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Diwali – or deepawali – also known as the “festival of lights” is primarily known as a “Hindu Festival” where the practice of lighting countless(!) lamps in the night symbolizes “victory of light over darkness”… Wonderful as this characterization may be, it also erases the historical and cultural significance and normalizes it so that heads-of-state can send out banal wishes without risking being politically incorrect! It’s good to be reminded of what diwali really celebrates…
This 5 day festival that is observed 20 days after Navaratri – the 9 nights of Shakti culminating in the 10th day of victory or Vijayadashmi – is really the celebration of the return of Sri Raam, his consort, Sita, and brother Lakshman, along with Hanuman, back to Ayodhya after a period of 14 years spent in exile. When the party flew back home on the “pushpaka vimaan” – the “airplane” that belonged to Raavan’s brother, Kuber, the whole city of Ayodhya was lit with oil lamps to welcome their awaited king and queen and team back from their tribulations.
The victory celebrates not only the return of Sri Raam to his rightful throne, but inaugurates a period of great dharmic righteous living, since Sri Raam had spent 14 years battling and vanquishing asuras and demons and restoring peace and balance on earth for all! In particular, he had vanquished the most powerful of them all, the 10-headed ruler of the 3 worlds, Raavan. This victory is commemorated as dussehra – that is: “killer of the 10 heads.” With his return to Ayodhya, Sri Raam re-established the rule of dharma as narrated in Valmiki’s Ramayana.
The Ramayana is the timeless story of not just those born on the Indian subcontinent… it is the story of ALL of us, humans, who have to learn to keep our dharma, our path in life, even when it is hard, and to learn to trust the invisible creative powers so that we can live up to our destiny, no matter how hard it may be… Lord Raam, Sita Mayya, and Laxman, along with Hanuman, are the divine ancestors of the entire human race, before country border lines were drawn based on political and religious ideologies…
While it can be interpreted in so many ways, the story of Sri Raam is the story of sticking to one’s dharma first and foremost. Dharma does not mean you will live in comfort and happiness following your desires! It means you will do what you know is meant for you to do as your duty as part of this great cosmic reality – whether it’s what YOU had planned for your life or not… Sri Raam went into the forest, exiled, even though his coronation was meant for that exact same morning. He was stripped of his royal garb and title, and yet he willingly put on the hermit’s shirt and wondered in the jungles barefoot, as a mere mortal. He upheld his dharma. When we uphold our dharma, then the whole universe conspires to bring us more than what our hearts and minds desire. Vaidya Mishra used to remind us: “when you do what you know is right, you will only desire what you deserve…” How do you know what is right to do? You study the vedic shastras that teach us how to act whilst in this body on earth…
After the battle between good and evil personified by Sri Ram and Ravaan, the story of the churning of the cosmic ocean of milk, the “samudra manthan” puranic story, we also become victorious, and Laxmi appears in our own lives, as well as Dhanvantari, and many other wondrous beings as well.
This diwali, may we all aspire to find and live in accordance with our dharma – no matter how hard the path seems at first. For those of us who are at a loss and do not know how to find their dharma: allow your dharma to find you. Be still – settle your mind and release noisy thoughts, clear your heart of unfulfilled desires – make space for silence, patiently, and you will hear, your dharma beckoning you….
Namaste!
BONE HEALTH WORKSHOP NEWS
If you missed our Bone Health Workshop with Elizabeth Innes, you can now watch it HERE
200 people enrolled for Elizabeth’s Bone Health Workshop. After the presentation we had an hour long Q&A session.
Elizabeth’s training as a pharmacist coupled with her ayurvedic expertise made for a super informative and insightful session on bone health. There is so much information out there about what to do, supplements, protocols, etc. It becomes very hard to distinguish between what works and what can even harm. Sometimes you just need to adjust your daily routine and dietary protocols do get better results. And some time-tested ayurvedic wisdom always comes in handy!
Want to find out more?
Schedule a one-on-one with Elizabeth and discuss what’s going on with you, and receive more tips on a healthy SVA diet, bone health, and other ayurvedic topics, email her: info@elizabethinnes.ca
Yakrit, the Sanskrit term for the ‘liver,’ literally means ‘where every process happens.’ The liver – the largest organ in our bodies – carries out hundreds of actions, primarily detoxifying and creating new blood; filtering out toxins/chemicals; building immunity. But did you know that it also has an amazing capacity to regenerate itself? Without the liver we wouldn’t be able to transform food into energy, by breaking down fats and proteins. Here are some of the liver’s most vital functions:
Produces fresh blood AND cleans toxins out of the blood: the many cells of the liver, known as hepatocytes, accept and filter this blood. They act as little sorting centers, determining which nutrients should be processed, what should be stored, what should be eliminated via the stool, what should go back to the blood; it also gets rid of old red blood cells; the liver thus regulates/maintains healthy amount of blood in the body;
Produces bile, a fluid that helps the body digest (break down) fat: the liver stores fat-soluble vitamins as well as minerals such as copper and iron, releasing them when the body needs them. It also helps to break down fats in a person’s diet: it either metabolizes fats or releases them as energy. The liver produces an estimated 800 to 1000 ml of bile each day. This bile flows into the small intestine where the fat gets broken down and absorbed – extra bile is stored in the gallbladder.
As if these functions weren’t enough, the liver also plays a major role in the following:
Metabolizes proteins and carbohydrates so they turn into energy and your body can use them;
Creates immune system factors that help fight against infection;
Create proteins responsible for blood clotting – otherwise we would bleed to death!
Breaks down old and damaged red blood cell;
Balances energy metabolism by converting glycogen to glucose and storing extra glucose by converting it to glycogen. Glycogen is a form of glucose that your body stores mainly in your liver and muscles. Your body needs carbohydrates from the food you eat to form glucose and glycogen.
Makes toxins less harmful to the body and removes them/detoxifies the bloodstream
So you can see how and when, for any reason, the “intelligence” of the liver gets compromised, different kinds of dis-ease may emerge. A compromised liver can mean compromised health on many levels…
In Shaka Vanshiya Ayurveda, we pay special attention to making sure the liver does not get “cranky” – as Vaidya Mishra would jokingly explain. Having taken the pulse of thousands of people who had “cranky hot livers,” he put together a gentle yet effective protocol to help cool things off and optimize its functions.
Learn How to Care for the Liver – from the SV Ayurveda Perspective
In this online course you will find 12 ½ hours of in-depth SV Ayurveda knowledge on how to care for the liver. Taught live at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam (Saylorsburg, PA), Vaidya Mishra takes us on a journey inside the yakrit (liver) – the body’s dynamic powerhouse. Teaching from the ancient sutras & the perspective of medical science, he elaborates the functions of the liver and all the etiological factors impacting it. These factors include diet and digestion; AS WELL AS emotions; PLUS environmental toxins; EMFs; and synthetic ingredients in most personal-care products. Vaidya Mishra also teaches us how to keep the liver healthy and manage its disorders through food, herbs, marma therapy, detoxification, rejuvenation procedures, and vibrational medicine, including the use of mantras (primordial sounds with specific known effects).
Some of the Points of SVA Liver Management Covered in this Course
Ayurvedic physiology of the liver
Definition of ‘Yakrit’
Sub-doshas of Yakrit
Dhatus and Yakrit
Physical channels (shrotas) & their connection with Yakrit
Vibrational channels (nadis) & their connection Yakrit
Gaps (sandhis) & the liver
Tri-sutra Ayurveda and the liver
Etiological factors (hetu-s) responsible for creating liver imbalances
Mind-Prana-Ranjaka connection
Spine (Sushumna nadi) and liver connection
Role of liver Detox
Foods and spices to avoid
Pro-biotics effects on liver with scientific references
Scientific research on herbs, liver supporting foods, and liver detoxifying foods
How coral calcium & loha (iron) support the liver from perspective of modern science
How sunlight affects the liver
Apana – colon and liver connection
Marma-s connected with the liver
Herbs for the liver - Guduchi, Maha Sudarshan, Bhumi Amla, Bhringraj, Kutki, Neem, DGL, and more!
Liver supporting fruits – ppineapple, pear, papaya, pomegranate, blue berries, black berries
Lentils good for the liver– Mung dhal
Grains supporting the liver – quinoa, millet, amaranth, etc.
AND MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGE!
This course has a total run time of approximately 12 hours and 30 minutes. It also includes a printable PDF Booklet.
CAUTION
If feeling unwell or experiencing any disease, always consult with your primary medical physician before using or adding any complementary approach or herbs.
Disclaimer
This product and statements have not been evaluated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and are not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. All the information above is intended to be used for educational purposes only and may not be used to replace or complement medical advice.
Take Vaidya Mishra “With You” Everywhere You Go!
if you ever had the opportunity to meet Vaidya Mishra in person, or have encountered him via his many youtube videos or online courses, then you know what we mean! We all want to have him travel with us in this earthly journey, to help us in our decisions along the way, through the timeless wisdom and knowledge of SV Ayurved. And now we can! If you have not discovered our podcast channel yet, we invite you to look it up and explore the timeless teachings of SVAyurveda, as well as fabulous talks by other SVAyurveda doctors and educators.
Shorty but Witty!
The wit of Shaka Vanshyia Ayurveda is timeless and immutable, but time itself mutates… So, we are catching up with the changes and trends which challenge us in these modern times!
To adapt to this day and age when we seem to get frequently immersed in rushed routines and schedules with little time for learning, but when we need more than ever to acquire the knowledge that leads to the health, balance, and bliss that our rushed lifestyles want to take away from us, the SVA Podcast is delighted to announce “SVA Shorts”.
We have begun to produce brief, abridged, episodes for those of you who have little time or are too tired after a long day of work to listen to a full-length format, but don’t give up on the quest for the jewels of ancient ayurvedic knowledge.
The new SVA Short episodes are under 10 minutes in length but, as usual, are packed with deep knowledge and wisdom.
And to inaugurate our new short format, we have a playlist that will rejoice all of you. During the month of November, to learn all about Doshas and Sub-Doshas: Vata, Pitta, and Kapha, plus Soma, Agni, and Marut, we are releasing a Trilogy.
What is Vat? (Friday, November 1st)
What is Pitt? (Friday, November 15th) and
What is Kaph? (Friday, November 29th)
This is the knowledge at the center-most pivotal point of Ayurveda and it is presented to you in a way in which only Vaidya Mishra can explain it; from the origin of Prana and its components Soma, Agni, and Marut.
Have you felt disarmed when listening to an explanation about a particular imbalance because you couldn’t wrap your head around the functions of a Sub-Dosha or felt confused when reading about the healing and balancing properties of our SVA formulations?
Not anymore! Tune up to our November podcast’s Shorty but Witty episodes… We’ll see you there!
We want to help you protect your purchase – there’s been an increase in lost/stolen packages.
To protect your shipment – in case your shipping address is not secure – we have now added the “signature delivery” option upon check-out on www.chandika.com and we highly recommend you select it to ensure your package is guaranteed to reach you after it leaves our warehouse. Kindly note we are unable to replace stolen/misplaced packages once they are confirmed delivered by the carrier of your choice.
Are your mornings sluggish and on the low-end? Do you need something to perk you up but dread the side-effects of caffeine? A Sip of Mom’s Chai might just be what you need…
This blend was made to enhance circulation in the physical and vibrational channels, and to supply more oxygenation overall to all organs and organ-systems. This tridoshic chai blend will awaken your physiology from its nocturnal slumber and ready it for the activities of the day ahead –
without wreaking havoc in your body or mind!
Here’s another wonderful detail: if you wish to add black, green, or white tea leaves for a caffeine boost, this blend will give you the benefits but buffer the side-effects of the caffeine in the tea leaves. With its ayurvedic properties, your body will be able to easily and smoothly handle the caffeine without going into a morning shock!
So what exactly are the ayurvedic properties of this blend?
