Alamin natin kung ano nga ba ang Ayurveda at ano ang koneksyon nito sa Yoga
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00:00 Today, we are celebrating World Ayurveda Day.
00:04 And not only that, we will know what this is and its connection to yoga.
00:10 And to explain more about this, we will have with us,
00:16 Ms. Joanna Alberto, a Yoga Corporate Wellness Consultant, Yoga Teacher, and Ayurveda Ambassador.
00:22 Good morning, welcome to Rising Shine Philippines, ma'am.
00:24 Good morning. Good morning. Thank you for having me.
00:27 Ms. Joanna, what is Ayurveda and where did it originate?
00:32 So Ayurveda, let's say, Ayur and Veda.
00:36 So Ayur is life and Veda is science or knowledge.
00:40 So Ayurveda, science or knowledge of life.
00:43 So it's an ancient natural system of medicine that came from India.
00:47 It dates back 5,000 years ago.
00:50 So what is popular here, something that is a gift from India to the world is yoga.
00:56 So it's a family-oriented medicine.
00:58 So it's something that is focused on holistic health care, preventive.
01:04 Although it also has alternative medicines that it gives to us.
01:10 But it complements actually modern day medicine.
01:13 It's not what we're removing, the modern day medicine, and then we'll use that.
01:17 It's complementary.
01:19 So this is a lifestyle?
01:21 It's a lifestyle that they promote when it comes to, actually, the most focused is eating.
01:27 The digestive system.
01:29 Filipinos love to eat, right?
01:31 Yes.
01:32 That's why we said that Filipinos should understand Ayurveda.
01:37 Because you know, when it comes to eating, it's not what you eat.
01:40 It's not what we eat.
01:41 It's what you digest when you digest it.
01:45 What you digest and when you digest.
01:48 Yes, when you digest.
01:49 Can you share with us, how does the everyday life, the practice of Ayurveda,
01:58 how does a practitioner do it?
02:01 So it is actually aligned with nature.
02:05 So we believe that there are five elements in your body.
02:09 So fire, air, space, earth, and water.
02:12 What is in the microcosm is in the microcosm.
02:15 So whatever is in the universe, the world, whatever it is, it's the same elements.
02:19 So it should be aligned.
02:21 So when do you eat?
02:22 When you eat, the sun should be high.
02:25 That's fire, right?
02:26 In the afternoon, it should be the heaviest meal.
02:29 So there's no breakfast?
02:30 There's breakfast, but it's light.
02:32 We should rev up our system before we eat a lot.
02:38 Because the fire in our stomach is at its peak when the sun is high.
02:43 So it's easier to digest, right?
02:46 If you want your metabolism to be under, you should eat a lot in the afternoon.
02:50 And when it's night, it should be low.
02:52 When the sun is low.
02:53 When the sun is low, we should eat less.
02:55 So it's really a different kind.
02:58 Because a lot of people say that the heaviest meal should be breakfast, right?
03:01 But it's contrary to that.
03:04 So it's said that during breakfast, eat like a king.
03:07 And when it's night, eat like a beggar.
03:10 Yes, but I read that this is just a marketing strategy from decades ago.
03:19 When people don't need breakfast.
03:22 And what they need is the heavy work.
03:27 For example, construction worker, laborer.
03:29 Those are the people who need breakfast.
03:31 Because they need energy.
03:32 But those who work in the office,
03:34 they say it's better to find doctors who delay breakfast around 10 or 11.
03:41 But in the case of Ayurveda, they do it in the afternoon.
03:45 Because you're connecting with nature.
03:46 But how?
03:47 For example, I just thought of this.
03:49 If there's a storm, like that.
03:50 No sun.
03:51 Is it like that?
03:52 The sun is still up, it's just hidden.
03:54 Oh, so it's just hidden in the sun.
03:56 No, because Ayurveda is actually India, right?
03:59 So we're Asian, right?
04:01 So it's easier for us to practice it because the sun is up.
04:04 Unlike Antarctica, there are days when there's no sun.
04:09 What ma'am is explaining here is that the activity is smooth for the whole day.
04:14 It's connected to nature.
04:17 Aside from eating, are there other practices?
04:19 Oh yeah, there's what we call inner and outer cleansing.
04:23 That's where yoga comes in.
04:25 One practice that's popular there is abhyanga, the oiling.
04:30 We're all fond of massages, right?
04:32 That's what we practice in Ayurveda, the oil massages.
04:36 Then there's another one, tongue cleansing.
04:39 Oh, is that so?
04:40 What's that?
04:41 I don't know.
04:42 After brushing your teeth, right?
04:43 You scrape your tongue.
04:44 They use a metal stick here.
04:47 They do it like that.
04:48 Think about it.
04:49 When you're eating, where does the food go?
04:52 To the mouth, right?
