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Maharishi Ayurveda offers a complete science of natural health addressing
mind, body, emotions and consciousness.
Embark on a journey with us to improve your health and your familyās health through Ayurveda. Begin with a consultation where we will identify your Prakruti, which is your individual constitution, that determines your personality, physical and mental traits as well as disease susceptibility.
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This includes pulse diagnosis, physical examination as well as an in-depth discussion about any present and past health issues. From here, addressing imbalances and root causes, we make a treatment plan, including diet and lifestyle recommendations, herbal medicine, as well as certain therapies, if required.
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By treating the root cause, Ayurveda restores balance in the body for any health concerns, like stress, digestive issues, cardiovascular disease, auto-immune disease, insomnia, skin problems, body pains, infertility, female health issues and
many more.
About Ayurveda
Ayurveda means āscience of lifeā in Sanskrit and originated 5000-6000 years ago on the Indian subcontinent. It is based on the knowledge that health originates from a perfect balance on a physical, mental and spiritual level.
Ayurveda identifies three types of energy that are present in everything and everyone. These are called Vata, Pitta and Kapha. Vata is the energy of movement and flow, Pitta is the energy of metabolism and transformation and Kapha is the energy of structure and lubrication. Each of these have a function in the body and each person has a unique combination of these different energies, also called the Prakruti.
When the body becomes imbalanced due to external factors, like diet, environmental toxins, stress, lack of physical exercise, this can lead to health issues.
It often starts as a feeling of discomfort, lower immunity or feeling more tired. However, if this imbalance persists, on the longer term this can lead to actual symptoms and disease.
Ayurvedaās main goal is to restore this balance and with that remove symptoms and increase strength in the body.
A central focus in Ayurveda is on digestion. When the digestive fire (āagniā) is good, food will be digested optimally and from there tissue creation, like blood, fat, muscle and reproductive tissue is excellent, and elimination of waste is optimal.
Furthermore, accumulation of toxins play an important role in disease and elimination of these toxins is important from a curative as well as a preventative perspective.
Focus on Prevention
One important aspect of Ayurveda is the focus on Prevention. With all our daily stressors, pesticides and other toxins in our food, besides environmental toxins, and often insufficient exercise and too much screen time, it has become difficult for many people to live a balanced life in accordance with nature.
This is causing many of the ailments, people experience today, at a mental level (depression, anxiety) as well as at a physical level (diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease). Just by simply living a healthy balanced conscious lifestyle, many of these can be reversed.
Consciousness-based Medicine
Maharishi Ayurveda is also called āConsciousness-based Medicineā as it includes consciousness as an essential factor for health.
Because of our busy lifestyles, many of us feel disoriented, lost and pushed around by different demands and expectations, without much clarity on what we really want from life. The connection to nature as well as to ourselves, our inner connection, has been lost for many, making it difficult to connect to our intuition, which is there to guide us and make the right decisions with regards to health and life. This is where transcendental meditation can help, by increasing consciousness and the connection with oneself, creating a clear perspective of oneās goals and visions in life.
About Dr. Thirza de Jong
Mb.ChB (BE), PgD.Trop.Med.(SA), MPH (UK), PgD MAV (SI)
I am a Medical doctor, with a Masters degree in Public Health and a Postgraduate in Tropical medicine. For years, I worked in the Public health field with a focus on Mother and child health, for which I still have a passion today. I have always had an interest in herbal medicine and nutrition, but it wasnāt until 2021 that I actually started studying Ayurveda.
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After finishing my Postgraduate in Maharishi Ayurveda, I continued with a Masters in Integrated medicine with a focus on Ayurveda. Still today, I continue to deepen my Ayurvedic knowledge every day. Besides studying Ayurveda, applying it to my own life has given me a lot of insights and experience, which has been very valuable.
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Studying Ayurveda gave me a whole different perspective of health, more natural and holistic and addressing all different levels of health; physical, emotional, mental andĀ consciousness.
Even though Ayurveda is an ancient science, it is still very relevant today and I believe, needed even more in this day and age, where we all rely so much on sources outside of our body, instead of relying on the amazing self-healing mechanisms our bodies possess.
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At the same time the concepts and treatment modalities that Ayurveda recommends are quite simple, logical and easy to apply. It is great to be able to combine my knowledge of allopathic medicine with my increasing knowledge of Ayurveda, enabling me to use the best of both worlds and integrate this in my practice.
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It is my goal to empower people to take control of their own health, as I believe there is a lot we can do to improve our health and take control of our lives, guided by Ayurvedic science.