In this course it is especially advisable for you to sit in full lotus position while you do your exercises. The reason for this is that it will keep you grounded and prevent physical damage while you engage in spiritual activities. In the lotus
position you place your feet on the opposing thigh in this manner:
The hands may be placed in various positions called mudras, which cause varying effects depending on the position. For our purpose, the well-known gyan mudra will be satisfactory:
Place your hands on your knees with the palms facing upwards and thumb and forefinger touching, like above.
Relax the rest of the fingers. This is the position that we are going to use throughout this course.

In this exercise we will complete the opening of the crown chakra. What I want you to do is to direct your energy through the chakra, like a pillar or an arm pushing open a circular door that opens much the same way a flower does.

One way of doing this is to set a point at about 2.5dm (~10”) above your head, and then establish a pillar of energy starting from inside your body and ending at that point, completely ignoring whatever is in its path. Practice this until you feel that the top of your head is no longer an obstacle to your energy so that you can easily at will extend your consciousness to above your head in this way.
EXERCISE 2: BE ABOVE YOUR CROWN CHAKRA
If you’ve mastered the previous exercise, this one will be easy. It simply consists of placing your consciousness above your crown chakra and staying there. The hardest part is as usual to maintain your focus and not fall prey to distractions.
Practice until you’re able to maintain this state for 20 minutes relatively easily.
During this exercise you are likely to have extraordinary experiences. You may for example become aware of a big circular light, like a white sun or star, that you see when you close your eyes. This is the light of your soul. If you have this experience, stay with it as the next exercise is about connecting with the spiritual realm and this experience means that you’ve done that already so then you’ve got a head start.

Very good! You’ve come a long way, my friend. Now we will take the final step and connect with the spiritual realm. The crucial change here is that instead of being above your crown chakra spatially, you use the crown chakra as a portal
so that the world above it is the spiritual world rather than your ceiling. Many of you have likely intuitively taken this step already but for those who haven’t, here’s what you do.
First, focus your awareness above your crown chakra as in the previous exercise but be careful to maintain the energy pillar down to your body so that you can feel your body.
Then, present the intention to connect with the spiritual world. You should experience a shift, as though something clicks into place or something comes into your field of experience. At this point, just relax and let it transpire. What
you experience now will likely be unique but one example is a brightness that comes from above and flows into you through the crown chakra and merges with you. Another example is the experience of a vast, dark space. The
common denominator is the sensation of eternity. Now try to stay with this for a while. Make yourself aware of what it feels like, this will make it easier for you to come back to this state of being later. Once you feel like you’ve got the hang
of it, you can experiment with rapidly disconnecting and reconnecting again. Eventually you should be able to easily connect no matter the situation. It’s actually possible to stay connected to the spiritual realm all the time, at least while you’re awake. In my experience you automatically close the crown chakra when you go to sleep so that may prove tougher.
OPTIONAL EXERCISE: EXPERIMENT!
Congratulations, you made it! The course is really finished now, the benefits such as peace of mind will automatically be granted as long as you stay connected, but as I said in the beginning the spiritual realm can also be used as a medium for spiritual activities. For example, try to communicate telepathically with the spiritual realm while you’re connected and see what happens.

With any approach in natural health it is essential to identify the
foundation to a condition and not just try to address the symptoms, which
are, after all, the tip of the iceberg for what is the true nature with most
degenerative diseases and chronic conditions.
 
What many practitioners appreciate about Iridology is its versatility and
flexibility, plus the fact that it can be integrated to just about every
treatment approach we have. Around the world Iridology is applied in the
natural health, chiropractic, GP or specialist’s clinic to clarify the
underlying cause of a problem. Iridology is utilised successfully by
naturopaths, homeopaths, medical herbalists, nutritionists, reflexologists,
colonic therapists, massage therapists, osteopaths, Kinesiologists, medics,
pharmacists and many more.
 

Iridology Research

Iridology has a basis of official scientific and medical research in such
countries as South Korea, Russia, Romania, Belarus, Latvia & the Ukraine
for many decades. Many research and results have been sponsored and
accepted officially by health departments and hospitals in these countries.
 
In more recent times Iridology research has increased at a dramatic pace,
although these endeavours have not been officially sponsored. Many
worthwhile research initiatives have expanded our knowledge or answered
contentious questions in iridology. Research has taken place in Greece,
Italy, Spain, Portugal, Cuba, Brazil & England with John Andrews. Much of
this research is ongoing and can be accessed through the
www.johnandrewsiridology.net website.

