Ayurveda and The Changing Seasons

Are you one of those people who suddenly come down with a cold and cough when winter changes to spring? I will share some information from the ancient teachings of the Ayurveda that will help you to support and nurture yourself during seasonal changes and other times when the body may become stressed. The Ayurveda says that most diseases are born during the changing of the seasons.

Although very subtle, the earth’s energies are shifting in the early spring as the sun makes it way up the northern hemisphere. The sun’s warmth begins heating the air and the earth. The cool and damp nature of the winter season has past. The winter is influenced by the kapha dosha, one of the 3 biological forces of nature or doshas, according to the Science of Ayurveda.

The three doshas are kapha, pitta and vata or in a simplified understanding, kapha is the biological combination of water and earth, pitta is fire and water and vata is air and ether. The 3 doshas govern all biological and psychological processes of our body, mind and consciousness. They also govern the actions of the material world including the seasons, times of day and different geographical environments.

In the spring, the element of pitta or the biological heat element becomes more prominent in our environment. The human body is a microcosm of the external world. During the winter season the body, in creating homeostasis, tries to insulate itself from the cold by adding extra kapha. The nature of kapha is cold, moist and heavy.

Two principles involved in all Ayurvedic applications: LIKES INCREASE LIKES | OPPOSITES BALANCE

Therefore a special cleansing and purification is recommended during the change of the seasons. This purification is called Pancha Karma. Pancha Karma will remove excess kapha in the spring, excess pitta in early fall and excess vata in late fall. The process of Pancha Karma has been practiced for thousands of years by followers of the Ayurveda.

Pancha Karma involves simple yet effective treatments. The objective is to remove excess toxins and balance the doshas. The process starts with a synchronized 2-person warm herbal oil massage called Abhyanga. This massage specifically stimulates the immune system and detoxifies the system. Then you receive an aromatherapy steam bath called Sweda, to support the cleansing of the lymphatic system and to reduce stress on the liver. This is followed by a Royal Spa treatment called Shirodhara. As warm herbal oil flows onto your forehead and 6th chakra energy center, your mind, body and soul awaken to inner peace and harmony. These are just some of the treatments that are part of Pancha Karma.

These treatments I have found to be most effective to reduce stress, detoxify the tissues of the body and to find regained inner strength and balance.

Ayurveda Shirodhara Flowing Oil Treatment

From the Ayurveda, this treatment offers one of the most divine and tranquil experiences available!

Ayurveda, the science for living a healthy and balanced life was developed and perfected in India thousands of years ago. It has been almost unknown in the west. It contains knowledge that has immense value and benefit to all the inhabitants of this planet.

Shirodhara is a treatment given during the Ayurvedic rejuvenation process called Panchakarma. Shiro means the “head” and dhara means the “constant flow”. The treatment is a constant flow of warm herbal oil on the forehead poured from a copper container about 8-12 inches above the head. It is sometimes rhythmically moving across the forehead and sometimes still. The oil is continuously flowing allowing it to run through the hair and the scalp. Shirodhara quiets the mind and the senses which allow the body’s natural healing system to release stress from the nervous system.

Shirodhara is usually given for 20-30 minutes for 3 to 8 days in a row. The oils used are infused with special herbs that subtly transfer their healing qualities to the patient. The oils that are best for Shirodhara are Ksirabala tailam and Dhanvantaram tailam. These oils quickly support and balance Vata vayu, open the Prana shrotas channel and calm and nourish the nervous system.

Shirodhara has been traditionally shown to help with anxiety, fatigue, nervousness, mental exhaustion, insomnia, some mental disorders, headache, excessive thinking, and many other conditions commonly affecting People in today’s active lifestyle.

The Cuban cigars specialty

Their are thousands of types of cigars in the world and they all come from different countries. However, what is so special about Cuban cigars. This is a question that almost all the new guys and gals ask. Plus once they start getting information on it, you see their face light up and they just want to know more and more about it. This is the magic of Cuban cigars.

Their is so much to it that it should be considered an official piece of art. Cuban cigars have a history that goes back since the beginning of time (At least that is what the cigar gods want you to know). They say that before the earth was created, the island of Cuba was created and the seeds of the mighty “Cohiba” leaves were planted in.

