Almost two decades ago, Acharya, B.A.M.S., wrote ‘Health, Happiness and Harmony through Ayurveda‘, the first practical guide to harnessing the healing power of the mind, which became a guide to beginners of Ayurveda. The book described how breakthroughs in physics and medicine were underscoring the validity of a 6,500-year-old medical system from ancient India known as Ayurveda (‘the knowledge of life span’ in Sanskrit). The title went on to describe how to apply Dinacharya, the Ayurvedic Art of Daily Routine and Science of Healthy, Happy and Harmonious Living with Mother Nature. In celebration of this classic work Acharya created Bhakti Ayurveda Devotional and Spiritual Practices to ‘Body, Mind & Soul’ in the ‘Activities of Daily Living’.

Although we experience our bodies as in a form and shape like solid our bodies in fact like, fires that are constantly being consumed and renewed. With a rosary of breath fire is on at our first breath and fire is off ai our last breath.

For instance our stomach linings and the intestine protects every five days with a layer of mucus, although this barrier cannot withstand the stomach acid for long, so the cells here renew themselves every three to five days. The epidermis or surface layer of the skin is renewed every two to four weeks. The liver is known for its amazing capacity to repair and re-grow itself thanks to its rich blood supply. This means it can continue with its main job of flushing toxins out of the body.

The tongue is covered with thousands of taste buds that help us to detect sweet, sour, salt, bitter, sharp and astringent tastes. The taste buds renew themselves every ten days to two weeks. However, anything that causes inflammation, such as infections or smoking, can damage the taste buds and affect their renewal leading to loss of their sensitivity.

Most of our cells that last a lifetime are found in the brain. ‘We are born with all the brain cells we’ll ever have and most of the brain does not regenerate as it gets older. In fact, we actually lose cells, which is the underlying reason for senility disorders like dementia and why head injuries are so devastating. There are, however, two areas of the brain that do regenerate, the olfactory bulb that governs our sense of smell, and the hippocampus, which is an area for learning. Each passing year, around 98 percent of the total number of atoms in our bodies is replaced.

Ayurveda gives us the tools to intervene at this quantum level, where we are being created anew each day. Ayurveda tells us that freedom from sickness depends on contacting our own awareness, bringing it into balance, and then extending that balance to the body. Ayurveda gives us the tools to intervene at the quantum level of our organism where we are being created anew each passing day and night. Freedom from sickness depends on contacting our own subtle awareness bringing it into balance and then extending that balance to the body.

Arogya Dham provides a complete step-by-step program of mind body medicine customised to individual needs at any given time. Acharya identifies your mind body type through pulse assessment: thin, restless Vata type; enterprising, efficient Pitta type; tranquil, steady Kapha type; or any combination of two out of these three as Dvidosha dual types Pitta Vata and so on or these three collectively as Tridosha type. This body type becomes the basis for a specific Ayurvedic program of diet, lifestyle, stress reduction, neuro-muscular integration, physical exercise and breathing techniques, and daily routines. The result is a total plan, tailor-made for each individual, to regain the body’s essential balance with nature; to strengthen the mind body connection; and to use the power of quantum healing to transcend the ordinary limitations of disease and ageing in short, for achieving Health, Happiness and Harmony.