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Who is Shakti Devi? plus: Curious About Palm Leaf Readings? and more! – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter Oct 7, 2021 – #39, Vol 11

October 8, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Celebrating Navaratri
What is Navaratri? Why do we celebrate 9 nights of the divine Shakti energy?
Ancient Vedic culture and civilization have bequeathed humanity with tremendous gifts of knowledge, namely: Ayurveda – the science of total health; Jyotish – the mathematical science of prediction; as well as so many other branches of eternal knowledge that do not get recalled as modern science is prone to (!) – as Vaidya Mishra would remind us… One such great body of knowledge is an ancient practice that is tied to the flow of time and specifically to the shift of the seasons in the year, and the subtle vibrational energies at play in the universe. The energies of shiva and shakti…
This ancient practice is an annual ritual acknowledging the feminine energy, or Shakti, that is a foundational aspect of Nature and of our lives. The experience of remembering Shakti during the Fall season and performing specific rituals at specific times, is accompanied by a story, a very very old story… It is told that long long ago, Shakti or the dynamic energy of Nature was called upon to manifest in order to combat negative or a-sura (dis-harmonious) entities that were impeding harmonious life and thwarting blissful evolution. The story goes like this….
WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Sign up for our Navarathri Course HERE

In this course you will learn the origins of Shakti Devi – how she came to be at the behest of the devatas – the organizing powers of the cosmos – in order to combat the counter-evolutionary disharmonious forces or a-suras. Read all about how Vaidya Mishra was initiated into the Shakti tradition. In addition: you will also learn how Shakti Devi resides within each and every one of us as a vibrational frequency and how she can be invoked and enlivened. Vaidya Mishra taught a beautiful sutra and you will learn it directly from him – through a recording. In addition, we will hold a live session where we will recite the sutra together, and share the stories, and interact.
Feeling Lost? Need Guidance?
How about a
Palm Leaf Reading Session?

Learn all about it and how you can sign up for a reading

“Vata is the King of the doshas” – We received many lovely questions and feedback regarding our article on “Vata is the Kind of Doshas.” We will be sharing a more in-depth article on the topic since it has resonated so much with so many of you. Look for it in our upcoming issue. Namaste.

vaidyaparty
SVA
Community Courses
with
Certified Instructors
Vaidya Mishra toured and taught incessantly for 14 years from Spring 2003 – Spring 2017, building a beautiful SVA community at large. Many of his students continue his teachings and have their own center offerings and healing modalities that incorporate SVA precepts as well. We love featuring their work and latest news. Here are some courses from the community at large.

Fall
Online Health Series
with Cary Twomey
Thursdays, 4-5:30 PM (Central)
Sept 30th, Oct 14th, 
Oct 28th, Nov 4th
Class Fee: $200 

Join us for our Fall Online Health Series, where you will be supported throughout the Fall season with four bi-weekly, 90 minute live sessions with Cary. Each week you will learn a new aspect of how to care for yourself in the Fall, how best to approach our diet, daily self-care, exercise, gentle cleansing routines, how to tend your psychological and spiritual well-being, and how to connect to and remain in relationship to the deep Self, the Light of the Soul. 
All sessions will be recorded and available in our portal for easy access if you are not able to be there for the live sessions. We start this Thursday, Sept 30th, but it’s not too late to join in! You can register here and catch up on the first session in the class portal.

A message from Rose Carol
After many years of practicing and studying Ayurveda and Vedic Sciences (since 1977) and spending literally thousands of hours in deep silent meditation, I want to pass on the lifelong benefits that my teachers, Vaidya Mishra and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi have given to me before it’s too late. The study and practice of Ayurveda has been like a lifelong best friend, supporting me and giving me a stable framework no matter what is happening in my environment and internal life. I feel now is a perfect time to share this ancient wisdom because there is so much uncertainty in the world these days – politically, environmentally and with worldwide pandemics. What better time to befriend and instill an ancient knowledge to prevent illness, develop an enlightened consciousness, and at the same time be able to better help our family, friends, and the community.
The curriculum that I am sharing is really the nectar and juice of everything that I have learned over the past 40 years, it’s beyond vata, pitta, and kapha - I am offering knowledge and Vedic practices that awaken the healing power of prana and cultivate the nervous system so that you will be able to realize the intelligence of your true unbounded nature and experience more peace and stability in your life even during the most chaotic and challenging times that we are currently in. Studying Ayurveda at this time in history will allow to you grab onto that which is everlasting in the midst of changing transitions we are all experiencing.
Studying Ayurveda can resonate with your being and relieve great fear and anxiety and well as deepen perception of the unity and wholeness of life. There’s an ancient verse from the Bhagavad Gita, that says; Even a little of this knowledge relieves mankind from great fear. The nine months of study of Ayurveda and Jyotish (Vedic Astrology as an extended option) will birth a greater sense of steadiness, refined awareness, and greater well-being as well as give you skills to teach and coach others. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or want to sign up call or text 847 636 2744, rose.carol.zivin@gmail.com or and check out the curriculum at https://ayurvedalearningcenter.com/curriculum-details
With love
Rose Carol, M.A., LPC
Did you miss our LIVE
Autumn Dinacharya Course?
You can still get it!
All recordings and course materials available online

We concluded our course with Dr Teitelbaum’s presentation followed by Q&A. We had in-depth conversation about many aspects of health – thank you to all who attended and participated. Those who missed the live session can watch it in our virtual classroom – access is open and an email was sent out. If you would like to sign up you will be able to watch the materials as well. CLICK HERE TO ENROLL Autumn!
HAVE YOU SEEN
Dr Marianne Teitelbaum’s
new YOUTUBE channel
like & make sure to subscribe
for a wealth of SVA Knowledge & Expertise
click on any image below to visit her channel

an introduction to SV Ayurveda as taught by Vaidya RK Mishra with Dr Teitelbaum

Watch ALL of Dr Teitelbaum’s Videos on her youtube channel HERE
… upcoming courses …
EMF: What CAN we do about it?
In a world where we can no longer exist without technology, how can we maintain balance and thrive despite the known side-effects of exposure to EMF? Find out Vaidya Mishra’s SVA Teachings in this much requested course on EMF – details coming very soon….

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.

Calendar of Upcoming Events
looking for a live SVA event in your area or online?

Check out our Calendar page for upcoming courses and community events & for full contact and registration details:
Upcoming new SVA events across the US & Canada coming soooooon
stay connected….
a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips – thousands of articles and questions answered by Vaidya Mishra and his team of experts; and so much more…
home to Vaidya Mishra’s unique pranic exquisite formulations – with weekly specials and give-aways. Learn Ayurveda as you shop!

Filed Under: Newsletters

Who is Shakti Devi? plus: Curious About Palm Leaf Readings? and more! – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter Oct 7, 2021 – #39, Vol 11

October 8, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Celebrating Navaratri
What is Navaratri? Why do we celebrate 9 nights of the divine Shakti energy?
Ancient Vedic culture and civilization have bequeathed humanity with tremendous gifts of knowledge, namely: Ayurveda – the science of total health; Jyotish – the mathematical science of prediction; as well as so many other branches of eternal knowledge that do not get recalled as modern science is prone to (!) – as Vaidya Mishra would remind us… One such great body of knowledge is an ancient practice that is tied to the flow of time and specifically to the shift of the seasons in the year, and the subtle vibrational energies at play in the universe. The energies of shiva and shakti…
This ancient practice is an annual ritual acknowledging the feminine energy, or Shakti, that is a foundational aspect of Nature and of our lives. The experience of remembering Shakti during the Fall season and performing specific rituals at specific times, is accompanied by a story, a very very old story… It is told that long long ago, Shakti or the dynamic energy of Nature was called upon to manifest in order to combat negative or a-sura (dis-harmonious) entities that were impeding harmonious life and thwarting blissful evolution. The story goes like this….
WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Sign up for our Navarathri Course HERE

In this course you will learn the origins of Shakti Devi – how she came to be at the behest of the devatas – the organizing powers of the cosmos – in order to combat the counter-evolutionary disharmonious forces or a-suras. Read all about how Vaidya Mishra was initiated into the Shakti tradition. In addition: you will also learn how Shakti Devi resides within each and every one of us as a vibrational frequency and how she can be invoked and enlivened. Vaidya Mishra taught a beautiful sutra and you will learn it directly from him – through a recording. In addition, we will hold a live session where we will recite the sutra together, and share the stories, and interact.
Feeling Lost? Need Guidance?
How about a
Palm Leaf Reading Session?

Learn all about it and how you can sign up for a reading

“Vata is the King of the doshas” – We received many lovely questions and feedback regarding our article on “Vata is the Kind of Doshas.” We will be sharing a more in-depth article on the topic since it has resonated so much with so many of you. Look for it in our upcoming issue. Namaste.

vaidyaparty
SVA
Community Courses
with
Certified Instructors
Vaidya Mishra toured and taught incessantly for 14 years from Spring 2003 – Spring 2017, building a beautiful SVA community at large. Many of his students continue his teachings and have their own center offerings and healing modalities that incorporate SVA precepts as well. We love featuring their work and latest news. Here are some courses from the community at large.

