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| Ayurveda:
Marma Therapy |
Ayurveda is the
science of life. It teaches us to become aware of ourselves
in relation to our environment and the world around us. It
teaches us to be aware of our energetic constitution and be
in harmony with what we eat, hear, feel, smells and more. It
is a science that is not just focused on extending the live
live it fully and in harmony with cosmos.
Ayurveda is based on reading the body by the elements of
nature and understanding which elements (space, air fire,
water, and earth) have predominance in an individual's
energetic constitution. Dis-ease according to Ayurveda is an
imbalance of one's energetic constitution. Ayurvedik
assessment gives us understanding of which elements are out
of balance which then helps to create a plan to bring the
harmony back into living being.
Ayurveda places great emphasis on prevention and maintenance
of health through close attention of balance in one's life,
right life-style, herbs, bodywork therapies. The two very
effective bodywork therapies are Abhyanga and Marma.
Marma are places in the body-mind where Purusha
(consciousness) is united with Prakritti (body) to bring
living being. Marams are the crossing points of
consciousness currents in our body-mind. Marmas are places
where mind, life-force (prana) and consciousness (or
awareness) interface and crossover. There most common
application is healing bodywork. They are also very
important in Yoga, tantra and meditation.
Yogi
Yajnavalkya (1800 BC) was one the first ancient yogi to
talk about the 108 Marmas and their use in healing and for
enhancing the consciousness.
Sushruta (6th BC) described in (Sushruta
Samhita) the detail of all the 108 Marmas and their
usage in surgery and healing.
I have been fortunate to learn the art of Marma healing in
it's traditional form from a Nath yogi (linage of
Yogi
Gorakhnath), in my birth state of Gujarat, and also from
Dr. Vasant Lad
(preeminent Ayurvedik Physician and Professor of Ayurveda,
in Albuquerque, NM) in the tradition of Sushruta.
108 Marmas
Nadis and Marmas
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