More than a medical system, Ayurveda is an “Art of Living” , a way to be in harmony with nature. This approach emphasises more prevention than treatment of the disease, without neglecting the different methods of treatments.

Ayurveda balances and revitalizes the organism, augmenting the immune response and reducing sensitivity to disease.

Since antiquity, Ayurveda has been tested and elaborated with generations of physicians over extended periods of time.As such, the system of Ayurveda has withstood the test of time. Ancient seers  used intuition instead of computers. They had developed their memory and their intuition to lead their therapies. They built up the system of Ayurveda directed toward the supreme goal of immortality.

Health, individuality, immortality

Ayurveda is a system giving the guidelines to live a healthy and harmonious life.Through daily and seasonal routines we can definitely develop a real “Art of Living".

The balance between indulgence and adhesion to certain guidelines will determine our health level. We cannot reasonably achieve a high standard of health without a certain degree of self discipline and control. An individual is developed simultaneously along two directions.

-A vertical axis where consciousness rises up and expands through the control of its different vehicles: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.

-A horizontal axis where the individual develops equilibrium and balance with his environment: physical, social. 

From this perspective we can assume that Yoga deals more with the vertical axis and Ayurveda with the horizontal axis. This is why our physical body needs to remain in harmony with nature. According to Ayurveda, our emotions and mind need to stay in harmony with our social group, and our consciousness needs to be tuned to be in harmony with the universe if we really want to be integrally healthy.

According to Ayurveda, the word “svastha”  -“healthy” - comes from the Sanskrit roots “sva”, the Self, and “stha”, to be established. To be established in oneself is according to Ayurveda the definition of a healthy person.

Today, we live in a rootless society where frenetic consumerism is mistaken for the supreme form of freedom. But we are indeed enslaved by our over-indulgence.

 If Ayurveda were a religion, nature would be its Goddess and overindulgence would be the only sin.

We believe we are free but we live in a form of bondage towards excess in food, coffee, tobacco, alcohol, TV, computer etc etc.  We forgot our roots, our centre, and we are running frenetically searching for illusory happiness. Our literature, our agriculture, and even our medicine are aggressive. Where is the harmony in all this? Ayurveda is the product of a civilisation deeply rooted into the cult of mother nature. Ancient Rishis of India were aware that we come from nature, live though nature, and that ultimately all form of Life returns to nature. It seems rather evident that human existence can only be considered in conjunction with Mother Nature. 

Carl Jung after a visit to India in 1938 expressed himself thus:

“It is quite possible that India is the real world, and that the white man lives in a madhouse of abstractions….Life in India has not yet withdrawn into the capsule of the head. It is still the whole body that lives. No wonder the European feels dreamlike; the complete life of India is something of which he merely dreams.When you walk with naked feet how can you ever forget the earth?”

In this perspective of returning to one’s source and regenerating oneself, we propose several sojourns in the heart of India around a practice of yoga and Ayurveda. To reserve your stay or for further information please do not hesitate to contact us . We will be delighted to assist you.

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