This spice blend, because of its ayurvedic synergistic ratio – how much of each spice with which spice determines how they both work together in harmony – will open the srotas (physical channels) of the stomach, liver, heart, and mind, WITHOUT heating them up;
This tea blend also unclogs the burners of the “dehagni” – cellular metabolism – without aggravating/over-activating them;
Best of all, this tea blend is TRIDOSHIC: suitable for ALL Ayurvedic body types, specially great for high pitta types who need a boost but can’t handle the acidity or caffeine of chai;
The greatest option is you can make it in different strengths to suit your needs: add a little more or less depending on how you are feeling and how much of a “pick-me-up” you need… So what’s in this chai mix?
4 SIMPLE INGREDIENTS and what they do
Nutmeg: pacifies and resets the mind, sharpens it through calming down prana vata, to ready it for the day;
Cinnamon: energizes you by enhancing and supporting sugar metabolism;
Ginger: when ayurvedically prepared, supplies metabolic warmth to burn off ama – toxic build-up – from the night;
Cardamom: awakens the metabolic system, opening and clearing the channels in the nasal and oral cavities.
Try a cup, here’s how you can make it
DIRECTIONS
Add ½ tsp to 10 oz water and bring to a boil. You may add less or more depending on your body type and preferences – remember: it’s gentle but strong, discover what works best for you. Alternately you may also add it to a cup of already hot water, cover, and infuse for 8-10 minutes.
Another delicious way of making it is to add ½ tsp to a glass of milk and bring to a boil. It will make the milk more easy to digest and delicious. You may cool it off a bit and add 1 tsp of honey to the milk.
Enjoy!
Don’t Flax It!
Ayurvedic Perspective on Flax Seeds
~ Dr Marianne Teitelbaum
In the Western world, we just look at the nutritional value of the food, and if that is the only parameter we take into account, then sometimes we can get into trouble. This is especially true in the case of flax seeds.
We get caught up in the fact that there are some amazing nutrients within the flax seed, such as omega-3’s which they are very high in. They also contain Vitamin C, iron, Vitamin B1, copper, and molybdenum. They contain one of the highest sources of alpha linoleic acid (ALA). ALA is an essential fatty acid that your body cannot produce.
However, in Ayurveda, we recommend that you NOT consume them. Why would that be, when they sound so nutritious? It’s because we look at what happens after the food comes in.
One of the very important things we look at is the effects on the liver. In this modern era, the liver is under constant assault from the 80,000 toxins we allow in our environment, in the air, food, water and even the pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals we all take.
Because of this high volume of toxins, which our ancestors never had to encounter — the liver is overheating in about 99% of the population. Don’t forget that the liver is the main filter of any toxins that enter the body. Combine this with the fact that most environmental toxins are acidic in nature and thus, create heat. Which means that in time the liver will overheat, unless we know how to detoxify it while at the same time keeping it cool. This is an art we have not as yet perfected here in the west since most herbs which detoxify the liver are very heating: milk thistle, for example, is one of the hottest of all herbs for the liver!
It turns out that all nuts and seeds create some heat as well. This is why it is recommended to soak them in water either overnight or at least an hour or so before you eat them. The soaking will cool them down. Sesame seeds are especially heating so if we encounter a patient whose liver is very hot, creating some autoimmune diseases, cancer, food sensitivities or rashes, then we would tell them to avoid eating sesame seeds until the liver cools down from the herbs, dietary changes and other cooling therapies we would give them.
When it comes to the use of flax seeds, they are more than just heating — they are extremely heating. My teacher and mentor, Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra used to teach his students by giving them concrete examples which is one of the best ways to teach. He loved telling them his favorite story about flax seeds.
In India where he had a successful Ayurvedic practice in several town, there were poor people who could not afford much food, so many of them would eat flax seeds since they are so cheap and easy to grow.
He would then tell us how consuming the flax seeds would heat both their liver and spleen to the point where it created many health problems in those patients, where he and his father, another famous Vaidya or Doctor of Ayurveda from India, had to help to heal the poor souls from the ravages of the flax seeds they had consumed. He told us that the flax seeds were so heating that it created numerous problems in both the liver and the spleen, which are considered pitta organs, which means they inherently already contain some heat. But the addition of the pungent flax seeds took them over the edge. Both he and his father had to take numerous steps and utilize various treatments to try to get these people back to good health after they consumed flax seeds for so long.
Then when my teacher came to America he encountered people who could actually afford to eat healthy food — and he was therefore in shock when he encountered many of the “health conscious” people who were eating flax seed thinking it was healthy and not realizing the damaging effects it was creating in their liver and spleen.
So the next time you are told to eat flax seeds due to their high omega-3 content, please realize that while they may contain these healthy fats and other nutrients, in the long run they will “torture your liver,” as Vaidya used to say. So you might be better off avoiding them and instead choose nuts and sunflower seeds which you should soak in water before eating. And do keep in mind that even if you soak the flax seeds in water they are still not recommended — even the cooling effect of water isn’t enough to cool them down to the point where they won’t harm the body.
And don’t worry — the diet that we give our patients is very high in all the good fats such as Omega 3’s, by including whole milk, dairy products, ghee, olive oil, avocados, nuts and seeds. And the daily oil massages we recommend enable every cell on the skin to absorbs the various oils we recommend, taking the omega 3’s and other nutrients directly into the bloodstream from the skin.
I hope this video will help you to understand the value of the energetics of foods and what happens inside our bodies once we swallow them, and not just be led by the nutritional value of the food only.
200 people enrolled for Elizabeth’s Bone Health Workshop. After the presentation we had an hour long Q&A session.
Elizabeth’s training as a pharmacist coupled with her ayurvedic expertise made for a super informative and insightful session on bone health. There is so much information out there about what to do, supplements, protocols, etc. It becomes very hard to distinguish between what works and what can even harm. Sometimes you just need to adjust your daily routine and dietary protocols do get better results. And some time-tested ayurvedic wisdom always comes in handy!
Want to find out more?
Schedule a one-on-one with Elizabeth and discuss what’s going on with you, and receive more tips on a healthy SVA diet, bone health, and other ayurvedic topics, email her: info@elizabethinnes.ca
Yakrit, the Sanskrit term for the ‘liver,’ literally means ‘where every process happens.’ The liver – the largest organ in our bodies – carries out hundreds of actions, primarily detoxifying and creating new blood; filtering out toxins/chemicals; building immunity. But did you know that it also has an amazing capacity to regenerate itself? Without the liver we wouldn’t be able to transform food into energy, by breaking down fats and proteins. Here are some of the liver’s most vital functions:
Produces fresh blood AND cleans toxins out of the blood: the many cells of the liver, known as hepatocytes, accept and filter this blood. They act as little sorting centers, determining which nutrients should be processed, what should be stored, what should be eliminated via the stool, what should go back to the blood; it also gets rid of old red blood cells; the liver thus regulates/maintains healthy amount of blood in the body;
Produces bile, a fluid that helps the body digest (break down) fat: the liver stores fat-soluble vitamins as well as minerals such as copper and iron, releasing them when the body needs them. It also helps to break down fats in a person’s diet: it either metabolizes fats or releases them as energy. The liver produces an estimated 800 to 1000 ml of bile each day. This bile flows into the small intestine where the fat gets broken down and absorbed – extra bile is stored in the gallbladder.
As if these functions weren’t enough, the liver also plays a major role in the following:
Metabolizes proteins and carbohydrates so they turn into energy and your body can use them;
Creates immune system factors that help fight against infection;
Create proteins responsible for blood clotting – otherwise we would bleed to death!
Breaks down old and damaged red blood cell;
Balances energy metabolism by converting glycogen to glucose and storing extra glucose by converting it to glycogen. Glycogen is a form of glucose that your body stores mainly in your liver and muscles. Your body needs carbohydrates from the food you eat to form glucose and glycogen.
Makes toxins less harmful to the body and removes them/detoxifies the bloodstream
So you can see how and when, for any reason, the “intelligence” of the liver gets compromised, different kinds of dis-ease may emerge. A compromised liver can mean compromised health on many levels…
In Shaka Vanshiya Ayurveda, we pay special attention to making sure the liver does not get “cranky” – as Vaidya Mishra would jokingly explain. Having taken the pulse of thousands of people who had “cranky hot livers,” he put together a gentle yet effective protocol to help cool things off and optimize its functions.
Learn How to Care for the Liver – from the SV Ayurveda Perspective
In this online course you will find 12 ½ hours of in-depth SV Ayurveda knowledge on how to care for the liver. Taught live at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam (Saylorsburg, PA), Vaidya Mishra takes us on a journey inside the yakrit (liver) – the body’s dynamic powerhouse. Teaching from the ancient sutras & the perspective of medical science, he elaborates the functions of the liver and all the etiological factors impacting it. These factors include diet and digestion; AS WELL AS emotions; PLUS environmental toxins; EMFs; and synthetic ingredients in most personal-care products. Vaidya Mishra also teaches us how to keep the liver healthy and manage its disorders through food, herbs, marma therapy, detoxification, rejuvenation procedures, and vibrational medicine, including the use of mantras (primordial sounds with specific known effects).
Some of the Points of SVA Liver Management Covered in this Course
Ayurvedic physiology of the liver
Definition of ‘Yakrit’
Sub-doshas of Yakrit
Dhatus and Yakrit
Physical channels (shrotas) & their connection with Yakrit
Vibrational channels (nadis) & their connection Yakrit
Gaps (sandhis) & the liver
Tri-sutra Ayurveda and the liver
Etiological factors (hetu-s) responsible for creating liver imbalances
Mind-Prana-Ranjaka connection
Spine (Sushumna nadi) and liver connection
Role of liver Detox
Foods and spices to avoid
Pro-biotics effects on liver with scientific references
Scientific research on herbs, liver supporting foods, and liver detoxifying foods
How coral calcium & loha (iron) support the liver from perspective of modern science
How sunlight affects the liver
Apana – colon and liver connection
Marma-s connected with the liver
Herbs for the liver – Guduchi, Maha Sudarshan, Bhumi Amla, Bhringraj, Kutki, Neem, DGL, and more!
Liver supporting fruits – ppineapple, pear, papaya, pomegranate, blue berries, black berries
Lentils good for the liver– Mung dhal
Grains supporting the liver – quinoa, millet, amaranth, etc.
AND MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGE!
This course has a total run time of approximately 12 hours and 30 minutes. It also includes a printable PDF Booklet.
CAUTION
If feeling unwell or experiencing any disease, always consult with your primary medical physician before using or adding any complementary approach or herbs.
Disclaimer
This product and statements have not been evaluated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and are not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. All the information above is intended to be used for educational purposes only and may not be used to replace or complement medical advice.
Take Vaidya Mishra “With You” Everywhere You Go!
if you ever had the opportunity to meet Vaidya Mishra in person, or have encountered him via his many youtube videos or online courses, then you know what we mean! We all want to have him travel with us in this earthly journey, to help us in our decisions along the way, through the timeless wisdom and knowledge of SV Ayurved. And now we can! If you have not discovered our podcast channel yet, we invite you to look it up and explore the timeless teachings of SVAyurveda, as well as fabulous talks by other SVAyurveda doctors and educators.
Shorty but Witty!
The wit of Shaka Vanshyia Ayurveda is timeless and immutable, but time itself mutates… So, we are catching up with the changes and trends which challenge us in these modern times!
To adapt to this day and age when we seem to get frequently immersed in rushed routines and schedules with little time for learning, but when we need more than ever to acquire the knowledge that leads to the health, balance, and bliss that our rushed lifestyles want to take away from us, the SVA Podcast is delighted to announce “SVA Shorts”.
We have begun to produce brief, abridged, episodes for those of you who have little time or are too tired after a long day of work to listen to a full-length format, but don’t give up on the quest for the jewels of ancient ayurvedic knowledge.
The new SVA Short episodes are under 10 minutes in length but, as usual, are packed with deep knowledge and wisdom.
