Alamin natin kung ano nga ba ang Ayurveda at ano ang koneksyon nito sa Yoga

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00:00 Today, we are celebrating World Ayurveda Day.

00:04 And not only that, we will know what this is and its connection to yoga.

00:10 And to explain more about this, we will have with us,

00:16 Ms. Joanna Alberto, a Yoga Corporate Wellness Consultant, Yoga Teacher, and Ayurveda Ambassador.

00:22 Good morning, welcome to Rising Shine Philippines, ma'am.

00:24 Good morning. Good morning. Thank you for having me.

00:27 Ms. Joanna, what is Ayurveda and where did it originate?

00:32 So Ayurveda, let's say, Ayur and Veda.

00:36 So Ayur is life and Veda is science or knowledge.

00:40 So Ayurveda, science or knowledge of life.

00:43 So it's an ancient natural system of medicine that came from India.

00:47 It dates back 5,000 years ago.

00:50 So what is popular here, something that is a gift from India to the world is yoga.

00:56 So it's a family-oriented medicine.

00:58 So it's something that is focused on holistic health care, preventive.

01:04 Although it also has alternative medicines that it gives to us.

01:10 But it complements actually modern day medicine.

01:13 It's not what we're removing, the modern day medicine, and then we'll use that.

01:17 It's complementary.

01:19 So this is a lifestyle?

01:21 It's a lifestyle that they promote when it comes to, actually, the most focused is eating.

01:27 The digestive system.

01:29 Filipinos love to eat, right?

01:31 Yes.

01:32 That's why we said that Filipinos should understand Ayurveda.

01:37 Because you know, when it comes to eating, it's not what you eat.

01:40 It's not what we eat.

01:41 It's what you digest when you digest it.

01:45 What you digest and when you digest.

01:48 Yes, when you digest.

01:49 Can you share with us, how does the everyday life, the practice of Ayurveda,

01:58 how does a practitioner do it?

02:01 So it is actually aligned with nature.

02:05 So we believe that there are five elements in your body.

02:09 So fire, air, space, earth, and water.

02:12 What is in the microcosm is in the microcosm.

02:15 So whatever is in the universe, the world, whatever it is, it's the same elements.

02:19 So it should be aligned.

02:21 So when do you eat?

02:22 When you eat, the sun should be high.

02:25 That's fire, right?

02:26 In the afternoon, it should be the heaviest meal.

02:29 So there's no breakfast?

02:30 There's breakfast, but it's light.

02:32 We should rev up our system before we eat a lot.

02:38 Because the fire in our stomach is at its peak when the sun is high.

02:43 So it's easier to digest, right?

02:46 If you want your metabolism to be under, you should eat a lot in the afternoon.

02:50 And when it's night, it should be low.

02:52 When the sun is low.

02:53 When the sun is low, we should eat less.

02:55 So it's really a different kind.

02:58 Because a lot of people say that the heaviest meal should be breakfast, right?

03:01 But it's contrary to that.

03:04 So it's said that during breakfast, eat like a king.

03:07 And when it's night, eat like a beggar.

03:10 Yes, but I read that this is just a marketing strategy from decades ago.

03:19 When people don't need breakfast.

03:22 And what they need is the heavy work.

03:27 For example, construction worker, laborer.

03:29 Those are the people who need breakfast.

03:31 Because they need energy.

03:32 But those who work in the office,

03:34 they say it's better to find doctors who delay breakfast around 10 or 11.

03:41 But in the case of Ayurveda, they do it in the afternoon.

03:45 Because you're connecting with nature.

03:46 But how?

03:47 For example, I just thought of this.

03:49 If there's a storm, like that.

03:50 No sun.

03:51 Is it like that?

03:52 The sun is still up, it's just hidden.

03:54 Oh, so it's just hidden in the sun.

03:56 No, because Ayurveda is actually India, right?

03:59 So we're Asian, right?

04:01 So it's easier for us to practice it because the sun is up.

04:04 Unlike Antarctica, there are days when there's no sun.

04:09 What ma'am is explaining here is that the activity is smooth for the whole day.

04:14 It's connected to nature.

04:17 Aside from eating, are there other practices?

04:19 Oh yeah, there's what we call inner and outer cleansing.

04:23 That's where yoga comes in.

04:25 One practice that's popular there is abhyanga, the oiling.

04:30 We're all fond of massages, right?

04:32 That's what we practice in Ayurveda, the oil massages.

04:36 Then there's another one, tongue cleansing.

04:39 Oh, is that so?

04:40 What's that?

04:41 I don't know.

04:42 After brushing your teeth, right?

04:43 You scrape your tongue.

04:44 They use a metal stick here.

04:47 They do it like that.

04:48 Think about it.

04:49 When you're eating, where does the food go?

04:52 To the mouth, right?

