Ayur .. what? Ayurveda!
When it comes to health, you I didn’t really care
about it until I got really sick, I took it for granted. And when you
experience something like burnout you start searching for a solution and it
does not lie in western medicine. We’re great when you break a leg, but when
you break your inner energy, it’s a different world.
My experience with Ajurveda antistress therapy:
One month after my burnout I started to notice that I
am not moving anywhere - I was still tired, I could not sleep, my chest
was burning like hell and the thought that it could take a few more months to
get better was scary. I was scrolling Instagram, when I saw the post from Zen
zone. YES! I thought. This is it. I consulted my doctor, bought the plane
ticket and 3 days later I was in Srilanka, attending Ayurvedic anti-stress
therapy, perfect for burnout sindrom. I had no idea what is ajurveda or what to
expect - I just had a really good feeling about it and I promised myself that I
will stay open-minded all the time.
The flight there was horrible - my chest hurt like hell
if I was even a bit stressed, so a bumpy flight and snow storm on the way to
Istanbul did not really help. I was actually scared that I will have a heart
attack or something like that on a plane. The destiny kicked in - on the flight
from Istanbul to Srilanka I was actually sitting next to Srilanka’s Minster for
health and there were 15 doctors surrounding me, coming for a conference in
Zurich.
Siddhalepa resort
was recommended by Zen Zone and the
whole experience was great. Everything started with a doctor check-up, that
lasted 2 hours. They prescribed me a diet, a few pills and explained my daily
ritual for next 10 days: yoga in the morning, breakfast, doctor consultation,
2-3 hours of therapies (massage, bath, sth else), lunch, rest, meditation,
dinner, sleep.
The whole experience was hard core. It was not
vacations, it was hard work. Eating fresh and healthy food was great but after
5 days of brown rice I was going crazy. Beginning with massage was nice, but
then came the shirodhara. They were pouring oil on my forehead to calm my head,
that was still full of thought and ideas. It felt like the weight of my thought
moved to my body - i literally did nothing the whole day, since it felt like my
legs and arms have 1000 kilos. In the end, the weight went outside of my body.
I felt light in my head for the first time in my life. No thoughts. Pure
silence. It was new and amazing and i think people that meditate a lot
experience this feeling. For someone that is thinking all the time, it was like a well-deserved vacations for the
brain. And then, my body could start recovering as well. I could not do
anything on yoga the first days and on the last day i did 10 sun salutations.
Chest pain was gone and i slept like a baby again, 8 hours without waking up in
the night.
The best question that my doctor asked me, was: “tell
me about your lifestyle”. I found it weird, but the only word i saw there, was:
BUSY. I finally realized how ridiculous my life was, I was running from one
project to another, I never rested. I didn’t know how to rest, how to take it
easy.
6 months later, I saw that I can attend Ayurveda
course in Ljubljana and learn more about the philosophy, background and how to
implement it in my life. Of course I applied!
What is Ayurveda in my own understanding: science
about how to live a good life. The purpose is to discover, how to live the best life possible
based on your way of thinking, working, living, your body etc. You can adapt
the way you eat, the way you live, who is your partner, why do you have certain
health problems - it is all coming together.
I will write more about Ayurveda, my main learnings
and how I changed my life because of it once we finish the course. Until then …
stay curious. Or simply Google it and learn everything about it.
