This road to detoxification and healing through ancient practices will take you back 5,000 years ago when, in the Vedic texts in India, the components of Ayurvedic healing were being recorded. Among the comprehensive set of ancient medical teachings practiced traditionally by Hindus is the Panchakarma treatment.
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| My home Dharamkot in the beautiful Himalayas, India @primavera.yoga |
Panchakarma – An Ayurvedic Journey to Wellness and Balance
Panchakarma is coined from two Sanskrit words “Pancha”, meaning five and “Karma”, meaning actions or treatments. Thus said, Panchakarma is a five-step process involving the detoxification of the human body from the negative effects of poor health choices, disease, and environmental pollution. By restoring our natural healing capacity, quality of life and healing abilities improve. When these are complimented with practices to heal the soul and emotions such as meditation and yoga, we achieve total Ayurvedic good health.
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| My everyday yoga practice view, also during the Panchakarma (I had so much energy, the Dr. was really surprised) @primavera.yoga |
Panchakarma treatments work on the basis that the body has the natural capacity to process and remove any toxins from its system. It’s the ability to heal and purify itself wears out due to many factors. Lifestyle choices such as poor diet, alcohol consumption, and smoking and long-drawn-out hours take its toll on bodily functions. Disease and some genetic pre-conditions also make for the inability to maintain the right balance within us.
The panchakarma usually used to be doing in India during the spring of each year. The best period to clean yourself and renew. (In the Jewish culture they also doing this while cleaning all their houses completely and even coloring the walls :) yes, of course, it is not the same, but I find a connection between cleaning your body and your house). And yes, you suppose to do it once a year.
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| yoga flow every day, different view @primavera.yoga |
Prevention and Healing through Panchakarma Treatment
With Ayurveda practices, most illnesses are prevented long before they manifest in a person.
However, in many cases, many of us are already afflicted with physical disorders or even serious diseases. Ayurveda Panchakarma treatment can cope with the majority of diseases. The medical cases that have been treated through this therapy include:
• Cardiac disorder – blood circulation problems, hypertension
• Respiratory problems – coughs, colds, alleviation of asthma, allergies
• Gastrointestinal Problems
• Dermatological diseases – eczema, psoriasis
• Joint diseases – arthritis, gout
• Women’s fertility problems – PCOS, infertility
• Slipped Discs
• Insomnia
• Psychological Imbalances – Addiction, Depression, and Anxiety
• Functionality Problems such as paralysis
Thorough cleansing and restoring the body’s innate detox system, Ayurveda and Panchakarma therapies return the body’s natural healing system as well as boost immunity. As all non-surgical cures, it may take time. However, going through the natural process of allowing the body to be restored and overcome illness and toxins do result in better health as we age.
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| A day hiking to the Triund mountain- I think the Himalayas are the best place for detox like Panchakarma |
The Panchakarma process:
Your Panchakarma program begins with an in-depth and extensive 1 on 1 consultation with Ayurvedic Dr. These individual consultations begin with a private Ayurvedic assessment. After your in-depth psychology kind of session (you will tell everything about your life, family, love stories, even about the relationship between your grandma and grandpa), some check-ups of your eyes, tongue, energy points, and your pulse.
Then the Ayurvedic doctor will tell your Dosha when you were born and what is your Dosha now.
In Ayurveda, the elements of Air, Space, Fire, Water, and Earth are metaphorically represented within each of us. The three "doshas" (or mind-body types) are Vata, Pitta, and Kapha
Vata: Represented by air and space. In the body, Vata is said to control movement. In the mind, Vata directs mental balance and well-being.
Pitta: Represented by fire and water. In the body, Pitta controls metabolic processes that create heat and digestion. In the mind, Pitta directs cognitive perceptions such as willpower, judgment, enjoyment, ambition, and anger.
Kapha: Represented by earth and water. In the body, Kapha is responsible for nourishing the body and giving it strength and structure. In the mind, Kapha directs emotional support such as love, well-being, and compassion.
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| preparing Khichiri for every lunch during my one week of Panchakarma |
The imbalance that created the problems that you have- for me, for example, I have an imbalance in Vata, means digestive issues. When I was born I was 70% Pita, 20% Vata, 10% Kapha and when I did the treatment I had 50% Vata and 50% Pita – so both, my Vata and my Pita were not in balance).
If you want to know more about the Doshas and analyze your Doshas in the present check this (of course it is not the same as doing it with the right Ayurvedic doctor): Dosha Quiz
Then the doctor will suggest the treatment that will be better for. Each person has other issues that are more important to treat and also the diet during the days of the Panchakarma is changing between each person.
I could even drink coffee in the morning during my Panchakarma (which made e so happy... but anyway, I ate a lot during those days, even things like rice and apples, that I am not supposed to eat anymore).
I decided to do 7 days of treatment. Even though the Doctor suggest more (and he was right, it started to help, but one week more could help much more).