Iridology Training

Training in Iridology is to a very high and extensive standard. John
Andrews trains practitioners at every level in Iridology, so they can learn
to integrate with confidence this exciting tool. There are some pre-
requisites with professional Iridology Training, but most people reading
Today’s Therapist will already have attained these. 
 
For a copy of the latest Prospectus & further information on CD please
email or request the CD through the website. The next Holistic Iridology
Course begins in September 2006.

What we cannot assess through Iridology

For various reasons iridology is not a panacea and the following cannot be
detected through analysis of the iris, pupil or inner pupillary border:
 
·  Bacterial infections
·  Fungal infections, including Candida albicans
·  Psoriasis
·  Parasites
·  Gallstones
·  Kidney stones
·  Pregnancy
·  Length of life
·  Loss of organ via surgery (Russian research revealed that the
general anaesthetic short -circuits the nervous system in such cases)
·  Some types of tumour
·  Leukaemia
·  Rare genetic conditions (due to lack of experience & research)

Iridology Contra-indications

Some general factors and specific, localised phenomena of the eye can make an Iridology examination difficult or, in rare cases, impossible. 

These include:
 
·  Aniridia
·  Some cases of blindness
·  White Pupil Syndrome
·  Certain cases of trauma to the iris or
·  Iridectomy
·  Severe Iridodonesis
·  Iridodialysis
·  Iridotomy
·  Coloboma in some cases

 

Iridology is what many have called the combination of “science and art” of microscopic analysis of the iris and the dynamics of the pupil. Many consider iridology a “fringe” practice, but it has enormous potential when practiced correctly. The iris and inner pupillary border are the visible aspects of the autonomic and central nervous systems that we have. 

In Iridology structural markings in the iris and eye colours (pigments) carry both personal and genetic significance. The colour of the iris illustrates certain genetic and constitutional traits. Some signs are important for what they look like, some markers are important for where they are – the iris can be a projection of a map of the body and its various systems, as in Reflexology or Auricolotherapy. 

For example an open structure, called a lacuna, at 20’ (as we look at the iris) in either right or left iris relates to the function of the pancreas and will demonstrate a genetic history of Diabetes. 

The reactivity and diameter of the pupil is very important in iridology. It is
rare to see a completely circular pupil, where deviations take place this
can relate to previous spinal and neuromuscular injury or tension – this is
a very important assessment tool for those working with the spine and the
musculoskeletal system. Also if the diameter of the pupil is enlarged and
unreactive in adults this could relate to adrenal gland fatigue as the result
of chronic stress.  
 
 
  The iris can be divided into different sections relating to the lymphatic
system, mesenchyme, gastrointestinal system, skin, liver functions, kidneys,
spleen, cardiac risks, immune function and endocrine functions to name a
few. We can also look at how many of these systems interact through the
application of emotional dynamics and the psychoneuroimmunology.  
 
  In some countries where Iridology is applied medically it is referred to as
Irisdiagnosis.

This primitive dialectic materialistic theory is in which the old ones were based to explain the phenomena of the nature, that said that everything in her was formed by 5 elements and that these had relation of creation and dominion. WOOD – FIRE – EARTH – METAL – WATER

Considering this principle, from the power point of view, the man is a synthesis between the Water and the Fire.

As it will be mentioned in the second part of the course, the health is a balance between the ancestral and adaptive axis.

Let us see a correlation of these elements:
· The Wood and the Metal are the elements of Support and Transition
· The Earth is the element of Transmutation and passage that represents the interstations of 18 days each one [1]. Next we will see a progressive enumeration of the things that we must know each uo of the elements, also like a correlation to include/understand it.

1. Each element corresponds with a station of the year that dominates

Wood ———————————————————–Spring
Fire ————————————————————-Summer
Earth ————————————————————-Dog days [2]
Metal ————————————————————-Autumn
Water ————————————————————–Winter

2. Each station of the year corresponds with an exogenous factor

Wood ——————– Spring —————————-Wind
Fire ———————- Summer —————————— Heat
Earth ———————- Dog days —————————– Humidity
Metal ———————- Autumn ——————————– Dryness
Water ———————– Winter —————————— Cold

3. Each exogenous factor corresponds with an organ that can be affected:

Wood ———–Spring ————-Wind ——————Liver
Fire ————-Summer —————-Heat ——————Heart
Earth ————-Dog days —————Humidity ——-Spleen_ pancreas_stomach
Metal ————-Autumn —————–Dryness —————Lung
Water ————–Winter —————Cold ———————Kidney

