Ayurveda is a 5000 year old holistic system of medicine originating in India. It is considered the sister science of Yoga.
Ayurveda is both a preventative system and a therapeutic, healing system. It emphasis that health arises from harmony in our internal being with the external world and nature.
The fundamental framework of Ayurveda includes looking at the world and our bodies as an interplay of the 5 elements of nature. Space, Air, Fire, Water and Earth. We each are made of them and have them all but each of us has them in a unique proportion.
These elements function through the three “doshas” which govern our world. By recognizing our doshas within us and how the operate around us, how they affect and impact us, Ayurveda teaches us to dance with these energies.