Fall
Online Health Series
with Cary Twomey
Thursdays, 4-5:30 PM (Central)
Sept 30th, Oct 14th, 
Oct 28th, Nov 4th
Class Fee: $200 

Join us for our Fall Online Health Series, where you will be supported throughout the Fall season with four bi-weekly, 90 minute live sessions with Cary. Each week you will learn a new aspect of how to care for yourself in the Fall, how best to approach our diet, daily self-care, exercise, gentle cleansing routines, how to tend your psychological and spiritual well-being, and how to connect to and remain in relationship to the deep Self, the Light of the Soul. 
All sessions will be recorded and available in our portal for easy access if you are not able to be there for the live sessions. We start this Thursday, Sept 30th, but it’s not too late to join in! You can register here and catch up on the first session in the class portal.

A message from Rose Carol
After many years of practicing and studying Ayurveda and Vedic Sciences (since 1977) and spending literally thousands of hours in deep silent meditation, I want to pass on the lifelong benefits that my teachers, Vaidya Mishra and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi have given to me before it’s too late. The study and practice of Ayurveda has been like a lifelong best friend, supporting me and giving me a stable framework no matter what is happening in my environment and internal life. I feel now is a perfect time to share this ancient wisdom because there is so much uncertainty in the world these days – politically, environmentally and with worldwide pandemics. What better time to befriend and instill an ancient knowledge to prevent illness, develop an enlightened consciousness, and at the same time be able to better help our family, friends, and the community.
The curriculum that I am sharing is really the nectar and juice of everything that I have learned over the past 40 years, it’s beyond vata, pitta, and kapha - I am offering knowledge and Vedic practices that awaken the healing power of prana and cultivate the nervous system so that you will be able to realize the intelligence of your true unbounded nature and experience more peace and stability in your life even during the most chaotic and challenging times that we are currently in. Studying Ayurveda at this time in history will allow to you grab onto that which is everlasting in the midst of changing transitions we are all experiencing.
Studying Ayurveda can resonate with your being and relieve great fear and anxiety and well as deepen perception of the unity and wholeness of life. There’s an ancient verse from the Bhagavad Gita, that says; Even a little of this knowledge relieves mankind from great fear. The nine months of study of Ayurveda and Jyotish (Vedic Astrology as an extended option) will birth a greater sense of steadiness, refined awareness, and greater well-being as well as give you skills to teach and coach others. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or want to sign up call or text 847 636 2744, rose.carol.zivin@gmail.com or and check out the curriculum at https://ayurvedalearningcenter.com/curriculum-details
With love
Rose Carol, M.A., LPC
Did you miss our LIVE
Autumn Dinacharya Course?
You can still get it!
All recordings and course materials available online

We concluded our course with Dr Teitelbaum’s presentation followed by Q&A. We had in-depth conversation about many aspects of health – thank you to all who attended and participated. Those who missed the live session can watch it in our virtual classroom – access is open and an email was sent out. If you would like to sign up you will be able to watch the materials as well. CLICK HERE TO ENROLL Autumn!
HAVE YOU SEEN
Dr Marianne Teitelbaum’s
new YOUTUBE channel
like & make sure to subscribe
for a wealth of SVA Knowledge & Expertise
click on any image below to visit her channel

an introduction to SV Ayurveda as taught by Vaidya RK Mishra with Dr Teitelbaum

Watch ALL of Dr Teitelbaum’s Videos on her youtube channel HERE
… upcoming courses …
EMF: What CAN we do about it?
In a world where we can no longer exist without technology, how can we maintain balance and thrive despite the known side-effects of exposure to EMF? Find out Vaidya Mishra’s SVA Teachings in this much requested course on EMF – details coming very soon….

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.

Calendar of Upcoming Events
looking for a live SVA event in your area or online?

Check out our Calendar page for upcoming courses and community events & for full contact and registration details:
Upcoming new SVA events across the US & Canada coming soooooon
stay connected….
a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips – thousands of articles and questions answered by Vaidya Mishra and his team of experts; and so much more…
home to Vaidya Mishra’s unique pranic exquisite formulations – with weekly specials and give-aways. Learn Ayurveda as you shop!

Filed Under: Newsletters

Vata Dosha is King! SVA Community Courses; and more! – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter Sept 30, 2021 – #38, Vol 11

October 1, 2021 by Leave a Comment

“Vata is the King of the doshas” – Vaidya Mishra always reminded us. Wherever it goes, pitta and kapha follow suit! As it is the most volatile – characterized by air and space, it is easy to go off-balance AND stay off-balance! If there ever were a one-and-only-one line for keeping healthy ayurvedically, it would read: keep Vata Dosha in check. But how? Here are some simple straightforward things you can adopt into your daily routine:
1) Maintain a steady rest/activity routine – do not burn the candle on both sides, take breaks every 45 minutes from intense physical/mental actifity, specially from your screen/EMF device; AND shut off all EMF devices by 7pm. Yes: 7PM! You will accomplish more in less time the next day if you get fully recharged!
2) Go to bed by 9:45pm – the quantity of sleep matters as much as WHEN you sleep… Going to bed at 2am even if you sleep for 10 hours won’t cut it! Don’t believe us? Try it out…
3) Likewise: waking up 1.5hrs before the sun (after you’ve have 7-8 hrs of sleep) will keep you healthy and grounded in soma and ready for full-on activity, and joyfully too;
4) Eat a light yet unctuous nourishing diet, warm, and fresh, at least 3 times a day, and snack another 2-3 times a day;
5) Don’t overthink things! Let it go…. Learn to trust rather than imagine worse-case scenarios! Easier said than done but intention paves the way to remedies….
6) Read/watch/discuss uplifting things – turn off your news channel! Meditate, do yoga, dance, and sing instead. You will make this world a happier place faster when YOU maintain your own bliss and balance.
Check out the SVA formulations we have on our website to help you with your intentions: www.chandika.com. There is also a lot of educational information offered with each unique, full of prana product. Vaidya’s formualtions are easy to add to your daily routine for fast and effective support throughout the day and night.
Want to learn more about making your Autumn smooth and easy? Check out our SVA community courses below – each offered by certified SVA educators. Please note – these educators are certified by SVA but do not offer SVA certification. For SVA certification and/or to become a SVA educator, please go to: www.svayurveda.com/courses or click HERE where you can find listings of courses that offer SVA certification. We are in the process of adding many more courses. Namaste!

vaidyaparty
SVA
Community Courses
with
Certified Instructors
Vaidya Mishra toured and taught incessantly for 14 years from Spring 2003 – Spring 2017, building a beautiful SVA community at large. Many of his students continue his teachings and have their own center offerings and healing modalities that incorporate SVA precepts as well. We love featuring their work and latest news. Here are some courses from the community at large.

Fall
Online Health Series
with Cary Twomey
Thursdays, 4-5:30 PM (Central)
Sept 30th, Oct 14th, 
Oct 28th, Nov 4th
Class Fee: $200 

Join us for our Fall Online Health Series, where you will be supported throughout the Fall season with four bi-weekly, 90 minute live sessions with Cary. Each week you will learn a new aspect of how to care for yourself in the Fall, how best to approach our diet, daily self-care, exercise, gentle cleansing routines, how to tend your psychological and spiritual well-being, and how to connect to and remain in relationship to the deep Self, the Light of the Soul. 
All sessions will be recorded and available in our portal for easy access if you are not able to be there for the live sessions. We start this Thursday, Sept 30th, but it’s not too late to join in! You can register here and catch up on the first session in the class portal.

A message from Rose Carol
After many years of practicing and studying Ayurveda and Vedic Sciences (since 1977) and spending literally thousands of hours in deep silent meditation, I want to pass on the lifelong benefits that my teachers, Vaidya Mishra and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi have given to me before it’s too late. The study and practice of Ayurveda has been like a lifelong best friend, supporting me and giving me a stable framework no matter what is happening in my environment and internal life. I feel now is a perfect time to share this ancient wisdom because there is so much uncertainty in the world these days – politically, environmentally and with worldwide pandemics. What better time to befriend and instill an ancient knowledge to prevent illness, develop an enlightened consciousness, and at the same time be able to better help our family, friends, and the community.
The curriculum that I am sharing is really the nectar and juice of everything that I have learned over the past 40 years, it’s beyond vata, pitta, and kapha - I am offering knowledge and Vedic practices that awaken the healing power of prana and cultivate the nervous system so that you will be able to realize the intelligence of your true unbounded nature and experience more peace and stability in your life even during the most chaotic and challenging times that we are currently in. Studying Ayurveda at this time in history will allow to you grab onto that which is everlasting in the midst of changing transitions we are all experiencing.
Studying Ayurveda can resonate with your being and relieve great fear and anxiety and well as deepen perception of the unity and wholeness of life. There’s an ancient verse from the Bhagavad Gita, that says; Even a little of this knowledge relieves mankind from great fear. The nine months of study of Ayurveda and Jyotish (Vedic Astrology as an extended option) will birth a greater sense of steadiness, refined awareness, and greater well-being as well as give you skills to teach and coach others. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or want to sign up call or text 847 636 2744, rose.carol.zivin@gmail.com or and check out the curriculum at https://ayurvedalearningcenter.com/curriculum-details
With love
Rose Carol, M.A., LPC
Did you miss our LIVE
Autumn Dinacharya Course?
You can still get it!
All recordings and course materials available online

We concluded our course with Dr Teitelbaum’s presentation followed by Q&A. We had in-depth conversation about many aspects of health – thank you to all who attended and participated. Those who missed the live session can watch it in our virtual classroom – access is open and an email was sent out. If you would like to sign up you will be able to watch the materials as well. CLICK HERE TO ENROLL Autumn!
HAVE YOU SEEN
Dr Marianne Teitelbaum’s
new YOUTUBE channel
like & make sure to subscribe
for a wealth of SVA Knowledge & Expertise
click on any image below to visit her channel

an introduction to SV Ayurveda as taught by Vaidya RK Mishra with Dr Teitelbaum

Watch ALL of Dr Teitelbaum’s Videos on her youtube channel HERE
… upcoming courses …
EMF: What CAN we do about it?
In a world where we can no longer exist without technology, how can we maintain balance and thrive despite the known side-effects of exposure to EMF? Find out Vaidya Mishra’s SVA Teachings in this much requested course on EMF – details coming very soon….