And to inaugurate our new short format, we have a playlist that will rejoice all of you. During the month of November, to learn all about Doshas and Sub-Doshas: Vata, Pitta, and Kapha, plus Soma, Agni, and Marut, we are releasing a Trilogy.
What is Vat? (Friday, November 1st)
What is Pitt? (Friday, November 15th) and
What is Kaph? (Friday, November 29th)
This is the knowledge at the center-most pivotal point of Ayurveda and it is presented to you in a way in which only Vaidya Mishra can explain it; from the origin of Prana and its components Soma, Agni, and Marut.
Have you felt disarmed when listening to an explanation about a particular imbalance because you couldn’t wrap your head around the functions of a Sub-Dosha or felt confused when reading about the healing and balancing properties of our SVA formulations?
Not anymore! Tune up to our November podcast’s Shorty but Witty episodes… We’ll see you there!
We want to help you protect your purchase – there’s been an increase in lost/stolen packages.
To protect your shipment – in case your shipping address is not secure – we have now added the “signature delivery” option upon check-out on www.chandika.com and we highly recommend you select it to ensure your package is guaranteed to reach you after it leaves our warehouse. Kindly note we are unable to replace stolen/misplaced packages once they are confirmed delivered by the carrier of your choice.
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Healthy Joints
What It Takes: At A Glance….
Life can cause tremendous wear and tear on our joints, specially as we age. Several stress factors (heavy lifting, obesity, improper use of the joints, etc.) can cause not only joint pain but also loss of their proper functioning. Joint pain and impaired mobility can also occur due to toxins in the joints (with or without inflammation) or low bone density from insufficient nutrition or improper metabolism of calcium needed to build and maintain healthy bone tissue.
According to estimates by medical science, 80% of people over the age of 50 experience joint pain. With such a high percentage, we are sure to see clients with painful joints, if not diagnosed joint diseases. SVA practitioners should understand all the etiological factors of joint pain and disorders and know how to repair any damage caused by them. By following tri-sutra Ayurved, we stand more than a fair chance of being successful. However, when these issues progress to vyakti or bhed stages, management becomes highly challenging. So, we will focus our discussion on the earlier stages of imbalances that if left unchecked may lead to named diseases and complications involving the joints.
Because our joints are composed primarily of bone tissue, whatever we do to balance, detoxify, and rejuvenate the bones will also support the joints. But we must take care of other dhatus as well. In particular, the health of the fat tissue must be addressed since the raw material for bone comes from medha dhatu (fat). (See ‘Weight Management and Metabolism’). In fact, we must take care of the entire chain of dhatu transformation, which involves among other considerations the liver and rakta dhatu (blood tissue).
To directly detox and rejuvenate the bones, SVA practitioners sometimes use a special plant called asthi shrinkhala, or bone herb in common language. Asthi means ‘bone’. Shrinkhala means ‘series’. True to name and form, this plant looks like a series of small bones linked together with small ‘joints’ between them. Its main prabhava (specific ultimate effect) is asthiyuk - unifying the bone tissue. Ayurveda has traditionally used this plant for increasing bone mass in osteopenia and osteoporosis and for accelerating the healing and regeneration of bone fractures. It has also been used to mitigate joint pain from over exertion.
SVA Bone Herb comes in three delivery mediums:
1)Bone Herb Powder;
2) Bone Herb Herbal-Memory Nectar in regular and extra strength (HP); and
3) Bone-Herb Transdermal Cream.
The herbal-nectar drop and transdermal cream are generally suitable for everyone. Bone Herb Powder though is pittala. This means it is hot and can increase pitta, and thus may not be appropriate for the high-pitta person. However even here we can use this herb with proper samyog (combination) and samskar (processing).
We also have Shring Bhasma Herbal-Memory Nectar, Boswellia Herbal-Memory Nectar, and Boswellia Powder to support the bones and joints. Shringa Bhasma HMN contains the aforesaid asthishrinkhala. But the main ingredient and main action comes from shring bhasma (deer antler calcined ash), which can help regenerate bone tissue and offset wear and tear on the joints and cartilage. Boswellia serrata (shallaki in Sanskrit) is revered in Ayurveda and by modern medicine for its powerful analgesic and anti-inflammatory action. But the powdered form must be used with caution as high dosages can irritate the GI tract.
We also support asthi by supplying intelligent calcium to the bones and making sure calcium is properly metabolized. Good calcium comes from intelligent food and salt (Soma Salt) and from Soma Cal and Praval Panchamrit. To enhance asthi agni and the metabolism of calcium, we have the different forms of kulthi lentils we learned about. To learn more about calcium supplementation and absorption, watch Dr. Teitelbaum speak on How to Properly Supplement and Absorb Calcium – click on the video below.
Another point of concern is the deadly nightshades. In ‘Nightshades and Why We Should Avoid Them,’ we learned that potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, and eggplants contain solanine, a chemical leading to and aggravating joint pain and inflammation. It’s imperative to educate any client with a joint problem on the dangers of these nightshades. A diet free from nightshades is a boon, specially as we age. And you can replace potatoes with Taro (available in Asian Grocery Stores); replace tomatoes with Sweet Thai Tamarind sauce; eggplants with karela to satisfy that bitter craving; and if you must absolutely MUST have bell peppers: you can cook with them, throw a piece etc in your soup or meal, BUT don’t actually eat them. The peppery aroma will infuse your meal but the skin and pulp are very hard and heavy to digest and clogging. You will still get some of the flavor without the side-effects!
Joint and Bone Health are big important topics. For one-on-one guidance we recommend you call one of our SVA physicians or educators:
Can’t do physical herbs due to an aggravated liver (yakrit)?
Try Vaidya Mishra’s “Herbal-Memory Nectar Drops” – ayurvedic “homeopathic” drops that carry no physical molecules, just the “cellular intelligence” of the plant and herbal synergy. Unique ayurvedic formulas PLUS: zero alcohol unlike most homeopathic formulations.
Add 1-3 drops in 16oz of water and sip slowly throughout the day. You can combine up to 8 different drops in one bottle of water.
Yakrit, the Sanskrit term for the ‘liver,’ literally means ‘where every process happens.’ The liver – the largest organ in our bodies – carries out hundreds of actions, primarily detoxifying and creating new blood; filtering out toxins/chemicals; building immunity. But did you know that it also has an amazing capacity to regenerate itself? Without the liver we wouldn’t be able to transform food into energy, by breaking down fats and proteins. Here are some of the liver’s most vital functions:
Produces fresh blood AND cleans toxins out of the blood: the many cells of the liver, known as hepatocytes, accept and filter this blood. They act as little sorting centers, determining which nutrients should be processed, what should be stored, what should be eliminated via the stool, what should go back to the blood; it also gets rid of old red blood cells; the liver thus regulates/maintains healthy amount of blood in the body;
Produces bile, a fluid that helps the body digest (break down) fat: the liver stores fat-soluble vitamins as well as minerals such as copper and iron, releasing them when the body needs them. It also helps to break down fats in a person’s diet: it either metabolizes fats or releases them as energy. The liver produces an estimated 800 to 1000 ml of bile each day. This bile flows into the small intestine where the fat gets broken down and absorbed – extra bile is stored in the gallbladder.
As if these functions weren’t enough, the liver also plays a major role in the following:
Metabolizes proteins and carbohydrates so they turn into energy and your body can use them;
Creates immune system factors that help fight against infection;
Create proteins responsible for blood clotting – otherwise we would bleed to death!
Breaks down old and damaged red blood cell;
Balances energy metabolism by converting glycogen to glucose and storing extra glucose by converting it to glycogen. Glycogen is a form of glucose that your body stores mainly in your liver and muscles. Your body needs carbohydrates from the food you eat to form glucose and glycogen.
Makes toxins less harmful to the body and removes them/detoxifies the bloodstream
So you can see how and when, for any reason, the “intelligence” of the liver gets compromised, different kinds of dis-ease may emerge. A compromised liver can mean compromised health on many levels…
In Shaka Vanshiya Ayurveda, we pay special attention to making sure the liver does not get “cranky” – as Vaidya Mishra would jokingly explain. Having taken the pulse of thousands of people who had “cranky hot livers,” he put together a gentle yet effective protocol to help cool things off and optimize its functions.
Learn How to Care for the Liver – from the SV Ayurveda Perspective
In this online course you will find 12 ½ hours of in-depth SV Ayurveda knowledge on how to care for the liver. Taught live at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam (Saylorsburg, PA), Vaidya Mishra takes us on a journey inside the yakrit (liver) – the body’s dynamic powerhouse. Teaching from the ancient sutras & the perspective of medical science, he elaborates the functions of the liver and all the etiological factors impacting it. These factors include diet and digestion; AS WELL AS emotions; PLUS environmental toxins; EMFs; and synthetic ingredients in most personal-care products. Vaidya Mishra also teaches us how to keep the liver healthy and manage its disorders through food, herbs, marma therapy, detoxification, rejuvenation procedures, and vibrational medicine, including the use of mantras (primordial sounds with specific known effects).
Some of the Points of SVA Liver Management Covered in this Course
Ayurvedic physiology of the liver
Definition of ‘Yakrit’
Sub-doshas of Yakrit
Dhatus and Yakrit
Physical channels (shrotas) & their connection with Yakrit
Vibrational channels (nadis) & their connection Yakrit
Gaps (sandhis) & the liver
Tri-sutra Ayurveda and the liver
Etiological factors (hetu-s) responsible for creating liver imbalances
Mind-Prana-Ranjaka connection
Spine (Sushumna nadi) and liver connection
Role of liver Detox
Foods and spices to avoid
Pro-biotics effects on liver with scientific references
Scientific research on herbs, liver supporting foods, and liver detoxifying foods
How coral calcium & loha (iron) support the liver from perspective of modern science
How sunlight affects the liver
Apana – colon and liver connection
Marma-s connected with the liver
Herbs for the liver - Guduchi, Maha Sudarshan, Bhumi Amla, Bhringraj, Kutki, Neem, DGL, and more!
Liver supporting fruits – ppineapple, pear, papaya, pomegranate, blue berries, black berries
Lentils good for the liver– Mung dhal
Grains supporting the liver – quinoa, millet, amaranth, etc.
AND MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGE!
This course has a total run time of approximately 12 hours and 30 minutes. It also includes a printable PDF Booklet.
CAUTION
If feeling unwell or experiencing any disease, always consult with your primary medical physician before using or adding any complementary approach or herbs.
Disclaimer
This product and statements have not been evaluated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and are not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. All the information above is intended to be used for educational purposes only and may not be used to replace or complement medical advice.
Take Vaidya Mishra “With You” Everywhere You Go!
if you ever had the opportunity to meet Vaidya Mishra in person, or have encountered him via his many youtube videos or online courses, then you know what we mean! We all want to have him travel with us in this earthly journey, to help us in our decisions along the way, through the timeless wisdom and knowledge of SV Ayurved. And now we can! If you have not discovered our podcast channel yet, we invite you to look it up and explore the timeless teachings of SVAyurveda, as well as fabulous talks by other SVAyurveda doctors and educators.
We want to help you protect your purchase – there’s been an increase in lost/stolen packages.
To protect your shipment – in case your shipping address is not secure – we have now added the “signature delivery” option upon check-out on www.chandika.com and we highly recommend you select it to ensure your package is guaranteed to reach you after it leaves our warehouse. Kindly note we are unable to replace stolen/misplaced packages once they are confirmed delivered by the carrier of your choice.
The ancient Vedic tradition of India has given us Ayurveda, or the knowledge of total health; it has given us Jyotish, or the knowledge of mathematical planetary predictions; it has given us Vastu, or the knowledge of architecture that harmonizes our habitations with the cycles of nature; and still so many other branches of knowledge that unravel and help us make sense of this grand majestic mystical universe we live in.
