Full Description
Ayurveda has been used to restore energy and resist disease for thousands of years. This book helps you bring the five elements back into a state of balance to optimize your natural immune power. Traditional Ayurveda practitioner Janesh Vaidya presents this powerful health science of the East in a way that is easy to understand and practice for all. You will discover how to use Ayurveda and its branches of food, lifestyle, yoga, and mind development to strengthen your immune system. This book also includes two simple quizzes so you can identify your core nature and imbalances and follow the exact food and lifestyle recommendations that will work for you. Janesh provides a five-stage health program as well as food guidelines, lists, timetables, and tips for shopping and cooking. This hands-on guide also includes short yoga programs that help balance dominating energies, two meditation practices to help strengthen your mental immune power, and tips for sleep therapy. Boost Your Immune Power with Ayurveda contains all you need to know to start using Ayurveda to strengthen your immune system through simple lifestyle adjustments.
Contents
Contents
List of Charts xiii
Introduction 1
How to Use This Book 3
Part 1: Traditional Knowledge for the Modern World
Chapter 1: Ayurveda—Life Wisdom for Optimal Health / 7
Chapter 2: Ayurveda and Immunity / 15
Chapter 3: The Three Forces Influencing Your Health: Kapha, Pitta, and Vata / 31
Chapter 4: Signs of Balance and Imbalance in the Mind-Body System / 43
Chapter 5: Your PDE (Presently Dominating Elements)—The Blueprint of Your Health / 55
Part 2: Food—Your Natural Medicine
Chapter 6: Three Steps to a Healthy, Happy Stomach / 73
Chapter 7: Five-Stage Plan to Build Optimal Resistance Power / 89
Chapter 8: The Food That Boosts Your Immune Power / 95
Chapter 9: Strengthen Your Immunity with the Medicinal Properties of the Elements / 105
Chapter 10: Food Guidelines for Your Dominant Force / 115
Chapter 11: Food Chart to Balance the Elements in Your System / 131
Part 3: Lifestyle—The Key to Your Health
Chapter 12: Immune-Boosting Lifestyle Habits / 149
Chapter 13: Daily Routines to Improve Your Immune Power / 159
Chapter 14: Sleep for Recovery and Optimal Immunity / 173
Part 4: Meditation—Your Mind Medication
Chapter 15: Your Mind Is the Architect of Your Life / 183
Chapter 16: Meditation for Your Mental Immune Power / 189
Part 5: Yoga—Your Personal Therapy
Chapter 17: The Five Pillars of Yoga / 207
Chapter 18: Yoga for Your Dominating Force / 211
Conclusion: Make a Promise 217
Tallying Your Test Results 219
Key to TEST 1: Find Your Imbalance 219
Key to TEST 2: Find Your Core Nature 223
Recommended Resources 225