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.

Calendar of Upcoming Events
looking for a live SVA event in your area or online?

Check out our Calendar page for upcoming courses and community events & for full contact and registration details:
Upcoming new SVA events across the US & Canada coming soooooon
stay connected….
a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips – thousands of articles and questions answered by Vaidya Mishra and his team of experts; and so much more…
home to Vaidya Mishra’s unique pranic exquisite formulations – with weekly specials and give-aways. Learn Ayurveda as you shop!

Filed Under: Newsletters

Nourish Brain, Replenish Gut, Support Immunity – with GHEE! Learn SVA with Rose; and more! – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter Sept 23, 2021 – #37, Vol 11

September 24, 2021 by Leave a Comment

“Out of all the oils fit for human consumption, ghee is the best to eat”
Charak Samhita (Sutra27:232)

How did Charak Rishi know? And why is ghee the best oil? Do we have modern scientific evidence to back up and ancient claim?
But what is Ghee?
Ghee is clarified butter that has been used in India for thousands of years. It is made from sweet (unsalted) butter, simmered over low heat until the water evaporates leaving behind the milk solids. These solids float to the top and are skimmed off or strained out leaving behind the clarified liquid fat known as ghee. Ghee is an excellent source of the fat-soluble vitamins — Vitamins A, D, E and K. It’s also loaded with many other vitamins, antioxidants and healthy fats.
Ghee helps us to absorb nutrients into our cells. Here’s how it works: Whatever food we eat can’t help us at all until the food is broken down in our digestive tract into small enough particles which can cross through a very delicate cell membrane to gain entrance into our cells. Our cell membranes separate the inside of all the cells in our bodies from the outside environment, both protecting the cell and allowing nutrients to pass into the cell and toxic substance to pass out of the cell. The cell membrane has been called the most important organelle for the cell because it is responsible for determining what goes in and out of the cells. You see, outside the cell are important nutrients that the cell needs to survive, but on the other hand there are also dangerous acids and other compounds that are toxic to the cell that must be kept out. So they have this very important job and serve as gatekeepers which allow some molecules to flow through, but not others. The cell membrane is very flexible which allows for rapidly growing and dividing cells, but at the same time it is also a formidable barrier, allowing some substances to pass through while blocking others. 
Now here’s the important thing: 
All the cell membranes in our body are made of cholesterol, which gives the membranes a consistency kind of like that of a light oil. Fat-soluble molecules can pass through the membrane so ghee actually becomes a tremendous vehicle to transport the nutrients we eat across this fatty cell wall — the ghee actually slides the nutrients right on through into the inside of the cell.
In fact, ghee works so well at delivering nutrients into the cells it is used in many Ayurvedic herbal formulas which are cooked in ghee and consumed as a paste. It’s always amazing to me how the ancient doctors knew to cook so many of the herbs into ghee formulas even before we had microscopes to figure out why ghee would deliver these important nutrients into the insides of our cells.
And, by the way, this also means that cooking with ghee in your diet will enhance the absorption of the nutrients from the foods you eat into your cells. 
Many people I see from India report to me that they no longer eat ghee because it contains cholesterol. Then they proceed to tell me they deep fry or use high heat in cooking and they cook with ground nut oil or peanut oil, mustard oil, sunflower oil, and canola oil. And then in the next breath they tell me they just had stents put in for their clogged arteries. Even though they are vegetarian and there’s nothing in their diet that would otherwise clog their arteries.
Why NOT Use Vegetable Oils?
Except for these vegetable and seed oils! When you heat them they form a plastic molecule which clogs the arteries. They also form a toxic substance which when swallowed, damages the liver, giving rise to diabetes, and India has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the world.
When you heat oils to a high temperature they oxidize and form very dangerous compounds. So everyone is now looking for an oil that has a high smoking point which won’t oxidize when heated to a high temperature. Which is why everyone is switching to using avocado and coconut oil. But these oils are very heavy and waxy, cold and hard to digest. Unless you live near the equator where there is more heat from the sun providing you with a stronger digestive fire, then you should not eat these oils as they are too heavy. 
Ghee, on the other hand, is the easiest oil to digest and yet has the highest smoking point – 485 degrees – amongst all other oils. 
So here’s the thing: 
Many patients are shocked to find out that when they eat ghee their cholesterol actually goes down! This happens because ghee contains high concentrations of monounsaturated Omega-3s. These beneficial fats also keep the arteries clean and prevent heart attacks. In fact, the nutrients in ghee actually prevent any sticky plaque from attaching to the walls of the arteries.
CLA, Butyric Acid, and More!
And you may have heard that ghee contains conjugated linoleic acid or CLA. CLA helps to burn fat and build muscle mass, which is why many people lose weight when they include ghee in their diets. This is also why body builders take CLA tablets, but CLA supplements do not provide the same benefits as CLA from food because they are the synthetic version made in a lab and are therefore lacking nature’s healing vibration, known as prana. Even modern medicine has proven this point: studies show that the synthetic version of CLA has a different mixture of isomers than what naturally occurs from getting the real thing from food, thus providing less of a benefit. And make sure your ghee is from grass-fed cows since this will contain higher amounts of CLA as well as other beneficial fats. 
CLA also prevents inflammation in the artery walls and hardening of the arteries, both of which can cause heart attacks.
And one of the things ghee is most famous for is that it contains butyric acid, also known as butyrate. So what is butyrate and why is it so important?
Well, it plays a huge role in the health of our gut micro biome. The gut lining is basically two layers — a mucus layer with friendly bacteria growing in it. This thick gloopy mucus layer is made by the goblet cells which are embedded in our gut wall. These goblet cells are programmed to make mucus 24 hours a day 7 days a week. It is important to have a very thick layer of mucus to prevent pathogens from going through. This is known as a mucus barrier, and it’s basically a shield that cannot be penetrated by pathogens. There are specialized friendly bacteria which make butyrate and it is this butyrate which tells our goblet cells to keep pumping out mucus. 
Unfortunately we can’t make butyrate, but instead we rely on the friendly gut bacteria to make it for us. These friendly gut bacteria use fiber to make butyrate which in turn pumps out goblet cells to make mucus. If the mucus layer gets too thinned out or dried out cracks can begin to appear where pathogens can leak through. Antibiotics deplete the both goblet cells and the friendly bacteria which can predispose the gut to infection and inflammation. 
Butyrate is found in only a few foods, and, you guessed it…one of them is ghee. It’s also found in butter and raw milk. 
The gut also consists of very tight junctions that hold together the colonocytes, which are the cells of the intestines. And butyrate works on our gut lining to keep these tight junctions intact so that large molecules of food don’t escape which could cause the immune system to attack and create food allergies, inflammation or even an autoimmune condition. Loosening of these tight junctions is known as leaky gut, which is now rampant in our society, and eating ghee in the diet is an excellent way of healing the leaky gut.
So now you can see how important butyrate is, and why eating ghee keeps the lining of the gut intact so the friendly bacteria can grow, keeps the mucus layer nice and thick, and also keeps the tight junctions intact.
As we speak there are lots of studies being done to examine the benefits of butyrate in treating inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. So fat the results look very promising.
It’s always been amazing to me how time and again, the ancient doctors predicted so many things that we’re now able to verify through modern research. Thousands of years ago they declared that women would become highly fertile and children would be very intelligent if they ate ghee. And this turned out to be true! The female hormones which make you fertile are made out of cholesterol and ghee provides this highly absorbable and nourishing form of cholesterol to crank up a women’s hormones. And the brain uses cholesterol to function, thus making our children highly intelligent.
I have helped so many women conceive babies who were infertile and were avoiding whole milk and ghee in their diets, mainly because they were told that cholesterol clogs the arteries so they were eating a low fat diet. When we switched them back to ghee and warm milk their fertility shot right back up.
Make Your Own
Now, for those of you who are not familiar with ghee you can either make it yourself from unsalted butter from grass-fed cows. Just melt the butter, let it come to a low simmer and skim off the dairy solids as they rise to the top. After about a half hour, depending on how much butter you are using, you will notice that you can see through the butter, that it becomes clear, and it makes a crackling sound. At this point you can strain it through cheesecloth into a pyrex bowl or jar and keep it at room temperature.
There is a second, more complicated way to make ghee, but this ghee has even more health benefits than regular ghee, which is already amazingly good for you. This is known as cultured ghee and is made by taking heavy cream, adding a yogurt culture to it overnight and turning it into yogurt, cooling it down for a day in the refrigerator then churning it into butter, then making ghee from that cultured butter.
This ghee is much easier to digest than regular ghee since the friendly bacteria in the yogurt cultures break the fats down into even smaller particles for better absorption into the cells. And this ghee has twice the amount of CLA than regular ghee.
You can use ghee the same way you use butter — sauté spices and vegetables with it, use it on top of vegetables and grains, and you can bake with it as well, since it can withstand the high temperatures.
I hope that you decide to incorporate ghee into your diet to keep your gut healthy, your arteries clean, to keep your weight down and to keep your brain intact into old age. It’s a shame more people don’t know about the amazing health benefits of ghee. Think of it as one of nature’s gifts to us, and probably one of the most important foods in your diet.
Thank you.
Marianne Teitelbaum, DC
1(856)786-3330
Did you miss our LIVE
Autumn Dinacharya Course?
You can still get it!
All recordings and course materials available online