Amongst these different branches of vedic knowledge is also a very ancient practice that is tied to the shift of the seasons in the year, as well as the subtle vibrational cosmic energies at play in the universe…
This ancient practice revolves around the feminine energy, known as Shakti. Femininity is an expression of the cosmic creative Shakti energy. Shakti is a constitutive part of Nature and our lives – whether we are male or female.
Every year in Autumn, and depending upon the cycles of the lunar calendar, the exploits of Shakti Devi are narrated for 9 days and 9 nights.
It is told that Shakti Devi – the most potent creative dynamic energy in Nature manifests in order to combat a-sura (dis-harmonious) negative entities/energies that attempt to arrest creativity and the flow of life. Shakti Devi, the Cosmic Mother, in her fierce aspect is known as Chandika… She embodies all energies and battles all negativity. She destroys IGNORANCE that causes us to act against the laws of Nature that support life and growth… NOTHING CAN STAND IN HER WAY… She manifests to clear the stage of life from impediments and disruptive entities.
This means she also helps on an individual level: she supplies shakti so each one so we can overcome our failings and personal negativity. On this level, she helps us rid ourselves of ego-tistic thoughts that are limiting and created out of fear, anger, insufficiency. This is why she is often depicted holding a decapitated head dripping with blood that symbolizes our slain ego… In this sense, CHANDIKA IS THE ULTIMATE HEALER since she rids us of our delusions, illusions and confusions! She clears the space so we can think and act in accordance with the wisdom of our souls seated in the heart lotus – as Vaidya Mishra beautiful explained.
These battles with ignorance and darkness, with the a-sura dis-harmonious energies, continue for 9 days and nights. On the 10th day, she is fully victorious. This day is called vijayadashmi. This day is celebrated with great joy and a renewal and reset of energies. It’s a great new beginning in every way…
So this is the story of the cosmic creatrix, Devi, in her aspect as Chandika … as old as time itself…
This Saturday, October 12th, is Vijayadashmi… The Devi’s energy shift back to that of soft sweet opulent loving beauty… It is a great day to start new projects, push the reset button on your life, and give yourself the opportunity you have been waiting for….
At Chandika.com, Vaidya Mishra’s exclusive home of authentic SVA formulations, we celebrate and welcome the energy of the Cosmic Mother. Vaidya Mishra’s products and knowledge help us navigate the vicissitudes of life with strength, clarity of mind and heart, as well as compassion…
Happy Vijayadashmi Day!
DO YOU KNOW….
What is the relationship between FAT and the health of our bones?
What kind of fat should we be consuming?
What kind of fat should we be avoiding?
How to ingest fat-soluble vitamins?
What kind of Calcium harms you and you should NEVER take?
What is acidity in the blood and how does it relate to bone degeneration?
What role does hydration play in bone health and detox?
Is water enough?!
What are “intelligent, dumb, and dead” foods?
What role does Magnesium play for bone health? What kind of magnesium? Why?
What ayurvedic herbs are a MUST for bone health?
Join Elizabeth Innes
NEXT SUNDAY OCTOBER 20TH
@2PM (PDT)
to find out the answer to these questions AND MUCH MORE!
The presentation will be followed by a Q&A.
Sterling Silver Items
for
Puja, Meditation, Health & Happiness for 365 days!
Vaidya Mishra recommended wearing blue lotus bead mala-s or necklaces. Blue lotus beads are highly auspicious for yogic practices. They are full of soma and grounding and calming to the mind. The blue lotus is a saumya plant that helps cool our mind, emotions, blood. In this age of excessive EMF, stress, bad diet, and global catastrophes, having more soma can benefit us. The 54 lotus beads are set in silver. You can recite mantra or just wear them!
A large silver ghee lamp (on the right) that comes with a small jar of ghee and 10 cotton wicks. The light of the ghee lamp is very auspicious. It is also very balancing for alochak pitta: light your lamp and stare at it for as long as you can then close your eyes and lie down and rest….
A 5 stick incense holder with attached silver small silver tray. No yogic practice is perfect without incense. These incense sticks are 100% toxin/chemical free, hand-rolled with real ayurvedic herbs and petals. You will smell the difference!
No puja can be complete without a Kuber Kolam: the mystical mathematical yantra that invites Laxmi Devi’s opulence. Part of the Vastu vedic science, place this yantra in the North East portion of your home, on a small table with a dedicated space. You may keep flowers there as well. And light a ghee lamp once a week on Fridays. It will invite opulence and good fortune.
The Sri Devi Yantra
A yantra is a Vedic geometric design or mystical diagram inscribed on paper, etched in metal, or fashioned three dimensionally. Yantras are often associated with a particular deity (law of nature) and used to enhance meditation; protect from harmful influences; develop particular powers; attract wealth or success, etc.
The Shri Yantra is called the mother of all yantras because all other yantras derive from it. It represents the cosmos at the macrocosmic level and the human body at the microcosmic. This yantra’s nine interlocking triangles centered around the bindu (central point) consists of five downward pointing triangles, representing Shakti (cosmic female principle) and four upright triangles, representing Shiva (cosmic male principle). The nine interlocking triangles form forty-three small triangles each housing a presiding deity associated with particular aspects of existence.
The Shri Yantra is a tool to give a vision of the totality of existence. Contemplating the Shri Yantra helps us rediscover and experience our divine source.
Now you can wear the Sri Devi Yantra daily! (comes with a 15inch mango orange cotton thread).
Yakrit, the Sanskrit term for the ‘liver,’ literally means ‘where every process happens.’ The liver – the largest organ in our bodies – carries out hundreds of actions, primarily detoxifying and creating new blood; filtering out toxins/chemicals; building immunity. But did you know that it also has an amazing capacity to regenerate itself? Without the liver we wouldn’t be able to transform food into energy, by breaking down fats and proteins. Here are some of the liver’s most vital functions:
Produces fresh blood AND cleans toxins out of the blood: the many cells of the liver, known as hepatocytes, accept and filter this blood. They act as little sorting centers, determining which nutrients should be processed, what should be stored, what should be eliminated via the stool, what should go back to the blood; it also gets rid of old red blood cells; the liver thus regulates/maintains healthy amount of blood in the body;
Produces bile, a fluid that helps the body digest (break down) fat: the liver stores fat-soluble vitamins as well as minerals such as copper and iron, releasing them when the body needs them. It also helps to break down fats in a person’s diet: it either metabolizes fats or releases them as energy. The liver produces an estimated 800 to 1000 ml of bile each day. This bile flows into the small intestine where the fat gets broken down and absorbed – extra bile is stored in the gallbladder.
As if these functions weren’t enough, the liver also plays a major role in the following:
Metabolizes proteins and carbohydrates so they turn into energy and your body can use them;
Creates immune system factors that help fight against infection;
Create proteins responsible for blood clotting – otherwise we would bleed to death!
Breaks down old and damaged red blood cell;
Balances energy metabolism by converting glycogen to glucose and storing extra glucose by converting it to glycogen. Glycogen is a form of glucose that your body stores mainly in your liver and muscles. Your body needs carbohydrates from the food you eat to form glucose and glycogen.
Makes toxins less harmful to the body and removes them/detoxifies the bloodstream
So you can see how and when, for any reason, the “intelligence” of the liver gets compromised, different kinds of dis-ease may emerge. A compromised liver can mean compromised health on many levels…
In Shaka Vanshiya Ayurveda, we pay special attention to making sure the liver does not get “cranky” – as Vaidya Mishra would jokingly explain. Having taken the pulse of thousands of people who had “cranky hot livers,” he put together a gentle yet effective protocol to help cool things off and optimize its functions.
Learn How to Care for the Liver – from the SV Ayurveda Perspective
In this online course you will find 12 ½ hours of in-depth SV Ayurveda knowledge on how to care for the liver. Taught live at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam (Saylorsburg, PA), Vaidya Mishra takes us on a journey inside the yakrit (liver) – the body’s dynamic powerhouse. Teaching from the ancient sutras & the perspective of medical science, he elaborates the functions of the liver and all the etiological factors impacting it. These factors include diet and digestion; AS WELL AS emotions; PLUS environmental toxins; EMFs; and synthetic ingredients in most personal-care products. Vaidya Mishra also teaches us how to keep the liver healthy and manage its disorders through food, herbs, marma therapy, detoxification, rejuvenation procedures, and vibrational medicine, including the use of mantras (primordial sounds with specific known effects).
Some of the Points of SVA Liver Management Covered in this Course
Ayurvedic physiology of the liver
Definition of ‘Yakrit’
Sub-doshas of Yakrit
Dhatus and Yakrit
Physical channels (shrotas) & their connection with Yakrit
Vibrational channels (nadis) & their connection Yakrit
Gaps (sandhis) & the liver
Tri-sutra Ayurveda and the liver
Etiological factors (hetu-s) responsible for creating liver imbalances
Mind-Prana-Ranjaka connection
Spine (Sushumna nadi) and liver connection
Role of liver Detox
Foods and spices to avoid
Pro-biotics effects on liver with scientific references
Scientific research on herbs, liver supporting foods, and liver detoxifying foods
How coral calcium & loha (iron) support the liver from perspective of modern science
How sunlight affects the liver
Apana – colon and liver connection
Marma-s connected with the liver
Herbs for the liver - Guduchi, Maha Sudarshan, Bhumi Amla, Bhringraj, Kutki, Neem, DGL, and more!
Liver supporting fruits – ppineapple, pear, papaya, pomegranate, blue berries, black berries
Lentils good for the liver– Mung dhal
Grains supporting the liver – quinoa, millet, amaranth, etc.
AND MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGE!
This course has a total run time of approximately 12 hours and 30 minutes. It also includes a printable PDF Booklet.
CAUTION
If feeling unwell or experiencing any disease, always consult with your primary medical physician before using or adding any complementary approach or herbs.
Disclaimer
This product and statements have not been evaluated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and are not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. All the information above is intended to be used for educational purposes only and may not be used to replace or complement medical advice.
Take Vaidya Mishra “With You” Everywhere You Go!
if you ever had the opportunity to meet Vaidya Mishra in person, or have encountered him via his many youtube videos or online courses, then you know what we mean! We all want to have him travel with us in this earthly journey, to help us in our decisions along the way, through the timeless wisdom and knowledge of SV Ayurved. And now we can! If you have not discovered our podcast channel yet, we invite you to look it up and explore the timeless teachings of SVAyurveda, as well as fabulous talks by other SVAyurveda doctors and educators.
We want to help you protect your purchase – there’s been an increase in lost/stolen packages.
To protect your shipment – in case your shipping address is not secure – we have now added the “signature delivery” option upon check-out on www.chandika.com and we highly recommend you select it to ensure your package is guaranteed to reach you after it leaves our warehouse. Kindly note we are unable to replace stolen/misplaced packages once they are confirmed delivered by the carrier of your choice.
We are happy to make available brand new sterling silver items for puja. A large silver ghee lamp that comes with a small jar of ghee and 10 cotton wicks.
A 5 stick incense holder with attached silver small silver tray.
No puja can be complete without a Kuber Kolam: the mystical mathetical yantra that invites Laxmi Devi’s opulence.
The Sri Devi Yantra
A yantra is a Vedic geometric design or mystical diagram inscribed on paper, etched in metal, or fashioned three dimensionally. Yantras are often associated with a particular deity (law of nature) and used to enhance meditation; protect from harmful influences; develop particular powers; attract wealth or success, etc.
The Shri Yantra is called the mother of all yantras because all other yantras derive from it. It represents the cosmos at the macrocosmic level and the human body at the microcosmic. This yantra’s nine interlocking triangles centered around the bindu (central point) consists of five downward pointing triangles, representing Shakti (cosmic female principle) and four upright triangles, representing Shiva (cosmic male principle). The nine interlocking triangles form forty-three small triangles each housing a presiding deity associated with particular aspects of existence.
The Shri Yantra is a tool to give a vision of the totality of existence. Contemplating the Shri Yantra helps us rediscover and experience our divine source.
