The Science of Life(Ayurveda) in Indian Healing

Video Transcript

"This is Eileen Dey on behalf of Expert Village and in this segment we'll talk briefly about Ayurveda, the Indian science of life. Written down in Rig Veda so many hundreds and hundreds of years ago, it was a system of living healthfully and in balance. One that looked at nutrition and exercise, and ways of relating, and a system of understanding wholeness. Back to the Hindu concept of Trimutri, which represented the creative, destructive, and balancing forces of nature. And through these forces there became this understanding of the Tamas, the Rajas, and the Satvas. These various qualities that each one of us has within us, and an Ayurvedic practitioner looks at one's constitution. When one is in well--when one is in balance, all of them are where they need to be. When one is out of balance, an Ayurvedic practitioner may give and prescribe certain herbs, or diet, or yoga exercises to pacify the quality that is out of balance. In this next segment, we will talk about energetic essence."