We concluded our course yesterday with Dr Teitelbaum’s presentation followed by Q&A. We had in-depth conversation about many aspects of health – thank you to all who attended and participated. Those who missed the live session can watch it in our virtual classroom – access is open and an email was sent out. If you would like to sign up you will be able to watch the materials as well. CLICK HERE TO ENROLL Autumn!
A message from Rose Carol
After many years of practicing and studying Ayurveda and Vedic Sciences (since 1977) and spending literally thousands of hours in deep silent meditation, I want to pass on the lifelong benefits that my teachers, Vaidya Mishra and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi have given to me before it’s too late. The study and practice of Ayurveda has been like a lifelong best friend, supporting me and giving me a stable framework no matter what is happening in my environment and internal life. I feel now is a perfect time to share this ancient wisdom because there is so much uncertainty in the world these days – politically, environmentally and with worldwide pandemics. What better time to befriend and instill an ancient knowledge to prevent illness, develop an enlightened consciousness, and at the same time be able to better help our family, friends, and the community.
The curriculum that I am sharing is really the nectar and juice of everything that I have learned over the past 40 years, it’s beyond vata, pitta, and kapha - I am offering knowledge and Vedic practices that awaken the healing power of prana and cultivate the nervous system so that you will be able to realize the intelligence of your true unbounded nature and experience more peace and stability in your life even during the most chaotic and challenging times that we are currently in. Studying Ayurveda at this time in history will allow to you grab onto that which is everlasting in the midst of changing transitions we are all experiencing.
Studying Ayurveda can resonate with your being and relieve great fear and anxiety and well as deepen perception of the unity and wholeness of life. There’s an ancient verse from the Bhagavad Gita, that says; Even a little of this knowledge relieves mankind from great fear. The nine months of study of Ayurveda and Jyotish (Vedic Astrology as an extended option) will birth a greater sense of steadiness, refined awareness, and greater well-being as well as give you skills to teach and coach others. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or want to sign up call or text 847 636 2744, rose.carol.zivin@gmail.com or and check out the curriculum at https://ayurvedalearningcenter.com/curriculum-details
With love
Rose Carol, M.A., LPC
HAVE YOU SEEN
Dr Marianne Teitelbaum’s
new YOUTUBE channel
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for a wealth of SVA Knowledge & Expertise
click on any image below to visit her channel

an introduction to SV Ayurveda as taught by Vaidya RK Mishra with Dr Teitelbaum

Watch ALL of Dr Teitelbaum’s Videos on her youtube channel HERE
… upcoming courses …
EMF: What CAN we do about it?
In a world where we can no longer exist without technology, how can we maintain balance and thrive despite the known side-effects of exposure to EMF? Find out Vaidya Mishra’s SVA Teachings in this much requested course on EMF – details coming very soon….

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.

Calendar of Upcoming Events
looking for a live SVA event in your area or online?

Check out our Calendar page for upcoming courses and community events & for full contact and registration details:
Upcoming new SVA events across the US & Canada coming soooooon
stay connected….
a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips – thousands of articles and questions answered by Vaidya Mishra and his team of experts; and so much more…
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Cool Off Heart, Mind, AND Stomach! Plus: Acidity – with Dr Teitelbaum; and more! – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter Sept 16, 2021 – #36, Vol 11

September 17, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Feeling Sad AND Angry? Hot and Bothered?
Throbbing Headaches? Sour Stomach?
End-of-Summer Excessive Pitta Imbalance May be What You Got!
It’s Autumn! But don’t just jump onto the detox bandwagon yet. Just because it’s a new season. And just because everybody is doing it. If you detox without addressing pitta and amlapitta imbalances reaped through the summer, you are wont to make things worse – you will further aggravate your vata dosha and surely catch that seasonal cold that preys on the physiology this time of year. There is one key factor we tend to overlook at the end of summer, and it’s the stomach. The stomach is a primary pitta dosha site, and at the end of Summer, with the increase of agni in the environment, pitta is always found in excess in our bodies. It makes us crave more sweet juicy fruits, or ice cold drinks, cake, cold salads, ice cream, heavy foods… Did we mention ice-cream yet? And sweets, sweets, and more sweets! If you’ve read up even a little on Ayurveda at the source, not through secondary sources that tend to mistranslate, you will learn that in the Fall, we do not only get Vata aggravated because the climate changes, and colder temperatures come in, but because our pitta dosha is so high that it actually unsettles Vata dosha. And here’s the trick: if you start to pacify Vata dosha with warming and heating protocols as Vata needs to get pacified through heat, you are only going to make and already aggravated pitta go more out of balance, and hence create a vicious cycle to keep Vata out of balance. When Vata goes off all other doshas follow suit and compromise immunity. What’s more, your craving for heavy and sweet things will go out of control, and here you go, suddenly you are sick with that bad autumnal cold. Surprised? But it’s inevitable at this point…. So what do you do? Pacify pitta, or more correctly amla pitta – sour pitta. Pitta that has accumulated and reduced the pH of your body too.
By addressing and pacifying your primary pitta organ or locus, the stomach and digestive system, you can actually pave your way to a healthy Autumn and a pacified Vata that will keep things in check. But what is too much pitta? 
It can be as simple as craving too many cold and sweet things, to a feeling of heaviness in the stomach; or also the feeling that no matter what we eat, we feel hungry, never satiated. In extreme circumstances, amla-pitta appears as heartburn, acid reflux, bloating, gas, burping, and a sour feeling in the digestive system, sometimes accompanied by diarrhea, also burning in the recto-anal area are all symptoms of “amlapitta.” Amla means sour, and pitta stands for the fiery metabolic element in our body according to Ayurveda. Amlapitta, is described to be an excess of sour gastric juices, a sure sign of an imbalanced environment in the stomach. Amlapitta can manifest in different parts of the physiology, giving different symptoms either in the stomach, the ano-rectal pathways, or even the skin, the eyes, the emotional heart.
Once in a while, we might all have experienced mild cases of amlapitta depending on what we ate, how stressed we were, how old the food was, how much ketchup we douzed it in! If stomach acidity is recurrent, it should not be ignored or taken lightly. When things become chronic, amlapitta can cause lasting damage to the stomach, throat, colon, and ano-rectal areas, including bleeding. 
 Here are some recipes and tips that are quick, easy and effective. 
If these simple above remedies don’t address your stomach imbalance, or if you’ve experienced long-term imbalance, watch Dr Teitelbaum’s video below. Her clinic number is: 1.856.786.3330. Schedule a one-on-one via phone or live video SV Ayurveda consultation – tip: book ahead as she has a long waiting listing from a global audience.