Mainly it’s the Cuban tobacco that makes the Cuban cigar. Obviously, if the main product isn’t good, the looks are just not going to work. However, this where Cuban cigars win and win in every way. Cuba is not only blessed with the best conditions to grow amazing tobacco, but also the rolling of Cuban cigars is a tradition that goes back thousands of years and has hardly changed today.

Plus each Cuban cigar brand is different and offers it’s own unique taste and style. Most people think that Cuban cigars are one type of cigars, but their are over twenty different type of brands that come with the Cuban cigar persona. Plus when they first started spreading around, it was the elite in our society that understood the whole sophistication behind the Cuban cigar and that taste if offers the palette.

Don’t get Cuban cigars if you don’t believe in getting the absolute best this world has to offer. Cuban cigars are only smoked by the elite and professionals who are the movers and shakers of this world. These are people who have a vision and a dream to change their lives and others and they go after it. Are you one of them? Well if you are a Cuban cigar smoker, than you most certainly are. When you are smoking Cuban cigars, you are smoking the best.

Ayurvedic Triphala, the Rejuvenator

Triphala has recently received great popularity around the world, but in India is has been renowned for thousands of years. Triphala is believed by most people to be a simple Ayurvedic remedy for constipation. In fact, Triphala is a Rasayana or a rejuvenator. Rasayanas affect the body in a general way tonifying and supporting good health, they promote vitality and longevity.

Balances Elimination

Cleanses Toxins

Supports Digestion and Overall Well-Being

The regular use of Triphala will support the development of proper digestion and regulates elimination without causing any laxative dependency. It gently supports detoxification of the tissues of the body. Triphala is an effective blood purifier that stimulates bile secretion as it detoxifies the liver. It also increases the red blood cells and hemoglobin.

Ayurveda, the ancient Indian herbal medicinal science supports the benefits of triphala. The main benefits are for acidity, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, digestive disturbances and liver problems. Triphala is also beneficial for people who are suffering from high cholesterol and high blood pressure problems. It may also be helpful for treatment of atherosclerosis and anemic conditions.

Triphala is a combination of the dried fruits of Terminalia chebula, Terminalia belerica, and Emblica officinalis in equal proportions. These are popularly known in India as haritaki, bibutaki and amalaki. Amalaki contains the highest natural known source of vitamin C; twenty times more than an orange, this makes it a very powerful antioxidant. Triphala is the most commonly used Ayurvedic formula. Its synergistic combination of herbs is added to many classic Ayurvedic formulas to increase their actions.

In a study titled ‘Potential of traditional Ayurvedic formulation, Triphala, as a novel anticancer drug’ published in the January 2006 issue of Cancer Letters, scientists at the Radiation Biology and Health Sciences Division, Bhadha Atomic Research Center in Mumbai found that Triphala had the ability to induce cytotoxicity (cell death) in tumor cells but spared the normal cells.

I have been using triphala regularly for many years personally and in my practice at the Ayurveda Health Retreat. There are no long term studies that make any ill affects known. The dosage is to 1 teaspoon with water at bed time or 2-3 500 mg tablets. You may take it safely for 6 months, then give yourself a few weeks off and resume again. It is contraindicated during pregnancy and is not to be taken along with psyllium husks or with strong laxative herbs like senna leaf.

Chikitsa: Ayurveda Disease Management

There are four main classifications of management of disease in Ayurveda: shodan, or cleansing; shaman or palliation; rasayana, or rejuvenation; and satvajaya, or mental hygiene.

Along with medicine, proper diet, exercise and lifestyle is advised. This is very important, If we are taking a medicine to remove the root cause and at the same time we are eating food which may increase the cause of disease, then we will not get well and will get less relief.

In Sanskrit the daily routine is called the Dinacharya. Ayurveda recommends that in order to be optimally healthy we should tune our bodies to the nature’s master cycle, which in turn regulates the various other rhythms.

Everyday two cycles of change pass through us, each bringing a Vata, Pitta, or Kapha predominance.

