The Scott Weaver Series • Part Two

Foundational Pillars for YOUR Health Systems

Gut Health

Ayurvedic Medicine is centralized and always starts with the gut. Modern medical research is now recognizing the importance importance of gut health on the whole body. Food and diet is medicine. The balance of the gut and the optimization of the digestive strength with food, is the core of Ayurvedic Medicine. Ayurveda is a health system that tries to get to the root of imbalance. Everyone has heard you are what you eat but Ayurvedic Medicine emphasizes you are what you digest. This system recognizes that we are all unique and what might be helpful for one person might not be helpful for another person. Have you ever wondered why one person can eat whatever they want and someone else will eat the same amount and put on a lot of weight? This system organizes people into three different body types or underlying structural systems that govern specific functions of the body and mind. Each body type has certain physiological functions and organs that tend to get imbalanced. These body types have 3 different metabolic rates, digestive rates, energy levels, physical exercises and different food/ lifestyle practices that are personalized to your the unique body type. Ayurveda is a tailored system to balance these systems with food and lifestyle.

Mind/Body Medicine

Ayurveda's emphasis on "Your Are What You Digest", is the same in the mental/emotional spectrum. Past trauma can be viewed as an "undigested" experience. Internal medicine emphasizes that bodily imbalances affect the mind and mental-emotional stress of the mind produces bodily pathology. Healthy mental digestion is the foundation of emotional intelligence. It has been estimated that 80% of imbalance comes from stress. The art of relaxation is valuable skill to have in the modern, fast paced world. Practices like proper exercise, breathing and mindfulness practices, stress reduction and body work are so powerful. They help to maintain a healthy body, a calm mind and a balanced emotional life. Meditation and Ayurveda's unique style of massage and body therapies, sets up a situation for psycho-somatic release. Balancing the mind and body as one unit. You are what you practice. Practiced being stressed and you'll always be stressed. Practice being relaxed and you'll be relaxed.

Lifestyle Medicine

There is a specific relationship between the body, the mind and the environment we live in. Everything is connected. Timing is everything inside the body. Every process inside the body is regulated by an internal clock. All of the bodies systems are trying to coordinate itself to this central clock. Every thing in nature functions in this cyclical way. Bears hibernate at a certain time, birds migrate at certain time, leaves change at a certain time etc. Our bodies are no different, as we are a part of nature. When and how you eat is as important as what you eat. This statement is true for when you sleep, exercise or when it comes to optimum function of the bodies many systems. The mindfulness of the routine you follow everyday and every season of the year, is the greatest helper to achieve a state of well being and prevention on all fronts.

This is termed circadian medicine or chronobiology in modern times. The body has a natural rhythm called the circadian rhythm that operates on a 24 hour cycle. Our digestion, sleep cycle, metabolism, hormone production all follows this clock. Every hour of the day our body is changing its functions. Something that has been scientifically proven in modern times. The importance of circadian science is something that Ayurvedic Medicine/Traditional Chinese Medicine has recognized and refined for over 5000 years. Our modern schedule can profoundly disrupt these rhythms. Many common complaints in modern time is due to this deviation. Jet lag is a common example of this. If your schedule is all over the place, it is a self imposed jet lag. The body looses its compass. Ayurvedic medicine sets up a situation of daily and seasonal routines that works with your physiology and not against it.

Written By: Scott Weaver
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