Boost Your Immune Power with Ayurveda: Simple Lifestyle Adjustments to Balance the Elements in the Body & Mind

by Janesh Vaidya

Overview

Optimize Your Immune Power with Simple Practices for Your Specific Body and Mind Type

Boost Your Immune Power with Ayurveda contains all you need to strengthen yourself in body, mind, and spirit through simple lifestyle adjustments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738768540
Publisher:	Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Publication date:	09/08/2021
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.03(w) x 9.03(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Janesh Vaidya (Kerala, India) was born in a family of traditional Ayurveda practitioners in Kerala, South India. He has spent his life practicing and teaching Ayurveda in India, Europe, and the United States. His books have sold more than 130,000 copies in Sweden, and have been translated into German, Dutch, Norwegian, and Finnish. 

Table of Contents

Contents

List of Charts xiii

Introduction 1

How to Use This Book 3

Part 1: Traditional Knowledge for the Modern World
Chapter 1: Ayurveda—Life Wisdom for Optimal Health / 7
Chapter 2: Ayurveda and Immunity / 15
Chapter 3: The Three Forces Influencing Your Health: Kapha, Pitta, and Vata / 31
Chapter 4: Signs of Balance and Imbalance in the Mind-Body System / 43
Chapter 5: Your PDE (Presently Dominating Elements)—The Blueprint of Your Health / 55

Part 2: Food—Your Natural Medicine
Chapter 6: Three Steps to a Healthy, Happy Stomach / 73
Chapter 7: Five-Stage Plan to Build Optimal Resistance Power / 89
Chapter 8: The Food That Boosts Your Immune Power / 95
Chapter 9: Strengthen Your Immunity with the Medicinal Properties of the Elements / 105
Chapter 10: Food Guidelines for Your Dominant Force / 115
Chapter 11: Food Chart to Balance the Elements in Your System / 131

Part 3: Lifestyle—The Key to Your Health
Chapter 12: Immune-Boosting Lifestyle Habits / 149
Chapter 13: Daily Routines to Improve Your Immune Power / 159
Chapter 14: Sleep for Recovery and Optimal Immunity / 173

Part 4: Meditation—Your Mind Medication
Chapter 15: Your Mind Is the Architect of Your Life / 183
Chapter 16: Meditation for Your Mental Immune Power / 189

Part 5: Yoga—Your Personal Therapy
Chapter 17: The Five Pillars of Yoga / 207
Chapter 18: Yoga for Your Dominating Force / 211

Conclusion: Make a Promise 217

Tallying Your Test Results 219
Key to TEST 1: Find Your Imbalance 219
Key to TEST 2: Find Your Core Nature 223

Recommended Resources 225

Editorial Reviews

"Every child is born with innate immunity but we need to train our bodily cells to fight with certain causative elements in order to boost our immunity."—Vasant Lad, BAM&S, MASc, Ayurvedic Physician and author of Ayurveda: Science of Self-Healing

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