Feeling hot and bothered? Have you considered any of Vaidya Mishra's ayurvedic floral and herbal lotions, oils, and creams to help keep you cool and composed externally? This is an important detail. Summer is a blissful time when Nature is in full swing with flowers, fruits, and life buzzing on all planes. It's a time for outward expression, and joy! But summertime is also a time where things heat up inside-out, and lead to inside-out pitta aggravation too and crankiness! Your eyes can feel dry and tired; your skin will feel hot and dry or sticky and sweaty; your stomach acidic or you will lack appetite; you may be easily irritable and/or sad; hot and bothered despite keeping your AC unit on 24/7! In the summer time, it's important to cool things off from the INSIDE-OUT: internally through foods and drinks, externally through transdermal applications. In this newsletter issue, we showcase unique pranic formulations for external application that are loved by thousands of people around the globe. Next week we will feature some recipes and SVA tips for internal cooling.
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Here's a most delightful massage oil to help balance bhrajak and sadhaka pitta.
Garden of Somacooling Massage oil contains:"Garden of Soma Herbal Synergy" (proprietary blend) with lavender, lime, sweet orange, himalayan cedar wood in a base of organic coconut oil.
This is our most pitta pacifying massage oil as its name indicates. It is not only great for calming the bhrajaka pitta (metabolic functions of the skin), it is also overall cooling and soothing for all pitta subdoshas. Formulated to balance and cool the skin, without aggravating shleshaka kapha, the lubricating factor, of the skin. It is a coconut oil based mixture that has additional cooling and soothing properties deriving from added florar essences.
Ingredient-wise benefits:
Lavender: calms and soothes the mind, even as it cools off heat-aggravated skin.
Lime: Alkalizing, and a natural preservative
Sweet orange: Enhances absorption of oil and other nutrients through the skin. Vitamin C (in sweet orange and lime) carries a nurturing action that protects the skin from hyper pigmentation resulting from overexposure to sunlight.
Himalayan Cedar: enhances the intelligence of the skin organ by dilating the physical and vibrational channels
Coconut oil: naturally soothing and cooling, calms bhrajaka pitta and supports skin health, particularly in hot climates. Soothing relief for many pitta related skin problems caused or aggravated by extreme heat or overexposure to sunlight.
Pitta Massage Oil:Made with a blend of sandalwood, vetiver, and cyperus in a soothing coconut base, this oil cools the body and emotions, while also giving the balancing effects of abhyanga (Ayurvedic massage).
Pitta Massage Oil with Magnesium: Pitta Oil with Magnesium: Magnesium may sometimes be a little heating for people with high Pitta, particularly for the Bhrajak Pitta, or the pitta of the skin. Given that Magnesium is an important ingredient that can benefit all, here is a special oil that makes it safe and effective to use by high pitta or pitta body types.
In addition to Magnesium, this Pitta oil contains the active molecules of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) as well as Tree Turmeric (Berberis aristata). Turmeric is well known for its anti-inflammatory and anti-allergenic properties. In addition, it is an excellent complexion enhancer. The next ingredient, Tree Turmeric (Berberis aristata), also known as Daru haridra, is very good for pacifying Bhrajak pitta when used topically. These ingredients are added to a base of coconut oil – the best oil for cooling and pacifying pitta. This formula is a unique combination that helps pacify bhrajak pitta, as it detoxifies and nurtures the skin at the same time for individuals with high pitta or sensitive skin. The aromatic molecules of Grapefruit and Sweet orange act as carriers. This is a totally non-clogging, light, fragrant oil
that you can use on the whole body, morning and evening, before showers, to cool, detoxify and nourish.
Surya Shanti Cream can be used whenever your skin is hot and burning. The Sanskrit word, surya, mean "sun." And shanti means "pacification." Surya Shanti Cream pacifies the heat generated by too much exposure to the sun.
This cream was designed to be an Ayurvedic sunscreen substitute, but it has not been tested by the FDA. Use it at your own risk.
