Healthy Balance

May 19, 2010

I just got back from an incredible Chopra Center Seminar called Journey Into Healing in Toronto, Canada.  It was so wonderful to be in the presence of over 250 people who had decided that they were ready to explore healing in some part of their life.  

The world is very sick right now.  Totally out of balance.  If we think about the world as a person, this person is displaying a lot of symptoms of a severe illness.

In Ayurveda there are 6 levels of disease:

• Accumulation
• Aggravation
• Dissemination
• Localization
• Manifestation
• Disruption 

The first 3 levels are where Ayurveda has its greatest effect.  The last 3 are when Western Medicine usually has to step in.  I would say that our "world" is in the last 2 stages of the disease process.  And when the body is sick, the cells are sick too.  We are the cells of our global body and we are suffering along with the world.  So if we want to help the world heal its up to all of us to be as healthy and happy as possible.

I think one of the best ways to heal is to find balance; in our health, our relationships, what we allow to come into our bodies through the senses.  Do you feel balanced?  Do you have a sense of well-being?  If not, then try sitting quietly for a few moments and listen to what your body is telling you.  You may not hear much at first but if you do this simple exercise in the morning and again in the evening your bodies message will come through loud and clear.

Safe travels, 
Karen