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Ayurveda

Thank you for being here on this healing journey. Learn how Ayurveda - the simple language of the universe - can bring in harmony, balance and optimal states of being into our lives.

In this first lesson we hear from a beautiful and ancient Sanskrit verse that brings about a variety of questions, and their answers too. We discuss how we can be best prepared to learn and gain the most from this experience.

Ayurveda, a once forgotten science, is today experiencing a global resurgence. Now more than ever people are taking notice and recognising the power of Ayurveda as an authentic, practical science for longevity, healing and natural medicine.

Here is a simple meditation to help you build awareness of the sensations around your body. Use this practice to build your alignment with nature and begin to see the benefits in your life.

In this session we discover the ultimate cause of all disease in your body, mind and emotions, and the 3 ways in which this can manifest in our lives. We begin to learn how to respond to the body’s calls for assistance and align ourselves with the natural rhythm of life.

These five great elements form the building blocks of life. They unite all beings, give rise to our differences, and provide us with insight into how the doshas affect all areas of our being.

In today’s class we learn how the 5 great elements combine to form the doshas. We gain an understanding of how balance is a dynamic state (rather than simply a final goal) and how it can be achieved by following two key principles.

The quality of Vata can create storms in the world, and it can do the same thing in our body. Anxiety, confusion and restlessness are all symptoms of imbalance. Here Vira introduces us to 3 Vata-pacifying practices that can have a long-lasting transformative effect.

Bring more grounded and nourished experience to your life. This meditation is a mini-immersion that will help you pause, slow down, and experience deep nourishment, the perfect reset practice for Vata.

Alternate nostril breathing is a process to support you getting back into balance. Use this to balance excess vata in the body and bring about a calming, grounded, more centred state of being.

Give your nervous system a rejuvenating lift with this calming self-oil-massage technique. Stimulate your appetite, prevent ageing of the skin and experience a deep feeling of warmth and stability.

We want to keep our sinuses lubricated to help clear unwanted irritation and keep them healthy. This practice of ‘Nasya’ is perfect for calming Vata Dosha, alleviating unsteadiness in the mind, anxiety and insomnia.

Today we identify some of the key traits of the ‘Pitta’ dosha, which is a combination of the Fire and Water elements. Transformational by nature, this energy helps us not only digest our food, but our experiences in life as well.

In this meditation for balancing Pitta dosha we connect deeply with our breath and let go of all passing thoughts. Bring in cooling energy to become more calm and present while honouring your inner fire.

A simple practice that is useful for those exposed to the fiery electric energy of Pitta. If you’re using a computer or under florescent lights all day - this one is a must try!

If you’re feeling frustrated, angry or irritated - emotions governed by the fiery pitta dosha - try this breathing exercise to immediately bring about a cool, calm and open state of being.

Taking a closer look now at the Kapha dosha, which is made of the earth and water elements. Discover that heavy, slow moving and binding component that exists all around us, and how we can begin to keep it in balance.

Witness the beauty of nature in your mind’s eye, bringing lightness, clarity and balance to your mind and body. This meditation for balancing Kapha is available for your to access at any time.

A powerful breathing exercise that gives an uplifting and lightening effect at any time of the day. Strengthen your lungs and diaphragm, process emotions that are held in the chest and help release tension from the neck and shoulders with this exercise.

Neti has long been used as a yogic practice of purification to cleanse the sinuses. Ayurveda recognises the nose (not the mouth) as the primary breathing apparatus in the body. This practice is designed specifically to cleanse this channel and bring in more clarity of the mind.

An outline of how to live in alignment with the flow of nature’s rhythms. Moving with the sun and the seasons we want to mould our activities in such a way that will best serve our daily practices, meals, work, rest, purpose and relationships to consistently get the attention they need.

Looking back over our study of the doshas we can understand how they play out in our lives and in the world around us. As we progress on this journey we’ll get a greater sense of the distinction between our original psychophysical nature (prakriti) and the conditioning that comes upon us from our environment (vrikriti).

In this lesson we learn about the subtle forms of digestion that take place in our body and how these form the key to good health. After understanding all the factors involved, discover some of the ways to bring more balance to your digestive system and gently detoxify your body.

