Thanks Melanie and Kacie! My wife Jen had been learning about Ayurveda. So it is neat to bring them together. Thanks and Blessings
The Enneagram is an amazing tool for personal growth. But the Enneagram is only one system, and increasingly, we’ve been exploring other tools that complement it.
We’ve found Ayurveda, an ancient Indian system of holistic healing that focuses on maintaining health rather than curing illness, to be especially useful. It’s a tradition that’s been around for over 5000 years, and with its amazing specificity and individualized approach, remains one of the most popular systems of alternative medicine in the world. Ayurveda describes three basic doshas, or constitutions, with distinct lifestyle needs, and prescribes ways to balance the energy of each one. Most people have a dominant dosha, with some having a combination of two or three. In a nutshell:
Vata (air) people are creative, quick-moving, and erratic. They benefit from nourishing and routine.
Pitta (fire) people are sharp, driven, and irritable. They benefit from calming and moderation.
Kapha (earth)…
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