For the Love of Oil – Healing Secrets of Ayurveda

The word for oil in Sanskrit is called: “Sneha” translated as: loving, nurturing and spreading. Deep within our core souls, we are in need of being saturated with warm herbal medicated oil! Why? Because some signs of our imbalance are expressed through an increase Vata Dosha or ether and air element..These biological humours called doshas were born from Ayurveda an ancient science from India. Vata is dry, light, and quick in nature, easily irregular and can cause nervousness to increase. Just as a wind storm dries things quickly, so the mind feels this effect. In contrary, oil creates the opposite: It is moist, heavy, and stable. These qualities allow us to slow down, with an ability to feel calm, and relaxed within our nervous system opening to the possibilities of spaciousness and love. Expansive as the sky.

This expression of love through the vehicle of oil has been used in India for thousands of years. For example; it is tradition to massage a new born baby & mother every day with warm sesame oil as it best nourishes the skin, contains iron, calcium, phosphorus and commonly applied to the scalp, called “food for the brain”. The healing qualities: sweet, bitter, and astringent assist in cleansing and rejuvinating the nervous system.

As our bodies need oil, so our beloved planet Mother Earth needs oil to sustain and nourish her, for us to be nourished. We pray the oil within our bodies, and soil will continue to feed the elements and all living beings without exception. As we continue to function as precious fluid beings, may we all rest in ease due to this unctuous ground we walk on and may we continue to flourish in lavishing barrels of oil inside and out!

Margo, (CAP) is Certified since 1986 under Dr. V. Lad, and Dr. S. Joshi, author of: “Ayurveda and Panchakarma”. She can be reached at: 250-7161 or amritamarg@gmail.com. www.mauiayurvedichealing.com.