How Ayurvedic Dosha Impact Your Life & How Could Ayurvedic Massage Evoke It

Ayurveda is synonymous to NATURE and its five primordial elements like EARTH, WATER, FIRE, AIR & SPACE. These elements govern the human body and as a combination is called DOSHA. The balance of three different Dosha constitute health, personality and behaviour of a human being. Therefore, Nature is in the best position to treat Dosha Imbalance rather than any drugs or medicines.

Massage therapy not only provide symptomatic relief to body pains but it can provide permanent cure as well. Our Veda provides many such insights which proclaims that our body has its own mechanism to recover from malady when right pressure point is triggered through massage. Supported by Ayurvedic medicinal herbs and plant extracts we can keep ourselves healthy, refreshed, energetic and even reduce the ageing and its related disorders.

What are three DOSHA and how is it related to your body parts & its wellbeing

Three DOSHA are:

  1. Vata – Regulates Movement
  2. Pitta – Regulates Metabolism
  3. Kapha – Regulates nourishment & lubrication

Ayurvedic dosha are three main bodily bio-elements that make a human body. Whenever their is imbalance in dosha, it results in some or other illness which could be in form of body pains or upset stomach or even cardiovascular diseases or life threatening diseases like cancer.  Diet, season, times, work habit, pollution and many other factors can cause the asynchrony. The authoritative Ayurveda focuses on treating this imbalance.

Abhyangam by Blue Terra to balance Dosha

Abhyangam means “Oil Application” in Sanskrit. Ayurveda considers the skin as the largest organ of the body. Hence Ayurvedic oil massage or therapy is nomenclature as Abhyangam.

 

At Blue Terra Ayurvedic Clinic & Spa you may consult an Ayurvedic physician, who examines your Dosha predominance or disorders or disease related to it and accordingly advice the stream of Abhyangam. It retreats your Dosha naturally and keeps away ageing at bay, helps in healthy glowing complexion, treats diseases, detoxifies, enhances physical consistency, induces relaxation and intensifies sleeping pattern.

Ayurvedic Massage

A trained therapist can best deliver the benefits associated with Abhyangam. Abhyangam consists of long massage strokes. Massage stroke originate from foot and ends at shoulder or palm of hand. Blue Terra being a one-stop Ayurvedic Spa assures best quality service delivered by experts. The well-equipped setup, luxury room, ambience and service accomplishes the heavenly experience that you are awaiting for.

Know more about Doshas

Abhyangam is all about touch and friction on right part of body or organ related to the disorder. So before we know Ayurvedic therapies for wellbeing, let’s discuss 3 variant of Dosha, their control over respective body parts and accompanying body function.

Scroll down to know more about an array of Blue Terra therapy to cure or ease ailments and pains that medicines could have never done before.

5 Types of Each 3 Dosha Controlling Our Body
Vata Pitta Kapha
Prana VataGoverns Senses. Located – Brain, head, heart, Neck, Respiratory Organs. E.g – Inhalation, perception. Disorder – Asthama Pachaka PittaGoverns digestion. Located in Stomach. E.g – Metabolizes the food. Derive nutrients and disposes out waste materials. Kledaka KaphaGoverns Food breaking for digestion. Located – Upper abdomen. E.g – Initial stage of digestion.
Udana Vata – Governs expression & speech. Located – Throat, Lung, and Navel. E.g – Strength, enthusiasm, vitality. Ranjaka Pitta  Governs Red blood cell formation. Located in Liver, gallbladder & spleen. E.g – responsible for color of stool and blood. Avalambhaka Kapha Governs lubrication process of heart & lungs. Located in – Chest, lung and heart. E.g – Strength & easy movement of heart, chest and back.
Samana Vata – Governs Digestive system & its peristaltic movement. Located – Stomach. Alochaka Pitta Governs eye sight or visual perceptions. Located – Eyes Tarpaka KaphaGoverns feelings. It nourishes sense and motor organs.   Located – Head, cerebra-spinal fluid & sinuses. E.g – Calmness, happiness, stability.
Apana VataGoverns lower abdominal impulses. Located – Naval & Anus. E.g – Urination, menstruation, sexual discharge. Sadhaka Pitta  – Governs emotion. Located- Heart. E.g – thought, anger, contentment, memory, intelligence. Bodhaka Kapha  – Governs Taste perception. Location – Lounge, throat and mouth.
Vyana Vata – Governs circulation. Located – Heart. E.g – heart rhythm, locomotion, travelling through body. Bharajaka PittaGoverns skin health. Located – Under skin. E.g – complexion, glamour/luster, pigmentation. Shleshaka Kapha – Governs Joint lubrication. Located in joints. E.G – Easy movement and using joints.

