Guest guest Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Every summer the Rocky Mountain Institute of Yoga & Ayurveda in Boulder, Colorado (USA) offers a particularly excellent yoga therapy 2 week intensive with an array of teachers and focus. Ayurvedic psychology is part of the program, although I'm not sure when that one is scheduled. www.rmiya.org. Perhaps some of their courses will be of interest to you. Martha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Why combine Ayurveda with western psychology when it can stand on it own. Each of the 6 ayurvedic constitutions has its own psychology and when the basis prakriti changes then the mind changes also. Regards Cristian ayurveda, lxy8kip <no_reply> wrote: > > > Is there any way to combine Ayurveda with western psychology? Or do > the two grossly conflict? If not, is there a listing of therapists > who do combine the two? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Yes, and with vikruti change the mind changes also; it is so easy with ayurveda to take the blame/self blame off the psychology and begin to make changes in innocence. Not to say the original imbalance isn't created and core-correctible in the mistake of discerment/intellect, but being able to see the pieces in terms of wholeness, the healing has alread begun. The husband as I have heard it called of Ayurveda, Veda is so valuable here. Nonetheless, I personally look for more modalities. It is helpful for me, in these same ways, to see in my vedic astrology I've come into this incarnation with challenges to the kidney area (venus debilitation) and to see the current transits must be part of the current weakness there - along with the must be "kidney week" (not "weak" as I use it here) phase purifications in my 5 week ayurvedic water cleanse (I am now reducing for a few days down from the 1.5 litres to about 12 oz less, etc). The variations on bagginess and dark circles under my eyes which fortunately claear up daily wiht some exercise and a meal still tell part of this story. I am also grateful for a doctor 4th generation in his office of chiropractice who has ability to identify some source emotional by year with this NET (NeuroEmotional Therapy) and adjust subtly in connection with the psychological stiffnesses, "fears around relationships". It remains to be seen how lasting his treatments may be. How would Ayurveda address these deep-seated patterns? Panchakarma would be wonderful I'm sure. But then I do not have full access to the range of ayurvedic possibilities. I personally seek more information how to support my emotions "outside" of Ayurveda. But is anything really "outside" of the scope of Ayurveda? A rose by any other name is still ... Martha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 > Why combine Ayurveda with western psychology when it can stand on it > own. Each of the 6 ayurvedic constitutions has its own psychology and > when the basis prakriti changes then the mind changes also. because there is a difference between theory and practice - these are people, not ideas traditional "psychological" therapies in Ayurveda or graha chikitsa are far more than a text-book rendering of constitutional factors that can be modified through diet and lifestyle (that is, assuming that one gets the prakriti right, which many don't...) such treatments are highly sophisticated and intimately associated with psychospiritual practices, administered by people who themselves have obtained a high degree of spiritual awareness they are usually closely guarded secretes not widely disseminated, and quite frankly, may be seem kind of bizarre when viewed from a strict western cultural perspective strictly speaking, there is no psychology in ayurveda only the same potential factors present in each person that cause an incorrect view of reality - the extent to which we suffer is based on many things, including internal factors such as afflictions to the kutumbha (ancestral) dosha and our past lives, as well as external influences like demons and devas, the place we live and work (vastu shastra), cosmic influences (jyotisha), etc. etc. in this respect individual treatments can vary - a strict vedantist would suffer little of the various rites and rituals associated with more "folkloric" practices because the only issue is the problem of self - address this and like chhinnamasta you lose your "head" the treatment of psychological disorders in Ayurveda is essentially a spiritual treatment, and this is pretty different from traditional western psychology, although more innovative therapists trained in Ayurveda and allied disciplines may incorporate certain elements into their practice - look more for those called "transpersonal psychotherapists" as a general text, i have found that Christopher Hansard's book "The Tibetan Art of Positive Thinking" is a very powerful book for initiating personal change, based on the ancient tradition of spiritual healing that India and Tibet have in common he is definitely a master of this tradition >> Is there any way to combine Ayurveda with western psychology? Or do >> the two grossly conflict? If not, is there a listing of therapists >> who do combine the two? Thanks Caldecott todd www.toddcaldecott.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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