Acid reflux is very common with over 60 million Americans experiencing heartburn at least once a month and at least 15 million experiencing symptoms every day. Symptoms include burning pain in the chest that might worsen when you lie down. This is the most common symptom, but if you have a hoarse voice or a chronic cough, that could also be a symptom since if the throat or esophagus is burnt, the body reflexively makes mucus to lubricate it, causing a chronic cough. 
The underlying cause of acid reflux is said to be loosening of the lower esophageal sphincter, which is a band of muscle which acts as a valve that lets food into the stomach, but not back up into the esophagus. But when this valve gets weak then the stomach contents are regurgitated back into the esophagus causing heartburn.
While this may be true, let’s take a deeper look at WHY the lower esophageal sphincter might weaken. 
As usual, there is more than one underlying cause, and probably several going on at the same time in most people.
Now normally, once we swallow the food it goes from the mouth, into the esophagus, through the lower esophageal sphincter and then it enters the stomach. The stomach contains hydrochloric acid and it churns the food into a liquid acid. Once the food is liquid, it squirts through another sphincter, the pyloric sphincter, into the duodenum. The duodenum is the beginning of the small intestine. Just as a reminder, the small intestine feeds into the large intestine, then the food exits as a bowel movement at the end of the large intestine.
Once the food enters the duodenum, a signal is sent to the gall bladder to release the bile, which is an alkaline fluid which helps to not only digest the fats in the diet, but it also has the effect, since it is so alkaline, of alkalinizing the acids as they pour into the duodenum. This is important because the gut lining does not have the protective layer that the stomach has to protect itself from the acids. The bile also creates peristalsis, or little muscular contractions to move the food downwards through the gut. 
But there are many reasons why the bile might not squirt out even after receiving its signal to do so. And if it doesn’t squirt out, the acids move upwards back into the esophagus and start to burn the area. 
Now why would the bile not flow properly? 
Well, for one thing, if the thyroid gland is weak, the gall bladder gets weak at the same time. It turns out that the thyroid acupuncture meridian feeds directly into the gall bladder meridian. So if the thyroid is weak, the gall bladder automatically becomes weak. That’s why many people who have a weak thyroid gland develop acid reflux at the same time. So in this case you have to see what is causing the weak thyroid gland and address that, strengthen the thyroid and then use the herbs to fix the gall bladder. But that’s another discussion which I covered in my thyroid book, Healing the Thyroid With Ayurveda, if you want to delve into it more deeply.
Also, if the bile in the gall bladder becomes very thick, like a sludge, it might not flow properly. This could happen if you eat thick, heavy gunky goods, such as cream cheese, peanut butter or other nut butters, and it especially happens if you eat iced cold fatty foods, such as smoothies with heavy oils such as coconut oil, blended with frozen fruits, or if you eat ice cream or frozen yogurt. The cold congeals the fats, making it very hard for the bile to remain thinned out. A similar thing can happen if you eat deep fried foods or heavy red meats as these heavy fats are also hard to digest and can thicken the bile. The bile should be a thin liquid, like the consistency of olive oil, but if there are too many cold fats or heavy fats contained within the bile, you run the risk of forming a thick gunky sludge.
Another cause could be that the energy which resides in the lower intestinal region, known as Apana Vata, a downward flow of energy which pulls the food down, is moving up. Vata in our bodies controls the movements of things, such as the movement of food through the digestive tract. So if it moves up, then the food moves upwards instead of downwards, and it is this upward pressure which can over time loosen the lower esophageal sphincter, eventually causing the acids to move upwards.
In cases such as these, we have to teach the patient how to relax so that digestion can occur. All the digestive processes come to a halt if your Vata goes high from rushing through the day or going to bed late. In the West we call it “fight or flight” and in this mode the blood moves out of the digestive tract into the extremities, so you can run from the danger. The fight or flight response was made for an occasional huge stressor, but most of us are living in a constant state of fight or flight everyday as we work long hours and rush through our daily activities.
And believe it or not, there are numerous herbs which can move the energy back downwards through the digestive tract. These usually have to be given to our acid reflux patients along with herbs, foods and teas which promote the flow of bile out of the gall bladder.
I remember when I first started reading books on herbs when I was a teenager I noticed right away that on every other page of my herb books were herbs which promoted bile flow. I wondered why nature decided to give us so many herbs for bile flow. And then when I started seeing patients in my busy practice, it soon became apparent that just about every other patient had problems with the flow of bile out of the gall bladder.
And just about every case of acid reflux I saw had the gall bladder as the main cause of the problem, not too much stomach acid as we are led to believe.
Which brings me to the next point: is taking the acid reflux medicines the best mode of treatment for acid reflux? Is it safe? Is it the right way to treat this? And what are the side effects?
Well, after seeing my thousands of acid reflux patients over the years I have come to the conclusion that in some severe cases, acid reflux medicine might be necessary to alleviate more burning of the esophagus. But they should only be used temporarily, as they have too many side effects. Plus, I have also found that promoting the flow of bile out of the gall bladder, combined with healing the gut lining from the acids flowing through it, and regrowing the friendly bacteria in the gut, usually alleviates the acid reflux symptoms. So many times I have been able to help our patients avoid the acid reflux medicines in the first place, or slowly wean off them as our herbs kicked in. And yes, you must slowly wean off these medicines because if you just stop them abruptly more than likely you’ll have a rebound of acid, requiring you to go right back on them.
And are these acid reflux medicines safe? I remember when they first came out years ago, patients were told that they could only stay on them for a few weeks, as they were dangerous for the liver. But now it seems like most people are on them for extended periods of time, even years.
Also, many people are now developing bone loss as a side effect from these drugs. 
And then many people started reporting dementia as a side effect. In 2016 the first study was finally done to see if these drugs can cause dementia. At the beginning of the study 0% had dementia. But the group who were given the acid reflux medicines developed a 44% increased risk of developing dementia.
It was then further studied to see why that was, and it turns out that these medicines cross the blood brain barrier, which normally seals off the brain from chemicals. Then in May 2020 they were finally able to discover how they cause dementia. A study was published in the Alzheimer’s & Dementia Journal demonstrating how the proton pump inhibitors, the other name for the acid reflux drugs, affect the synthesis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. 
It turns out that these medications decrease the production of acetylcholine so signals can’t be sent in the brain, which predisposes you to both dementia and Alzheimer’s. 
And here’s the other very important thing: nature made it so that when we eat the food, the first place it goes is into the stomach for good reason. The stomach acids kill any bacteria that might be coming in from the food. This is very important because the small intestine, which is where the food goes after leaving the stomach, should not have much bacteria in it. It has to be fairly sterile, since this is where our food is being absorbed into our blood stream.
So now, if we take away the stomach acids by using a proton pump inhibitor or other acid reflux medicine, guess what could happen? Yes! Infection can grow in the small intestine, which is starting to happen at alarming rates now that so many millions of people are on these medicines. This is called small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, otherwise known as SIBO — and is a very very difficult thing to treat.
So, it would be a better idea to first identify the underlying causes of the acid reflux, address those, promote the flow of bile out of the gall bladder, pull the apana back down, teach the patient how to get out of fight or flight and then heal the lining of the gut with mucilaginous herbs which can heal the gut lining by regrowing the thick mucus lining which should normally be found in the gut. And finally, it is important to regrow the friendly bacteria which grows within this thick mucus lining. Always remember that the gut has two basic layers — a layer of mucus with friendly bacteria growing in it, and the combination of these two give the gut a nice protective barrier, much like your front lawn has a nice thick turf of grass growing into the topsoil. If a heavy rain comes, the grass prevents the topsoil from washing away. This is a good analogy to help you visualize our gut lining of mucus and friendly bacteria protecting the gut from all kinds of invaders, such as bacteria and other pathogens.
By following the guidelines outlined here I have been able to save many people from the side effects of these drugs by getting to the root cause of their acid reflux and showing them through diet, herbs and teas, how to regrow the mucus layer back in the gut and heal both the burnt digestive tract and the gall bladder, preventing both gall bladder disease and long-term infections in the gut, such as SIBO.
I hope you found this information useful as you attempt to seek out alternatives for your acid reflux condition. Thank you.
Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum
Cinnaminson, New Jersey
856-786-3330
drmteitelbaum.com
Did you miss our LIVE
Autumn Dinacharya Course?
You can still get it!
All recordings and course materials available online

We concluded our course yesterday with Dr Teitelbaum’s presentation followed by Q&A. We had in-depth conversation about many aspects of health – thank you to all who attended and participated. Those who missed the live session can watch it in our virtual classroom – access is open and an email was sent out. If you would like to sign up you will be able to watch the materials as well. CLICK HERE TO ENROLL Autumn!
HAVE YOU SEEN
Dr Marianne Teitelbaum’s
new YOUTUBE channel
like & make sure to subscribe
for a wealth of SVA Knowledge & Expertise
click on any image below to visit her channel

an introduction to SV Ayurveda as taught by Vaidya RK Mishra with Dr Teitelbaum

Watch ALL of Dr Teitelbaum’s Videos on her youtube channel HERE
… upcoming courses …
EMF: What CAN we do about it?
In a world where we can no longer exist without technology, how can we maintain balance and thrive despite the known side-effects of exposure to EMF? Find out Vaidya Mishra’s SVA Teachings in this much requested course on EMF – details coming very soon….

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.

Calendar of Upcoming Events
looking for a live SVA event in your area or online?

Check out our Calendar page for upcoming courses and community events & for full contact and registration details:
Upcoming new SVA events across the US & Canada coming soooooon
stay connected….
a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips – thousands of articles and questions answered by Vaidya Mishra and his team of experts; and so much more…
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Cold Hands/Feet & Foggy Mind? and more! – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter Sept 9, 2021 – #35, Vol 11

September 10, 2021 by Leave a Comment

We’ve Got
YOUR Cup of Tea!
In Autumn, temperatures drop, a dry wind replaces the gentle summer breeze as the days slowly get darker and colder and the earth travels away from its source of Agni, or the sun. Our body responds to the autumnal weather by shrinking down circulatory channels – shrotas. The shrotas, physical channels in the body, are given immense importance in Shakha Vansya Ayurveda; the Ayurvedic texts say it clear and loud: shroto mayo purusha, “The whole body is nothing but shrotas.” Why did Vaidya emphasize the shrotas for total health?
The shrotas circulate and deliver nourishment; heat; energy; they carry the dhatu-s or tissues; evacuate toxins; and so much more. Only when these channels are open, and free from acidic toxins, can health be optimal. Only when the channels are open and balanced can nourishment reach deep into the body and can toxins be removed completely from the body. Through the SVA diet and protocols you can learn to support your body by clearing your channels, keeping them warm, and clear and free from seasonal accumulation. In SV Ayurveda, we are very careful to maintain the intelligence in the shrotas which helps determine what to eliminate; how much to eliminate; when to eliminate; what to absorb; how much to absorb; where to deliver things to; when to deliver; how much to deliver.
When the weather gets colder, Vata naturally increases. To keep your physiology in balance, try to have lighter nourishing but timely meals; maintain a regular yogic exercise routine; stick to an early rather than late bedtime; do regular self-massage with a good Vata pacifying oil; have some uplifting down-time activities to un-stress from work.
In addition, an easy daily way to keep things running smoothly and efficiently can be achieved with just a cup of tea! Vaidya Mishra has formulated many balancing teas that help in different ways.
Shroto Shudhi tea is idea for the Fall. Not only does it help clean the channels as its name indicates (“shudhi” = clean, “shroto” = channels), but it also warms them up.

The tea targets channels in the body carrying liquid soma (water soluble materials). This tea helps burn ama (partially digested food material) without aggravating amavisha (reactive toxins sitting in the body).
If Shroto Shudhi tea is too much for you, you can start your day with Mom’s Chai Masala. A delicious blend that will gently unclog your channels in the early morning.