04:54 When you're chewing the food, there are enzymes secreted to help the digestive process.

05:01 Think about it. There are a lot of toxins in the mouth.

05:04 You scrape the tongue so that it's clean before you put in all the nutrients in your body.

05:09 The digestive system doesn't start here.

05:11 Actually, it starts with your eyes, your ears, your nose, when you start smelling the food,

05:16 when you're hearing the food being cooked.

05:18 That's where we're at.

05:20 Everything is really connected.

05:22 So it starts with proper eating, and then how you're going to put the food in your body.

05:31 And next, yoga.

05:34 We've already talked about that.

05:35 And then, here's my question.

05:37 How about medical science?

05:42 The medicine of feelings.

05:44 Is it also included here?

05:45 It's also included.

05:46 India is popular with herbs and spices, right?

05:51 We have a boodle fight.

05:54 You know, the boodle fight where there are a lot of food,

05:59 but here, it's all grilled pork.

06:02 All of it is oily food.

06:05 For them, their boodle is actually all healthy.

06:08 Because what they say in Ayurveda, we have six tastes.

06:12 Different flavors, like sweet, bitter, sour, and sour.

06:16 That's why we sometimes crave for more food.

06:20 It's because the taste is not complete when we eat it.

06:23 For them, it should be complete.

06:24 All of the taste should be in you.

06:27 All of the flavors should be satisfied.

06:30 So that after eating, you don't crave for other things.

06:35 So you should eat food with sweet and sour.

06:38 But just portions.

06:40 See, if you eat Indian food, it's like that.

06:42 But my question is, is this consistent with medical studies?

06:47 Or it's not contradictory?

06:49 No.

06:50 Can you imagine, for example, breathing.

06:55 When you're breathing, in medicine, what are the problems?

06:59 Mental health, right?

07:01 Emotional problems of people.

07:04 So if you're actually practicing Ayurveda,

07:06 inner and outer cleansing, along with yoga.

07:09 Yoga is what they say,

07:11 it's like the exercises that they show on TV.

07:17 But there's more to it.

07:19 For example, the breath work.

07:21 It is very important.

07:23 How do you breathe?

07:24 I'm going to ask you both right now.

07:26 How are you breathing?

07:28 When you put your hand here and you inhale,

07:31 usually our chest is the one that grows, right?

07:34 But it should be the tummy.

07:36 If you're a singer, you know that.

07:38 We forget how to breathe when we grow old.

07:42 When you're stressed, what does your body do first?

07:45 It breathes.

07:47 It's growing without you knowing, right?

07:49 So it's the same thing.

07:51 Ayurveda, all of those sciences,

07:53 it's proven and tested.

07:54 It's not invented by a cosmic thing.

07:58 It's consistent with science.

08:01 What are the benefits if you practice this everything?

08:05 Preventive healthcare.

08:07 It's expensive but it's painful.

08:09 It's true.

08:10 We were talking about it with Batesina,

08:13 with Claksamana, and the Indian Embassy is very supportive.

08:18 They're really pushing Ayurveda for everyone to know.

08:22 When it comes to preventive healthcare,

08:25 we want people to understand that it's cheaper

08:29 to take care of ourselves before it hurts.

08:33 That's what we're trying to prove.

08:36 But my question is, how many years have you been practicing this?

08:39 I went to India in 2016.

08:42 I took up yoga teacher's training.

08:44 They think that yoga is just the asanas,

08:48 they call it the body positions.

08:50 But actually, the foundation is Ayurveda.

08:55 That's where we learned everything about Ayurveda and yoga.

08:59 What has changed in your life?

09:01 I'm just too tired.

09:02 I haven't eaten meat for seven years already.

09:04 Since I went there.

09:06 When I came back here, I can't eat tocino anymore.

09:08 That used to be my favorite.

09:11 So after that, I've been doing a holistic lifestyle.

09:15 Every morning, I do a few stretches, and I rest.

09:18 How about your energy?

09:20 My energy?

09:21 Of course, they say I'm 54 years old,

09:24 but people say that I'm energetic compared to...

09:27 You're just like a very young person.

09:29 You're not that young.

09:31 Let's practice that.

09:33 Let's try that.

09:34 Be healthy.

09:35 Yes.

09:36 And maybe that's the secret to healthy aging.

09:41 Yes.

09:42 That's Ayurveda.

09:43 It's a secret to avoid buffets this Christmas season.

09:46 Yes.

09:47 When we prepare food for the holidays,

09:50 we complete the different tastes so we'll be full right away.

09:53 Well, thank you so much, Ms. Joanna, for sharing this to us.

09:57 We learned a lot.

09:59 We were inspired as well to do that Ayurveda.

10:02 We practice it every day.

10:03 Thank you so much.

10:04 Thank you so much, ma'am.

10:05 Thank you so much for having me.

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