Role of Abhyangam in sharpening your Mind & balancing Dosha

Abhyangam is an Ayurvedic massage ritual where the full body is massaged and treated with Ayurvedic oil rich in herb extracts. Blue Terra experts with a holistic approach relax your stressed body by balancing Dosha. Simultaneously Shirodhara is a special healing therapy where Ayurvedic oil is continuously poured on our Third Eye or centre of the forehead. It relaxes stress, sharpens memory and enhances concentration.

Pizhichil for Shleshaka Kapha

For strengthening immunity, joint lubrication, liquefying toxins and enhance flexibility, Pizhichil is an effective way of Ayurvedic treatment by Blue Terra. Lukewarm oil is poured on entire body with light pressure in a slow and rhythmic way. It stimulates Shleshaka Kapha for easy locomotion.

Akshitarpanam for Alochaka Pitta

This is for purification of eyes and detoxifying as well.

Ayurvedic medicated ghee is retained in the eye through a unique technique followed by some gentle eye massage. It cures many visual perception disorders and other retinal disorder.

Udwarthanam as Slimming and Body toning therapy

Herbal powders are deep massaged to stimulate hair follicles and helps to break down excess fat.

It firms the muscles, does skin toning and mobilizes toxins. Along with Udwarthanam massage, Oil massage is done with firm hands with Triphaladi Anti cellulite and Slimming Oil. Triphaladi Slimming and anti cellulite oil contains 8 Ayurvedic herbs that helps to burn down cellulite and results in body toning.

Potli massage inspired by ancient Ayurvedic treatment procedure

Potli massage is also synonymous to Kizhi. In a firm cotton fabric, medicinal herbs or boluses are tied and the oil dipped potli is massaged over the affected area of the body. The ingredients inside Potli vary from patients to patients based on the chronicity of pain. It is mainly done for treating pain and joint disorders. It helps to balance Vata Dosha. It also relieves pain like sciatica, muscular pain, arthritis and effectively backache.

Potli massage

An array of Potli massage or Kizhi provided by Blue Terra are:-

  • Navara Kizhi – In this method cooked rice is applied with milk. It is an Ayurvedic healing procedure and effective in joint pain relief.
  • Podi Khizi – Dry medicated powder or Churna from herbal grinding is made as bolus inside potli and applied rhythmically.
  • Ela Kizhi – In this method herbal leaves are applied inside bolus.

Basti in pain relieving 

Another effective method for pain relieving is Basti.

Basti in pain relieving

With paste of black gram and flour, a circular depression is made around paraspinal area. Then warmed oil is continuously poured out into that depression. It alleviates pain by soothing muscular tissue.

  • Griva Basti for Cervical Pain
  • Kati Basti for lower back pain
  • Janu Basti for Knee pain.

Detox & Destress Treatment

It is a combination window package for Abhyangam, Shirodhara and any of the other ritual for Ayurvedic healing formulae is synchronized with the universal law of preserving health.

For Hedonistic Aroma refreshness

This is a special Abhyangam therapy done with Balalakshadi oil of 9 vital herbs that refreshes body and mind with the hedonistic aroma.

Stay Happy & Healthy with Nature & Ayurveda!!

How I recovered from Knee Sports Injury without listening to doctors!

Dont let Lifestyle Problem come in way of your Passion

Passion in life
Sports as Passion

 

It is a big problem if you dont have a passion in life. But its a bigger problem if you have a passion but are not able to pursue it. I am a 40 year old running my own start up and a passionate sports enthusiast. Besides being an arm chair sports analyst, I have been actively playing some or the other sport throughout my life. While early years were dedicated to cricket or Soccer with boys 5-7 years senior to me, senior school years were more about Volleyball & Soccer. Hockey got added in college in my sports portfolio and I graduated from my college with outstanding contribution to Hockey 🙂

Team work came in Corporate life and team sports went out in personal life!

Soon realised that team sports are no more possibility with a hectic professional life, I shifted my interest to individual sports and indulged in Tennis which I have been pursuing for last 15 years. Sweaty body, bruised muscles & fatigued legs in tennis court taught me meaning of passion. Soon I started eating, drinking and sleeping tennis. Evening dinners were planned keeping in mind Tennis game next day. Travel to outstation were planned according to my tennis partner schedule. I figured out the best tennis facebook page and tennis you tube channels. Roger Federer replaced the existing gods.

