Dear Reader:
Labour Day weekend marks an important transition from summer to fall in the northern hemisphere and a time to expect cooler days and nights, sudden cold bursts of wind and the accumulated dryness that comes with the beginning of the autumn season.  These winds can stir up and transport viruses, bacteria, fungus and other infectious agents, so be sure your home is stocked with immune strengtheners, ready when the need becomes more likely.

It’s a time to prepare for earlier sunsets and later sunrises and therefore an excellent time to implement your earlier supper and bedtimes, regular morning abhyanga (self-massage with appropriate natural oils) practice, except on the menstrual flow (which is for rest), and carrying a handy shawl, socks, hat or hoodie. 

It’s also a good time to switch to copper water bottles, which are eventually bio-degradable, recyclable and sustainable.  Copper produces a warming effect as it contacts various substances.  Water is a ‘cold’ substance, and copper water containers help render the water molecules more ‘warming’ in thermal efficiency.  

Avoid copper water if you have inflammatory conditions; instead stay with boiled, filtered water sipped from a stainless steel or silver vessel. For individualized tips on adjusting to the current change of season while addressing your specific health concerns, please call Jaisri for your personal health analysis.
 

LAST CALL FOR INDIA - extended to Sept. 5th, 2018
September 1st is the payment deadline for joining our life-changing healing retreat in India Nov. 20-Dec. 30, 2018.  This Ayurveda hospital and retreat centre, created to re-enliven classical Ayurveda at a time of modernization, fragmentation and westernization, is now much in demand and our early reservations are required. 

To review the flier and other information on this program, please click here and call Jaisri at (604) 290-8201 to ensure you are well prepared for this amazing opportunity, second to none in my now 35+ years experience in Ayurveda practice.

SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE FILM, “The Doctor from India”
by Jeremy Frindel about our beloved Vaidya Vasant D. Lad, who taught us to re-calibrate our lives according to Ayurveda and Sankhiya, on every level. Single-handedly and single-mindedly, he slowly, gently and lovingly explained the fine details of Ayurveda thinking, to guide us in attaining spiritual, mental, emotional and of course, physical health.

The film was screened and sold out at Bellingham’s ‘The Pickford’ recently, so dear Katrina, the owner of the Bellingham Ayurveda Health Center, has arranged another showing on Thursday, September 6 at 7 pm.  She’s doing this for you, dear reader!  Bring a friend or family member whom you feel will benefit, too.

Don’t miss this extraordinary experience of dear Jeremy accompanying Dr. Lad for about a year or so.  Truly, to hear his voice and see his face and form are reminders of Dr. Lad’s great soul presence, being and mission. 

See a preview here. Please sign yourself and your friend up now!  Please contact
www.ayurvedahealthcenter.com/
or call 360-734-2396 to take advantage of the amazing services and consciousness available!
 

PANCHAKARMA IN SURREY, BC in SEPTEMBER
For those unable to come to India in Nov./Dec. 2018, these short local programs may suit you better.  Though the India program is much thriftier and deeper results come from the investment in longer treatment programs, these short programs can support a catalytic change in your metabolism, needed to help shift your health in a positive way.

CHOOSE FROM ONLY 2 SPOTS REMAINING OPEN at this time:

   Sept. 7-9                     Three days
   Sept. 28-30                  Three days

To inquire if you are a good candidate for these opportunities, please call Jaisri at 604-290-8201 and review here.
 

NADI PARIKSHA - PULSE ASSESSMENT ACCORDING TO DR. LAD, September 14-24  in Surrey, BC
This advanced, intensive program is for practitioners and healthcare providers wishing to deepen their Ayurveda clinical assessment skills in a small group setting, with an in-depth case study analysis. 

Text:  ‘Secrets of the Pulse’ by Vaidya Vasant D. Lad.  A teacher is needed to systematically master the contents of this amazing book, as Ayurveda is an oral tradition best learned through auditory and visual mechanisms of understanding.  The radial pulse reading technique can be gradually mastered with a combination of good guidance and persistent practice. 

To view and print the program flier, please click here.  For more information and to register, please call Jaisri at 604-290-8201.  Also, please watch this newsletter for details of the Nadi Pariksha program to be presented in Switzerland next April 2019 for physicians and Ayurveda practitioners in a retreat format. 
 

OCTOBER 1-17 AYURVEDA STUDY GROUP IN LANGLEY, BC
Learning Ayurveda together with a study buddy can be a marvelous way to review, retain and implement the understanding of basic principles and concepts, so helpful in bringing positive health results through Cause and Effect.  Our final class is planned as a potluck to invite friends and family, a wonderful way to share your realizations and changes.  To print and post the flier for this program, please click here.

This convenient evening schedule offers six classes over 3 weeks, Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:30-8: 30 pm at the Phoenix Rising Metaphysical Bookstore’s new premises at 20499 Fraser Highway, an accessible location. 

To register for this very thrifty program, please call Goldie at 604-532-1887 to ensure your spot, and your plus-one’s spot, too.  This program is open to all ages and stages. For further information, please call Jaisri at 604-290-8201.

One scholarship offered by a dear community supporter, Umerath Hassan, is available to someone who cannot afford the $120 and commits to full, on-time attendance!
 

