Did you know that practicing Ayurveda as a daily lifestyle isn’t all that common in many modern Indian households? And when it is, it’s often met with resistance, especially from younger generations who feel their parents’ traditional ways are being imposed on them. As a result, Ayurveda is frequently used in a more clinical or treatment-based context, focusing on herbs and remedies to reduce symptoms and heal disease, rather than being practiced as a holistic lifestyle system designed to align us with nature and prevent disease. 

So what does this mean for Ayurveda in modern times? 
 
It means there’s both a need and an opportunity for more people to step into the gap; to become active participants in how Ayurveda is understood, practiced, and shared in today’s evolving healthcare landscape. 

It means there’s an exciting opportunity to learn and pass on the essential teachings of Ayurveda—teachings that empower people to take ownership of their healing journey and live in a way that supports optimal wellbeing, not just the absence of disease. 

Ayurveda is built on a vast and layered foundation of knowledge. Treatment is only one part of it. Herbs and therapies are an important limb, but they don’t represent Ayurveda in its entirety, just as asana (yoga postures) are only one aspect of yoga, not yoga itself.

So! Back to being excited... 

Ayurveda might not be the complex, technical medical system you imagine it to be. What I mean is—you don’t need to be an Ayurvedic doctor to understand and apply Ayurveda in your life. 

Yes, there are incredible practices within Ayurveda, like Pancakarma, herbal medicine, self-care rituals, cooking, therapies, even surgery and astrology (amazing, right?). 

But the true foundations of Ayurveda—the lifestyle principles, daily rhythms, and ways of thinking that promote health—are accessible to everyone. These core teachings have less to do with clinical treatment, and everything to do with living wisely, simply, and in alignment with nature.  

Lasting healing begins when a person takes ownership of their life by learning how to live well—eating nourishing food, moving the body, practicing meditation, sleeping properly, and honouring their physical and emotional needs. Without this foundation, it’s easy to end up on a treatment treadmill—moving from one remedy to the next without ever addressing the root cause. 

This approach of ‘right living’ empowers people to participate in their own healing journey. It offers a sense of agency and helps shift the focus from managing symptoms to creating genuine, long-term wellbeing. 

This means engaging in daily activities that promote health and vitality. 

This means not handing over their problems to a therapist; rather using therapies as part of their healing process. 

This means not expecting that herbs alone will solve their problems; rather integrating herbs as medicine to assist in their healing process. 

This also means, taking responsibility for their state of mind and seeking a pathway to managing their senses, energy, and mental processes; as opposed to relying solely on a substance or therapist to relieve stress or anxiety. 

Ayurveda promotes powerful transformation and healing, through nurturing people to discover themselves; to contemplate; to understand how their environment and lifestyle affects them; to truly know who they are; and live a life that prioritises health, happiness and spirituality.  

I 100% believe that EVERYONE can learn Ayurveda. 

And that everyone can benefit from Ayurveda. 

Ayurveda is a powerful method for true, holistic transformation. 

I have seen people come off drugs, let go of eating disordered behaviours, depression, lose 10kg+, and more, simply by applying the fundamental principals of Ayurveda. 

Without NLP. 

Without positive thinking and affirmations. 

Without ‘manifesting’. 

Without additional substances or herbs. 

Without Pancakarma, heavy detoxing, or strict dieting. 

And best of all, without force or dogma. 

I’m not saying it’s easy, but it is the kind of system that once you ‘get it’, you’re changed forever. You don’t wrestle with dogmatic or strict guidelines. You simply know and understand, develop your awareness, and move through life with a clearer consciousness. 

And that's exciting. 

Because when you’re not bound up thinking about your bodily struggles or mental health imbalances, you have time, space and energy to contemplate and act upon living for your higher purpose.  

Imagine the influence that would have on society as a whole? 

Exciting, right?! 

Let’s do this together.  

Walk the path of knowledge and understanding.  

While we empower others to do the same. 

Well wishes,

Sami xo