The approximate times of these cycles are as follows:

First cycle:

6 A.M. to 10 A.M. – Kapha

10 A.M. to 2 P.M. – Pitta

2 P.M. to 6 P.M. – Vata

Second cycle:

6 P.M. to 10 P.M. – Kapha

10 P.M. to 2 A.M. – Pitta

2 A.M to 6 A.M. – Vata

Considering the above cycles the ideal schedule should be like this:

MORNING:

Time to wake up: A healthy person should get up two hours before sunrise. During this hour the Vata element is dominant. Waking up two hours before dawn you utilize the Vata qualities in the nature. Vata is light, subtle and clear and this helps in tuning the body to the delicate messages the nature sends. This is the time when there is the most sattva in the air. It is the most fresh and pure time of the day. Some exceptions to this rule of rising early are the very young, the old, parents with small children, and people with fevers or diarrhea.

Elimination: Drinking a glass or two of warm water helps in the elimination. As soon as possible empty your colon and bladder. If you wait until later in the morning or during the day you are slowly poisoning yourself and creating an opportunity for chronic conditions to arise.

Cleaning of Senses: Wash the eyes with water. Preferably use rose water and Triphala to purify the sight.

Brush the teeth and scrape the tongue with a tongue cleaner to purify your mouth and sense of taste. Ayurveda considers the coating of the tongue as an indicator of ‘Ama’ or toxins in the colon.

Gargle with warm water or herbal tea to purify your voice and strengthen your teeth.

Finally do Jal neti and put a little medicated oil in your nose (nasya) to purify the sinuses and your sense of smell. The traditional Dinacharya also recommends that you inhale the smoke of medicinal herbs every morning to purify the mind, head, face, neck and lungs. Massage: Abhyanga is the name for oil massage with sesame oil. This is typically a self-massage. It is one of the main ways that Ayurveda keeps us strong and prevents us from aging. This massage need not be long and cumbersome. Massaging the scalp, forehead, temples, hand and feet for about 5 minutes is sufficient.

Exercise: Vyayama is the name for physical exercise. This is usually some Yoga postures and breathing exercises (Pranayam) but it can be anything including a walk, a swim, sun salutes or whatever. This early morning exercise removes stagnation in the body mind, strengthens the digestive fire, reduces fat and gives you an overall feeling of lightness and Joy as it fills your body with good Prana. It is not to be strenuous. In fact, exercising at one fourth to one half of your capacity is recommended. Bath: After exercise useful to bath and remove any excess oil and dirt. Both showers and bathtubs are recommended in the classics. Usually warm water baths are suggested. Put on clean clothing after the bath.

Meditation: For a few minutes to an hour sit down and see who you really are, put your attention towards Awareness. This is the most important aspect of Dinacharya. Simply be quiet, sit in Peace.

NOON:Lunch: It should be taken early between 12 and 1 P.M. this coincides with the peak Pitta period, Pitta is responsible for the digestion. Ayurveda recommends that the lunch should be the largest meal of the day. After the meal it is good to take a little walk, a couple hundred steps only, to help the food digest.

Siesta: Anything more than a short nap should be avoided because sleeping in the day is prohibited in Ayurveda.

Study / Work: Do what you do from now until supper.

SUNDOWN:Sundown is a special time of balance between day and night. In this balance it is easier for your mind to stop long enough so that you can see your Self. This is the time for evening prayers and meditations in many cultures around the world.

DINNER: It should be taken around 7 P.M. It should be lighter than the lunch. The dinner should be at least three hours before bedtime as gives the body ample time to digest the food. Sleeping just after the dinner with a heavy stomach is not conducive to a sound sleep.

Walk to aid digestion for about 10-15 minutes.

Ease: From dinner to bedtime just take it easy. Spend time with family, read, and relax.

BEDTIME: Go to sleep around 10 P.M. so that you can get 6 to 7 hours of sleep before 4:30 am. A good practice is to massage the soles of your feet with a calming oil before going to bed. This will calm your system and promote well-being.

And remember to take your Triphala before sleep.

One should try to keep the routine as close to the recommended Dinacharya as possible. The body might resist the change for a first few days but if you do manage to persist then you will be rewarded with a much healthier and satisfying life.

