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AyurvedaReturning to Wholeness
Sheila Patel, MD
Medical Director, Chopra Center for Wellbeing
Mind-Body Medical Group
Carlsbad, CA
WHAT IS HEALING?
• Experiencing self-regulation
• A process of self-organization
• Activating internal healing
mechanisms
• Feeling at peace
• Feeling “whole”/connected to
something greater
Interference with self-regulation is central to the
vast majority of health and social problems that
plague modern society.
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Ayurveda
Ayu = Life
Veda =
Purpose:
Knowledge/wisdom
to heal, and to maintain the quality and
longevity of life (through self-regulation)
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Health and Disease
Allopathic Model: Health is the absence of a definable
disease
Ayurvedic Model: Disease is the absence of vibrant
health
In 1948, WHO defined health as a “state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity”
• HOLISTIC—BODY/MIND/SPIRIT
• SYSTEMS BIOLOGY—addresses the whole body
• PERSONALIZED—DOSHAS-what is right for one person, may not be right for another; allows predictions of health
• PREVENTIVE/CREATES HEALTH--by treating the root cause
• PARTICIPATORY/MAINTAIN HEALTH BY DAILY LIFESTYLE PRACTICES—health is our natural state and the system is always trying to achieve homeostasis/balance
AYURVEDA
Humans as a System
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• EVERYTHING IS A SYSTEM—from the macrocosm to the microcosm
• Humans are an intelligent system which senses and adapts to its
environment/experiences
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Mind-Body Connection
CNS
AdrenalsMedulla
AdrenalsCortex
MetabolismAutomatic functions
Immune
System/Inflammation
STRESS
General Adaptation
Selye 1950’sFight or Flight
Cannon 1930s
GI
General Adaptation Response to Chronic Stress
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Treatment
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Ayurvedic Treatments--treating the root cause
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AYURVEDIC TREATMENT
• MEDITATION
• YOGA/PRANAYAM
• PROPER DIET/DOSHA SPECIFIC
• HERBS/SPICES
• MASSAGE/MARMA
• DETOX
• PROPER SENSORY INPUT
• DAILY ROUTINE
• REGULATION OF EMOTIONS
Ayurvedic Definition of Health
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Samadosha, samagnis cha
Samadhatu-mala-kriyah
Prasanna atma-indriya-mana
Swastha iti abhidhyiate
– Susruta Samhita, Sutrasthanam 15.41
Ayurvedic Definition of Health
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Samadosha, samagnis cha
Balanced doshas and strong digestive fire
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Three Doshas: Mind-Body Constitution
Vata
Space + Air
Pitta
Fire + Water
Kapha
Water + Earth
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Dosha quiz
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AYURVEDA--INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you
something else is the greatest accomplishment." ~Ralph Waldo
Emerson
Ayurvedic Definition of Health
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Samadosha, samagnis cha
Balanced doshas and strong digestive fire
Ayurvedic Definition of Health
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Samadhatu-mala-kriyah
Balanced tissues-waste-elimination
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Rasa Plasma
Rakta Blood
Mamsa Muscles
Meda Fat
Asthi Bone
Majja Bone Marrow &
Nerves
Shukra Reproductive
The Dhatus = Tissues
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Samadhatu-mala-kriyah
Balanced tissues-waste-elimination
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Mutra Urine
Purisha Feces
Sweda Sweat
The Malas = Waste Products
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sweat
DETOXIFICATION/ELIMINATION
Ayurvedic Definition of Health
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Prasanna atma-indriya-mana
Happy soul-senses-mind
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Our health cannot be separated from what we
eat, what we do and what we think
“What we think, we become” --Buddha
In sum, we report that gratitude and spiritual wellbeing are related to better mood and sleep, less fatigue, and more self-
efficacy, and that gratitude fully or partially mediates the beneficial effects of spiritual wellbeing on these endpoints. Efforts to
increase gratitude may be a treatment for improving wellbeing in HF patients’ lives and be of potential clinical value.
Ayurvedic Definition of Health
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Swastha iti abhidhyiate
Health is thus known
Ayurvedic Definition of Health
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Samadosha, samagnis cha
Samadhatu-mala-kriyah
Prasanna atma-indriya-mana
Swastha iti abhidhyiate
–Susruta Samhita, Sutrasthanam 15.41
Ayurvedic Path to Balance
Goals:
• Balance doshas/Balance agni
• Reduce ama (toxicity)
• Ensure proper intake/elimination
Tools and Treatments:
• Meditation
• Pranayam
• Yoga
• Cleansing/detox therapies
• Nutrition/Proper use of herbs
• Massage, incl. self-massage
• Emotional balance
• Mindful input of sensory experience
• Energy therapies
• Daily and seasonal routine/exposure to Nature
Healing Through Nature—Grounding
The quickest way to align with nature
Research has generated evidence that connecting with the
Earth can:
•Reduce inflammation
•Lower stress levels
•Improve muscle and joint pain
•Boost mood
•Promote a healthy immune system
•Improve sleep
Being connected to the Earth gives us access to the negative
charge (electrons) that exists on the surface of the Earth
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Grounding promotes stress reduction as observed through modulation of central
nervous system pathways (HRV) and also modulates inflammatory markers
demonstrated by increase after one week of not grounding
Measurable decrease in 2
specific cell-membrane
chemicals (phosphatidylcholines)
correlating with serum cholesterol
and Type 2 diabetes risk
Plasma and serum levels of the
metabolites of
phosphatidylcholine are highly
predictice of cardiovascular dz
risk
AYURVEDIC DEFINITION OF DISEASE
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THREE SOURCES OF DISEASE/DISCONNECT
1. Physical imbalance
2. Emotional turbulence (mind)
3. Spiritual disconnect
Treatment is individualized and with the understanding
that everything is connected (the body is a system); goal
is to re-establish wholeness.
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Each of us is born with the gift of
healing. We can help ourselves to
heal and we can help each other to
heal. We just need to be made aware
of this gift and learn how to use it.