Ayurveda, Tantra and Yoga

March 24th, 2007 | admin

For many centuries, the people of India practiced different techniques of Ayurveda, yoga and tantra to attain specific gains of health, spirituality and fullness of life. While Ayurveda includes everything – yoga and tantra act as supporting pillars for Ayurveda.

Yoga helps one attain physical, physiological and mental controls. That is mind over matter. This sister of Ayurveda deals mainly with spirit. Practicing yoga brings a man/woman to tranquility, a state of equilibrium. Yoga encompasses everything included in spiritual union of mind, body and soul with holy one-ness. The main principle behind yoga is looking into oneself and actualizing what is required of him or her. This principle is in tune with Ayurveda and Tantra.

Tantra denotes to the best way of enjoying one’s life by redirecting energies in desirable directions only. It is also the way to feel the awareness that one’s body is part of a larger cosmic reality. Every action includes manipulation of energy – breath, speech, thinking, and any physical action. A tantra practitioner is aware of the contact points between mind, body and spiritual reality.