Frequently Asked Questions

Ayurveda is an ancient healing practice of India, dating back to over 5000 years. Ayurvedic treatments are deeply nourishing and powerfully effective in their ability to purify toxins and harness the body’s natural intelligence to tune it back to balance and optimal health. Ayurveda today is the most widely accepted, practiced and flourishing indigenous system of medicine not just in India but globally too, recognized and accepted as a safe and effective adjunct to Western Medicine. Practitioners of Ayurveda in India are certified and undergo state-recognized, institutionalized training. Ayurvedic wisdom advocates that each person is born with a unique genetic make-up called prakruti. Maintaining a healthy prakruti is core to wellness of both the body and mind and this is what Ayurveda seeks to achieve. An individual’s prakruti comprises three primary doshas or bio-energies known as Vata, Pitta and Kapha. Each individual possesses the three doshas in a unique combination. A fast-paced, often stressful modern life however may cause our prakruti to get impaired, resulting in an imbalanced prakruti - referred to as vikruti, that becomes the root cause of all disease and illness. Ayurveda aims to correct this imbalance to help achieve disease-free, lasting good health. While healing and disease prevention are an important aspect of Ayurveda, its therapies and practices extend far beyond just treating the visible illness, to encourage a holistically and balanced lifestyle devoid of excesses. Ayurvedic medicine bases itself on the unique combination of the three doshas to find the underlying cause of a health imbalance and seeks to bring the body back to good health through lifestyle modifications: in diet and inclusion of yoga and meditation alongside prescribed Ayurvedic therapies and herb supplementation. Ayurveda, thus is a comprehensive wellness system that encompasses all aspects of life, health and wellbeing. To put it in simply, Ayurveda enables the body to heal itself, naturally and effectively.