Serene Ayurveda

Ayurveda is a comprehensive system of medicine, more than 5,000 years old and based on a holistic approach rooted in Vedic culture. Ayurveda teaches how to stay healthy, radiant and balanced, and unlike many other health systems, looks at roots of the problem and imbalance and concentrates on promoting a long and healthy life. The knowledge of Ayurveda came from enlightened rishis (sages) who received this wisdom through deep meditation. For hundred years this knowledge was an oral tradition and was later transcribed into book form, Vedas, sacred texts of India.

The three main Ayurvedic texts: Charaka Samhita, Sushruta Samhita and Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita are still used today and they contain the original and complete knowledge of this ancient, medical system. Everything in the universe is made up of a combination of the Five Elements (Pancha Mahabhutas). In Ayurvedic philosophy, the Five Elements combine in pairs to form three dynamic forces called Doshas. Dosha means "that which changes."