ayurveda

[K!k!143]

Hi Everyone,
I was just wondering if anybody has much experience with sellecting essential oils according to ayurvedic dosha. I have been reading about ayurdeda aot lately and it looks like a good way of sellecting oils while covering every aspect of a persons wellbeing.

Does anyone know of a website which gives details of which essential oils are best for each dosha.

Look forward to your replies as this forum is always so helpful.

Amanda

 

[Lypelevetew]

Hiya

I am currently reading 'Perfect Health' by Deepak and am finding it really interesting. Not sure if it has any oil detail but the overall idea of the 'science' is brilliant. Can't wait to learn more!

I found a website - [link=http://www.ayurbalance.com]ayurbalance.com[/link] which has some good info, but again, not sure if there is any oil info on.

Good luck tho!

 

[Orcas!]

Hi Amanda

Vicky Pitman has written about Ayurveda and I know she is also an aromatherapist - so she may have merged disciplines. I'll look up some notes as I went to a lecture she gave several years ago at the IFA.

Luv Binah

 

[Ur Hunny]

HI,

Thanks for the replies. I have come across ayurbalance and am still siffting through. What I really want is a list or table which shows which dosha is balanced by which oil, eg Pitta - ?????Vata - ????? Will keep looking.

Thanks Binah, would be grateful if you could look out your notes. I will do Google search on Vicky Pitman.
Thanks again
Amanda

 

[NefSpipse]

Check out the website: [link=http://www.theseedinstitute.co.uk]www.theseedinstitute.co.uk[/link] - they do a lot of Aromatherapy & Ayurveda Courses.

 

[qgrady]

[link=http://www.subtleenergies.com.au]www.subtleenergies.com.au[/link] yes, it is in Australia, and yes it is a very uninformative website, but it gives you contact details for the aurthor of The Magic of Ayurveda Aromatherapy The book covers which standard essential oils for which dosha and also covers the Indian oils and what dosha they relate to. The book also goes on about her journey through life to get to writing the book, which doesn't need to be there, but the information is good. Her range of essential oils from India is great - not anything like the usual oils and since the following blurbs says they're available to spas all over the globe, if you contact them they might be able to tell you a distributor/stockist/where to get the book. I'll have a look at the book again and see if there is a really basic chart or something of oils/dosha.

From another website......
"Farida Irani
B Com, Post grad Adv. Dip. Ayur, D Arom, DRT, DRM, D Ref, D Bow
Member of A.T.M.S., I.F.A., A.R.M., B.A.A., A.A.P.A, A.A.M.A
Farida is a qualified Ayurveda Practitioner, a clinical Aromatherapist and Teacher, Bowen Therapy Instructor, a Remedial Therapist and a Reflexologist. She has done her postgraduate studies in Ayurveda ( Ayurveda Nishnata) with world renowned Ayurveda Physician Prof Dr P H Kulkarni (Ex Dean Ayurveda University from Pune, India)

She works in a holistic fashion combining her therapeutic skills together with energy balancing techniques, which enhance the healing process, bringing about a physical, mental, emotional equilibrium as well as a sense of harmony and well being. She has worked for several years with cancer patients, chronic fatigue and stroke patients, giving them the strength to cope with the fears and emotions of the disease, building up their immunity and their subtle spiritual beings.

Farida has pioneered Ayurveda Aromatherapy. Through her research and studies she has combined the ancient sciences of Ayurveda with the science of Aromatherapy and has been successful in reviving the use of essential oils in Ayurveda. Farida is an international speaker/ lecturer and gets invited to several International Conferences in the Natural Therapies and Alternative Health fields.

She conducts workshops and seminars in Ayurveda Aromatherapy including several ancient allied body techniques such as Shirodhara, Shiroabhyang (Authentic Indian Head Massage), Padabhyang (Authentic Indian Foot Massage) and many more. She introduced the concept of Indian Padabhyang (Indian foot technique) in the nineties to the Reflexologists together with the Kasa bowl technique. Many practitioners worldwide have studied with Farida and incorporated these concepts in their practices.

The Australian government has accredited her course “Diploma in Ayurveda Aromatherapy”. This is the first course of its kind.
She has developed her own Rare and Unique Ayurveda Aromatherapy Range including Blends for skin / body care and therapeutic use under the name of Subtle Energies. Through Subtle Energies she has created a range of exclusive signature blends for the Spa industry supplying spas globally to countries such as Mauritius, Maldives, India, Australia, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, USA and the UK.

Farida wrote a book in 2001 called “The Magic of Ayurveda Aromatherapy”, which received commending reviews amongst the holistic industry. It is about her work and research over the years into the study of these rare and unique oils and how they can be used in harmony with universal healing sciences. Recipes are given for skin problems, skin care and other therapeutic problems together with case studies, spiritual affirmations, colour therapy, aura/ chakras, Indian clays and much more. In 2004 she received the “International Ayurveda Saraswati Award” from the Ayurveda Academy, at the International Ayurveda Conference in Pune, India. This award was given for the work and research accomplished in writing “The Magic of Ayurveda Aromatherapy “.

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[staffieredspain]

Melanie Sachs, author of Ayurvedic Beauty Care and an absolute font of knowledge on ayurveda in a spa setting, has endorsed the Primavera oil blends, so they can't be too bad, might give you an idea of a starting point.

Kapha: Orange, Bergamot, Rosemary, Juniper Berry
Pitta: Lemon, Bergamot, Frankincense
Vata: Rosewood, rose geranium, rose

Melanie Sachs also has a range of blends on her website [link=http://www.diamondwayayurveda.com]www.diamondwayayurveda.com[/link]but they don't say what's in each blend. I do know their Anise foot lotion is Aniseed (not star anise)in coconut and smells like licorice allsorts but it's only used on the feet, and it's very good for pitta - the aniseed is heating, but it is drawing the heat down to the feet and out of the body and is used with the cooling coconut. Very good used on the feet for red eyes (and it's used in theis PediKarma foot routine, with the 3 metal bowl)

 

[mass-__-disappointment]

HI,

Thanks for the information Cola it's really usesful. Over the last couple of days I have been looking at the characteristics of different essential oils and trying to match them to the three doshas. From the few on your last message it looks as though I am along the right lines as the only one I couldn't decide on was Frankinsence, all the others are just where I had put them. Great confidense booster to know I've got something right.

Thanks
Amandas

 

[Jessica Rabbit 7 ???????]

Subtle Energies have finally got their website going properly [link=http://www.subtleenergies.com.au/ayurvedaaroma.html]http://www.subtleenergies.com.au/ayurvedaaroma.html[/link]haslots of info on ayurvedic oils and their properties, not so much on the standard essential oils. (dosha specifics against the oils such as " v- k- " means reduces vata, reduces kapha, etc)

 

[DONZI]

Thanks for the link it is just what I've been looking for, for some time.

Amanda s