It balances brajaka pitta, the pitta located in the skin. It helps reduce hot burning sensations on the skin, whether caused by internal toxins, like amavisha, or by sunburn, or by touching hot objects. Because it cools brajaka pitta so deeply, it can be a good preparation for exposure to the sun's hot rays.
Surya Shanti Cream has not been tested by the FDA as a sunscreen, and should be used with caution. However, some people are reporting that it is very helpful for preventing sunburn.
We suggest that you test it for yourself in a way that will not endanger your skin if it doesn't work for you. Try it on a section of skin for a moderate exposure time. If you replace your regular sunscreen with this product be warned that you do so at your own risk. You may need to keep applying during the day. It is not waterproof.
Sunlight heats the skin dramatically. If your skin is cooled by this cream prior to sun exposure, your skin's own natural resistance to sunburn is strenghthened. It is also great to apply after sun exposure. Many people are reporting that it can remove the redness caused by sunburn in just a few minutes. We invite you to test it for yourself.
The formula contains no chemicals or preservatives and delivers lots of cooling soma to the skin. It not only cools the skin, but opens the skin's reception to soma in the environment.
This cream will not block the good things you need from sunlight. Your skin will recieve what it needs to make Vitamin D from sunlight without getting imbalanced by the sun's burning quality. Get Vaidya Mishra's three hour course on Vitamin D to learn more about the importance of how you treat your skin if you want to get maximum Vitamin D from the sun.
If you are a high pitta type, you may experience burning sensations anytime for no apparent reason. This cream can be useful for restoring balance quickly. You may want to apply it on the neck or even the scalp whenever it starts to burn. It can also be helpful for cooling the body before sleep.
This product comes in two variations: regular coolness (Surya Shanti) and strong cooling (Surya Maha Shanti)
Aloe Vetiver Summer Lotion: Vetiver & Aloe Vera combine in this lotion to refresh, calm and pacify the dehagni (cellular agni) and pacify bhrajaka (governing skin) and sadhak pitta (governing emotions.) Apply liberally. Before Air Conditioning devices were introduced in remote Indian villages, and even nowadays, Indian homes in North India used vetiver grass mats hanging on their windows to cool off from stifling summer heat. Freshly woven Vetiver grass mats not only infuse a delightful cooling aroma to the entire house, but the scented molecules actually carry cooling properties. Ayurveda teaches us that, property-wise, vetiver is: sheeta (cooling); snigdha (unctuous or anti-drying); and sugandha (highly aromatic.) Vetiver nurtures the first layer of the skin called udakdhara (water-holding), and penetrates even deeper to the raktadhara (blood layer.) In summer, the increased agni in the environment increases the heat in the blood. That’s why we experience more heat in the body and brain. Vetiver aromatically cools off the blood and with regular use can even cool the muscle and fat tissues.
Aloe Vera is famous world-wide to soothe topical burns. 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 very famous to cool 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.
A very active form of Aloe and Vetiver combine in this lotion to refresh, calm and pacify the dehagni (cellular agni) and pacify bhrajaka (governing skin) and sadhak pitta (governing emotions.) Apply liberally.
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).
Aloe Vera Gel: 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.
One of our very best favorites and a best seller is Vaidya Mishra's Aromatic Facial Mist to Refresh, Inspire, and Uplift!
Blissful Awakeningis a facial mist that can be used any time of day not only to instantly refresh your face, but also clear the mind and uplift the heart. How? It’s a synergistic blend of 21 herbs and spices artfully combined to restore prana and soma and help cool and nourish the skin. It also helps delay biological, chronological, and psychological aging.
Neutralize EMF Vibrational Pollution
This facial mist can also be used as part of your SVA EMF (electro-magnetic field) management protocol. It contains several drops of pure chandanam (sandalwood oil). Sandalwood is highly somagenic thus cooling and grounding. Spraying this mist on your face while using your computer to help absorb and negate the ‘buzzy’ corrupt marut (etheric energy). The sacred herbs and spices in this formula will thus prevent synthetic pranic EMF energy from disturbing your nadis (vibrational channels). To cleanse the environment around your work space, use the SVA Vayu Shudhi air-freshener.