04:54 When you're chewing the food, there are enzymes secreted to help the digestive process.
05:01 Think about it. There are a lot of toxins in the mouth.
05:04 You scrape the tongue so that it's clean before you put in all the nutrients in your body.
05:09 The digestive system doesn't start here.
05:11 Actually, it starts with your eyes, your ears, your nose, when you start smelling the food,
05:16 when you're hearing the food being cooked.
05:18 That's where we're at.
05:20 Everything is really connected.
05:22 So it starts with proper eating, and then how you're going to put the food in your body.
05:31 And next, yoga.
05:34 We've already talked about that.
05:35 And then, here's my question.
05:37 How about medical science?
05:42 The medicine of feelings.
05:44 Is it also included here?
05:45 It's also included.
05:46 India is popular with herbs and spices, right?
05:51 We have a boodle fight.
05:54 You know, the boodle fight where there are a lot of food,
05:59 but here, it's all grilled pork.
06:02 All of it is oily food.
06:05 For them, their boodle is actually all healthy.
06:08 Because what they say in Ayurveda, we have six tastes.
06:12 Different flavors, like sweet, bitter, sour, and sour.
06:16 That's why we sometimes crave for more food.
06:20 It's because the taste is not complete when we eat it.
06:23 For them, it should be complete.
06:24 All of the taste should be in you.
06:27 All of the flavors should be satisfied.
06:30 So that after eating, you don't crave for other things.
06:35 So you should eat food with sweet and sour.
06:38 But just portions.
06:40 See, if you eat Indian food, it's like that.
06:42 But my question is, is this consistent with medical studies?
06:47 Or it's not contradictory?
06:49 No.
06:50 Can you imagine, for example, breathing.
06:55 When you're breathing, in medicine, what are the problems?
06:59 Mental health, right?
07:01 Emotional problems of people.
07:04 So if you're actually practicing Ayurveda,
07:06 inner and outer cleansing, along with yoga.
07:09 Yoga is what they say,
07:11 it's like the exercises that they show on TV.
07:17 But there's more to it.
07:19 For example, the breath work.
07:21 It is very important.
07:23 How do you breathe?
07:24 I'm going to ask you both right now.
07:26 How are you breathing?
07:28 When you put your hand here and you inhale,
07:31 usually our chest is the one that grows, right?
07:34 But it should be the tummy.
07:36 If you're a singer, you know that.
07:38 We forget how to breathe when we grow old.
07:42 When you're stressed, what does your body do first?
07:45 It breathes.
07:47 It's growing without you knowing, right?
07:49 So it's the same thing.
07:51 Ayurveda, all of those sciences,
07:53 it's proven and tested.
07:54 It's not invented by a cosmic thing.
07:58 It's consistent with science.
08:01 What are the benefits if you practice this everything?
08:05 Preventive healthcare.
08:07 It's expensive but it's painful.
08:09 It's true.
08:10 We were talking about it with Batesina,
08:13 with Claksamana, and the Indian Embassy is very supportive.
08:18 They're really pushing Ayurveda for everyone to know.
08:22 When it comes to preventive healthcare,
08:25 we want people to understand that it's cheaper
08:29 to take care of ourselves before it hurts.
08:33 That's what we're trying to prove.
08:36 But my question is, how many years have you been practicing this?
08:39 I went to India in 2016.
08:42 I took up yoga teacher's training.
08:44 They think that yoga is just the asanas,
08:48 they call it the body positions.
08:50 But actually, the foundation is Ayurveda.
08:55 That's where we learned everything about Ayurveda and yoga.
08:59 What has changed in your life?
09:01 I'm just too tired.
09:02 I haven't eaten meat for seven years already.
09:04 Since I went there.
09:06 When I came back here, I can't eat tocino anymore.
09:08 That used to be my favorite.
09:11 So after that, I've been doing a holistic lifestyle.
09:15 Every morning, I do a few stretches, and I rest.
09:18 How about your energy?
09:20 My energy?
09:21 Of course, they say I'm 54 years old,
09:24 but people say that I'm energetic compared to...
09:27 You're just like a very young person.
09:29 You're not that young.
09:31 Let's practice that.
09:33 Let's try that.
09:34 Be healthy.
09:35 Yes.
09:36 And maybe that's the secret to healthy aging.
09:41 Yes.
09:42 That's Ayurveda.
09:43 It's a secret to avoid buffets this Christmas season.
09:46 Yes.
09:47 When we prepare food for the holidays,
09:50 we complete the different tastes so we'll be full right away.
09:53 Well, thank you so much, Ms. Joanna, for sharing this to us.
09:57 We learned a lot.
09:59 We were inspired as well to do that Ayurveda.
10:02 We practice it every day.
10:03 Thank you so much.
10:04 Thank you so much, ma'am.
10:05 Thank you so much for having me.