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| grocery shopping @primavera.yoga |
Arriving in India
After I was studying on the web a lot about Ayurveda and finally planed my first trip to India and to the Himalayas area, I knew I will have to try the panchakarma and to learn more about Ayurveda. I heard about Shivani by a lot of people that understand about Ayurveda. To find a good ayurvedic doctor it is really difficult today and a lot of people don't really know a lot, especially in the western world (and they can harm people).
So, before I went to Dr. Mahesh Kumar (https://www.shivaniayurveda.com/)
I went to see other Ayurvedic doctors in the area, just to see if they will tell me the same things ;).
And they told me the same, only that Kumar told me things much faster and was much more professional. Also, the place was really nice, it is kind of a nice hotel for that part of India (Bhagsu), and you can choose to stay in the hotel and then they can cook exactly what you need for your treatment, or do it on your own ( but then you can't eat outside, you need to cook everything on your own cause you can get bacteria in the restaurant there and your body in those days is more sensitive).
yoga on the rooftops in Dharamkot, I used to dress like that only in that area, cause it was fine with the people. 😃
The Dr. asked some questions, checked my body and my pulse (that is how they know the level vitality and how is the status of your mind). I was happy to know that I don't have almost toxins in my body (they can see it from watching your tongue), he was quite surprised because I used to live in a metropolitan (Milan) with a lot of pollution. I guess it is my healthy habits and of course the yoga. He understood my digestion problems and the reasons for that, mostly food. I don't like warm food, and I used to eat only raw, too many apples and traveling a lot. It made me too much Air kind of girl (my Vata is too high now), and I am supposed to be all Fire (70% Pita).
Another thing that he told me (and the Tibetan dr. also) that I am too energetic for my age :).
He also said other things like my acidity in the body, sensitivity as a character but also the body, the weak organs in my body, kidney function, where my energy is blocked.
Then he gave me a list of all the food that exists almost and wrote to me what I can eat and what not (cause some food make toxins in the body for each one of us. For me- apples, watermelon, melon, walnut, cashew, rice, pasta and more…. Interesting ah??? another interesting thing; Ayurveda does not always recommend to be vegetarian or vegan, for some people it even not healthy, of course, it is always better to find at least bio meat. For me for example, I absorb proteins better from yogurt and eggs and I can't really be vegan).
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| Khichiri again with some herbal tea- My lunch (I am not allowed to eat this anymore, cause I can't eat rice) |
He told how should I eat (small portions and every 3 hours- Pita style), drinking a lot, eat warm food ( I don't like it so much). That it is not good for me to drink shakes and that it is difficult for me to digest it (and it is true- too many fibers). Fasting is not good for me either (that is why I love the Ayurveda- all those trends that people say that it is good for everyone!!!), and I used to fast at least once a month, the reason why is that it just makes me more Vata (air).
He recommend me to exercise (I love exercise), which kind of meditation should I do (bringing energy down, and not up all the time. For more grounding), to no drink shakes (it is too difficult for me to digest and it is better for me to eat more cook food), between which hours I should eat, when should I wake up, which essential oils should I use and which not (really good for me sandalwood, lavender & patchouli), not to clean my tongue ( like they recommend in all the ayurvedic website) and not to clean my nose with Neti, which oil to use on my body (almond or coconut), drink golden milk and a lot of water, and not taking Ashwagandha (which everyone taking now, but just to let you know he said it is more for men- never listen to trends. Instead, women should take Amalaki, which is full with vitamin C).
He recommend me to exercise (I love exercise), which kind of meditation should I do (bringing energy down, and not up all the time. For more grounding), to no drink shakes (it is too difficult for me to digest and it is better for me to eat more cook food), between which hours I should eat, when should I wake up, which essential oils should I use and which not (really good for me sandalwood, lavender & patchouli), not to clean my tongue ( like they recommend in all the ayurvedic website) and not to clean my nose with Neti, which oil to use on my body (almond or coconut), drink golden milk and a lot of water, and not taking Ashwagandha (which everyone taking now, but just to let you know he said it is more for men- never listen to trends. Instead, women should take Amalaki, which is full with vitamin C).
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| My food list. What is good for me and what make toxins in my body. Happy to know that I had a good intuition, and mostly all the things that make me toxins, I don't even like to eat. And I understood now why I have digestion problems, and it really got better since the treatment and also cause I estopped eating some things and started to eat differently. @primavera.yoga |
He gave me some herbs pills that are good for me that I was supposed to consume the next 3 months after the Panchakarma (remember the panchakarma it is just a few days treatment, like a juicing detox. After you still have to practice all of what he said that is good for me, otherwise nothing gonna change).
In the next post, I will describe my 7 days of Panchakarma, and the result.
stay tuned ;)
For any question please leave me a comment below.
For any question please leave me a comment below.
Namaste,
Aviv
Check out my morning ritual: https://mynameisaviv.blogspot.com/2019/12/my-morning-riutal.html
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