Did you know that Vaidya’s Blissful Awakening Age-Defying Facial Mist also makes a great complement to the SVA Marma for Facelift protocols? Simply spray this mist on the face prior or after the marma session. Doing it prior sets the stage to marma activation for the ultimate experience of inner, outer, and lasting beauty. Doing it as the final step concludes the pranic session on a high blissful note.
Ingredient-Wise Actions & Properties
Saffron (Crocus sativus) is a super-antioxidant for the skin, potent up to the 5th dermal layer.
Flame of forest (Butea monosperma) supports the skin’s intelligence and shields against ultraviolet sunlight rays.
Devil’s apple (Solanum Linnaeanum) bolsters the skin cells’ intelligence to detox by releasing amavisha and garavisha.
Punarnava (Boerhavia diffusa) rejuvenates the skin by supporting integral detox of the skin by releasing toxins through sweat.
Manjistha (Rubia cordifolia) is a hypo-allergenic herb that pacifies hyperactivity of the immune system by addressing amavisha.
Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is an anti-inflammatory that enhances dermal intelligence and protects against inflammation.
Gotu kola (Centella asiatica) enhances collagen synthesis, preserves the skin’s elasticity and maintains its youthfulness.
Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri) enhances the connection and communication between prana vata, the subdosha that governs the mind, and vyana vata, the subdosha that governs the skin. This is a unique SVA approach to skin health through the pacification and balancing of psychological stress.
Nutmeg (Myristica) enhances the complexion by clearing and balancing the micro-channels of the mind.
Mucuna (Mucuna Pruriens) lubricates and hydrates internally, modulates hormonal flow and lubrication.
Green tea is a reputed antioxidant that defies psychological aging and supplies tone and elasticity.
Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) supports mind/body coordination, nourishes the tactile nerves, thus supporting the skin’s resistance against internal and external stressors.
Lemon (Citrus limon) enhances the skin’s resistance to sunlight, reducing sensitivity.
Indian sarsaparilla (Hemidesmus indicus) cleans the sebaceous glands of the skin.
Ashoka (Saraca asoca) means ‘no grief’. It supports the skin’s health by enhancing bliss and balancing sadhaka pitta subdosha.
Shirish bark (Albizia lebbeck) provides sustained deep skin layer detox.
Sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) nourishes and supports the regeneration of the tactile nerves, helping to maintain the sensitivity of the facial skin.
Sandalwood gives a deep cooling effect and promotes a blissful state of mind.
Rose helps hydrate the skin as well as uplifts the emotions by balancing sadhak pitta.
Sambac Jasmine is abliss enhancer with a sandhaniya (unifying) and purifying effect on the skin.
For total support of the three levels of beauty (Rupam, Gunam, Vayastyag) the Lalita’s Celestial Radiance cream is infused with the vibrational intelligence of the 9 gems that represent the 9 planets. Jyotish, or the ancient vedic "science of light," explains that our individualities are the result of our past karmic actions, and the map that shows the benefits and set-backs dictated by our karmic past is found in the alignment of the planets at our birth. Lalita’s Celestial Radiance cream is formulated to give you a balanced tonic that can support the weaker planets that you may have in your chart, while it pacifies the malefic planets that may be aggravated in your chart. In this way, through the use of the Celestial Radiance cream, you can boost the “guna” pillar of beauty by strengthening or neutralizing things from within. The Veda-s clearly state that while we have freedom of choice as human individuals to make the right ethical decisions, the planets can sometimes cast their shadows on our mind to distract and divert us from the right decisions. Shielding ourselves from vibrational negativity through the use of gems and other remedial measures is an ancient science, and Lalita’s Celestial Radiance makes that science available for all those who want to apply the cream, especially on the marma points, to make for a more powerful delivery!
Why Navratna Celestial Radiance with Rose?
