| Is It Important to Know About the Context in Which Indian Wisdom Traditions (Like Ayurveda or Yoga) Exist? | by Dr. Claudia Welch Personal Experience When I was 19, I went to live in … |
| Rāgā Cikitsa: Desire as Cause and Cure of Disease | रागादिरोगान् सततानुषक्तानशेषकायप्रसृतानशेषान् औत्सुक्यमोहारतिदान् जघान योऽपूर्ववैद्याय नमोस्तुतस्मैः Aṣṭāṅga Hṛdayam:I:1 rāgādi-rogān satatānuṣaktān-aśeṣa-kāya-prasṛtān-aśeṣān autsukya-mohāratidān jaghāna yo’pūrva-vaidyāya namo’stu-tasmai //1// … |
| Satyam Vs Ṛtam: Finding Truth Through Rhythm | ऋ॒तं च॑ स॒त्यं चा॒भी॑द्धा॒त्तप॒सोऽध्य॑जायत ṛtaṃ ca satyaṃ cābhīddhāt tapaso ‘dhy ajāyata Truth was born and … |
| Osteoporosis (An Excerpt from Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life) | Osteoporosis (An Excerpt from the beginning of chapter 16 of Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your … |
| Appropriation in Ayurveda | By Dr. Ramkumar, Dr. Robert Svoboda & Dr. Claudia Welch Note: This is an evolving … |
| Svādhyāya & Black Lives Matter: Healing the Wounds of Inequity | By Dr. Claudia Welch Disclaimer, Introduction and entry into svādhyāya (self-introspection): While certainly Black people … |
| The Five Tenets of Health | by Dr. Claudia Welch With a crazy percentage (and that link is to an article … |
| A Brief Overview of Pañcakarma (Ayurvedic Detoxification Treatment) For Patients, Places To Get It, & How To Make the Most of the Experience | Prologue: I have undergone pañcakarma a handful of times in India. In order to contextualize … |
| Fear, Seduction, & Preventative Procedures (like Mammograms): How can we make (informed) decisions? | How do we decide whether or not to undergo a, “preventative” procedure like a mammogram? First, … |
| The Mechanics of Emotional Contagion: Who Affects Whom? Excerpt From, The Four Qualities of Effective Physicians | Dear Friends, My previous book, “How the Art of Medicine Makes the Science More Effective: … |
| Desire, Discipline, Decision-fatigue & Dinacaryā | Abstract The Problem: Sensory control v. repression of urges. The solution: Read on… I grew … |
| Want 30% Reduction in Heart Attacks, Strokes, and Deaths? Try this Drug | Ayurveda, Self-Reformation, & The Mediterranean Diet Study. [Warning: I hope this article isn’t too preachy…not … |
| Breast Health | Dr. Welch talks about two major factors in breast health – considerations she wished all women knew about … |
| Good vs. Evil; Devas vs. Asuras; Good Planets vs. Bad Planets: If We are Scientific, Why We Should Even Bother With Stuff Like Myth, Movies & Astrology? | A few months ago, I was reading about how one of the big Hindu Gods … |
| Environment as Medicine (Vaidyagrāma—the Ayurvedic Eco- Village) | I suppose that, at any given time, there are always at least a few places … |
| Becoming the Medicine We Practice | Ancient Āyurvedic texts describe four qualities one must possess to become an effective physician: Excellence … |
| Autumn Cleansing or Detox Programs: Why Go Austere in a Time of Harvest? | It’s happened. I can feel it. You probably can too. Autumn. Quite a personality she … |
| Um. Try Not to Be a Psychopath With Your Patients | I just spent such a delightful weekend with the Kripalu School of Ayurveda students, who … |
| Oil Pulling: Miracle or Myth? | Sometime in maybe the 2000s, I started hearing a lot about, “oil pulling.” How it … |
| Abhyanga: Ayurvedic Oil Massage | by Dr. Claudia Welch Note: You can find organic doṣa-pacifying oils listed in this article … |
| Sin, Virtue, Plant Medicine & Epidemics | Note: While much of this article is about plants and medicine, all these ideas apply … |
