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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN YOGA AND AYURVEDA

>Both Yoga and Ayurveda encourage physical health as a good foundation for mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.


>Both Yoga and Ayurveda are ancient Vedic teachings. Yoga originates in the Yajur Veda, while Ayurveda originates in the Atharva Veda and Rig Veda.


>Both recognize that keeping the body healthy is vital for fulfilling the four aims of life


>Both share virtually the same metaphysical anatomy and physiology, which consists of 72000 nadis (subtle channels), 7 main chakras (energy centers), 5 bodily sheaths, and the Kundalini Shakti (energy).


 >Both advocate the use of diet, herbs, asana, pranayama, meditation, mantra, astrology, prayer, puja, and rituals for healing the entire being.


>Both use cleansing methods for the body, all of which encourage the removal of waste products and toxins through their natural routes of elimination.


>Ayurveda has panchakarma (five cleansing actions) and yoga uses Shat Karma (six purification measures).

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