Do you know why emotional stress directly impacts the glow and health of your skin? When your emotions are on the rocks, your sadhak pitta and sadhak agni go off. This impacts all your other pitta subdoshas, stripping your skin of its luster, and slowing down its healthy metabolism. If you are under constant emotional stress, and your skin looks dull and flaky, no external application will help unless it address the heart of the matter, your emotions. Unless, that is, you use a prana-infused cream that contains Rose! Transdermal Rose can uplift the emotions by balancing sadhak pitta and sadhak agni right away– the sub- doshas and the flame that govern the emotional heart. Rose strengthens the emotional heart so it can better handle emotional challenges. Not only does rose pacify sadhak pitta – even as it balances sadhak agni – it also carries a "somnasya jana" or bliss-enhancing property. All sub-doshas are inter-connected. Any of Vaidya’s creams can be custom-ordered containing 100% pure and organic Rose Absolute. If you are experiencing emotional challenges right now, then you should go with the Rose Aroma.
But Rose also carries additional amazing properties confirming it as the Queen of flowers in the plant kingdom! Did you know that Rose is also known for its “vajikarna” properties? It supports the hormones and is a wonderful additional to any romantic setting – making it a Valentine Day’s favorite. But rose is also beneficial for individuals who experience heat or burning sensations in their limbs or their body overall. Regular transdermal use of rose cleans the sweat inside-out, neutralizing its pH, so that when it is released through the skin, it does not cause irritation. Rose in your facial cream can be especially beneficial if you are a vata or pitta or a mixture of both in terms of your overall constitution and particularly in terms of your skin type.
Discover the full line of Lalita's Facial creams and products online here
IS EMF TOXICITY REAL?
Did you know that current scientific research on EMF toxicity is inconclusive? A quick wikipedia search states that consensus amongst “experts” is that “despite extensive research, to date there is no evidence to conclude that exposure to low level electromagnetic fields is harmful to human health”… Surprised? Not convinced? Then read what the World Health Organization website says: “Based on a recent in-depth review of the scientific literature, the WHO concluded that current evidence does not confirm the existence of any health consequences from exposure to low level electromagnetic fields. However, some gaps in knowledge about biological effects exist and need further research.” Let's put aside the "some gaps in knowledge" for a moment and ponder what might those so-called "biological effects" be? Here's what they add: "Reported symptoms include headaches, anxiety, suicide and depression, nausea, fatigue and loss of libido. To date, scientific evidence does not support a link between these symptoms and exposure to electromagnetic fields. At least some of these health problems may be caused by noise or other factors in the environment, or by anxiety related to the presence of new technologies.” The claim of "anxiety related to the presence of new technologies" is actually the latest way of categorizing things, and it is referred to as EHS: "Electromagnetic Hyper Sensitivity (EHS) is a condition defined by the attribution of non-specific symptoms to electromagnetic fields (EMF) of anthropogenic origin. Despite its repercussions on the lives of its sufferers, and its potential to become a significant public health issue, it remains of a contested nature."
But we should know by now that recalls and recanting are matter of fact in science – that’s why it’s called re-search! As new findings surface, scientists revisit their conclusions and many a times completely contradict themselves. Vaidya Mishra said it best, he used to chuckle and add: "There have been no recalls in Ayurveda for the past several thousand years!" Because the knowledge was not gathered through limited sensory exploration and limited devices – but that’s an altogether different topic. In SV Ayurveda, we know that overexposure to EMF can cause a wide panoply of health imbalances – Vaidya Mishra explained and demonstrated how too much electricity and overexposure to electric devices can cause more harm than good, specially if we do not counterbalance with remedial ayurvedic protocols. With SV Ayurveda, you can understand what EMF actually is, how it relates to Prana, and what you can do about it – in terms of diet, lifestyle, and additional balancing measures. Find out the full protocol in our upcoming events.
Join us on August 4 for an introductory FREE session, then take the full course online at your own leisure.
(See below for more details).
On August 4, we will welcome guest speaker
Henry Eckstein, electrical engineer by training with specialized degrees in Biology and Electromagnetic Radiation. As a certified expert consultant, he will talk about how you can clean up your indoor home/office environment to help you live free of fear, stress, and pain, and start living the peaceful healthy life you deserve. His special focus will be on:
Latest Health Research on EMF & Health issues
4 types of man-made EMF and how to measure for them – Instruments for Homeowners
Free or low-cost measures we can take to eliminate or mitigate EMF in our homes.
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