TURIYA THERAPY GENERAL SESSION IN COSTA RICA NOV. 4-7, 2018
This once in a lifetime program is part of a larger, truly superlative learning/healing program in a private, beachside luxury villa created for Yoga & Ayurveda practitioners and advanced students.  Join us for a wonderful professional development program in paradise November 3-10, 2018!   Be among the very lucky and sensible ones!

My dear colleagues and graduates, Jessica Kruse from Canada and Costa Rica, along with Jill Talve of Long Island, NY, have created this life-changing program and also invited the esteemed Dr. Ramkumar Kutty, coming from India.  The combined skills, abilities and knowledge of this team bring a truly outstanding immersion in Yoga, Ayurveda, Meditation, Vedic Philosophy and advanced bodywork techniques.

Included: local transfers from Tambor domestic airport, an Ayurveda cooking class, 3 gourmet vegan meals daily, 2 yoga/pranayama practice classes daily, an Ayurveda Asana & Pranayama workshop, 1 Ayurveda bodywork treatment, herbal supplements and a welcome gift bag. The program also offers your take-home booklets, dietary guidelines and educational resources, satsangs and of course, free time for rest and integration.  Be ready for unexpected benefits on all levels!

You and perhaps your travel companion are also welcome to stay for the second week of November 10-17, 2018 to enjoy deeper rest and integration, with a more flexible schedule, including your Ayurveda consultation and massage therapy treatment.  Both weeks, separately or together, represent excellent value for your investment through this truly unforgettable learning experience!

For more information and registration, please go to Puravedareretreats. In Canada, please call Jessica: 780-868-0780. In the U.S., please call Jill: 516-624-3210
 

AYURVEDA ASSOCIATION OF CANADA 2ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE, TORONTO, ONTARIO
A last-minute date change of dates from Oct. 27-28, planned to showcase Foods & Nutrition According to Ayurveda, and scheduled to commemorate International Ayurveda Day, recently proclaimed by Indian President Modi, is now postponed to November 2018.  This means I cannot attend, or present my scheduled topic of “Vipak, the Post-Digestive Interface of Body & Mind”. 

My sincere apologies are offered here to friends and colleagues whom I had expected to meet at this important professional development event, with my fellow Canadian practitioners and students.  Perhaps I’ll be invited to speak in the future and feel sad I cannot attend on the new dates, due to prior commitments.  Please see the Turiya Therapy program in Costa Rica. 

The ‘Vipak’ paper, however, is planned for introduction to the public domain, for presenting my interpretation of the esoteric effect of the properties of food substances on cellular and sub-cellular assimilation.  ‘Vipak’ is a fascinating topic, worthy of in-depth understanding I feel, not only for practitioners but also for those seeking to make appropriate, healthy food choices. 

Mental health and contentment are highly influenced by food choices, though we may have little awareness of the mechanisms of  ‘Vipak’ and their relationships between the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels of human function.

For more information about the re-scheduled program, and to join our beloved Ayurveda Association of Canada, representing Ayurveda practitioners in Canada, please click here.

For more information about membership, please click here. Please join as a member and contribute your skills, time and support for the many enrichments currently in development for the benefit of Ayurveda in Canada. Stronger Together!
 

FEATURE: COPPER DRINKING WATER BOTTLES
One of copper’s properties and actions according to ancient Ayurveda is for ‘lekan’ or ‘scraping of toxins’. These distinctive bottles are durable, stylin’ and helpful for digesting your daily water intake.  They sport fashionable designs make great gifts. 

The bottles produce copper ionized water, which is warming to the gastrointestinal tract, and therefore helps to metabolize undue toxins in the gut, especially for helping boost assimilation of nutrients and intestinal immunity.  Copper water is excellent for maintaining digestive health, especially in winter. 

However, in high pitta conditions such as inflammations, rashes or nausea, please avoid copper water.  Instead, favour boiled, filtered water sipped from a stainless steel or silver vessel.  Plastic vessels and utensils slowly poison everyone, Vata, Pitta or Kapha, along with other pollutants such as chemical hormones – witness our unprecedented levels of reproductive disturbances, abnormal births and fertility issues, both in humans, especially westerners, and innocent ocean dwellers. 

Please avoid serving your baby food with plastic utensils, OK?  Instead choose items closer to nature herself.

To purchase your own copper water bottles in the lower mainland of Vancouver, please pick up your selection by visiting Navjeet Kaur’s Health Food Store, ‘Supplements Vitamins Plus’ at 1748 Lonsdale in North Vancouver, V7M 2J7.  For those ordering from outside the lower mainland, please go here.

Receiving your feedback, comments, inquiries, and news is the most fun part of this newsletter for me.  So please do send your messages and keep in touch, OK?  It’s so fine for me to feel connected with our global Ayurveda community of friends and colleagues in Sardinia, England, India, France, Germany, Australia, Canada and so many other places.  Exciting times for sustainability!

With good wishes, sincerely,

Jaisri

Jaisri M. Lambert
Ayurveda Doctor (NAMA)
Founder, Ayurveda Seminars & Consulting Ltd - 2004
Founder, Canada Ayurveda Research & Education
(C.A.R.E.) Foundation - 2017
604-290-8201