4. Each organ is related as well to a group of viscera

Wood ——Spring ——-Wind ——-Liver ———-Muscles and ligaments
Fire ——Summer ——–Heat ——-Heart —-Heart, arteries, veins and blood
Earth —Dog days —Humidity —Spleen_ pancreas_stomach —Subcutaneous cellular weave
Metal ——-Autumn ——-Dryness ———Lung ————-Skin
Water ——Winter ——–Cold ————–Kidney ——–Bones, bony marrow, teeth

5. Each group of viscera is related to a sense.

Wood —Spring —Wind —Liver —Muscles and ligaments —Vista
Fire —Summer —Heat —Heart —Heart, arteries, veins and blood —Taste
Earth–Dog days–Humidity–Spleen _ pancreas_ stomach–Subcutaneous cellular weave–Tact
Metal —Autumn —Dryness —Lung —Skin —Sense of smell
Water —Winter —Cold —Kidney —Bones, bony marrow, teeth —Ear

6. Each element corresponds as well with some of the emotions:

Wood —Spring —Wind —Liver —Muscles and ligaments —Vista —Rage
Fire —Summer —Heat —Heart —Heart, arteries, veins and blood —Taste —Hatred
Earth —Dog days —-Humidity —Spleen_pancreas_stomach —Subcutaneous cellular weave– – Tact —-Reflection
Metal —Autumn —Dryness —Lung —Skin —Sense of smell —Sadness
Water —Winter —Cold —Kidney —Bones, bony marrow, teeth —Ear —Fear

7. In order to finalize, we analyze how to recognize the tension of each element and as they are its tendencies, that is to say, that an abuse or tension exists and we relate it to which would have to appear.

Wood (tendency: to call) —-Spring —-Wind —-Liver —-Muscles and ligaments —Vista —Rage —Abuse in the eyes
Fire (tendency: to laugh) —Summer —Heat —Heart —Heart, arteries, veins and blood —Taste —Hatred —Abuse to walk
Earth (tendency: to sing) —Dog days —Humidity —Spleen – pancreas – stomach —Subcutaneous cellular weave —Tact —Reflection —Abuse to seat
Metal (tendency: to shout) —-Autumn —Dryness —Lung —Skin —-Sense of smell —-Sadness —-Abuse to lie down
Water (tendency: to moan) —Winter —Cold —Kidney —Bones, bony marrow, teeth —Ear – Fear —Abuse to remain standing up

[1] the stations of the year, for old China, lasted of 72 days, for that reason the stations are 5

[2] Dog days is the summer end, and an independent station is considered according to the Chinese.

http://natural-people.com/definition-of-the-ear-acupuncture-and-concepts-of-the-somatotopy/

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KAPHA KAPHA

1. 1. My activities are conducted slowly.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

2. 2. I tend to rise in weight and easy for me to download it work.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

3. 3. I have a good and placid disposition, hardly lose the stirrups.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

4. I do not feel bad if you do not like one of the three daily food.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

5. I tend to have chronic sinusitis, asthma or excessive phlegm.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

6. 6 I sleep 8 hours or more and yet I can start work tomorrow.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

7. 7. My dream is deep.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

8. I am a quiet person and I do not anger easily.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

9. I will a bit of effort to learn something new, but now that I do, very well withhold information.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

10. I tend to retain fat in the body.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

11. The cold, wet or cloudy bothers me.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

12. My hair tends to be thick, dark and wavy.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

13. My skin is pale and smooth.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

1 4. My complexion is solid and robust.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

15. The following describes me very well: calm, sweet, loving and forgive easily.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

16. My digestion is slow and I feel heavy after eating.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

17. My energy level is constant, I have good level of strength and a lot of physical endurance.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

18. Generally way slowly and cheerful.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

19. I tend to sleep more, to wake up a little dizzy and laziness to start the day.

1…2…3…4…5…6 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

20. As I slowly and methodically.

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Total points Kapha ________

Final Score: Vata Pitta _______ _______ Kapha _________

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1. I consider myself very efficient.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

2. Development my activities with order and precision.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

3. I am of firm character and energetic attitude.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

4. Me incomoda the heat more than to another people.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

4. Me incomoda the heat more than to another people.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

6. Although sometimes I do not demonstrate it I am irritated and anger easily.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

7. If like a my hours I do not anger to me.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

8. My hair shows premature grey hairs, is thin or tends to be reddish.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

9. I have good appetite and I can eat much if it desire.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

10. Many people me consider obstinate.

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11. I am very regular in my evacuations.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

12. When they press to me I am impatient and I irritate to me easily.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

13. I tend to be perfeccionista and I do not tolerate the errors.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

14. I tend to get angry easily but easily forgetfulness.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

15. I like much the drinks and the cold food, specially the ice creams.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