Now you can wear the Sri Devi Yantra daily! (comes with a 15inch mango orange cotton thread).
Happy Navaratri!
Bone Health for Women90 minutes Free Seminar
~ with Elisabeth Innes ~
OCTOBER 20, 2024 @ 2:00PM (PST)
Our next Bone Health Seminar with Elizabeth Innes is confirmed. Email us to sign up: info@prana-center.com or call us to reserve your spot: 818.709.1005.
Yakrit, the Sanskrit term for the ‘liver,’ literally means ‘where every process happens.’ The liver – the largest organ in our bodies – carries out hundreds of actions, primarily detoxifying and creating new blood; filtering out toxins/chemicals; building immunity. But did you know that it also has an amazing capacity to regenerate itself? Without the liver we wouldn’t be able to transform food into energy, by breaking down fats and proteins. Here are some of the liver’s most vital functions:
Produces fresh blood AND cleans toxins out of the blood: the many cells of the liver, known as hepatocytes, accept and filter this blood. They act as little sorting centers, determining which nutrients should be processed, what should be stored, what should be eliminated via the stool, what should go back to the blood; it also gets rid of old red blood cells; the liver thus regulates/maintains healthy amount of blood in the body;
Produces bile, a fluid that helps the body digest (break down) fat: the liver stores fat-soluble vitamins as well as minerals such as copper and iron, releasing them when the body needs them. It also helps to break down fats in a person’s diet: it either metabolizes fats or releases them as energy. The liver produces an estimated 800 to 1000 ml of bile each day. This bile flows into the small intestine where the fat gets broken down and absorbed – extra bile is stored in the gallbladder.
As if these functions weren’t enough, the liver also plays a major role in the following:
Metabolizes proteins and carbohydrates so they turn into energy and your body can use them;
Creates immune system factors that help fight against infection;
Create proteins responsible for blood clotting – otherwise we would bleed to death!
Breaks down old and damaged red blood cell;
Balances energy metabolism by converting glycogen to glucose and storing extra glucose by converting it to glycogen. Glycogen is a form of glucose that your body stores mainly in your liver and muscles. Your body needs carbohydrates from the food you eat to form glucose and glycogen.
Makes toxins less harmful to the body and removes them/detoxifies the bloodstream
So you can see how and when, for any reason, the “intelligence” of the liver gets compromised, different kinds of dis-ease may emerge. A compromised liver can mean compromised health on many levels…
In Shaka Vanshiya Ayurveda, we pay special attention to making sure the liver does not get “cranky” – as Vaidya Mishra would jokingly explain. Having taken the pulse of thousands of people who had “cranky hot livers,” he put together a gentle yet effective protocol to help cool things off and optimize its functions.
Learn How to Care for the Liver – from the SV Ayurveda Perspective
In this online course you will find 12 ½ hours of in-depth SV Ayurveda knowledge on how to care for the liver. Taught live at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam (Saylorsburg, PA), Vaidya Mishra takes us on a journey inside the yakrit (liver) – the body’s dynamic powerhouse. Teaching from the ancient sutras & the perspective of medical science, he elaborates the functions of the liver and all the etiological factors impacting it. These factors include diet and digestion; AS WELL AS emotions; PLUS environmental toxins; EMFs; and synthetic ingredients in most personal-care products. Vaidya Mishra also teaches us how to keep the liver healthy and manage its disorders through food, herbs, marma therapy, detoxification, rejuvenation procedures, and vibrational medicine, including the use of mantras (primordial sounds with specific known effects).
Some of the Points of SVA Liver Management Covered in this Course
Ayurvedic physiology of the liver
Definition of ‘Yakrit’
Sub-doshas of Yakrit
Dhatus and Yakrit
Physical channels (shrotas) & their connection with Yakrit
Vibrational channels (nadis) & their connection Yakrit
Gaps (sandhis) & the liver
Tri-sutra Ayurveda and the liver
Etiological factors (hetu-s) responsible for creating liver imbalances
Mind-Prana-Ranjaka connection
Spine (Sushumna nadi) and liver connection
Role of liver Detox
Foods and spices to avoid
Pro-biotics effects on liver with scientific references
Scientific research on herbs, liver supporting foods, and liver detoxifying foods
How coral calcium & loha (iron) support the liver from perspective of modern science
How sunlight affects the liver
Apana – colon and liver connection
Marma-s connected with the liver
Herbs for the liver - Guduchi, Maha Sudarshan, Bhumi Amla, Bhringraj, Kutki, Neem, DGL, and more!
Liver supporting fruits – ppineapple, pear, papaya, pomegranate, blue berries, black berries
Lentils good for the liver– Mung dhal
Grains supporting the liver – quinoa, millet, amaranth, etc.
AND MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGE!
This course has a total run time of approximately 12 hours and 30 minutes. It also includes a printable PDF Booklet.
CAUTION
If feeling unwell or experiencing any disease, always consult with your primary medical physician before using or adding any complementary approach or herbs.
Disclaimer
This product and statements have not been evaluated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and are not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. All the information above is intended to be used for educational purposes only and may not be used to replace or complement medical advice.
Take Vaidya Mishra “With You” Everywhere You Go!
if you ever had the opportunity to meet Vaidya Mishra in person, or have encountered him via his many youtube videos or online courses, then you know what we mean! We all want to have him travel with us in this earthly journey, to help us in our decisions along the way, through the timeless wisdom and knowledge of SV Ayurved. And now we can! If you have not discovered our podcast channel yet, we invite you to look it up and explore the timeless teachings of SVAyurveda, as well as fabulous talks by other SVAyurveda doctors and educators.
We want to help you protect your purchase – there’s been an increase in lost/stolen packages.
To protect your shipment – in case your shipping address is not secure – we have now added the “signature delivery” option upon check-out on www.chandika.com and we highly recommend you select it to ensure your package is guaranteed to reach you after it leaves our warehouse. Kindly note we are unable to replace stolen/misplaced packages once they are confirmed delivered by the carrier of your choice.
Jump-start Your Digestion with Pro-Pachaka! – ALL 10% Off
There seems to be a tidal wave of recorded unprecedented cases of “food allergies” or “food sensitivities”…. Science is trying to isolate the cause and understand how to address this. But Ayurveda already gives us some answers. For example: did you know that in Autumn, even the best amongst us experience poor digestion? Ayurveda explains that this is a “natural” experience as Summer winds down into Autumn, and the sun resumes its southbound journey in the sky. There are many external natural factors that contribute to the weakning of the digestive fire. Volumes have been written about it. And as always, in Ayurveda, it is a case-by-case situation. But there are some simple things that can be added or taken away from one’s diet to help improve digestion. Digestion is the building-block for health. Without optimal digestion no one can be healthy. In addition, poor digestion impacts our mental (and emotional) activities, and can impact our overall life and productivity.
In this week’s newsletter, Dr. Teitelbaum covers this topic with great clarity, wisdom, and humor! The answer is NOT to keep eliminating food items that are impacting our digestion to the point where you literally are left with almost nothing to eat! Instead, Ayurveda recommends you clear-up your digestive fire, sharpen the pachak pitta flame (in your stomach) as well as in the “sandhi-s” or the gaps between each tissue… Reach out to her and set up an ayurvedic consult for recommendations tailored to your body-type. In the meantime, here are a few things you can do:
1)Add Vaidya Mishra’s Pro-Pachaka supplements to your diet, or 2 drops of the Nectar, or apply the Pro-Pachaka cream on your stomach and lower abdomen twice daily.
2) Eat pineapple or papaya with your meals to help support your digestive enzymes. Avoid pineapple or papaya if you have concerns about estrogen/hormone balance. If you are avoiding estrogenic fruits, make sure to have an apple a day instead – at 3pm daily.
Namaste!
What’s
Left
To Eat?!
~ Dr Marianne Teitelbaum
Over the past several decades, a new phenomenon has arisen: we are becoming food averse, to the point that we are now avoiding all various classifications of food, and ultimately pushing ourselves into a corner where there is hardly any food left to eat! Let me explain what I see happening to many of the patients I speak with on a daily basis.
First, people began avoiding gluten and dairy as they became sensitive or allergic to their proteins.The proteins in gluten and dairy are the two most difficult to digest and unless your digestion is working 100% you will develop a sensitivity to them as they remain undigested in your gastrointestinal tract.
Next, lots of people found out that that histamine was bothering them, so they eliminated those foods which contain high histamine, such as citrus fruits, pineapple and bananas, fermented dairy products such as kefir, cheese and yogurt, fermented soy, such as miso, tempeh and soy sauce, certain species of fish such as tuna, mackerel, sardines, anchovies, and shellfish such as crab, lobster and shrimp.
And now there are lots of books and blogs reminding us of the dangers of oxalates and are recommending we avoid them as well. Oxalates are found in green leafy vegetables, such as kale, spinach, chard and collard greens, rhubarb, okra, beets, sweet potatoes, berries, kiwi, figs, oranges, soybeans, black beans, navy beans and lentils, grains such as wheat bran, quinoa and buckwheat, and dark chocolate, tea and cocoa. Oxalates in the food may cause certain susceptible people to form kidney stones. This is because oxalates can bind to minerals like calcium which can form crystals, leading to the formation of kidney stones.
And Dr. Steven Gundry wrote his ground-breaking books alerting us to the dangers of foods which contain phytates and lectins, leading a large swath of the world’s population to avoid them. Phytates are found in whole grains, bran, oats and wheat, soybeans, lentils, chickpeas and kidney beans, almonds, peanuts, sunflower seeds and sesame seeds. And lectins are contained in wheat, barley and rye, soybeans, lentils, chickpeas and kidney beans, tomatoes, eggplant, white potatoes and bell peppers, milk and cheese, apples, bananas and cherries.
In addition to this never-ending list of foods to avoid, people are now also getting in-depth blood work to identify the foods they are sensitive and allergic to, sometimes adding dozens of otherwise healthy foods to the growing list of foods they must also avoid.
Some patients who suffer with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and other digestive disorders are told to avoid high FODMAP foods, such as wheat, rye, onions, garlic, beans, lentils, chickpeas and other legumes, certain fruits like apple, pears, watermelon, mangoes, apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches, pears, plums, vegetables such as cauliflower, honey and many dairy products including milk, ice cream, soft cheeses and others.
Others who have an overgrowth of candida albicans yeast (which is basically 95% of the population) are told to avoid foods that feed yeast, which is almost every food known to mankind.
And others on their own have decided to go on special diets such as a keto diet, which recommends avoiding grains, sugars, fruits, and starchy vegetables such as potatoes and corn.
And many others now follow a Paleo diet which excludes grains, legumes, beans, lentils, and dairy products.
There are other exclusive diets which are too numerous to mention here, but I think you get the idea.
So this pretty much leaves us with with a measly list of a few scant foods left that are safe to eat, leaving us malnourished and depleted. And hungry. But afraid to eat anything.
So what’s the answer to all this? Is it safe or even beneficial to avoid all these foods? What does Ayurveda have to say about all this?
The answer to these questions is multifaceted. Let’s turn over one stone at a time and figure out our way through this maze we have found ourselves trapped in.
Before we begin avoiding foods just because we learn about its negative qualities, Ayurveda recommends first fixing your digestion. If you have balanced digestive fires you should be able to eat many of these foods. For example, the first thing I do with each and every patient is to fix their digestion, at the level of the gut, liver, pancreas and gall bladder and by doing so, even if it takes a year or two, foods that used to bother them no longer do so. This is especially true of all the food allergies we see in our patients. In fact, when they go back and get their foods retested, many of the old food sensitivities and allergies have gone away.
What I find clinically in my practice every day is that just about most people walking the planet have had their gut micro biome destroyed from the overuse of antibiotics, birth control pills, vaccines, acid reflux medicines and steroids. All medicines in general have an adverse effect on the liver, which is considered the seat of digestion, and birth control pills create problems with the gall bladder, creating a thickening of the bile known as bile sludge, which makes it hard to digest fats.
