Karina Pandya

Panchakarma: The Ayurvedic Science of Detoxification and Rejuvenation   We all live very busy lives; running from pillar to post that sometimes we often tend to overlook on our inner wellbeing. According to Ayurvedic methods, every single disease begins in the mind and from there it goes to the digestive tract. In order to be healthy, (according to Ayurveda) the body has to be clear of toxins and the organs should be functioning in an optimal condition. Moreover the mind should be at peace and emotions calm and happy.  However, this is all true in an idealistic environment, but we are constantly surrounded by stressful situations. In a stressful and toxic environment, both our physical and mental health conditions accumulate toxins, which cause a breakdown of the functioning of our body and mind; opening the door to chronic, degenerative and non-specific diseases to develop. No matter how much we may try to prevent them from occurring, it is not possible to live according to t...

Known as the cultural capital of Karnataka, Mysore has a lot of structures and palaces to boast about. However, what you may not be well aware of is, the fact that Ayurveda flourishes in abundance over here.  The Ayurvedic, Indus Valley Treatment Centre (IVAC), which has been founded by Dr. Talavane Krishna, can be found at the foothills of the golden, Chamundi hills.  It is set in 29 acres of lush gardens, which is 6 kms away from the main city; this classy retreat offers some therapies, which have their roots in ancient scriptures and prescriptions.    Talavane who spent over three decades in the USA, UK and Canada where he had practiced as a  a consultant Anesthesiologist; decided to return to India in 1994 to setup this Ayurvedic Centre, owing to his deep passion for Ayurveda and Vedic sciences which was inspired because of his spiritual master.     The Centre is known for serving as a wellness centre and has been built according to Vaast...

Psychology has always fascinated me for the sheer sense of how it explores the topic of individualism and collectivism and how we interact with one another in society. However, what is important to remember is how we drive our inner world is so very important when we deal with the outer world and in dealing with our emotional interaction with other people, i.e. how emotionally agile should we be vs. how emotional rigid.   However, when we think of our behaviour; we think of our brain – its structure or we think about our emotions. However. There is far more beyond this, which has to be included which begins with our mindsets – our mentality which refers to the manner in which we behave/believe in a certain way prior to an experience.  Having said that, it was  English economist John Maynard Keynes who compiled this famous quote,"The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones?”   At a time of greater comple...

  Psychology has a very funny way that it plays on the human mind and that is how it interacts with human emotions. Although we are hard wired for human interaction, it is those images of emptiness that appeal and satiate the human eye the most.  Have you ever imagined or thought of the possibility of a human apocalypse or extinction? Its hard to imagine and we cant help but imagining what would this world be like without us? There would be unfamiliar and unworldly scenes that would make us stop, look and linger – as if we are the alien peeping into this world from the outside.     Perhaps, this is one of the main reasons why photographers across the world have been able to capture a dystopian glimpse of a world without people as people remain indoors and avoid all public places because of the Covid-19 pandemic.     When there is a crisis we usually think of images such as fires, floods, bombs, warfare, etc. but we never eve...

World Mental Health Day 2019: Suffering from a mental illness has always been stigmatized in the society and those people suffering from these problems have always been frowned upon by the society. Even with awareness mental health mental health is complex. Without awareness, the situation can go completely out of hand! India has first adopted its first Mental Health Act in July 2017. The law protects the rights of mental ill people and also their dignity and privacy through the period of their treatment. However, this Mental Health Act did not make any provisions for mental health awareness at the workplace (as said by  Vibha Setlur, practising advocate in Bengaluru and Co-founder of LegalChap.com) Mental illness is never considered as serious a condition as physical ailments and on this day efforts are made to provide support and show the importance of psychological support which are pragmatic to play a helpful role by people by people who are health staff...

An Error in Emotive and Social Behaviour? Reverberating over the years but blinded over when it comes to evil, this question is one of psychology’s deepest and scariest realities that is never payed attention to.  Are we really just humans who are perhaps mistaken to be kind, sensible, compassionate, sensible, imperfect, reasonable or even good-natured?   Or is there another side that we have been missing out in or completely ignoring; where we are all hard-wired to be selfish, cold-hearted, mean, brutal, and ruthless?  When we exhibit outlandish or perhaps bizarre termed behaviour it is very important to understand what has happened to the structure of our brain from the inside because at the end of the day, we are not just ‘existing beings’ but we are also emotional species!  ‘Cogito, Ergo Sum’ – I think, therefore I am! Remember this Latin phrase that originally appeared in French as ‘Je Pens...