We had a full first session with in-depth SVA knowledge, precepts, and recipes yesterday, followed by Q&A. Thank you to all who attended -live. Those who missed it, we will be posting materials by early next week and send out the link to all. Stay tuned. Join us next Thursday for our session with Dr Teitelbaum on additional SVA knowledge for handling the most virulent type of toxicity: amavisha. The session will be followed by Q&A with Dr Teitelbaum and SVA educators.
We are happy to also offer online yoga to complete your Autumn Dinacharya. See more details below.
Wishing you a smooth Autumn transition….

HAVE YOU SEEN
Dr Marianne Teitelbaum’s
new YOUTUBE channel
like & make sure to subscribe
for a wealth of SVA Knowledge & Expertise
click on any image below to visit her channel

an introduction to SV Ayurveda as taught by Vaidya RK Mishra with Dr Teitelbaum

Watch ALL of Dr Teitelbaum’s Videos on her youtube channel HERE
… upcoming courses …
EMF: What CAN we do about it?
In a world where we can no longer exist without technology, how can we maintain balance and thrive despite the known side-effects of exposure to EMF? Find out Vaidya Mishra’s SVA Teachings in this much requested course on EMF – details coming very soon….

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.

Calendar of Upcoming Events
looking for a live SVA event in your area or online?

Check out our Calendar page for upcoming courses and community events & for full contact and registration details:
Upcoming new SVA events across the US & Canada coming soooooon
stay connected….
a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips – thousands of articles and questions answered by Vaidya Mishra and his team of experts; and so much more…
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Autumn Dinacharya: Flow with Nature; Self-Care Sundays with Rose; and more! – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter Sept 2, 2021 – #34, Vol 11

September 2, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Our fulfillment center will be closed for the long weekend. We resume full customer service on Tuesday September 7, 9am (pacific).
All the shastras of Ayurveda talk about the importance of balance between rest and activity, about morning routine, daytime routine, night routine, seasonal routine… Plus: what are good activities to maintain, what are activities to avoid or eliminate. In Ayurveda that section is called “Swastha Vritha” – adopting the rhythm(s) of life that support the journey of the self. In SVA, the primary recommendations for blissful health are based on Swastha Vritha, because we believe that unless daily routine and dietary protocols are proper, no herb or medicine can help with any dis-ease! Although in this day and age, given the rhythm of our daily lives, it is not easy to follow the right lifestyle 100%, sowing the seed of knowledge and its value always give the desire to follow and wherever deep desire is, there Mother Nature supplies the means to follow… This Autumn it’s your turn to get inspired! Join on NEXT THURSDAY SEPT 9 AT 3PM (pacific) to learn more about how you can improve your daily routine, diet, rest and play activities, PLUS learn about what is potentially harming you and what can help you IN ADDITION to delicious seasonal easy-to-make recipes. See below for more details.
In our second session on September 26, we welcome Dr Marianne Teitelbaum to speak about SVA toxins, specifically “amavisha,” as taught by Vaidya Mishra. There are 4 distinct categories of toxins. Learn what these are and how you can feel immediately balanced and blissful upon identifying and managing the most common one at the root of inflammatory conditions: amavisha. The session will be followed by Q&A with Dr Teitelbaum and SVA educators.
You want more? More than just 2 sessions? Then may we recommend the Self-Care Sunday meetings with certified SVA instructor Rose Carol. See below.
Wishing you a smooth Autumn transition….

HAVE YOU SEEN
Dr Marianne Teitelbaum’s
new YOUTUBE channel
like & make sure to subscribe
for a wealth of SVA Knowledge & Expertise
click on any image below to visit her channel

an introduction to SV Ayurveda as taught by Vaidya RK Mishra with Dr Teitelbaum

Watch ALL of Dr Teitelbaum’s Videos on her youtube channel HERE
… upcoming courses …
EMF: What CAN we do about it?
In a world where we can no longer exist without technology, how can we maintain balance and thrive despite the known side-effects of exposure to EMF? Find out Vaidya Mishra’s SVA Teachings in this much requested course on EMF – details coming very soon….

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.

Calendar of Upcoming Events
looking for a live SVA event in your area or online?

Check out our Calendar page for upcoming courses and community events & for full contact and registration details:
Upcoming new SVA events across the US & Canada coming soooooon
stay connected….
a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips – thousands of articles and questions answered by Vaidya Mishra and his team of experts; and so much more…
home to Vaidya Mishra’s unique pranic exquisite formulations – with weekly specials and give-aways. Learn Ayurveda as you shop!

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MS Causes & SVA Remedies with Dr Teitelbaum; Autumn Dinacharya Course Early Bird; and more! – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter Aug 26, 2021 – #33, Vol 11

August 27, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Do you ever wonder what we did to stay cool before Air Conditioning devices were introduced into our lives?? Perhaps we consumed more sweet juicy fruits and stayed hydrated… But in India they have a beautiful tradition. It involves herbs and specifically Vetiver. It’s a practice that originated in remote villages but is widely used in modern urban homes as well even nowadays in North India. Vetiver grass is woven into mats that are hung on doors and windows to help 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. Vaidya taught 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.
 Vaidya added Aloe Vera to his lotion because it is a famous world-wide known healing plant used to soothe topical burns – specially prized in the hispanic tradition. 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 the raktadhara (blood holding layer) of the skin as well.  Transdermally, aloe quickly reaches the liver and spleen and detoxifies the liver by its cooling effect.  
 Vaidya Mishra made this lovely summer lotion with active molecules of Aloe and Vetiver to refresh, calm and pacify the dehagni (cellular agni) and pacify bhrajaka (subdosha of pitta dhatu that governs the skin) and sadhak pitta (subdosha that governs the emotions). This is a lovely lotion that can be used on face and body any time of day or night whenever feeling hot.
 Ingredients
“Total Aloe Vetiver Lotion” (Vaidya Mishra’s proprietary herbal blend) with Vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides), Aloe vera, Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis), Saffron (Crocus sativus), Flame of forest (Delonix regia), Devil’s Apple (Solanum linnaeanum),Punarnava (Boerhaavia diffusa), Manjistha (Rubia cordifolia), Turmeric (Curcuma longa), Gotu kola (Centella asiatica), Brahmi (Bacopa moniera), Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans), Mucuna (Mucuna pruriens), Green tea (Camellia sinensis), Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Lemon (Citrus limon), Indian Sarsaparilla (Hemidesmus indicus), Asoka (Saraca asoca), Shirish bark (Albizzia lebbeck), Sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica), White grapefruit (Citrus paradisi), in 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), Emulsifying wax (NF).
Ingredient-Wise!
Aloe Vera: Calms and soothes the skin by its deep cooling effect on rasa (plasma) and rakta (blood.) Highly active form. 
 Vetiver: Sheeta (cooling); Snigdha (unctuous); and Sugandha (cooling aromatic.)  Highly active form.
 Jojoba: Cooling skin lubricant
 Saffron: Best varnya (skin complexion) enhancer. Helps preserve skin color
 Flame of Forest: Enhances intelligence of the skin to fight against sunlight and a varnya (complexion enhancer.)
 Devil’s Apple: Increases the cellular intelligence of skin
 Punarnava: Mobilizes and evacuates toxins from the udakdhara layer (water layer) of the skin. 
 Manjishta: Maintains skin intelligence & pacifies bhrajaka pitta – governing factor of skin easily aggravated by overexposure to sun.
 Turmeric: Fights against inflammation of the skin created by sunlight exposure
 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: Great anti-oxidant for the skin. Prevents free-radicals (amavisha) from sunlight exposure
 Ashwagandha: Supports tactile nerves of the skin
 Lemon: Checks against excess pigmentation caused by sun exposure
 Indian Sarsaparilla: Acidic toxins (amavisha) released from sweat irritates skin. Cleans sweat and the sweat glands. 
 Ashoka: Maintains the bliss of skin
 Shirish bark: Provides long-term 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: Opens the channels of the skin without heating
 Synergistic Base: White grapefruit (preservation); Organic Coconut (cooling, nurturing, and lubricating); Organic Aloe Juice; Grapeseed oil; Emulsifying wax; Kosher vegetable glycerin.

We had a delightful session with Dr Teitelbaum yesterday – we discussed MS (full article below) as well other urgent matters such as: veganism; intermittent fasting; supplementation vs diet; as well as the meaning of being fully healthy… We will be welcoming Dr Teitelbaum for many more similar sessions as well as courses in the future. Dr T – heartfelt “THANK YOU” for all the work you do helping us keep healthy through Vaidya Mishra’s timeless ayurvedic knowledge and precepts and your timeless clinical expertise.
Multiple Sclerosis
what could cause it & how to address it

MS TELEPROMPTER
Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system loses its intelligence and begins to attack the protective covering around the nerves, known as the myelin sheath. Some symptoms could be: blurred or double vision; clumsiness or lack of coordination; loss of balance; numbness; tingling or tremors throughout the body and/or extremities; pins and needles sensation in extremieties; numbness or reduced sensation of touch; weakness in the arms or legs; muscle spasms; fatigue and cognitive problems. Bladder problems could also happen, such as excessive urination at night, leaking of urine, persistent urge to urinate or urinary retention. Slurred speech or difficulty swallowing may result, as well as heaviness in the legs, numbness in the face or tongue and difficulty raising the foot. 
While there are instances where modern medicine must be used because pharmaceuticals are needed to treat a crisis or an acute condition, there are also many examples where modern medicine cannot offer enough remedies for the condition being treated. 
A good example is this with MS. And this is true both in the prevention of it and its treatment.
For example, Ayurveda can provide herbs which actually heal both the nerve tissue and the myelin sheath. Modern medicine has no such remedy for this. The pharmaceuticals they provide are aimed at “toning down” the immune system so it stops attacking the myelin sheath.
This approach is lacking on two accounts. First, not much attempt is made to see what is causing the myelin sheath to break down in the first place, and second, there are no medicines on the market which can heal the nerve or the myelin sheath. 
This is where Ayurveda can make a huge difference in the treatment of MS. But before any prescription is written, we have to first identify the hetu, or the underlying cause or causes of the disease, and THEN we give the treatment protocol. And the real truth is, with most diseases, there are many underlying causes. 
So let’s look at some of the causes of MS: what are the some of the things that could burn the myelin sheath? 
  1. Well, for starters, aspartame, the artificial sweetener. It’s one of the leading causes of MS as it is famous for burning the myelin sheath. Many people have had their MS miraculously go away when they stopped consuming aspartame.
  2. Monosodium Glutamate, which is also known as MSG. Glutamate is an amino acid which is the neurotransmitter responsible for excitatory signals in the brain. However, its production in the body is tightly controlled since in excess it is highly toxic to brain cells and can cause them to die. Studies have been shown that MS patients have higher levels of glutamate in their cerebrospinal fluid during relapses of the disease and elevated glutamate levels in some types of MS brain lesions.
  
