approaches to medicine. My father was an osteopathic physician and I grew up understanding that there are more natural approaches to healing than the regular medical model. I ended up studying agriculture, just wanting to know more about the world around us and the foods that we eat. I was very in tune with nature and natural things and had an openness to eastern philosophies as I entered college. Somewhere along the way….
One of the basic premises of Ayurveda includes a diet for an appropriate time of the day (dinacarya), season (rtucarya), and according to one’s body type as part of the lifestyle. Under dinacarya, one has to eat at certain time intervals, before sunset, etc., where as rtucarya involces intake of food prepared from seasonal items. Under the lifestyle, one is expected to consume foods according to one’s body dos type. For example, vala type can consume fruits, pitta type….
Ojas is the ultimate resort of strength, patience and endurance for body and mind. Ojas is cultivated in Ayurveda for disease prevention, deep healing, rejuvenation and longevity. It is cultivated in Yoga for inner strength, determination and vitality, steadiness and focus of mind and prana.
Ojas is the essence of all seven bodily tissues of plasma, blood, muscle, fat, bone, nerve and reproductive. As such, Ojas is the ultimate product of the long-term nutritional process and holds the seed energy of the entire body. It is most connected to the subtle tissues of nerve and reproductive, indicating its influence on the mind and its creative force and its ability to hold Prana. Yet is gives muscular strength and physical stamina overall.
Abstract:
With a view to exploring a plausible and common basis for the workings of naturopathy and astrology, the traditional wisdom of Vedic science is examined at its finest possible level. An attempt is made to look for the fundamental processes responsible for the treatment of diseases using paðcamahÀbhÂtas (the five cosmic elements of earth, water, air, fire and ether, hereafter referred to as PMs) and for the poor predictions of the science of astrology. For this purpose, a common framework of a philosophical atom-type (called “patomic”) model of a human being is employed.
Mental stress today is the worst enemy of human health and well-being. Around 70 percent of patients who visit a doctor, have a connection of their diseases with mental stress. It is deadlier than the deadliest disease as it affects the mind and emotions which control the whole body. In last one and half years during the covid pandemic, the number of people suffering from mental stress has increased exponentially. We see more and more people suffering from Stress, Anxiety, Fear, and Depression. While some stress is necessary for us to function, but when it crosses the normal limits, it can very damaging not only for mental health but also for physical body
Sustainability is the crux of Ayurvedic life principles, which as the first principle of practice, considers balance among the vāta, pitta, and kapha tridośa-s. The key to this balance is triguṇa-s – the sattva, rajas, and tamas- features of mind or psyche, which connects life to jñānendriya-s (sense organs), karmendriya-s (organs of actions), and tanmātra-s (primary elements). The fundamental basis of jñānendriya-s, karmendriya-s, and tanmātra-s rests with pañcamahābhūtas (ākāśa, vāyu, agni, āpah, and pṛthivĩ) or five elements (ether, air, fire, water, and earth). These five elements are also the origin of the entire cosmos, which...