When you start adding up the devastation to the digestive tract you can see why many people are now sensitive to just about any food they eat. They are left with such weak digestion that whatever foods they eat won’t be digested correctly, forming what we call ama visha in Ayurveda. Ama visha means poison. So no wonder they don’t feel well after they eat if everything, even healthy foods, turn into poison after they eat it. And this weak digestion is also paving the way for sensitivities to histamine, oxalates, and whatever other negatives may be lurking in the food. So then it becomes easy for us to blame the phytates, lectins, histamines and oxalates when the real truth is that we might not be as sensitive to these foods if we had normal digestion.
Next, the ancient doctors did state that many foods had negative qualities, but they recommended how to avoid these irritating traits. For example, they knew that the skin of the almonds was bad for you: now we know it is loaded with phytates and lectins which may cause leaky gut. So it was always recommended to soak the almonds overnight and peel the skin before eating them.
In the same way it was recommended to soak beans, lentils and grains overnight, drain the water in the morning and cook them in fresh water. Doing so will remove many of the phytates and lectins found in these foods.
Soaking, sprouting, cooking and fermenting foods was always recommended in Ayurveda. Of course, they didn’t have the terminology that we use nowadays but we can see that by doing so it will reduce the levels of histamines, oxalates, phytates and lectins contained within the food.
The ancient doctors said many vegetables contained compounds which were potentially bad for us, but much of these compounds would come out during the cooking process. For example, it is always important to cook the green leafy vegetables such as kale and spinach which will remove about 60% of their oxalates. I cringe when my patients tell me they juice spinach and kale every day and then worry why their nails seem so weak to the point where they begin peeling. The nails are giving you a good indication of the health of the bones, which means that the high levels of oxalates found in the raw kale and spinach are leeching the minerals out of their bones.
The cruciferous vegetables such as kale, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage and bok choy contain goitrogens which depress the thyroid gland. But cooking them releases about 60% of them, making them safe to eat. I always wonder how many people are unwittingly depressing their thyroid gland every day by drinking raw kale smoothies?
So here is my quick answer to many of our patients who find themselves in a corner with no foods left to eat:
Yes, if a food bothers you, avoid it for now. This means you are making ama visha, or a poison from that food because you are not able to digest it.
But if you spend the time and effort to fix your digestion and then learn the Ayurvedic way to prepare food correctly by either soaking, sprouting,and properly fermenting the food, it will prevent the side effects of each and every food mentioned here. In addition, learning both how to cook the food and the proper use of spices will also help tamp down the side effects of foods. Don’t forget, all the spices not only support your digestion, but they work even better than the current fad of taking digestive enzymes: certain spices help in the digestion of fats, protein and carbohydrates in the food, so learning how to use them will also help mitigate the nasty side effects found in the otherwise healthy foods.
So yes, continue to read the books and blogs, and listen to the podcasts about foods, but always remember that when we learn about these nasty compounds held within the fibers of the foods, we don’t want to think that right off the bat they need to be eliminated from our diet to the point where there is nothing left to eat.
And at the same time, remember that most of us have had our digestion weakened from all the pharmaceuticals we took, even if it was 20 or more years ago. Unless you fix your digestion, it will make you extremely sensitive to most if not all foods. Even if your digestion was damaged decades ago. Unless you figured out how to fix your liver, thin out your bile, bring up your digestive enzymes naturally and repopulate your gut micro biome, then many of these foods will make you sick. Especially if you don’t know how to mitigate their side effects.
But if you fix your digestion, learn all the proper ways to prepare food and cook it with spices to enhance your digestive functions, you can open up your world to eating a great variety of food once again.
Having said all that, Ayurveda also warns against improper combinations of foods. For example, it is not recommended to eat yogurt and spinach together. And heating honey destroys the delicate enzymes in it, turning it into a food that can clog your body’s physical channels. So it must always be taken raw at room temperature and not cooked or baked into foods.
Plus, they have guidelines about the proper intake of food, such as dairy products, yogurt and many other foods. Instructions are given so as how to buy the best quality foods and and then how to prepare them in the proper way before eating to maximize both their digestion and absorption into the bloodstream. For example, many of our patients who told me they were lactose intolerant were pleasantly surprised when they incorporated the good quality milk, such as raw A2 non-homogenized milk from grass-fed cows and were taught how to boil it first to make it more digestible, how to take it in the correct way and also learned which foods it properly combines with.
And here is one last bit of advice: if you do find a food that you like and it agrees with you, don’t overdo it. Because if you eat that food over and over several times a week or on a daily basis, eventually the negatives in that food will start to make themselves known and you might develop a sensitivity to that food. So my best advice is to also keep a variety of fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes and proteins in your diet to avoid this tendency. But at the same time work with an experienced Ayurvedic practitioner who knows how to both fix your digestion while at the same teaches you how to prepare and combine the foods correctly to prevent the side effects you may be hearing about.
I hope this information was helpful to you as you try to figure out what to eat in this world with all the dietary advice being hurled at you from all sides. I think you’ll like the level headed approach Ayurveda has to offer.
Thank you,
Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum
Cinnaminson, New Jersey
856-786-2044
drmteitelbaum.com
Bone Health Free Seminar
~ with Elisabeth Innes ~
Thank you to all those who participated. We had a full house. We will be repeating this session – bigger and bolder – very shortly. Stay tuned for more information and to sign up.
Yakrit, the Sanskrit term for the ‘liver,’ literally means ‘where every process happens.’ The liver – the largest organ in our bodies – carries out hundreds of actions, primarily detoxifying and creating new blood; filtering out toxins/chemicals; building immunity. But did you know that it also has an amazing capacity to regenerate itself? Without the liver we wouldn’t be able to transform food into energy, by breaking down fats and proteins. Here are some of the liver’s most vital functions:
Produces fresh blood AND cleans toxins out of the blood: the many cells of the liver, known as hepatocytes, accept and filter this blood. They act as little sorting centers, determining which nutrients should be processed, what should be stored, what should be eliminated via the stool, what should go back to the blood; it also gets rid of old red blood cells; the liver thus regulates/maintains healthy amount of blood in the body;
Produces bile, a fluid that helps the body digest (break down) fat: the liver stores fat-soluble vitamins as well as minerals such as copper and iron, releasing them when the body needs them. It also helps to break down fats in a person’s diet: it either metabolizes fats or releases them as energy. The liver produces an estimated 800 to 1000 ml of bile each day. This bile flows into the small intestine where the fat gets broken down and absorbed – extra bile is stored in the gallbladder.
As if these functions weren’t enough, the liver also plays a major role in the following:
Metabolizes proteins and carbohydrates so they turn into energy and your body can use them;
Creates immune system factors that help fight against infection;
Create proteins responsible for blood clotting – otherwise we would bleed to death!
Breaks down old and damaged red blood cell;
Balances energy metabolism by converting glycogen to glucose and storing extra glucose by converting it to glycogen. Glycogen is a form of glucose that your body stores mainly in your liver and muscles. Your body needs carbohydrates from the food you eat to form glucose and glycogen.
Makes toxins less harmful to the body and removes them/detoxifies the bloodstream
So you can see how and when, for any reason, the “intelligence” of the liver gets compromised, different kinds of dis-ease may emerge. A compromised liver can mean compromised health on many levels…
In Shaka Vanshiya Ayurveda, we pay special attention to making sure the liver does not get “cranky” – as Vaidya Mishra would jokingly explain. Having taken the pulse of thousands of people who had “cranky hot livers,” he put together a gentle yet effective protocol to help cool things off and optimize its functions.
Learn How to Care for the Liver – from the SV Ayurveda Perspective
In this online course you will find 12 ½ hours of in-depth SV Ayurveda knowledge on how to care for the liver. Taught live at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam (Saylorsburg, PA), Vaidya Mishra takes us on a journey inside the yakrit (liver) – the body’s dynamic powerhouse. Teaching from the ancient sutras & the perspective of medical science, he elaborates the functions of the liver and all the etiological factors impacting it. These factors include diet and digestion; AS WELL AS emotions; PLUS environmental toxins; EMFs; and synthetic ingredients in most personal-care products. Vaidya Mishra also teaches us how to keep the liver healthy and manage its disorders through food, herbs, marma therapy, detoxification, rejuvenation procedures, and vibrational medicine, including the use of mantras (primordial sounds with specific known effects).
Some of the Points of SVA Liver Management Covered in this Course
Ayurvedic physiology of the liver
Definition of ‘Yakrit’
Sub-doshas of Yakrit
Dhatus and Yakrit
Physical channels (shrotas) & their connection with Yakrit
Vibrational channels (nadis) & their connection Yakrit
Gaps (sandhis) & the liver
Tri-sutra Ayurveda and the liver
Etiological factors (hetu-s) responsible for creating liver imbalances
Mind-Prana-Ranjaka connection
Spine (Sushumna nadi) and liver connection
Role of liver Detox
Foods and spices to avoid
Pro-biotics effects on liver with scientific references
Scientific research on herbs, liver supporting foods, and liver detoxifying foods
How coral calcium & loha (iron) support the liver from perspective of modern science
How sunlight affects the liver
Apana – colon and liver connection
Marma-s connected with the liver
Herbs for the liver - Guduchi, Maha Sudarshan, Bhumi Amla, Bhringraj, Kutki, Neem, DGL, and more!
Liver supporting fruits – ppineapple, pear, papaya, pomegranate, blue berries, black berries
Lentils good for the liver– Mung dhal
Grains supporting the liver – quinoa, millet, amaranth, etc.
AND MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGE!
This course has a total run time of approximately 12 hours and 30 minutes. It also includes a printable PDF Booklet.
CAUTION
If feeling unwell or experiencing any disease, always consult with your primary medical physician before using or adding any complementary approach or herbs.
Disclaimer
This product and statements have not been evaluated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and are not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. All the information above is intended to be used for educational purposes only and may not be used to replace or complement medical advice.
Take Vaidya Mishra “With You” Everywhere You Go!
if you ever had the opportunity to meet Vaidya Mishra in person, or have encountered him via his many youtube videos or online courses, then you know what we mean! We all want to have him travel with us in this earthly journey, to help us in our decisions along the way, through the timeless wisdom and knowledge of SV Ayurved. And now we can! If you have not discovered our podcast channel yet, we invite you to look it up and explore the timeless teachings of SVAyurveda, as well as fabulous talks by other SVAyurveda doctors and educators.
We want to help you protect your purchase – there’s been an increase in lost/stolen packages.
To protect your shipment – in case your shipping address is not secure – we have now added the “signature delivery” option upon check-out on www.chandika.com and we highly recommend you select it to ensure your package is guaranteed to reach you after it leaves our warehouse. Kindly note we are unable to replace stolen/misplaced packages once they are confirmed delivered by the carrier of your choice.
Vata Dosha Pacification: Delicious Kitchdis, Chutneys, and more! – ALL 10% Off
Autumn is here and things feel helter-skelter! All of a sudden there is too much going on and we are falling behind on our commitments and deadlines… To top things of off, our cravings for sweet, and then sour, and then salty, but then again maybe more sweet, or wait – salty and crunchy… You get the picture! Our cravings are in a state of havoc, no matter what we eat we seem to crave something else, but we are also NOT digesting well… You may feel bloated, or bowel-movements are no longer following their regular schedule, etc.
