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Beyond the Prescription: The Healing Power of Deep Listening

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Constant multitasking, increased use of digital devices, and rushed schedules in today’s era pulls our focus away. Hence, human connection and compassion are blocked because of the lack of attention. For us doctors, deep listening is even more critical because it directly prevents misdiagnosis, builds patient trust and heals emotional distress. An Ayurveda physician is known as a Vaidya in Ayurveda. This term comes from the root word Vidya which means knowledge or wisdom. So, Vaidya means a healer, physician or a doctor who treats the whole person and not just the disease. Ayurveda believes that successful healing depends on the four pillars of treatment (Physician, Medicine, Nursing attendant and Patient). The physician is supreme among the four because they manage the other three. The ancient text Charaka Samhita explains that the ultimate goal of a true physician should be selfless service and deep empathy (Karunya). Deep empathy and active listening go hand in hand. Hearing the pat...
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Daily Mind Care: Clear Your Emotional Baggage and Thrive

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Many of us walk through life carrying a heavy emotional baggage without even realising what it carries. That’s because we rush ahead without taking a pause to check inside our bags. For the road ahead we do not need most of these old feelings. More than being unnecessary they simply slow us down and inhibit our progress. So drop your past emotional baggage behind to uncover new joys. Ayurveda views the emotional baggage as stagnant mental toxins affecting your overall health by blocking your vital life force. Being a holistic science, Ayurveda gives equal importance to mind and the thoughts. It encourages you to cultivate positive thoughts that foster pure energy, clear the mind, heal the body and unleash innate strength. Just as we clear out our trash every day, we must regularly keep discarding the emotional weights we carry. Imagine going for a swim in the deep ocean wearing a thick heavy winter coat. As you jump in, your coat soaks the water turning it heavy and pulling you down. Y...
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The Sweet Trap of Indian Hospitality: Surviving Food Comas

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  India is known for its hospitality and Indians treat their guests like kings and queens. Though you enjoy the royal treatment at first, slowly when your stomach gets full you try to escape from their sweet and lovable hosting just to protect your stomach. So even when you politely say no, thank you, for some reason Indians think yes, okay go ahead and then serve you one more. So, food keeps coming and there are varieties, varieties of everything. Indians are mostly the joyous Asians who celebrate almost anything and everything. And never without sweets, when I say sweets it’s not just one they serve you, they serve you a variety just like different courses of side dishes and main dishes, there will be a lot of sweets. Until you get food intoxicated, the serving keeps coming. So, then you realize okay coma can not only be caused by certain things but with simple food too. When you eat a healthy food but too much, ultimately you are experience food coma, indigestion and sluggishnes...
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Ayurveda and Adornments: How Jewellery Heals? - Part 2

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  Mangalsutra  (Auspicious thread / chain) Mangalsutra is a chain long enough to reach the woman’s heart which is put around the bride’s neck by the groom at an auspicious time on the wedding day and is worn by the bride throughout her life.  Marma Stimulated:   Hridaya Benefits:  Generally, it is made of gold and worn inside the dress so that it touches the body and the constant friction it creates help regulate blood pressure level and balance emotions. As it is worn near heart, it attracts the surrounding cosmic waves and makes it beneficial to the heart health.           Haar (Necklace)  A piece of jewelry worn around the neck especially on occasions like weddings, cultural celebrations and festive. It is the centerpiece of an outfit. Different necklaces such as Chandra Haar, Rani Haar, Navratan Haar and Laxmi Haar are the traditional necklaces handcrafted in gold / silver and are sometimes studded with precious / semi-prec...
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