This is exciting my first Blog for the re-modified web site for Ayurveda Health. I have been asked a lot lately “what exactly is Ayurveda and where does it evolve from?” So to answer this question Ayurveda is a 5000 year old science that is extraordinary intricate and complete. It’s based on the observation of human beings and their actual reactions to their environment, not on mere laboratory experiments that seldom address the living being.

It is truly holistic reflecting a deep study not only of body and mind but also the spirit. It acknowledges that we are expressions of a living consciousness that is universal in nature. Reclaiming that connection with life as a whole is the real basis of healing, not manipulating the life force with drugs, however useful they may be. Ayurveda concentrates on controlling disease and ill health, through balancing the life-force within the person strengthening our immune systems crucial for well being. This includes considering how we eat and exercise, but also how we breathe and how we think.

According to the views of India’s great sages and yogis, the roots of Ayurveda go back to the very beginning of cosmic creation to the Vedic Period. Ayurveda and its principles and concepts were passed on orally for thousands of years-from the master to his disciples in the form of Sutras. The first written publications were compiled around 2000 BC.

The most intriguing thing for me is that nothing has needed to be changed…not because after all this time, we can’t make change; it is just that we don’t need too! This illustrates the fact that the human condition is basically the same despite time. We face the same questions, the same dilemmas as our ancestors. Ayurveda is not aligned to any particular religion. Like the diversification and beauty of nature it embraces all points of view that promote healing, balance, harmony and peace.