All this was fine when I was in my 20s or 30s.  Those were heady days – drink eat, sleep, play, repeat. So partying till wee hours in morning was followed by tennis game in early hour interspersed with few hours of sleep. Hunt was on to find the next tennis tournament, ensure that we get court booking and which ball bounce and speed produces max number of rallies!

While this continued for good 10-12 years, but age caught up not only in calendar but also with my body. I for the first time understood the real meaning of Back Pain when I was 36 years old. And for last 2 years, I have been battling with various episodes of different intensity, duration of Back Pain, Knee Pain etc. One of the most frustrating moment of injury was where I injured myself in first point of first round match of tournament. Unsurprisingly, I lost 6-1 in the first round in the tournament where I was expected to proceed much more.

Pain Back due to tennis

Graceful ageing

This cycle of tennis play, injury, rest/recovery went for almost 12-18 months. Initially injury & rest period used to be 1-2 weeks in quarter of year but slowly injury and rest period started occupying majority of quarter. From my personal and first hand understanding of how body changes with age, I realised few things. Firstly, we need to accept natural aging process and respect it. We no longer could do all the body calisthenics that we could do in our teens or in our 20s. Secondly, our mind and body needs continuous nurturing. This nurturing could be in form of counselling when we are in 20s, in our 30s/40s it may be in form of healthy lifestyle, proper rest, diet etc. Thirdly, it is difficult but not impossible to recover from serious sports injuries and resume physically active lifestyle.

I experienced these points first hand when I started facing Knee Pain after my tennis game. Possibly one of the best tennis match where i won the 1st set 6-0 but when to loose the 2nd set 7-6 in tie break (tie break score 10-8)! On the day of the match, I didnt feel anything but minor niggle and pains in body which I would ascribe as ‘Sweet Pain’. Next day morning was impossible where I felt almost an iron rod wedged inside my knee down to calf. I could bend my knee with tremendous discomfort and pain. And once I could bend my knee, I couldnt straighten it!

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Dont let Back or Joint pain come in pursuit of passion

Initial reaction was to simply dismiss this injury as one more digression from tennis. My normal first hand treatment course – Break from tennis, Volini, muscle relaxant, physiotherapy sessions etc was not helpful. This pain didn’t subside even after couple of months and this is when I got MRI done on advise of orthopedics. What came out was a Medial Meniscus tear and hence started process of rehabilitation post Median Meniscus tear. While doctors suggested Cortico Steroid or PRP injections, I opted out of it and decided to initiate structured rehabilitation process

  1. Good improvement in diet: This was possibly something I was ignoring and possibly the root cause of multiple and frequent injuries. Not realizing that muscles start wearing off after 35 years of age and requires more nutrition, I continued my existing diet despite my ageing body and increased playing frequency. I realized that my 65% of daily calories were coming from carbohydrates and protein intake was much lesser. I tried to balance diet by reducing carbohydrates and improving protein percentage in form of protein shakes, more cottage cheese, more eggs/day etc.
Protein to build muscles
High protein diet
  1. Personal physical trainer: New injuries bring new perspective to life and hence need to experiment with new things in life. As a part of rehabilitation process, I stepped into gym possibly for the first time in my life. As it was the first time in gym for me, I started using Personal trainer who could advise on what to do and what to avoid. Within 30 days I moved from 2-3 Squats per session to 40 Squats with weights per session. I started doing leg curls with almost 30-35 kg of weight. While main purpose of joining Gym was to strengthen lower body, but started working on upper body as well and could soon see more muscular shoulder and biceps. And more importantly that “sweet pain” begin to happen after gym workouts:)
  2. Regular Body massage: Muscles are like small kids. You could provide them right nutrition (diet improvement), push them around (gym), but unless you connect with them and nurture them, they wouldn’t turn out to be the person you desire. Body massage helped me provide rest and relax muscles which was much needed after tiring work out or stressful days. Even when I was not able to for regular massage in Spa, I would simply apply oil post bath for 5-7 min on important joints/muscles. This is what Ayurvedic principles prescribe to apply oil on joints on a regular basis for few minutes. Surprisingly, this not only take care of dry skin but also helped in stronger joints, relaxed muscles etc.

 

body massage for back pain
Back pain Relief from Massage

While I am dying to hit back the tennis court soon, I have been strongly advised to give it enough time to avoid recurring injuries. And here I am penning this blog to do mental recap of my journey over last 3-4 months. While I am not sure, how soon I will be back to tennis but can definitely feel that this is the right way of treating any muscular or joint related injury. While medicine, balms could help to overcome the immediate injury, but if there is a trend of recurring injury, then we need to read warning signs that our body is giving us before it become more serious than a localized injury.