
Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing: A Practical Guide

Ayurveda recommends that emotions be observed with detachment and then allowed to dissipate. When emotions are repressed, that repression will cause disturbances in the mind and eventually in the functioning of the body.
Vasant Lad • Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing: A Practical Guide
ealth is order; disease is disorder. Within the body, there is a constant interaction between order and disorder. The wise man learns to be fully aware of the presence of disorder in his body and then sets about to reestablish order. He understands that order is inherent in disorder and that a return to health is thus possible.
Vasant Lad • Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing: A Practical Guide
This concept is basic to Ayurvedic science: the capability of the individual for self-healing.
Vasant Lad • Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing: A Practical Guide
Ayurveda holds that normality must be evaluated individually, because every human constitution manifests its own particular and spontaneous temperament and functioning.
Vasant Lad • Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing: A Practical Guide
A basic principle of healing in Ayurveda holds that one may create balance in the internal forces working in the individual by altering diet and habits of living to counteract changes in his external environment.
Vasant Lad • Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing: A Practical Guide
According to the teachings of Ayurveda, every human being has four biological and spiritual instincts: religious, financial, procreative and the instinct toward freedom.
Vasant Lad • Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing: A Practical Guide
Ayurveda, Yoga and Tantra are the ancient life-disciplines that have been practiced in India for centuries.
Vasant Lad • Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing: A Practical Guide
They perceived, in the close relationship between man and the universe, how cosmic energy manifests in all living and nonliving things. They also realized that the source of all existence is Cosmic Consciousness, which manifests as male and female energy - Shiva and Shakti.
Vasant Lad • Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing: A Practical Guide
The health of the body, mind * and consciousness * * depends on the knowledge and practice of these three in daily life.