Jivanam Ayurveda & Wellness

04/29/2022

Meet one of my healing gurus and personal heroes - Madhusudan Ray.

Madhu Sir (as we call him), was born in a brahmin family that taught him the arts of ayurveda, natural medicine and marma (or Vedic acupressure). He became a top competitive athlete in mallkhamb which is a form of yoga done on top of a very tall wooden pole.

At the age of 20 he experienced a fall during gymnastics training that left him largely paralyzed. He remained paralyzed for 8 years and developed prostate cancer and tuberculosis.

He was angry with Jagannath (a form of God worshipped in Puri, India), and could not understand why he was to suffer in this way. He was forcibly removed from his temple visits by guards who beat him with batons. He realized the batons woke up sensation in parts of his body which had none before.

After a vivid dream of Jagannath, he was confident he could use the sciences of marma, yoga and ayurveda to self heal. Learning from his own internal guidance, mystic practices, and that of a master marma guru - Madhu Sir gradually made a full recovery from all of his ailments.

He went on to win many gold and silver medals in Mallkhamb yoga. Using the same methods of yoga, ayurveda, and marma he has healed thousands of patients from dire “incurable” health conditions - waking many out of comas, curing cancers and autoimmune disorders, reversing paralysis and loss of sensory function…

I have had the fortune to study with Madhu Sir and bring this warrior lineage of marma to the west along with a very small group of other qualified students. His family is incredibly developed in skill and character, serving everyone as guests of God. It is the type of humility that makes your heart melt.

and I have led the first ever official trainings in Madhu Sir’s marma lineage here in America and the results our students have had have been profound. Our next one is in late June and we still have some spots left. If you desire to profoundly shift your understanding of the body and awaken your own healing potential - PLEASE reach out. This experience is for everyone.

04/04/2022

Why superfood and supplement consumption can be problematic and the trend of “medicinalizing” everyday products.

If you’re into taking various herbs, tinctures, mushrooms, supplements, vitamins, minerals, or following a particular popularized diet - this video is for you.

04/04/2022

This was a big one for me…

The extent to which I desire the validation and acceptance of those who do not see me in my goodness, in my potential, and want to actively help me to bring that out - to that extent I will stay stuck, small, and disempowered.

Surround yourself with those who can see the whole you - the good + the ugly and who sincerely advocate for you to have a thriving existence…

04/04/2022

According to Ayurveda - our diet is not only the foods we take in during mealtime. Our diet is anything that comes into the five senses and mind. The eyes “eat" form, the nose eats smell, the ears eat sound, the skin eats touch, and the tongue eats tastes in the form of the five rasas (essential flavors).

We should sincerely look at our diet, not just the food we eat as it either digests into life-giving essence that forms our ojas and very consciousness, or it creates toxins and obfuscates our psychophysiological vessel (body / mind) from experiencing the soul.

When we are dissatisfied, the senses turn from tools of self discovery into thieves that sn**ch away self-satisfaction, constantly drawing us outside of ourselves with false promises of lasting pleasure.

When left unchecked, the eyes draw us towards mindless entertainment, sexual attraction and all that facilitates the two (clothes, cars, screens, etc). The ears draw us towards enjoying gossip, news, criticism, and non-essential space filler topics.

The idea here is not to make the senses inactive, but to take an honest look at and refine your diet - what is truly uplifting / nourishing / inspiring to devotion / self - awakening, and what takes us away from that highest aspirational being?

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How would you like to refine your diet?

04/04/2022

What a fantastic day spent diving into Ayurvedic marma therapy bodywork with you all!

I’ve seen it hundreds of times but it never gets old 👉 people realizing they can heal others and be healed themselves.

We walk around with the weight of stress, anxieties, and physical imbalance when we have the power to take our health into our own hands.

It’s a shame we’re not taught how to heal and be healed. How to make our kitchen a pharmacy. How to decode the body’s signals that reveal what is going on inside of us. How to give and receive healing touch. How to let go of trauma. How to deeply relax (instead of the stimulation we equate with relaxation). How to be good with ourselves during this human journey…

Marma Therapy helps us let go of stress so we can live life on purpose 🌞

Thanks to everyone who came out!

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

03/08/2022

Exercises used by the warriors (Kshatriyas) and yogis of ancient India for self healing, mobility, and power. We use these exercises to circulate prana (life force) in our body during our Marma Therapy bodywork training. These practices are safe for nearly anybody to do - you can modify them to be quicker or slower depending on ability. Overall you will gain flexibility, learn how to move in dynamic ways, create neuroplasticity, and build surya shakti (potent solar energy) in the body.

Exercises used by the warriors (Kshatriyas) and yogis of ancient India for self healing, mobility, and power. We use these exercises to circulate prana (life...

02/17/2022

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Setting goals are an essential part of self-development - but often we go about it in ways that are stressful and unnecessarily harder - AND we do not always get the results we hoped for.

In this video I will break down superior and inferior ways to relate with goals so that you can...

