I am in the midst of a 3 week Panchakarma cleanse, including diet, Ayurvedic medicines, rituals (Pujas) and body treatments in South India. The Centre is gorgeous, enveloped by mountains, covered in palm trees, with an incredibly auspicious energy that is healing us all in all ways.
The other night, the Ayurvedic Doctor gave a talk on the 3 principles for life’s happiness. Ayurveda teaches that to have a good life, we need to be in right relationship with 3 things: 1) our Soul; 2) the 5 elements; and 3) Divinity.
I mused on and greatly appreciated the wisdom of this 5,000 year old Indian health and life science.
I was also very inspired by the cross-over with Somatic Therapies, which encourage much of the same!
1) We help people to reunite the fragments of the psyche and/or Soul through body-based techniques that have fragmented during trauma so that they can reconnect to their Souls; 2) We help people to return their stress physiology and nervous system regulation back to how nature intended, pre-trauma; and 3) We often help people to reconnect to the Self or Spirituality that lies beyond trauma, to invite greater meaning beyond what has happened to us, as well as a relationship to the Divine.
These fundamental principles of human health and happiness are quite Universal, whether we are drawing on ancient or more modern wisdom. It is up to us to continue to reconnect to them so that we can find ourselves where we want to be.
If you could use some help with reconnecting to yourSelf through body-based techniques and somatic trauma integration, feel free to reach out to book a Somatic session online and/or join one of my upcoming Somatic Trainings. Your life can only become more vital, and your body your greatest home.