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AYURVEDIC YOGA MASSAGE
A dynamic therapy created by Kusum Modak in Pune, India, involving full body massage, breathing exercises and various supported yoga stretches to provide a relaxing, detoxifying and rejuvenating experience. This technique combines the ancient wisdom of Ayurvedic massage with the Iyengar Yoga method to balance the nervous, respiratory and circulatory systems.
How does it work?
The massage is performed on a mat using pressure (applied by hands and feet), traction, and conscious breathing, preparing the body to receive passive yoga stretches. The Ayurvedic herbs used for the massage purify the blood and organs to speed up detoxification and stimulate the natural flow of energy. These factors make Ayurvedic Yoga Massage the ideal complement to any cleanse or detox.
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Discovering your Doshas
The central concept of Ayurvedic medicine is the theory that health exists when there is a balance between three fundamental bodily bio-elements or doshas called Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. Doshas are the forces that create the physical body. They determine conditions of growth and aging, health and disease. Typically, one of the three doshas predominates and determines one's constitution or mind-body type. Kapha, meaning water in nature, makes up the majority of the body’s tissue. The digestive system is primarily Pitta or fire and the nervous system is Vata or wind.
By understanding individual habits, emotional responses, and body type, practitioners can adapt their yoga practice, food intake, and massage therapy (oils) accordingly. The same applies for Ayurveda treatments focused on alleviating any doshic excesses (illness) via powerful herbs and/or through the improvement of general lifestyle practices such as massages, pranayama, meditation and yoga postures.
BENEFITS
Ayurveda promotes the notion that health is not a state defined by lab tests or yearly check ups. Health is a continuous and participatory process that embraces all aspects of life: physical, mental, emotional, behavioral, spiritual, familial, social, and universal.
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By rebalancing the physical body, this massage eliminates toxins, realigns posture, improves muscle tone and increases range of motion.
About Master Kusum Modak
Ayurvedic Yoga Massage was and continues to be developed by Master Kusum Modak of Pune, India, who has tirelessly dedicated her life to creating and spreading this work. She has combined her knowledge of Ayurveda and Traditional Ayurvedic Massage with yoga learned directly from BKS Iyengar to create her own unique approach to Ayurvedic Massage.
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KUSUM'S CHAI TEA
INGREDIENTS
1 tbs of black tea
2 cups water
1/2 cup milk (or 2 tablespoons dry milk powder)
1 tsp grated fresh ginger
1 tsp of Kusum’s Masala * Demerara/brown sugar or sweetener to taste
PREPARATION
Boil water in a saucepan with the ginger, add the black tea and the masala. Lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes until the aroma spreads throughout the kitchen. Boil the milk, I personally use the dry slim milk powder, use a tea strainer and press it with a spoon to get the best flavor in the cup. Sweeten to taste. Tip: Enjoy with your favorite cookie, Marie cookie or graham cracker. You can add lemon grass when boiling the tea.
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