Samprapti: Pathogenesis

Samprapti is the progress of pathology, from the earliest stages of imbalance to the full expression of a particular disease. The study of samprapti includes types of samprapti, stages of samprapti, sanchaya, (accumulation of aggravating factors), prakopa (provocation of imbalance), prasara (spread of aggravating factors), sthana samsraya (deposition and localization of pathology), vyakti (manifestation of disease), bheda (differentiation, full expression of disease symptomlogy), dosha gati (direction, movement and characteristics of pre-pathology) and vyadhi marga (pathways of disease).

Getting Blogging Right

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Blogs are popular and are becoming even more popular, so if you haven’t got one then you are probably missing out on all those readers that would be interested in your subject. Internet users love blogs and when they find one that they really like then they keep coming back. The search engines also like those blogs. They realize that it’s the blogs that have the most current information, and information that is always changing too.

Choose a Blogger – Choose between one of the two programs for blogging, either blogger or Wordpress. You may have seen where these two companies like to compete against each other, and each has their advantages and disadvantages. The best way to choose between the two is to look at both sites and use the one that is easiest for you. If you ever want to change from one the the other, the process is fairly simple

Figure out what you are interested in and blog about that. Choosing the platform is just the first step, but the most important step is figuring out what you want to blog about. You need to keep your blog in keeping with something that you are passionate about. This will keep you working on your blog throughout the years and keep you interested in up keeping it.

Be passionate and love what you are blogging about. This is the key to making your blog interesting and keeping you working at it. If you don’t choose something that you are interested in, then you wont keep your readers interest and you will lose interest in it too.

Did you know that there are lots of bloggers out there that make a four figure income and some that make even more, and you can do the same by learning how to get traffic on your site and what to market. You need to be well known among other bloggers and you need to have all the information that others are looking for.

Remember getting the blog up is just the start so you cant just put it up and expect it to work itself. The work comes when you have to start putting good content up on that blog. Content that includes pictures, and information about the topic you have chosen. This is your own daily, weekly or bi weekly report of what goes on in regard to your topic.

When you own a blog you will need to learn to increase your traffic – getting it up is easy but you will need to learn how to create traffic or your blog will flounder out there. Learning how to create traffic for yourself takes time and you will need to learn how to use new tools, and read as much about your subject and how to create traffic.

Three things before buying Cuban cigars

If you want the best place to get Cuban cigars, go to Cuba. They are proud to share their tradition of cigar making which is literally centuries old. Yes that is a fact but how will it help you purchase Cuban cigars on the internet where it is all about getting the authentic kind. It’s sad but true that eight nine percent of online websites are selling unreal Cuban cigar. If you’ve never had a real one, you are probably smoking a cheap Japanese cigar disguised as a Cuban and thinking that it’s the real thing. I hope you are not sitting in a company of someone who knows the difference because you won’t be their for long.

Let me share three straight to the point tips that will help you out. Let us get one thing pretty straight, it’s all about using your head. If the website you are on has no way to contact them, they are a fake Cuban cigar site. Some people get so dazzled by a website’s look they forget about everything else. No phone number or contact information means they are fake as fake can be. Another great sign is the cheap pricing offered on single cigars and cases. A few hundred dollars on a case of twenty five cigars means you are basically getting a knock off.

Second thing is proper authorized dealers have proper logo and display legit contact information. If they are not authorized by Habanos, they are selling fake Cuban cigars. Its unbeliveable how some people can live with them selves like this. They are not only a disgrace to businessmen around the world but to Cuban cigar lovers across the planet that we call earth. Cuban cigars is a gift meant to be shared, it’s not a name that people can use just so they can make a few dollars and than put those dollars in their bank accounts.

The second thing is when selling Cuban cigars, and I don’t care if it’s on planet Nubanon, if the web site is not authorized by Habanos S.A, than you getting fake Cuban cigars. Here is the deal, Habanos S.A is the only place in the world that creates and monitors the distribution of Cuban cigars. So if you go on web page, and they promise you the best Cuban cigars in the world, yet you don’t see any authorization from Habanos S.A? Than again, you are on a fake site. Even if you see the logo, click on it and see if actually does something for you.

