Ayurveda today

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East by West

By Jasmine Hemsley

Published 2017

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‘Without proper nutrition, medicine is of little use... With proper nutrition, medicine is of little need’ – Charaka Samhita, an ancient classical text on Ayurveda Right now, a revolution is happening. A growing number of people are beginning to reject the conveniences and fast pace of modern life in favour of a more natural, more grounded one, where we know the source and environmental impact of the foods that we buy. A new fashion for wellbeing has resulted in practices that were once considered alternative, such as yoga, meditation and mindfulness, becoming mainstream. As quickly as we’re moving with the demands of technology there is the same strong pull that seeks a move back to nature, as we struggle with the irony that the more time-saving technology we create, the less time we seem to have.