Worth knowing

Ayurveda and infrared heat

Old knowledge combined with the best implementation.

The oldest, universal life and health teaching in the world is called Ayurveda.
The approximately 5,000-year-old knowledge is still relevant to this day and is becoming increasingly topical, because it includes all basic principles, everything living and the entire complexity of the universe.

The word "Ayurveda"- आयुर्वेद is derived from the ancient Indian Sanskrit language and literally means "life" (Ayus) and "knowledge" (Veda). The knowledge of (good) life.

Ayurveda takes a holistic view of people and sees them as complex beings who live in symbiosis with their inner and outer circumstances. In Ayurveda, health (Svastha) means the harmony of body, mind and soul.

"To maintain the health of the healthy and to alleviate the illness of the sick - that is the goal of Ayurveda."
(Caraka Samhita, 700 BC)

This quote from one of the most important Ayurvedic scriptures shows how important prevention is.

A person's state of health is exposed to many interference fields and is therefore not a static but a dynamic state. Body, mind and soul are inextricably linked, they react sensitively and are even mutually dependent, which is why a constant balance is required. If the soul is well, if a person is in harmony with their actions and feelings, their body will feel relaxed and their mind will be calm and peaceful.

If the body is ill, the mind cannot find peace, dark thoughts arise and the soul suffers. It is said that the very first responsibility a person has in his life is towards his body. In Sanskrit, this is referred to as Svadharma (self-responsibility).

According to Ayurveda, the most important priority in life is life itself.

What does that mean for me?

As human beings have an enormous inner power of self-healing and self-regulation, which requires our deepest attention, it is of great importance to support it regularly.

Ayurveda offers manual therapy in addition to nutritional science, spatial science, psychology, constitutional science and some others.

The variety of treatment options offered by Ayurveda therapy helps the body in the process of eliminating ama (waste products), metabolic products, cellular waste, toxins, toxic deposits and acids. However, the body cannot eliminate everything, but it can transform many things.

Therefore, if the metabolism and self-healing are sufficiently stimulated, the body distributes the unwanted deposits in the system all by itself and brings the substances to the place where they can be metabolized (e.g. the liver).

In my practice, the Atmanjali Ayurveda Temple, in Dresden, we offer a variety of traditional Ayurvedic treatments, such as Abhyanga, a full-body anointing with rich, warm, medicated oils.

And what does this have to do with an infrared cabin from Physiotherm?

The soothing warmth of a Physiotherm infrared cabin causes the shrotas (body channels) to expand, thus optimizing the removal of unwanted substances via the blood vessels and lymph and at the same time ensuring good nutrient distribution.
When sweating, the body uses its largest organ, the skin, to excrete countless harmful substances that have been deposited directly in the fatty tissue through the opened pores.

The pleasant warmth also noticeably reduces stress and inner tension.

The increased supply of nutrients to the body and the regular elimination of the above-mentioned substances leads to a noticeable overall sense of well-being.

As the heat in a Physiotherm infrared cabin enters the body in the area of the spine and not, as in a conventional sauna or infrared cabin, via the room air, the body tolerates the slightly higher temperature very well. The skin does not send an "alarm" of overheating to the brain, as the body itself distributes the temperature evenly from the inside to the outside at its own pace.

In Ayurveda, the healing effect of good heat (agni) has been used for thousands of years.

This type of gentle self-cleansing and self-regulation corresponds in its entirety to the basic Ayurvedic principle and is fully in line with this ancient teaching on life and health.