16. I feel more heat than she fried.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

17. I do not tolerate the very condimentada nor sharp food.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

18. I am not so tolerant to the discords as she would have to be.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

19. I enjoy the challenges and when I want something I have a determining attitude in my efforts to obtain it.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

20. My thought is critical, is good to debate and discusses a point with force.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

Total Pitta points ________

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AYURVEDA LESSON 6

VATA

1. My actions and my thoughts are fast.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

2. It is difficult to me to memorizar and also to remember the things later.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

3. I am glad and enthusiastic by nature.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

4. I tend to be of thin complexión and I almost do not raise of weight.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

5. I do not have a routine established as far as my schedules to eat and to sleep.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

6. My to walk he is light and fast.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

7. It is difficult to me to make decisions.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

8. My digestion is irregular, with gases and inflammation of the stomach.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

9. My feet and hands tend to be cold.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

10. If I am under stress I tend to worry and to feel anxiety.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

11. I do not tolerate fried.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

12. I speak fast and I am very platicador.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

13. Change of humor easily and I am very sensible and emotional.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

14. I tend to have difficulty to remain slept and wide-awake easily.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

15. My skin and my hair tend to be dry.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

16. Tengo an active mind with tendency to be anxious.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

17. My movements are fast and my energy comes to me in bursts.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

18. I am excited easily.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

19. As fast and I finish before the others and my habits of food are irregular.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

20. I learn express but fast forgetfulness.

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6

Total points VATA ________

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• 0 = is not applied me
• 3 = is applied to me until certain point (or sometimes).
• 6 = is applied me generally (or almost always).

When finishing the section, writes down its total puntaje of Vata. For example, if you frame 6 for the first question, 3 for second and 2 for third, its total until that 2 point will be of 6 + 3 + = 11. Add/sink all the section of this one way and thus to arrive at his puntaje final Vata. The same do with the 20 questions for Pitta and those of Kapha.

When it has finished, it will have three different puntajes. When comparing it will determine them his physical type.

As one is physical characteristics enough objectives, the election usually is obvious. In the case of In the case of the mental characteristics and the conduct, that are more subjective, one is due to respond according to has felt and acted most of the life or, at least, in the last years.

VEDIC CONCEPTS

According to modern science, the health is a state of disease absence. According to the Prohibition, the health is a state of perfect balance of the mind and the body, where the conscience this established in the being, and the duration of the life expands towards immortality.

Connecting the parts of the knowledge with the totality of the knowledge.

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For the Ayurveda the characteristics characteristic of each person reveal their constitutional psychophysiological type (prakriti), that is to say, that includes as much mind as body; thus, when discovering the basic nature of our body-mind, we have taken the first step towards the perfect health which is to be understood to we ourself; when we include/understand what this happening in our interior no longer we let ourselves influence reason why the society believes that we would have to say, to do, to think or to feel.

The Ayurveda says that the point where the mind and the body are, the thought is transformed into matter; in that point are the three governing principles called doshas, people in charge of all the physical and mental activities of the body; a coordinated operation and the three balance of doshas sustains to the life and aid to maintain the health, its imbalance causes the decay in the body and the upheavals of the personality.

The three doshas are called Vata, Pitta and Kapha that are formed by their respective elements; Vata derives from the ether and the air, Pitta of the fire and water and Kapha of the Earth and the water. Although doshas regulates thousands of different functions in the system mind-body, fulfill three basic functions:

· Vata is responsible for the movement.

· Pitta is responsible for the digestion and metabolism.

· Kapha is responsible for the structure.

PHYSICAL TYPES OF THE AYURVEDA

Types of dosha simple

VATA PITTA KAPHA

If dosha is much more high that the others, you are a simple type of dosha. The most representative puntaje is that in which dosha primary has the double of points that the following (for example Vata = 90, Pitta =45, Kapha = 35), but the margins but also reduced count. A true simple type of dosha presents/displays the characteristics of Vata, Pitta or Kapha of very prominent way. Dosha following will even have certain influence in its natural tendencies, but in a much smaller degree.

Two types of doshas

Vata – Pitta or Pitta – Vata

Pitta – Kapha or Kapha – Pitta

Kapha – Vata or Vata – Kapha

If there is no dosha that predominates, you are a two type of doshas. This means that you show main your two qualities of doshas, or together or of alternate way. Upper it predominates in his psicofisiológico type, but both count.

Most important he is not catalogued to be but, learning something about one same one. If we include/understand the system of the Ayurveda, and the unique type of our body, we can improve our health.

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