Learn some powerful practices to reset your digestion and hear what your body is communicating to you. Identifying the signs of digestive imbalance and recognising which dosha they belong to, sets us on a journey to healthy bowel movements and more energy throughout the day.

Next time you’re feeling tired or lethargic, try this practice to bring a renewed freshness to your energy. An excellent routine that can be used as preparation for meditation, for increasing the body’s flow of oxygen and for strengthening the nervous system.

Another amazing yet simple Ayurvedic practice for helping to bring balance to your digestion. Combine these 3 highly potent digestive spices with hot water to balance, cleanse and improve your entire system.

This Ayurvedic self-care practice is for removing abdominal discomfort, opening up up vital tissues and promoting healthy circulation. Give your digestive system a major helping hand in relieving tension and regaining balance.

Some insight into the importance of sleep, and how to get the best sleep possible. With healthy sleep practices we want our mind to be more clear, body more energised, and emotions more calm and centrered, feeling ready for the day to come.

Get settled, comfortable and relaxed as we engage in a meditation to support deep and restful sleep. Allow yourself to drift off, let go and regenerate.

When our mind is disturbed and racing, journalling can help us come to a place of calm, understanding and acceptance. This is the safe space where you can express your mind and inner world without judgment.

Alleviate tension and nourish every single area of your body by focusing on these key massage points. A wonderful stress reliever that can reboot your entire nervous system.

Setting a clear intention means consciously choosing the experience we want to have in life. With our free will we can envision our responses as those of emotional maturity and resilience, and practically place energy into making these scenarios a reality.

An introduction to discovering our emotional triggers and becoming more aware of how they act. There are some powerful practices coming up that allow us to be with our emotions, feel our physical sensations and respond to them consciously.

The energies of the doshas govern our emotional state as well as our physical condition. Ayurveda advises us to become equipoised, observant, and approach each moment in this full awareness.

Today we go on a journey to understand our unconscious emotions from the past. By revising our life’s pains and trauma’s in a safe space, free from judgement, we can heal wounds and build resiliency to whatever may come up in our life. This is a practice and a process of healing that can be both uplifting and liberating.

We now take some time to digest what we’ve experienced so far, and the state of our own being. Here are some ways to become attuned to the emotional sensations you feel, and develop insight from the lesson that is being gifted.

When you find yourself dominated by your mind and emotions, this breath practice will help you process your feelings and bring you back to a centred, grounded and calm state of being. Tap into your full breath capacity.

Realigning with our own nature is the purpose of our life. To be truly holistic in our approach, we can first observe that we all have unique qualities and abilities. If engaged correctly, we’ll feel more productive, more whole and more empowered in all areas.

Ayurvedic principles can also be used to experience peak levels of energy and productivity each day in our work. By witnessing our emotions and contemplating our activities, we can uncover their opposing counterpart and experience more balance in our life.

The Ayurveda circadian clock teaches us that there is an optimal time for sleep, exercise, meditation, meals, work, socialising and reflection. We look now at how to arrange our daily schedule for better productivity and effectiveness.

Learn how to build your life rhythms and routines around the gifts that nature brings us each season. Understand how to balance and some of the principle keys to living a healthy and fulfilling life.

Your energy is a combination of all the impressions you pick up from the people you spend time with, the places you go, the foods you eat, and everything else that enters in through your senses. Today we learn how living a lifestyle of clarity and connecting with our spiritual nature is the highest purpose of Ayurveda.

In this class we talk about the power of spiritualizing our food and how to do it. ‘Prasadam’ is what comes from the practice of preparing pure, love-filled offerings to the Divine that nourish both your body and soul.

Modern research shows how mantra has a profound effect on the mind, body and spirit. Recitation of this mantra is the most recommended meditation practice in the Vedas for the present time and age. Experience a tangible feeling of peace, calm and connection.

An incredibly simple and grounding practice to help us connect with the earth element. Walking barefoot, or using an acupressure matt can release stress, tension and promote healthy circulation to energise your body and mind.

Walking with conscious breathing - a stand-alone practice of gentle exercise than can be done anywhere. This is a simple and convenient way to promote healthy circulation without putting wear and tear on the joints on your body.

This pranayam breath practice combines two strengthening and grounding techniques for a calming reverberation. If this practice resonates with you, you could try brining it into your daily routine.