   Don’t be fooled if MSG isn’t on the label of the food as it comes under several names, such as “hydrolyzed vegetable protein, autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed yeast, yeast extract, soy extracts, protein isolate, soy protein isolate, whey protein isolate, maltodextrin, malt extract, sodium caseinate, modified food starch and soy protein concentrate”.
3. Parasites: The ancient texts of Ayurveda listed various parasites that could actually eat the myelin sheath. I personally have had several patients develop MS after going to an exotic island or foreign country and begin to develop MS symptoms after contracting a parasite.
4. Heavy Metals: Mercury is extremely hot and piercing, and easily burns holes in the myelin sheath and is also responsible for a lot of the MS we are seeing nowadays. Mercury is found in some immunizations, the flu shot, mercury/silver dental fillings, certain species of fish, in some types of air pollution, especially coming from coal-fired power plants, household fluorescent light bulbs and thermostats. Gold mining also releases over 11 tons of mercury into the environment each year as mercury is released when gold is heated to separate it from mined ore. And it has been estimated by some environmental groups that old abandoned gold mines in California continue to release mercury even though they have been closed for over one hundred years.
5. Lowfat diets: I’ve had patients develop MS after they were following diets which were too low in fats, containing no milk, ghee, butter or cholesterol. Remember this very important fact: the nerve tissue and the myelin sheath are made of cholesterol, so a diet too deficient in fat can actually dry up the brain and shrivel up the nerve tissue. And it’s even worse if this low fat diet is accompanied by intense aerobic exercising, since aerobic exercise burns fat.
6. Rushing through the day, going to bed late, and burning the candle at both ends aggravates Vata, whose main attribute inside the body is drying. If we get too much Vata, or too much drying within the body, then we can dry out the nerve tissue as well. 
7. Electromagnetic Radiation/Frequencies (EMR’s and EMF’s): Prana, the vital life force, the cosmic energy which permeates not only the Universe, but is delivered to all the organs and cells of our bodies, is composed of soma, agni and marut. Soma is the vibration from the moon, agni is from the sun’s rays and marut is that element which governs the movement of soma and agni.
The EMR’s and EMF’s from Wi-Fi, cell phones and computers mix in and pollute the prana as it enters the adhipati marma point at the top of the head, and follows the same path that the prana follows, which is down the spine through the shushumna nadi and from there outwards to the arms and legs, the organs, glands and the entire cellular system. So now this polluted prana is being delivered throughout the whole body, wreaking havoc in its path.
I had a patient who developed MS after working under high tension wires all day on her horse farm. Once we had her move her horses away from the wires to another part of the farm her MS totally cleared up. It has been over 10 years now and it never returned.
Now you can see that once you identify the underlying cause, then and only then can you begin treatment: So, depending on what we find in that particular patient we give remedies to either clean the nerve tissue, to kill the parasites, or to chelate the heavy metals. We teach the patients how to include good fats in their diets, such as ghee, milk and other dairy products, we teach them about the 3 doshas, which are known as Vata, Pitta and Kapha and how to keep them balanced. The three elements found outside the body in nature are soma, agni and marut, but once they come into the body are known as Kapha, Pitta and Vata respectively.
Since MS is an autoimmune disease, we also treat the various parts of the immune system which have lost their intelligence, which are the friendly bacteria in the gut, the liver and bone marrow. 
 We regrow the friendly bacteria using very high quality probiotics and/or yogurt, buttermilk and takra. 
We clean the liver from all the toxins it has taken on over a lifetime. And using specific herbs, we cool down the heat in the liver and use other herbs to regenerate liver cells if they have been damaged by cooking with refined vegetable oils such as Canola oil, sunflower, mustard seed, safflower, margarine and cheap olive oils. Sometimes we have to give transdermal glutathione, CoQ10 and alpha lipoic acid, all developed by my teacher and mentor, Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra, and based on food, so that they retain their original prana found in nature. These are 3 of the main antioxidants in the body, responsible for quenching the free radicals that the environmental toxins cause, but in this modern era, since there are over 80,000 chemicals in the environment and most of us are harboring hundreds of these toxins in our blood at all times, these antioxidants are always running low.
And we have herbs and foods which can clean the bone marrow, the third part of the immune system, where the immune system cells are born. Don’t forget, lots of environmental toxins and pharmaceuticals make a beeline into your bone marrow, so in this modern age most of us need to address this highly important tissue since toxins sitting in there can trigger autoimmune diseases, such as MS.
And finally, one of the most important tools we have in the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis are the very exotic and wonderful herbs Dr. Mishra was able to get from India for our patients who have not only MS, but other demyelinating diseases as well. These amazing herbs can actually heal both the nerve tissue and its covering, the myelin sheath. I’ll never forget how excited I was when we finally unpacked these herbs for the first time after waiting several years to bring them to America. 
I will always be grateful to Vaidya Mishra for teaching me how to treat MS in the correct way and for going through all the trouble to source all the herbs from India that we use to treat the many underlying causes of MS in our patients.
I hope you found this information useful in your efforts to learn the best way to treat MS — treating it from its root cause with highly effective herbs that can heal the delicate nerve and myelin sheath.
Thank you,
Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum
Cinnaminson, NJ 08077
856-786-3330
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an introduction to SV Ayurveda as taught by Vaidya RK Mishra with Dr Teitelbaum

Watch ALL of Dr Teitelbaum’s Videos on her youtube channel HERE
… upcoming courses …
EMF: What CAN we do about it?
In a world where we can no longer exist without technology, how can we maintain balance and thrive despite the known side-effects of exposure to EMF? Find out Vaidya Mishra’s SVA Teachings in this much requested course on EMF – details coming very soon….

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.

Calendar of Upcoming Events
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Upcoming new SVA events across the US & Canada coming soooooon
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Autumn Dinacharya: Catch the Early Bird! OneOne with Dr T: Next Week! – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter Aug 19, 2021 – #32, Vol 11

August 20, 2021 by Leave a Comment
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Daily & Seasonal Precepts
AUTUMN DINACHARYA
“To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven:
A time to be born,
And a time to die;
A time to plant,
And a time to pluck what is planted;
[…]. [God] has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in [our] hearts […] every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God.”
(Ecclesiastes Chapter 3)
Some things are meant to last forever, others not. Ancient cultures honored seasonal, annual, weekly and daily rituals that marked the passage of time. These rituals were not only reminders for man to live in sync with the world at large, in keeping with the rhythms and the cycles of flowing time. They were much more. But we have forgotten. We have lost the teachings of our ancestors. With the advent of technology we no longer rest or wake up when the sun sets or rises; we do not structure our activities in tune with the waning and waxing of the moon; we do whatever we want anytime we want! Just because we can. And it’s alright. But the cycles of time are not meant to restrict or restrain us, rather to help us grow bigger healthier and happier. Our bodies are made of the same elements as the world we live in. The world of the pancha-maha-bhutas that is regulated by the sun and the moon – the markers of the cycles of time daily and monthly. When we realign ourselves with the sun and the moon, we will also thrive effortlessly like Mother Nature – like the pomegrenate tree that blossoms in the spring and yields fruit in Autumn, effortlessly….
Ayurveda teaches us in great depth about seasonal rituals to balance mental, emotional, physical health. Vaidya Mishra not only taught these ancient precepts, but he enlivened them in great details adapting them to our modern needs and culture so we could live more ancient ayurveda today. Let’s get together this Fall and remember all the foundational SVA protocols for diet and lifestyle that support our transition from Summer to Autumn. Discover what it means to have seasons – why do we have seasons at all? What impact do the seasons have on our bodies? How does diet impact the seasonal changes and why? You will learn the big foundational picture of SV Ayurveda and small but crucial daily details to keep you always more balanced and in greater bliss. Namaste!
Next Thursday August 26, we will be having our One-On-One session with Dr Teitelbaum. Dr. Teitelbaum will discuss the core teaching of SV Ayurveda, namely: identifying the hetu or root cause in any condition. She will explain how/why Ayurveda is prized for exactly this reason – not one remedy or protocol is good for all! One size does NOT fit all in Ayurveda. Dr. Teitelbaum will highlight her lecture in reference to a growing ailment in modern societies, namely: MS (multiple sclerosis). She will then respond to your questions.
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We celebrated Vaidya Mishra’s birthday and the SVA lineage in great online pomp yesterday! It was wonderful to watch footage of him from different courses, speaking about Ayurveda, his SVA lineage, what is Prana, what is Samadhi.
If you missed the session, kindly email us so you can receive the link to view:
If you’ve already emailed us, you will receive a link to view online.
we are delighted to introduce
Dr Marianne Teitelbaum’s
new YOUTUBE channel
like & make sure to subscribe
for a wealth of SVA Knowledge & Expertise
click on any image below to visit her channel
an introduction to SV Ayurveda as taught by Vaidya RK Mishra with Dr Teitelbaum
Ayurveda with Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum - A Holistic, Innate Approach to Health
Watch ALL of Dr Teitelbaum’s Videos on her youtube channel HERE
… upcoming courses …
EMF: What CAN we do about it?
In a world where we can no longer exist without technology, how can we maintain balance and thrive despite the known side-effects of exposure to EMF? Find out Vaidya Mishra’s SVA Teachings in this much requested course on EMF – details coming very soon….
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.
Calendar of Upcoming Events
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Check out our Calendar page for upcoming courses and community events & for full contact and registration details:
Upcoming new SVA events across the US & Canada coming soooooon
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Why Ashwagandha? Email Us Your Questions; and more! – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter Aug 12, 2021 – #31, Vol 11

