Top Ayurvedic Expert Reveals Best Ritucharya Techniques for Optimal Health

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[Music] i want to take a minute to understand uh to share with you the importance of what the cycles of time do to us so the there are different cycles of time in nature and that affects our human physiology um there are different rhythms in nature we have the day cycle we have the night cycle and then we have the monthly cycle governed by the moon called lunations um and then we have the seasonal cycles which is the topic of today's discussion um the reason why it's important is because um we it's important that we align ourselves to these naturally occurring rhythms by aligning ourselves to these naturally occurring rhythms we are able to bring harmony to our body and um we're able to prevent diseases and this is a quotation from one of the classical um facts of ayurveda called character here acharya is stating that one who follows a seasonal regimen um would be blessed with enhanced strength and luster so no need for your expensive creams or lotions just follow seasonal dietetics moving on to the importance of seasonal dietetics why is it important i mean we saw that the classical texts are stating that is important but let's understand the rationale behind this a statement in order to understand our body and understand our health it is important to understand the universe around us and the ancients realized that this was useful um so some of you may have heard of this verse yet it's been made very popular by the yogic philosophy um so the ones who are familiar with the yogic text and yogic traditions would be familiar with this um verse brahmanda in this context refers to the universe uh there's a larger meaning to it it refers to the cosmic egg and the creation theory which we don't have time to get into but for the purpose of this discussion we can think of brahmanda as the universe we are part of and appinda in this context refers to the living entities so i e you and i um i.e the microcosm and is our macrocosm that we are living in so the essence of this verse is that whatever exists in the macrocosm also exists within us and whatever exists within us can also be found in the universe at large this is a very profound statement um what this is what is this is telling us is that we are a tiny replica in the universe and because of this quite inherent relationship between us and our immediate environment whatever vibrations that occur in the universe also impact us this cause and effect relationship between us and the universe is inevitable there's no way around it um it's a very tightly linked uh relationship we are part of the universe and it's uh it's in the the two are inseparable once we understand this concept then we can understand the role the seasons or different times um or the cycles of time uh how they play out um in our own health and in our own daily lives you