Ayurveda - The science of Life
Fundamental building blocks of the body - The Seven Dhatus
In Ayurveda, the seven dhātus (tissues) are considered the fundamental building blocks of the body. They nourish, support, and sustain life, much like the structural and functional systems in modern biology. Each dhātu arises sequentially from the ...
The fifth element (E5) - Earth
What is Earth / Dharti - Simply put it is the energy which allows us to smell and manage our physical movements, by way of bones and muscles. The organs associated with the smelling and digesting faculty are nose and the entire muscular and skeleton ...
The fourth element - Water: An Expanded Understanding
What is Water element or Jal tattwa? The Water element — Apas in Sanskrit, Jala in Ayurveda represents fluidity, nourishment, emotion, purification and adaptability. It plays a pivotal role in both nature and human systems governing fertility, ...
The third element - Fire or Agni tattwa: An Expanded Understanding
What is Fire element or Agni tattwa? The Fire element—Tejas in Sanskrit, Agni in Ayurveda—symbolizes transformation, energy, motivation, and the power of change. It plays a pivotal role in both nature and human systems, governing digestion, ...
How Veg Diet Can Save Your Health, Wealth and the Planet
Animals are very disciplined species. They follow their natural food cycle without questioning it. And animals as we know do not attempt to experiment, jump, or skip their respective food cycles. This means if you offer grass to a carnivore animal ...
The Air element (Vayu) : An Expanded Understanding
What is Air element or Vayu Prana? This is the second element of Panchabhoota and represents the second layer of atmospherere. Simply put it is the energy which allows us to breathe and generate feelings or emotions, ability give and receive ...
The Ether Element (Aether, Akasha, Space): An Expanded Understanding
Ether What is Ether? Also referred as Space, Akasa, Vyom This is the first element of Panchabhoota and represents the top most layer of atmosphere, i.e. Ionosphere - The ionosphere is a critical link in the chain of Sun-Earth interactions. This ...
Cosmic Life Force, Five Elements & three Doshas
Health is order & Disease is Disorder. Disease signifies discomfort, and hence we dislike it and want to be free from its pain and agony. Imbalance in cosmic life force and five elements causes diseases, and these elements also cure us. In all cases ...
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