It’s a balancing of yin and yang, masculine and feminine, the intuitive spiritual and emotional knowledge of Ayurveda with the more logical and clinical knowledge of western medicine. It’s really necessary to have both and western medicine is too heavy on masculine principles. I really appreciate this article and wish I could read the original texts on Bhūtavidya.
It was great to hear about your personal background and how you became interested in ayurveda! The one thing that came to mind was — patience. It requires patience to listen to your mind and body etc, and that can be intimidating (or to me at least).
Thanks Shreema. So true. Having patience is a hard one. One thing I learned a few years ago, after lots of therapy is that we have to feel our feelings. There’s no way around it.
It’s a balancing of yin and yang, masculine and feminine, the intuitive spiritual and emotional knowledge of Ayurveda with the more logical and clinical knowledge of western medicine. It’s really necessary to have both and western medicine is too heavy on masculine principles. I really appreciate this article and wish I could read the original texts on Bhūtavidya.
Thanks, Mirabel. I agree that both schools of thought combined thoughtfully is the key to balance.
It was great to hear about your personal background and how you became interested in ayurveda! The one thing that came to mind was — patience. It requires patience to listen to your mind and body etc, and that can be intimidating (or to me at least).
Thanks Shreema. So true. Having patience is a hard one. One thing I learned a few years ago, after lots of therapy is that we have to feel our feelings. There’s no way around it.
Yes! Same after therapy! Talking about it helps too 😀
Excellent introduction. Looking forward to more of the specifics.
By the way, I love your selection of visuals.
Thanks Etel. I wonder if any specific questions came to mind that you would like answered in future posts?
Not yet. But I have no doubt thoughts will come up as I begin to absorb these concepts.