Ayurveda---Ancient Wisdom

Hello, and thank you for visiting my blog!

My name is Dr. Mini Joy and my family has been involved in the practice of Ayurveda for five generations. I am passionate about teaching about and healing with this ancient Indian tradition.
I have created this blog to share some of the wisdom offered by the incredible rishis who developed the system, along with what I have learned through my training and my family.

What is Ayurveda?

Ayurveda was developed around 5000 years ago and continues to be widely practised in India and overseas. Ayurveda is based on the theory that health and disease are byproducts of all aspects of a person's life: nutrition, career, mental frame, family, social activities and spiritual life. If one area is weakened, all areas begin to suffer. For example, if a person is unhappy at work, this unhappiness will affect all other areas of life.

The five senses are the gateways that bring in these influences; what we see, hear, smell, touch and taste affects all areas of health and life. The mind also plays a major role in how we act and react to the information and experiences gathered from the senses. When the mind is calm and clear, we handle a situation much better. The same situation, the same people or stresses exist at all times. How we deal with these situations will differ depending upon our frame of mind.

Western medicine has made significant progress in treating many diseases, however it has trouble curing the major diseases of an aging population such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, and osteoporosis. Additionally, Western medicine emphasizes the treatment of symptoms and diseases through drug therapy.
In contrast, Ayurveda recommends that we take time to nurture all areas of life to maintain the whole (or holistic) balance. Life is like a web: if we shake one area of the web, the entire web shakes. Similarly, what we do in one area of our life affects all areas.