1. Meet Your Teacher, Nidhi!
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Meet your teacher, Nidhi! (Instagram @my_ayurvedic_life) Nidhi is a NAMA certified 3rd generation Ayurvedic practitioner based in New York, USA. Nidhi is a core faculty member of the US-based Shakti school of Ayurveda, and is placed on the Board of Advisor for several Ayurvedic products and works with various brands as a mentor and consultant.
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2. What is Ayurveda?
Ayurveda is a natural system of medicine that originated in India more than 3,000 years ago. The term Ayurveda is derived from the Sanskrit words ayur (life) and veda (science or knowledge). So Ayurveda translates to knowledge of life.
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3. The Five Elements
The Sanskrit words for the 5 elements are as follows:
Akasha (Ether, space)
Vayu (Air)
Tejas or Agni (Fire)
Apas (Water)
Prthivi (Earth) -
4. The Five Elements: Earth
The element earth, called “prithvi” in Sanskrit, is the fifth of the five great elements (pancha mahabhutus). It comes fifth because it evolves out of each of the other four elements (ether, air, fire and water), containing the essence of these elements within it. Ether provides earth the space t...
