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From the Editors Desk Winter 2022 – Bal Ram Singh
Sciencing of Yoga and Ayurveda together….Science has become a lingo to describe all things existing, including human experiences and behavior. Science is as much of a means of experimental knowledge as the experiential knowledge that is more efficiently communicated to self for a 'perfect' observation to understand self at the levels of physical, mental, and beyond.
Both are critical to approach understanding the human experiences and creations. In modern times, there are implications of learning science from self and external observations (including lab experiments), and more importantly attending to common experiences in the society. One of the aspects that need to be highlighted is the communicative ability of science, and distinct features of common experiences which make it amenable for science to be practiced collectively
at the individual level.
Jyoti on Dr. Pratibha Shah – Bal Ram Singh
Q.1. You established organizations such as Wholistic Health Alliance (a 501c3 nonprofit), and Council for Ayurveda Research (a 501c3 non-profit), perhaps feeling that there is a lack of cohesive fora for the advancement of Ayurveda. What do you think are some of the major health issues facing the public where Ayurveda can play a role? Both these organizations were founded for different reasons. Wholistic Health Alliance (WHA) is a nationally launched 501c3, nonprofit organization which I founded with the vision of building healthier communities as well as providing...
Kadha Herbal Drink Concoction – Bal Ram Singh
This is a traditional drink used in India since ancient times, when tea and coffee were not in the vogue. It allows variation in its ingredients to certain extent to accommodate local conditions and individual tastes. “Every Indian family is familiar with Kadha - the traditional Indian Ayurvedic and medicinal drink. Indian Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga, & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha & Sowa-rigpa, and Homoeopathy (Ayush) recommends persistent consumption of Kadha as a self-care guideline for prevention health measures and boosting immunity with special reference to respiratory health.”, according to a note published by the AYUSH ministry of the Indian government.
Science Discovery, Large Scale Genomic Study Reveals Robust Activation of the Immune System Following Advanced Inner Engineering Meditation Retreat - Diana Lurie
Chandran V, Bermúdez ML, Koka M, Chandran B, Pawale D, Vishnubhotla R, Alankar S, Maturi R, Subramaniam B, Sadhasivam S. Large-scale genomic study reveals robust activation of the immune system following advanced Inner Engineering meditation retreat. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Dec 21;118(51):e2110455118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2110455118. PMID: 34907015; PMCID: PMC8713789.
Type of Study: This study analyzed the effect of an advanced meditation retreat on networks of genes in order to identify a meditation-specific change in core cellular systems of the body. Meditation and yoga are becoming more and more popular...
Song of Ayurveda, Ananta Shesha of A Thousand Heads - Jeffery Armstrong
One day as I was wandering in a sylvan wood,
Certain the fairy-folk would speak to me if they could.
While darting swallows wrote auspices across the sky,
The moment opened and a gate appeared nearby,
Out of which crawled a serpent of luminous green,
Unlike any woodland creature I had ever seen.
It slithered across the moss up to my shoe,
And spoke in a sonorous voice, “I have a message for you.”
So, I sat down on the forest floor and replied,
“Who sent you to this lonely countryside,
O Sapient one, and why a message for me?
Please reveal the secrets of your hidden mystery.”...
Beginning of a New World Order with Ayurveda and Yoga - Bal Ram Singh
ABSTRACT
World is facing an unprecedented health and life emergency due to the pandemic, which provides a seminal opportunity to invoke basic human traits and nature to guide them not only in dealing with the current situation, but also to perhaps chart a new course of life by adopting the concepts of life and living from Ayurveda and Yoga, ushering truly a new era or world order.
A Philosophical Foundation of Yoga and Ayurveda as Allied Systems - C. Scott Ryan
Abstract
(Editor) Yoga and Ayurveda have remained sister systems of philosophical practices since the time immemorial. There are overlaps of concepts, writers of their treatises, and ancientness of Yoga and Ayurveda. Ayurveda is at a unique point in its history. It is a time where its ancient methods and timetested traditions are struggling for legitimacy and acceptance in the Scientific and Technological Age. The friction produced by the rubbing together of ideas, concepts and efficacies has the potential to...
