Ayurveda

Discovering your Ayurvedic constitution is a fun and insightful way gain understanding of your mind/body. Ayurveda makes sense of seemingly unrelated characteristics and tendencies, such as personal preferences for climate, foods, occupation, and activities. The CAITLINmiracle Ayurvedic test, which is part of the comprehensive fitness assessment, has been adapted from The Ayurvedic Cookbook by Amadea Morningstar, a great cookbook and ayurvedic resource.

Passages from "The Ayurvedic Cookbook," by Amadea Morningstar...

Page 1 - The particular combination of energies present when we enter this world at birth is known in Ayurveda as out innate constitution or prakruti. What we do with our constitution is up to up. It is the source book for our health, vitality, and well-being. It can also be the springboard for difficulty, if we ignore its needs. The five elements come together to create three basic constitutional types. They are Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. If air and ether dominate in your constitution, you are Vata in nature. If fire and water take the lead in your physical makeup, pitta is the result. If water and earth holds ascendancy in your body at birth, Kapha is your constitution.......Each constitution has different needs. Meeting these needs assures balance and better chances for good health and peace of mind. It also offers you more informed choices of what health care choices are most appropriate for you.

Pages 8, 9 - The science of Ayurveda, like the science of Yoga, was inspired and developed by the great masters and seers of India. The origins of Ayurveda and Yoga have common roots and play a highly complimentary role in spiritual evolution and the maintenance of physical well-being and vitality. Ayurveda, is, perhaps, the oldest science of life, a system of diet, healing, and health maintenance that is deeply spiritual in origin. Unlike traditional Western medicine, Ayurveda is not confined to the healing of disease in a superficial treatment of symptoms. Instead, it evaluates the complete mind-body of the individual.