August 13, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Constant fear of the unknown, chronic anxiety, ongoing fatigue resulting from pushing the body and mind for more work, or to keep it engaged and distracted, can result in dis-ease when left unaddressed. Stress has been scientifically identified as one – if not THE – major leading cause of severe health problems. What happens in our bodies when we are stressed out? The body needs to decide whether to “fight” or to run away from the situation. For either scenario in its attempt to manage things 2 chemicals are released:
You can see the side-effects associated with either situation as illustrated in the graph above. Yes – stress is a natural daily occurrence – stuff happens! We run late, things break, people are in a funky mood and misunderstand you, etc. And our bodies are made to handle and recover from such events. But when we have high predictable levels of stress day-in-and-out and we don’t do or are unable to do anything to correct the situation, our bodies bear the brunt but eventually give up. Here are some ailments modern medicine recognizes have their origin in chronic stress.
With time, the body is less and less able to cope and process the stress. It runs out of steam. It is unable to adapt to stressful situations. And it starts to break down. That’s the key term: adapt. Enter Ashwaghanda: biggest best adaptogenic herb cherished in Ayurveda and recognized in Western science and medicine. Ayurveda offers so many divine herbs and remedies to help cope with stress. In this newsletter we focus on Ashwaghanda because it offers that unique property: adaptogenicity!
Ashwagandha
Ashwagandha is a world-famous adaptogenic herb that helps us cope with stress, especially mental and physical stress. Ashwagandha is also a wonderful herb for improving stamina. In fact, ashwa is the Sanskrit word for ‘horse’; and gandha is the word for ‘smell’. Another meaning of gandha is ‘essential character’. It is the essential character of horses to be strong. They possess great endurance and can easily cope with ever increasing workloads. Ashwagandha strengthens the nervous system and gives us the ability to withstand the ever-increasing demands of life.
Rasayana and Balya
Ashwagandha possesses a wonderful rasayana property. The Charak Samhita defines rasayana: yad jarabhyadi nashanam tad rasayanam (that which slows aging and removes imbalances is rasayana.)
In addition, ashwagandha also has the balya prabhava (specific ultimate effect). This word denotes that it gives bala (strength). In Ayurveda, bala can signify many kinds of strength: mental, emotional, spiritual, physical, immunological, and reproductive/sexual. Ashwagandha mainly gives mental and physical strength, as well as sexual stamina.

Ashwagandha Contraindicated for High Pitta & Amavisha
Ashwagandha is contraindicated for the pitta physiology, especially if there is a lot of amavisha (reactive toxins) in the body. The reason is that it has both an ushna guna (warming physical effect) and ushna virya (heating potency). Ironically, high pitta people are often drawn to ashwagandha because they constantly put more and more stress on themselves.
Oral intake of Ashwagandha is not be the herb of choice for such driven people, when compared to herbs, foods and lifestyle choices that give more soma (cooling and nurturing to the body). Sometimes, making priority choices about what races you want to run is the best way to get rid of excess mental stress.
Ashwagandha Transdermal Cream for All Body Types
Transdermal delivery of herbs through topical application is a chief component of Vaidya Mishra’s advanced/alternate delivery system, because whatever goes ON your body goes IN your body! This cream delivers the balya prabhava (strengthening quality) of ashwagandha without the ushna guna (heating quality) and ushna virya (heating potency). Gunas are physical properties. Since this cream does not contain the physical herb, just its essence, you get the benefit of ashwagandha without the heating effect. The rasayana and balya prabhavas begin to be absorbed and act quickly when applied generally on the skin and on specific marma points (energy points). This is the perfect delivery system if this herb is needed for a pitta person.

  • Strengthen the mind by delivering the balya prabhava (strengthening quality) of ashwagandha to the brain transdermally (through the skin)
  • Receive the benefit of this herb without overwhelming the body with its ushna guna (heating quality)—important for the high-pitta physiology
  • Bypass the liver and digestive system (if these are weak, or toxic, they can corrupt the herb or prevent it from being fully utilized). Continuous absorption through the skin for several hours (such as when you sleep)
  • Fast acting, non-staining formula (the cream gives a more sustained slow-and-long delivery)
  • Gives just the prabhavas (special qualities) and sukshma bhag (subtle essence) of ashwagandha without its physical (heating) properties
  • Provides a very gentle delivery of this powerful herb
  • Suspended in the nectar of sweet squashes to balance the warming effect of ashwagandha
  • Should be added to 1 to 2 liters of cool water and sipped throughout the day, also minimizing the ushna (heating) quality of the herb
  • Does not have to go through the digestive, metabolic or liver system which could corrupt the herb’s intelligence
  • Ready to be absorbed and used by the brain and body to help improve stamina against stress
Or try the Massage Oil with Magnesium and Ashwagandha – a winning combination of an ancient herb and an essential stress-busting mineral that gets depleted with high levels of stress. This massage oil is ideal for helping unwind from chronic and acute stress situation.
Unchecked emotional stress can take just as great a toll if not more than mental stress. Unresolved unprocessed grief can lead to chronic inflammation which in turn can lower the body’s immunity.
Ayurveda has a precious herb called “ashoka” that provides great relief and supports the emotional heart.
Ashoka Transdermal Cream 
Transdermal Support to Manage and Release Grief and Sadness
The Sanskrit word Ashoka means ‘no grief’. Shoka means ‘grief’.  ‘A’ (short-form pronunciation) means ‘no’.  According to the epic Ramayana, Sita (wife of Lord Ram) was captured by a demon and placed in a grove of Ashoka trees. These trees gave tremendous emotional support to Sita during her long separation from her beloved Ram. This story tells us that the Ashoka tree is a bliss-giving tree. 
This transdermally applied cream captures the subtle prabhavas (specific actions) of Ashoka tree bark to help us deal with past or on-going emotional challenges of grief and sadness. By capturing the essence of Ashoka in this transdermal cream and delivering it through the skin, we are able to bypass the digestive and metabolic systems. In this way the pure vibrational energy of Ashoka is maintained and is able to reach the light of the soul where it can help to remove any grief and sadness that may be sitting there. This method of delivery gives an advantage over oral administration because if the liver carries a high toxic load, it may be too much for even the divine energy of Ashoka to remain intact. If the divine intelligence of this herb gets corrupted, it cannot remove grief.
Ashoka Transdermal Cream is one of the creams used in Vaidya Mishra’s famous Samadhi Set, a wonderful preparation for meditation. Learn all about Ashoka and how to use it at Ashoka – for when you are Feeling Down-and-Out, or if you have high Inflammation!
Discover more stress-busting unique formulations by Vaidya Mishra only on: www.chandika.com

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We celebrated Vaidya Mishra’s birthday and the SVA lineage in great online pomp yesterday! It was wonderful to watch footage of him from different courses, speaking about Ayurveda, his SVA lineage, what is Prana, what is Samadhi.
If you missed the session, kindly email us so you can receive the link to view:
If you’ve already emailed us, you will receive a link to view online.

we are delighted to introduce
Dr Marianne Teitelbaum’s
new YOUTUBE channel
like & make sure to subscribe
for a wealth of SVA Knowledge & Expertise
click on any image below to visit her channel

an introduction to SV Ayurveda as taught by Vaidya RK Mishra with Dr Teitelbaum

Watch ALL of Dr Teitelbaum’s Videos on her youtube channel HERE
… upcoming courses …
EMF: What CAN we do about it?
In a world where we can no longer exist without technology, how can we maintain balance and thrive despite the known side-effects of exposure to EMF? Find out Vaidya Mishra’s SVA Teachings in this much requested course on EMF – details coming very soon….

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.

Calendar of Upcoming Events
looking for a live SVA event in your area or online?

Check out our Calendar page for upcoming courses and community events & for full contact and registration details:
Upcoming new SVA events across the US & Canada coming soooooon
stay connected….
a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips – thousands of articles and questions answered by Vaidya Mishra and his team of experts; and so much more…
home to Vaidya Mishra’s unique pranic exquisite formulations – with weekly specials and give-aways. Learn Ayurveda as you shop!

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