See these steps are not even instructions, just clear thinking and that what it truly is. So many people get bombarded with different and various things on a website that they are overwhelmed and when they see that super low price tag, they press click and pay for some cheap and fake Cuban cigars. Don’t end up being a sucker, you know you are better than that. Do your research right and get the best Cuban cigars that you truly deserve.

What would you rather smoke

Smoking is a lifestyle choice but the question of the century is what motivates us to pick up a ‘cancer’ stick at least 3 times a day? Is it social or just because we saw it in the movies. Maybe it’s being pressured in our teen years to fit into the ‘cool’ crowd. Regardless, people who have been smoking are still smoking and it seems like more and more are joining them.

Smoking is the worst thing for your health, more and more people die everyday with smoking than any other thing in history. Millions of people and now it is estimated that billions of people will be victim to smoking or second hand smoking. After all the stats, the addiction is so deadly that the anit-smoking business is worth billions of dollars on it’s own.

It boggles my mind when people compare cigarette smoking to cigar smoking. It is two completely different things. First is you never inhale cigar smoke. If you try to, trust me, you will feel that for a few weeks. Cigar smoking is meant to be enjoyed by your senses. It is not designed to make you an addict. Cigarettes on the other hand are deadly. They are almost insulting to tobacco. Yes smoking tobacco in any form isn’t health friendly, but just like drinking, it can be enjoyed in moderation.

Cuban Cigars on the other hand, are the most natural form of tobacco you can smoke. Plus you don’t inhale cigar smoke, you simply enjoy the flavors involved. Cuban cigar leaves are picked, hand rolled and shipped. Unlike cigarettes, where shredded scraps of tobacco is used, when you are smoking Cuban cigars, you are smoking the actual tobacco leaves. They exact way they are grown and the exact way you are suppose to smoke them.

Some people have actually used Cuban cigars as an alternative to quit smoking cigarettes. Yes it is quite possible as you get rid of the hand motion and at the same time you are actually relaxing to some of the best tobacco known to man. Bottom line, run away from Cigarettes, get a patch if you must as you inhale them. Cuban cigars are fun and enjoyable because you don’t inhale them.

Not another top hip hop rapper list

It really grinds my gears when I see these top three or top five best rappers of all time or in history. They are all over the search engines but none of them seem to consider the valid points. A rapper is not someone who comes with the best rhymes or has the best production behind them but rather someone who presents him or herself in the perfect balance.

To be the best rapper, it’s all about how many people you’ve influenced. To me the greatest rapper or one of the greatest rapper is the person who has had the most impact. How do you know if someone has had an impact or not? This is where you analyze three things, the beat, the rhymes, the flow and the hustle of the rapper. It has to be that perfect combination of things and when done right, transforms into greatness. When taking all those things into perspective, you will see that the huge list that you had in your head begins to narrow down.

Out of all the rappers and hip hop artists, only 2pac, Master P, Sean Combs, Curtis Jackson and Slim Shady has had the most global impact. 2pac is still selling records and it has been almost 11 years since he got shot. Master P is the one put the dirty south on the map before the Cash Money Records deal and before Lil John’s Crunk. Plus Mr. Miller ended up on the richest men in american list at just 28 when he started No limit records. His album ‘Ghetto Dope’ is nothing short of a classic with funky basslines and raw style of rapping that was simply too original.

Finally when Marshall came up it was like a re-brith in rap music. Here you had a white rapper who actually had some phenomenal skills. The color barrier was broken again and this time it was the opposite. You would think that after all the suffering black people went through, they would let the white kid do his thing but I guess anger is something that can slow down creativity, but not completely halt it.

Finally we have P Diddy who almost single handedly brought the rap game to the mainstream and pop charts. Some might argue that P Diddy made hip hop pop – but I think he made hip hop popular around the world. By using a very new formula of remixing ‘white’ songs into hip hop dance anthems, P Diddy show cased a new side of hip hop. It is because of P Diddy that the world outside of the US fell in love with hip hop. Not to mention, it was P Diddy who introduced Notorious B.I.G to us.

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