Dhanwantari: A Complete Guide to the Ayurvedic Life

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A guide to living the Ayurvedic way from one of its most celebrated practitioners. • A vast and practical presentation of Ayurvedic principles addressing diet, breathing, meditation, bathing, sleeping, exercise, medicine, jewelry, and sex Over the past 20 years Harish Johari's books and workshops on India's Ayurvedic traditions of cooking, massage, numerology, gemology, meditation, and Tantra have changed the lives of countless individuals in the West and have established Johari's reputation as the foremost ambassador of the Ayurvedic life. Now, for the first time, Johari's vast knowledge of Ayurveda and Yoga has been distilled into one convenient volume. Named for the classical Indian god of medicine, Dhanwantari is a complete guide to living the Ayurvedic way. Chapters focus on diet, breathing, bathing, meditation, sleeping, exercising, medicine, jewelry, and sex. Anyone seeking a logical, scientific, and practical set of principles for daily life will discover an excellent guide in the time-tested system presented here. By improving the health of their bodies and minds, individuals will find that a greatly expanded breadth of life experiences is suddenly open to them. Cover Page Cover Image Title Page A Note about the Cover Table of Contents Foreword Preface Introduction Chapter One: The Three Gunas SCOPE AND POWER OF THE GUNAS JOB OF THE GUNAS THE GUNAS IN INTERACTION NATURE OF THE GUNAS GUNAS AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT Chapter Two: The Science of Breath THE ROLE OF BREATH THE SPLIT BRAIN BREATH AND THE HEMISPHERES SWAR YOGA MECHANISM OF ACTION BREATH AND LUNAR CYCLE SLEEP-FASTS NOSTRILS, JOBS, AND HEALING Chapter Three: The Glory of Waking Up MORNING PRACTICES TUNING IN GETTING OUT OF BED CLEANSING THE LOWER TRACT IMPORTANCE OF BOWEL MOVEMENTS PRELIMINARY CLEANSING NATURAL FUNCTIONS THE ROLE OF FLOWERS Chapter 4: Energizing Your Body through Massage WHY OIL MASSAGE? PRINCIPLES OF MASSAGE WHICH OILS TO USE? OIL FORMULAS HEAD MASSAGE FOOT MASSAGE THE CLEANSING MASSAGE WHO SHOULD NOT MASSAGE? MASSAGE AND LYMPH Chapter 5: Bathing: A Way to Vitality BATH TEMPERATURE BATHING PROCEDURES AFTER THE BATH WHEN NOT TO BATHE MISCELLANEOUS PERSONAL HYGIENE FOR THE EYES SITTING BY A FIRE Chapter 6: The Meaning of Meditation TANTRIC MEDITATION MIND AND THE SENSES PRACTICE OF TRATAK TIMES TO MEDITATE THE WITNESS CONSCIOUSNESS OTHER FORMS OF TRATAK THE GHEE LAMP SUMMARY: TEN STAGES OF TRATAK Chapter 7: Diet: Why Vegetarianism? THE NATURE OF MEAT FOODS AND DIGESTION ANXIETY AND MEAT CARNIVORES AND VEGETARIANS WHY CARNIVORES? DIET AND CHOICE THE SOURCE OF LIFE WHAT TO DO? Chapter 8: Diet: Toward a New Understanding TATTWAS AND PHYSIOLOGY TRIDOSHAS AND INDIVIDUAL SYSTEMS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHEMICAL NATURE DETECTING IMBALANCES THE DOSHAS AND TASTE DOSHAS AND DIET FOODS AND SYSTEMIC ACTION FOOD AND THE GUNAS Chapter 9: Diet: Specific Foods COLD-WEATHER FOODS HOT-WEATHER FOODS SUMMER BEVERAGES A SPECIAL DRINK SUMMER AND YOGURT MORNING FOODS AFTERNOON FOODS EVENING FOODS WHEAT RICE FRUITS SOME RULES OF EATING SWEETENERS ANTAGONISTIC FOODS Chapter 10: Fasting: Reprogramming the Organism FOOD FASTS HEALING FASTS THE VIRTUES OF YOGURT-BUTTERMILK DURING THE FAST THE RETURN DIET CYCLES OF FASTING SPEECH FASTING SOUND AND CONSCIOUSNESS SOUND AND PSYCHIC ENERGY SPEECH FASTING: WHAT TO DO? THE EFFECTS COMING BACK SLEEP FASTING THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SLEEP FASTING DEVELOPMENT OF WILL WHEN TO SLEEP FAST PRACTICE FOR SLEEP FASTING WHO SHOULD NOT SLEEP FAST Chapter 11: Notes on Sleep Chapter 12: Your Need for Exercise WHAT KIND OF EXERCISES? OTHER FORMS OF EXERCISE WHO SHOULD EXERCISE WHO SHOULD NOT EXERCISE? GENERAL PRINCIPLES Chapter 13: Home Remedies TYPES OF TREATMENT LEMON MEDICINES BLACK PEPPER SPECIFIC TREATMENTS Chapter 14: Why Jewelry for Health? PROPERTIES OF STONES REAL OR SYNTHETIC? WHAT STONES TO WEAR? HOW TO WEAR THE GEM Chapter 15: Semen, Drugs, and Youth CELIBACY DRUGS AND DEVELOPMENT Chapter 16: Conclusion Footnotes About the Author About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company Copyright & Permissions