* have more ease in the transformation process
* relate with yourself in an uplifting way
* have better clarity than traditional goal setting allows
* expedite the transformation process

Would love to hear your thoughts :)

Setting goals are an essential part of self-development - but often we go about it in ways that are stressful and unnecessarily harder - AND we do not always...

02/15/2022

Discipline or Regret... which is more painful to you?⁣
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Tell me about it in the comments👇🏽

02/15/2022

Discipline or Regret... which do you think is more painful? ⁣
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Tell me about it in the comments👇🏽

02/14/2022

Every man wants a mission in life - something worth fighting for and building himself to attain. It could look like becoming a badass entrepreneur, a provider and protector for your family, honing in your craft, becoming a healer, a leader, a warrior, or a sage.

Men are a pivotal part of healthy society - and yet manhood is in the weakest condition it has ever been in. When I speak of manhood - I’m not talking about the stereotypical 1950s macho man with no feelings. Nor am I talking about the hyper-feminine version of manhood.

I am talking about the embodied man who has sovereignty over his inner world. Who has discipline and devotion. Who has become the master of himself and conquered over his lower nature. I am talking about the man who has decided to reclaim his life as his kingdom. The man who leads by example and lives in integrity with his words and values.

The modern man is regularly confronted by mediocrity, lethargy, dissatisfaction, co-dependence, repressed emotions, compulsive behaviors, po*******hy use, video game addiction, and low self worth. We face more issues than ever before in our sexuality, personal power, relationships, health, and divine connection.

In this powerful masterclass we will discuss the most important challenges most men are facing in their lives right now and provide powerful insight and solutions for you to immediately implement. You won’t want to miss this one…

Let us join around the campfire and become the men we can admire. Head to my profile link to sign up!

What to expect:

🔥 4 dynamic steps to embodiment that most men lack clarity on

🔥Practical tools to transform your life that don’t require muscling through

🔥A community of men dedicated to upleveling their lives

💪 Powerful exercises to release tension

💪Questions and Answers

💪Experienced and encouraging facilitators

👍Low pressure environment that meets you where you are at

When: Saturday February 26th at 12 PT // 3 ET
Where: Online via Zoom - recording will be available to those who cannot make it
Investment: Only $5

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02/09/2022

Most old cultures had rites of passage that marked a boy's transition to manhood. ⁣
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After being given the tools needed by their elders, these trials tested a young boys inner qualities of courage, determination, tolerance, and strength. ⁣
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During the trial, they are between worlds, neither allowed in their old domain, or born into the new one. ⁣
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If the trial is passed, they are re-introduced and celebrated in society with new status, honor, and responsibility. ⁣
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Overcoming po*******hy addiction is a rite of passage for the modern man to become a man of integrity.⁣
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P**n is one of the vices the modern-man is still largely a slave to - unable to be give up on his own. ⁣
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I know because I have been there - trying again and again for years, meanwhile digging myself deeper into a ditch with shame, guilt, and anger towards myself.⁣
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Lust is like a fire, it becomes insatiable the more you feed it. ⁣
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You think, I’ll just satisfy it and then I can stop feeling like this. ⁣
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Yet you feed it and it only grows bigger, asking for more until it consumes you whole. ⁣
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It was only when I surrounded myself by powerful embodied men who truly cared for me that I was able to conquer my use of po*******hy. ⁣
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Sexual energy is like a fire - it can either forge, or it can destroy. ⁣
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99% of men will fail to “get a grip” on this energy without outside help, community, support, and a place to be real in. ⁣
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There is nothing shameful in surrounding yourself with men who want to become kings of their own lives.⁣
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I am so excited to make this (and many other vices) a part of our embodied manhood immersion starting on March 14th. ⁣
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If you are feeling the call to uplevel, to move through a rite of passage so you can become a man you admire, message me right now and I will get you started for free.⁣
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Stay strong,⁣
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Yamuna ⁣

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02/03/2022

Happiness is earned, not distributed.

Whatever unfortunate hand fate may deal us, our duty to ourselves remains. As long as we make our healing and satisfaction contingent on the changing of the “other” / the world - we are at war with reality.

It is not that we should not ask to have our needs met (as happiness is our birthright) - it is that we should do our level best to be our own advocate, not just with words but through our every action. This is dharma - a conception of duty not conditional on external factors (and even our own joy) for one to enact.

The inconvenient truth is that everyone cannot enjoy the fruits of life (k**a) for long without watering the roots of responsibility (dharma). If we grasp for fruits on a tree that is dry and barren due to its exploitation instead of grabbing the hose of dharma, who can be held accountable?

Exploitation is the overextension of one’s rights - and unfortunately the tree has already been picked clean. Entitlement is the expectation for benefit without the performance of duty. Does our solution lie in demanding more fruit?

One thing that I learned as a monk is that reality does not conform to our ideas of justice, but asks of us to conform ourselves to be just. If one fixates on the former rather than the latter, one is certainly doomed for happiness is earned, not distributed.

The saints knew this well, encapsulated in prayers given in pill form we dare not swallow - lest we be asked to tread the seldomly used path within.