According to SV Ayurveda, here is what is happening: with the Summer heat, our pitta dosha goes high and our pachak agni goes off. With pitta dosha high we crave lots of soma-genic foods (ice-cream, ice-cream, and more ice-cream!). Pitta feels cooled off, but agni, our digestive flame goes off. This upsets and blocks vata dosha but with the Summer heat things can still be tolerable. But when when Autumn arrives and the sun starts its southward journey again, and there is less and less agni in the environment, vata dosha goes even higher. This is what is happening in the physical body. And then the mind’s mode gets inevitably driven by the imbalances of the body. What does this mean? You may feel ungrounded for no reason, forgetful, excessively stressed, restless, your sleep may feel disrupted – you go to bed and fall asleep and suddenly wake up with heart palpitations, or your sleep is light and you wake up tired etc…
So what to do? The key lies in your stomach! Reset your digestion… Balance pitta, re-ignite agni, vata will get pacified automatically. In the stomach: that’s where everything begins and ends. There are classical ayurvedic recipes and tips for eating for shifting gears diet-wise in Autumn. But Vaidya Mishra made it even easier for us by creating delectable chutneys, kitchdi blends and more: easy to assemble, delicious, nourishing, AND re-balancing for your physiology. Feel the calm, experience a strong digestive fire, get fully reset, and enjoy the beauty of the unfolding Autumn season. Every season comes bearing its own gifts. Let this season also be a blissful balanced season for you with SVA. Namaste!
Bone Health Free Seminar
with Elisabeth Innes
Thank you to all those who participated. We had a full house. We will be repeating this session – bigger and bolder – very shortly. Stay tuned for more information and to sign up.
Yakrit, the Sanskrit term for the ‘liver,’ literally means ‘where every process happens.’ The liver – the largest organ in our bodies – carries out hundreds of actions, primarily detoxifying and creating new blood; filtering out toxins/chemicals; building immunity. But did you know that it also has an amazing capacity to regenerate itself? Without the liver we wouldn’t be able to transform food into energy, by breaking down fats and proteins. Here are some of the liver’s most vital functions:
Produces fresh blood AND cleans toxins out of the blood: the many cells of the liver, known as hepatocytes, accept and filter this blood. They act as little sorting centers, determining which nutrients should be processed, what should be stored, what should be eliminated via the stool, what should go back to the blood; it also gets rid of old red blood cells; the liver thus regulates/maintains healthy amount of blood in the body;
Produces bile, a fluid that helps the body digest (break down) fat: the liver stores fat-soluble vitamins as well as minerals such as copper and iron, releasing them when the body needs them. It also helps to break down fats in a person’s diet: it either metabolizes fats or releases them as energy. The liver produces an estimated 800 to 1000 ml of bile each day. This bile flows into the small intestine where the fat gets broken down and absorbed – extra bile is stored in the gallbladder.
As if these functions weren’t enough, the liver also plays a major role in the following:
Metabolizes proteins and carbohydrates so they turn into energy and your body can use them;
Creates immune system factors that help fight against infection;
Create proteins responsible for blood clotting – otherwise we would bleed to death!
Breaks down old and damaged red blood cell;
Balances energy metabolism by converting glycogen to glucose and storing extra glucose by converting it to glycogen. Glycogen is a form of glucose that your body stores mainly in your liver and muscles. Your body needs carbohydrates from the food you eat to form glucose and glycogen.
Makes toxins less harmful to the body and removes them/detoxifies the bloodstream
So you can see how and when, for any reason, the “intelligence” of the liver gets compromised, different kinds of dis-ease may emerge. A compromised liver can mean compromised health on many levels…
In Shaka Vanshiya Ayurveda, we pay special attention to making sure the liver does not get “cranky” – as Vaidya Mishra would jokingly explain. Having taken the pulse of thousands of people who had “cranky hot livers,” he put together a gentle yet effective protocol to help cool things off and optimize its functions.
Learn How to Care for the Liver – from the SV Ayurveda Perspective
In this online course you will find 12 ½ hours of in-depth SV Ayurveda knowledge on how to care for the liver. Taught live at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam (Saylorsburg, PA), Vaidya Mishra takes us on a journey inside the yakrit (liver) – the body’s dynamic powerhouse. Teaching from the ancient sutras & the perspective of medical science, he elaborates the functions of the liver and all the etiological factors impacting it. These factors include diet and digestion; AS WELL AS emotions; PLUS environmental toxins; EMFs; and synthetic ingredients in most personal-care products. Vaidya Mishra also teaches us how to keep the liver healthy and manage its disorders through food, herbs, marma therapy, detoxification, rejuvenation procedures, and vibrational medicine, including the use of mantras (primordial sounds with specific known effects).
Some of the Points of SVA Liver Management Covered in this Course
Ayurvedic physiology of the liver
Definition of ‘Yakrit’
Sub-doshas of Yakrit
Dhatus and Yakrit
Physical channels (shrotas) & their connection with Yakrit
Vibrational channels (nadis) & their connection Yakrit
Gaps (sandhis) & the liver
Tri-sutra Ayurveda and the liver
Etiological factors (hetu-s) responsible for creating liver imbalances
Mind-Prana-Ranjaka connection
Spine (Sushumna nadi) and liver connection
Role of liver Detox
Foods and spices to avoid
Pro-biotics effects on liver with scientific references
Scientific research on herbs, liver supporting foods, and liver detoxifying foods
How coral calcium & loha (iron) support the liver from perspective of modern science
How sunlight affects the liver
Apana – colon and liver connection
Marma-s connected with the liver
Herbs for the liver - Guduchi, Maha Sudarshan, Bhumi Amla, Bhringraj, Kutki, Neem, DGL, and more!
Liver supporting fruits – ppineapple, pear, papaya, pomegranate, blue berries, black berries
Lentils good for the liver– Mung dhal
Grains supporting the liver – quinoa, millet, amaranth, etc.
AND MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGE!
This course has a total run time of approximately 12 hours and 30 minutes. It also includes a printable PDF Booklet.
CAUTION
If feeling unwell or experiencing any disease, always consult with your primary medical physician before using or adding any complementary approach or herbs.
Disclaimer
This product and statements have not been evaluated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and are not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. All the information above is intended to be used for educational purposes only and may not be used to replace or complement medical advice.
Take Vaidya Mishra “With You” Everywhere You Go!
if you ever had the opportunity to meet Vaidya Mishra in person, or have encountered him via his many youtube videos or online courses, then you know what we mean! We all want to have him travel with us in this earthly journey, to help us in our decisions along the way, through the timeless wisdom and knowledge of SV Ayurved. And now we can! If you have not discovered our podcast channel yet, we invite you to look it up and explore the timeless teachings of SVAyurveda, as well as fabulous talks by other SVAyurveda doctors and educators.
We want to help you protect your purchase – there’s been an increase in lost/stolen packages.
To protect your shipment – in case your shipping address is not secure – we have now added the “signature delivery” option upon check-out on www.chandika.com and we highly recommend you select it to ensure your package is guaranteed to reach you after it leaves our warehouse. Kindly note we are unable to replace stolen/misplaced packages once they are confirmed delivered by the carrier of your choice.
The Bone Health workshop is scheduled for THIS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15 @2:00PM (PACIFIC) – not Saturday as stated earlier in our weekly newsletter today. Also, below you can find Elizabeth’s website with pertinent information on the topic, as well as a way to contact her directly to chat about all things SV Ayurveda and more!
See you Sunday @2pm.
SVA Perspective on
Bone Health and Care
with
Elizabeth Innes
A Free 2 Hour Workshop
this Sunday
September 15, 2024 @2pm PDT
Dear Friends,
As someone who shares an interest in Ayurveda, I am excited to share some news with you. I have recently put together an eBook on how to prevent osteoporosis, a topic very dear to my heart.
When I first met Vaidya Mishra, my primary question was, “How do I prevent osteoporosis, which caused my mother to break bones, shrink in height, and become bedridden?” His wisdom profoundly impacted me, and I now feel a deep sense of responsibility to pass it on.
To explore these valuable insights, I have put together a mini eBook “The Seven Daily Habits to Build Strong Bones.” I will also be running a free workshop on Sunday September 15th.
Click here to join me on September 15th. There will be a Q&A following the presentation so you can ask me ANY questions.
~ this workshop will be recorded and made available for future replay ~
CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO VISIT ELIZABETH’S WEBSITE AND TO DOWNLOAD HER FREE E-BOOK
About Elizabeth Innes
As an Integrative Medical Advisor, Elizabeth seamlessly bridges ancient Ayurvedic wisdom and modern medicine, offering practical and effective solutions to today’s health challenges.
Elizabeth graduated from the University of Manitoba and began her career as a hospital pharmacist. She later earned a Master’s degree in Education, further enhancing her ability to teach and guide others. Her inquisitive nature soon led her to study and teach Transcendental Meditation and Ayurveda. She practices a specialized form of Ayurveda known as Shaka Vansya Ayurveda, which places a strong emphasis on energy healing and spirituality, while also recommending lifestyle changes and a diet rich in medicinal herbs.
In addition to her extensive Ayurvedic knowledge, Elizabeth is certified as a herbalist by Dominion Herbal College.
Take Vaidya Mishra “With You” Everywhere You Go!
if you ever had the opportunity to meet Vaidya Mishra in person, or have encountered him via his many youtube videos or online courses, then you know what we mean! We all want to have him travel with us in this earthly journey, to help us in our decisions along the way, through the timeless wisdom and knowledge of SV Ayurved. And now we can! If you have not discovered our podcast channel yet, we invite you to look it up and explore the timeless teachings of SVAyurveda, as well as fabulous talks by other SVAyurveda doctors and educators.
We want to help you protect your purchase – there’s been an increase in lost/stolen packages.
To protect your shipment – in case your shipping address is not secure – we have now added the “signature delivery” option upon check-out on www.chandika.com and we highly recommend you select it to ensure your package is guaranteed to reach you after it leaves our warehouse. Kindly note we are unable to replace stolen/misplaced packages once they are confirmed delivered by the carrier of your choice.
Why Vetiver & Aloe Lotion Is Great for Summer…10% Off This Week
Cool as a Cucumber
this Summer
with
Vetiver and Aloe!
Towards the end of Summer, just before things cool off, we may feel that we tolerate hot temperatures even less than usual! That’s because we are experiencing an accumulation/aggravation of pitta dosha. This is why the ayurvedic rishis recommended that we detox at “ritu sandhi” – the juncture between the two season – and balance out our doshas before embarking on the next season. You can read Vaidya Mishra’s blog to find out what you can do for the transition from Summer to Autumn. But in the meantime, there are several quick things you can do to cool off!
Ayurveda offers plenty of solutions to help us cool off. Diet is, of course, number one. Make sure you rehydrate with fresh fruit juices and lots of lime and fresh mint leaves. Also: you can never have enough rose in the summertime! If you haven’t tried Vaidya delectable rose petal preserve that’s sweet and carries a light tangy taste as well, this is the best time to discover it! Also make sure you keep your work load pleasantly light and take enough breaks to refresh.
Otherwise, there’s more you can do by harnessing the intelligence of natural plants and ingredients. Such as Vetiver. Or Aloe. In Vaidya’s village, there is a long local tradition of using vetiver to refresh and cool things off on hot summer days. That’s what inspired him to put together his SVA “Aloe Vetiver Lotion.”
This SVA Summer lotion carries the following herbal preparation:
This herbal synergy is pranically preserved as per Vaidya’s lineage formulation techniques, and added to a base of organic coconut (Cocos nucifera), Grapeseed oil (Vitis vinifera), Vegetable stearic acid, Organic aloe juice, Neem (Azadirachta indica), Kosher vegetable glycerin, Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), and Emulsifying wax (NF).
How does it work?
Before the use of Air Conditioning devices was introduced in remote Indian villages, and even nowadays, Indian homes in North India used vetiver grass mats hanging on their windows to cool off from stifling summer heat. Freshly woven Vetiver grass mats not only infuse a delightful cooling aroma to the entire house, but the scented molecules actually carry cooling properties. Ayurveda teaches us that, property-wise, vetiver is: sheeta (cooling); snigdha (unctuous or anti-drying); and sugandha (highly aromatic.) Vetiver nurtures the first layer of the skin called udakdhara (water-holding), and penetrates even deeper to the raktadhara (blood layer.) In summer, the increased agni in the environment increases the heat in the blood. That’s why we experience more heat in the body and brain. Vetiver aromatically cools off the blood and with regular use can even cool the muscle and fat tissues.
