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Exploring the Seven Body Tissues: Insights from Ayurveda

Abhayaranya

In this practice

Key teachings

  • Saptadhatu (Seven Body Tissues) in Ayurveda
  • Interconnectedness of Doshas, Agni (digestive fire), and Dhatus (tissues)
  • Importance of proper digestion for nutrient absorption and tissue quality
  • Concept of Ojas (immunity and vitality) as the refined essence of tissues
  • Energy conservation through mindful behavior and interaction

Ideal for

  • Students of Ayurveda and Yoga
  • Individuals interested in holistic health and well-being
  • Yoga teachers seeking to deepen their theoretical knowledge

Lesson

Instructions

Exploring the Seven Body Tissues: Insights from Ayurveda Saptadhatu -The Seven Body Tissues | Ayurveda Yoga Teacher ...

Steps

  • Understanding the Saptadhatu (seven body tissues) and their formation
  • Principles of Ayurvedic nutrition and the digestion process
  • Developing awareness of how physical and mental actions impact vitality

Benefits

  • Deeper understanding of Ayurvedic physiology and holistic health
  • Insights into preventing degenerative processes through balance
  • Enhanced immunity and vitality (Ojas)
  • Mindful approach to diet, lifestyle, and energy management

Transcript

so some dosha some agony whence the doshas are balanced Agni is balanced it leads to some data data means tissues so here comes the concept of substitue sub the stands for seven data stands for tissues seven tissues so the very first one is Russ means nutrients this is something what I need out of my food but there are people they think like just eating is sufficient enough for them there is a possibility that I think that I went on having the best possible meal for me but even then I'm feeling lethargic exhausted so just eating is not sufficient I need to make sure that I digest it but people they eat it and it comes out through their fecal matter so rasa means the nutrients I can obtain the nutrients out of my food only if I have balanced doshas and balanced agony only a balance is set of dosha and balances state of agony will fetch me nutrients these nutrients they're going to nourish my so nutrients and the quality of nutrients I absorb after the process of digestion will improve the quality of my blood quality of blood will improve the quality of flesh that means the muscles so anytime I talk about the muscle in the muscle strength depends upon the quality of blood quality of blood depends upon the quality of nutrients quality of nutrients depends upon these two things some dosha some agony everything is connected otherwise what happens if because of any reason if the Hutus these tissues are not balanced that starts what the generative process in modern medical science we say that 35 is the age that after 35 degeneration starts oh my god aha yes but still people are having this as an idea so that means there are people at the age of 40 they say it's normal to have high blood pressure at the age of 50 it's normal to have some you know pain here and there in the joints but I think this is not right because this is just the ideas why because for a long time the person was not having proper digestion and because of that at the age of 35 or 40 it starts giving me these degenerative processes so Reza nutrients rucked blood man's flesh and then the fourth one made that's fat nowadays we are too conscious about protein in our meal it's good it's needed but it seems like we're too much conscious of protein protein protein protein and only protein and then it seems like we have ridiculed fat out of our meal it's very important it's very important we need carbohydrate we need the fat we need protein it's not that I can just survive on protein no I need all three when it comes to fat maximum part of my nervous system is nourished by fat if there is less amount of fatty substance in my male what happens it leads to restless nervous system it leads to the restless brain so you require some fat to calm yourself down if the fatty substance is less in the foot and I'm not talking about the fact what we know as harmful fact I'm talking about the healthy fat so made so rest Rockman's made but it's formed by the nutrients what I eat rest drug demands made asti I was deciding this confusion iced tea and this is the bone sixth is Maha which is the marrow seventh chakra and shown him so the food with this journey as I've said annamaya kosha is made up of food so when I eat food I receive nutrients it gets converted into blood / fat bone marrow and ultimately this is the culmination of food in my body and the culmination of food Shukra it's the male characteristic things and this is the female characteristic things so when you think of chakra you may think of sperm when you think of shrew Neeta you may think of the eggs or the oh one when you think of sugar you can also think of testosterone when you think of shrew Neeta you can also think of East Rajan and progesterone so male and the female these two are potentially equipped to give rise to a new under mic OSHA for most of us we think this is the end part this is the end part but we have already put some in front of these things like some dosha some agni some dar - that means a balanced state of the a - is needed where do we lose the balance most is actually this is the area because of our inappropriate sexual behavior so what is the appropriate sexual behavior then so appropriate sexual behavior that means between - sexual interaction you must have seven to thirty days gap yes so between two sexual interaction it's supposed to be seven to thirty days gap because that means it's a balanced behavior otherwise what happens if it is less than seven what happens we lose it heavily and when we lose it heavily all these tissues instead of building themselves they send all the energy to fill this gap so minimums again like okay I need not to say this because I was supposed to say something so okay so let's talk about sexual interaction as you pulled me there I was and I was not saying this no no that's good you need you need to be you need to be means like the thing is I was just waiting for the questions otherwise it is like one way traffic from my side it's supposed to be