When you combine Vetiver with Aloe Vera, you get double the power!
Aloe Vera is famous world-wide for soothing topical burns. Mostly water soluble, aloe offers refreshing coolness to the first layer of the skin – udakdhara (water holding) – and enhances the skin’s luster and complexion. Aloe is also known for cooling raktadhara – (blood holding layer) – as well. Transdermally, aloe quickly reaches the liver and spleen, and cools off and detoxifies the liver.
When combining Aloe with Vetiver, the way Vaidya Mishra has done, in his Aloe-Vetiver Summer Lotion, you get a wining combination of cooling and soothing aromatic herbs ideal for use in the hot Summer days. The lotion will not only refresh but protect your skin against pitta imbalances as well, supporting it to maintain normal functioning and optimal intelligence, so the skin can also carry out its daily central task of detox through sweat.
See what the ingredients can do for you
All of Vaidya Mishra’s SVA formulations contain an “intelligent” pranic blend of specific herbs that work together to enhance each other’s actions and results in the body. Each herb carries balancing properties as well. Here is a list of what you can expect from each ingredient in this lotion:
Aloe Vera: Calms and soothes the skin through its deep cooling effect on rasa (plasma) and rakta (blood.) It is present in a highly active form.
Vetiver: carries the following ayurvedic properties - Sheeta (cooling); Snigdha (unctuous); and Sugandha (cooling aromatic). Vetiver’s properties are magnified when it is combined with Aloe.
Jojoba: is an ideal tridoshic cooling skin lubricant that blends in well to uphold the properties of Vetiver and Aloe.
Saffron: is hands-down the best ayurvedic “varnya” - skin complexion enhancer. It helps preserve skin tone and texture.
Flame of Forest: Enhances the intelligence of the skin to fight against sunlight and is also an excellent “varnya.
Devil’s Apple: Increases cellular intelligence of the skin to help our skin maintain its youthfulness against climactic and other factors.
Punarnava: Mobilizes and evacuates toxins from the udakdhara layer (water layer) of the skin.
Manjishta: Maintains skin intelligence & pacifies bhrajaka pitta – the governing factor of the skin that can get easily aggravated by overexposure to the sun.
Turmeric: Fights against inflammation of the skin created by over-exposure to sunlight
Gotu Kola: Supports collagen synthesis
Brahmi: Maintains intelligence of the skin
Nutmeg: Maintains normal skin pigmentation
Mucuna: Supports dopamine production to maintain coordination between mind and skin (prana and vyana)
Green Tea: is a great anti-oxidant for the skin. Prevents free-radicals (amavisha) that can result from overexposure to sunlight
Ashwagandha: supports the tactile nerves of the skin
Lemon: checks against excess pigmentation caused by sun exposure
Indian Sarsaparilla: acidic toxins (amavisha) released from sweat irritates the skin. Indian Sarsaparilla helps clean the sweat and the sweat glands.
Ashoka: maintains the bliss of the heart and thus helps balance bharajak pitta of the skin
Shirish bark: provides long-term slow but steady skin detoxification
Sensitive Plant: nourishes and repairs the tactile nerves from the damage arising from excess sun exposure
Neem: supports the immunity of skin
Rosemary: dilates the channels of the skin without heating things up
These ingredients are added to a synergistic base containing: White grapefruit for natural preservation; Organic Coconut for adding a cooling, nurturing, and lubricating layer; Organic Aloe Juice; and Emulsifying wax; in a base of Kosher vegetable glycerin.
This is a great lotion to apply at all times, and it can be used by all body types and skin types. Whether you are exposing yourself actively to the sun or not, go ahead and put it on, the high index of solar energy saturating the environment affects your skin health regardless of whether you are in the shade or not. You may be apply this lotion on your body as well as your face. If you already use a facial cream in the morning, you can use it as usual, and then a few hours later start applying this lotion for added coolness as temperatures rise. Apply liberally on areas of the body directly exposed to the sun.
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Contraindications: DO NOT USE IF YOU THINK YOU ARE PREGNANT, ARE TRYING TO GET PREGNANT, OR ARE ALREADY PREGNANT.
Disclaimer: The information above is for educational purposes only. This product and the statements above have not been evaluated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). It is not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent, any disease.
ERRATUM: we apologize for the editorial error in our last issue of the SVA newsletter. The timelines for the Vata and Kapha doshas were inadvertently swapped. Thank you to all those who emailed us bringing this to our attention. The paragraph should have read as follows:
Vata (air/ether) 2-6 (both am and pm for all) Energy: spiritual, creative, light, transitional;
Vaidya Mishra’s Ayurvedic expertise and knowledge has helped countless people all over the globe. We frequently still receive letters, phone calls, emails, thanking Vaidya Mishra for his vast knowledge on lifestyle, herbs, diet, and all things ayurvedic.
This Monday, on his birth-day, we are celebrating his beautiful legacy with Dr Marianne Teitelbaum.
Vaidya Ramakant Mishra was the heir and custodian of the millennia-old Shaka Vansiya Ayurveda (aka SVA) tradition, his family lineage of Ayurveda practitioners can be traced back from ancestor to ancestor to the 14th century. The Bhavishya and Skandha Purana – amongst yet other ancient texts – narrate the stories of the arrive of the Shaka Magg Brahmins to India, during the time of Lord Krishna.
Join Us in this beautiful Hour of Celebration.
Vaidya Ramakant Mishra was the heir and custodian of the millennia-old Shaka Vansiya Ayurveda (SVA) tradition, his family lineage of Ayurveda practitioners can be traced back from ancestor to ancestor to the 14th century. The Bhavishya and Skandha Purana – amongst yet other ancient texts – narrate the stories of the arrive of the Shaka Magg Brahmins to India, during the time of Lord Krishna.
Of all the blessings and gifts that our founder, Vaidya Ramakant Mishra, brought to the world in this Kali yuga of ignorance and confusion, one stands out, high, and beyond for its colossal magnitude: his unparalleled knowledge and comprehension of the science and art of Ayurveda; the understanding of life and wellbeing in communion with the energies and powers of nature in the physical and vibrational realms through the vital flow of Prana, the all nurturing, transforming, and propelling energy of manifestation.
Besides being a gifted healer of the highest rank, a formulator of unmatched skill; and a visionary innovator creator of the Transdermal Marma System; the Transmucosal Nectar drops; the EMF protocols and products; the marma-pulse assessment technique; and treatments for autism and other afflictions of our modern times; he was a tireless educator, lecturer, and researcher of unsurpassed merits.
His knowledge covered all aspects of academic Ayurveda as taught in India today plus all the “secret” science that was stripped away and suppressed for political reasons during the Buddhist Era and later colonial times, but was jealously kept alive in the inner circles of his family lineage awaiting the day when it would see the light again. He was a living library, a guardian of the ancient divine knowledge, and a man with a mission: to restore that hidden knowledge for the benefit of all humanity.
Sadly, he was the last Vaidya of his millennia-old lineage… But at Chandika.com as well as SVAyurveda.com, the companies he founded and where he lives forever in our hearts, we have taken up the torch to continue his sacred mission making sure that his legacy will reach future generations.
Join us in celebrating the preservation of his Divine Knowledge: the golden gate to radiant health, balance, and bliss.
A SVA Library At Your Fingertips?
Anyone of mature age is a witness to the vertiginous pace at which technology moves! From one generation to the next, over the past 30 plus years, movies have been watched through the medium of celluloid films, broadcasted TV, VHS tapes, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, downloads, and of late, streamed videos that we display on our tablets AND our phones! What? Videos on a phone…? Wait, my TV set is ringing; I have to take this call… But that’s not all, now you can order and wear sunshades that will connect to your phone, AND take pictures and videotape footage as well… The very next thing we can think of is all virtual projection that might materialize with a thought… We are almost there!
But you get the point, with these incessant oncoming waves of transformation and change, the video seminars of our dear Vaidya, which began to be released in DVD format just some 15 years ago, were at risk of becoming obsolete souvenirs of digital nostalgia impossible to play back. The once mighty, breakthrough technology of laser discs that wowed us at the turn of the new millennium has become a species on its way to extinction, with computers that no longer come with embedded disc drives.
Facing this inevitable situation, we, at Vaidya Mishra’s Prana center, have officially taken-on a mega-project: to convert the legacy of Vaidya Mishra into a format that will survive new unforeseeable waves of technological change and yet remain available for future generations. We are delighted to announce that we converting all of Vaidya’s timeless teachings into the latest technology that will be readily available for download and/or online viewing/streaming.
Vaidya Mishra’s legacy as an educator and trainer of new generations of SVA practitioners lives in a video and audio library of countless hours of recorded courses and live seminars. but its real value cannot be estimated in hours of playback time! So stay tuned! We will be announcing the imminent availability of countless hours of course contents and lecture titles week after week via email, as soon as they are released and posted on www.svayurveda.com.
Namaste!
were you always interested but never had time to delve into
Ayurvedic Sacred Bodywork™
&
PanchaKarma Training?
Allow us to introduce you the Maharani Academy, a sister SVA organization that offers one of the most sought-after, comprehensive certification trainings in Ayurveda’s
Bodywork techniques, sanctioned by the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) and AABC.
Ayurvedic bodywork and PanchaKarma cleansing therapies are among the fastest growing healthcare services offered today, offered at spas, wellness centers, and clinics around the world. Through this training you can learn a new vocation or enhance and deepen your connection with your present clients.
This training is a culmination of over 30 years of clinical practice experience in Ayurveda and PanchaKarma, seamlessly integrated with 15 years of dedicated teaching by founder Corinna Maharani. What sets this training apart is its gentle approach to detoxifying and rejuvenating the body. Rooted in the ancient wisdom
of Shaka Vansiya Ayurveda, as taught by the esteemed Vaidya R.K. Mishra, the methods employed here are gentle yet remarkably transformative. The principles of SV Ayurveda, carefully implemented by Corinna and her team, ensure that the detoxification process is thorough and the rejuvenation deeply nourishing.
“Corinna is one of the foremost experts in PanchaKarma in North America.” – Vaidya R.K. Mishra from the Shaka VAnshiya Ayurvea lineage)
Join us on September 7th, 2024 as we launch our comprehensive 300-hours training
with a series of 12 online classes, held live/online, every Saturday 9-11 AM, PST.
Then, come for the hands-on learning experience and join our 10-day workshop retreats in Santa Barbara, October or November.
All inclusive training cost: $4,830
(With Room & Board)
Use Discount code: SVAFRIENDS
and receive 5% off (Save $241)
Your Course Fee Includes
12-online classes (live and recorded), 300-page manual and training videos
A 10-day hands-on workshop retreat held in Santa Barbara, two date options: October 12-21st OR November 8-18th, 2024 (choose one option)
Full room and board during your 10-day stay in Santa Barbara
3-months of guided supervision, certification, class materials – no hidden costs
if you ever had the opportunity to meet Vaidya Mishra in person, or have encountered him via his many youtube videos or online courses, then you know what we mean! We all want to have him travel with us in this earthly journey, to help us in our decisions along the way, through the timeless wisdom and knowledge of SV Ayurved. And now we can! If you have not discovered our podcast channel yet, we invite you to look it up and explore the timeless teachings of SVAyurveda, as well as fabulous talks by other SVAyurveda doctors and educators.
We want to help you protect your purchase – there’s been an increase in lost/stolen packages.
To protect your shipment – in case your shipping address is not secure – we have now added the “signature delivery” option upon check-out on www.chandika.com and we highly recommend you select it to ensure your package is guaranteed to reach you after it leaves our warehouse. Kindly note we are unable to replace stolen/misplaced packages once they are confirmed delivered by the carrier of your choice.