interactive so think of me a few years back not anymore ah so with my bike I usually go fast with my bike but if a girl is going in front of me it seems like my bike is not going fast it seems like I just want to hold my bike and I just goes this is also a sexual interaction we not only does the sexual interaction physically but with eyes uh-huh with our body language and it seems like some of the people they're just sexually oriented most of the time uh-huh so I'm talking about this that we lose this heavily sometimes just with the fantasies so there is a possibility that I haven't had sexual interaction with anyone for last two years but you know the fantasies are there all the time in my mind on top on top because it seems like this is only the sexual interaction now think of it that you just walk down the town and you see a ring somewhere in the showroom and you want to buy it until unless you're not buying it you're losing energy anytime you get attracted towards anything if you want to buy a car you can own a house if you want to have a designation until unless you know you're constantly involved you're constantly discharging your energy towards that thing and there is also a sexual interaction so many ways I am interacting sexually yes a desire yes yes yes yes it's discharging me all the time and I feel less but the thing is if if you can stay concentrated like anytime we talk about the Hana Hana and Samadhi means concentration concentration of what physically I would say concentration of the fluid but mentally the concentration of the ideas that means the same energy you're going to convert into Shakti the shape the same energy you going to convert into intelligence the same energy you going to convert into wealth is the same energy or you can give rise to a under my Akasha you can give birth to a baby it's the same energy it depends upon you how you want to use it okay now the thing is once the balance is maintained people says like this is the culmination and the body is producing this on a regular basis so if you use it on a regular basis nothing wrong in it this is what modern Medical Sciences there is a production of this on a constant basis so you may use it just because they don't know what happens to this afterwards because pranamaya kosha is missing there in modern medical science so what happens that if you maintain the balance of this for minimum seven days this converts further as I've said this converts into this this converts into this this converts into this there is a conversion so what happens to this it stays balanced in the body further converted a tional further transformation of this happens into oh geez so that means after chakra andronica what happens the person experiences ojas after seven days so the balance of seven days gives me oh geez in English I would say the very close one to ojas is immunity many things like unique wire not just the physical immunity but you also require the mental one that means this is the start of cohesiveness this is the start of cohesiveness I would say it differently so innermost core again one two three four five now in this case it seems like this is the physical body and seven tissues required for me to maintain the physical body what is this urges I would say surplus of physical body it's like your savings like you earn 2,000 rupees a month and then every month you save what 500 rupees so surplus that means the saving helps what if you have surplus at the physical level this helps your pranamaya kosha energy body and that is urges here comes a time here comes a time that you have surplus not only here but you also have surplus here once you have surplus here it helps your mind and when it starts helping your mind that means the audience is converting into stages what is stages wages means your ability to discern your ability to discern but what do we need to discern ability to discern things out of abstract anytime an abstract idea comes in front of me what happens in the classroom we sleep actually we sleep because it's very hard for us to deal the abstract because it requires a lot of energy for you to understand the abstract ideas and just because the energy is not there what happens in the classroom oh my god is too much brain surrenders it's just like you know the computer hangs if an abstract idea comes the computer hangs that means what stages is missing if my body hangs in front of a bacteria and virus that means ojas is missing otherwise no bacteria no virus is a strong enough to disturb the homeostasis of this organism this is one of the most sophisticated walking laboratory on earth planet a tiny bacteria tiny wires they're not there nothing actually but just because neither I have the pages to understand the the abstractness around me nor I have the odors to fight the bacteria and viruses that means what I don't know how to use the energy I have that means I haven't studied the manual of this machine yet otherwise there is a possibility for us to live this life as ever happening festivity diseases and disorders there not even a possibilities so what happens to a person who's not having some dosha some agony and some huh - and especially the person who discharges the energy on a regular basis outside now if I am constantly discharging the energy outside of me I feel drained I feel drained and then what happens my pranamaya kosha starts supporting my under my kosha so I have weaker immunity and then what happens my pranamaya kosha is weak and then my mono micro should I start supporting my yes actually not only i discharged myself physically but I also discharged myself mentally and what is yoga what was the intention go inside how to go inside just by having the surplus just by having the surplus I would say we need not to be scared of yoga because yoga talks about celibacy no yoga is not talking about celibacy at all yoga talks about the mature sexual expression yoga talks about mature sexual expression we supposed to be mature in our expression of sexuality

Practice summary

Level
intermediate
Duration
10 minutes
Equipment
none
Target areas
Mind (for conceptual understanding)Overall physiological systemsDigestive systemReproductive system
Energy
balancing

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