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Ayurvedic Marma Points are the Energy Pathways of Healing and connecting the Body, Mind & Consciousness

Ayurveda and the Science of Marma:
Ayurveda is India’s traditional healing system of mind-body medicine, natural living and yogic wellness. Ayurveda, literally means “the Science of Life”. It is a comprehensive health care system popular in the world for its amazing preventative and curative dietary, herbal and yogic therapies.
Many centuries ago, three classic Ayurvedic authors, Charaka, Sushruta and Vaghbatta, have written extensively about the location, function and application of marmas. There are 107 Marma points with the skin being considered the 108th. When manipulated, marmas can alter both the organic function and structural condition of the body. The science of Marma or Marma Vidya is an extraordinary and dynamic Ayurvedic therapy, which holds a profound value in health, pain, diseases and daily lifestyle and spiritual development.

What are Marma Points?
Marma points are centres for the vital force, or the Prana; they are sensitive anatomical points located around the body where two or more types of tissue meet, such as muscles, veins, ligaments, bones or joints. Marma means a secret or hidden place.
Marma Points function like pranic switches to turn the Prana up, down or off at various places on the body. Through manipulation of marmas, Prana can be directed to remove blockages, improve energy flow or tap hidden energy reserves and make connections with the greater powers of life and nature. This makes Marma Therapy an important tool of ‘energetic’ or ‘pranic’ healing.
The condition of Marmas is an important diagnostic tool in Ayurveda. At marma sites toxins, stress and negative emotions get lodged and held, sometimes for years. Diseases reflect in pain, blockage or swelling in these areas even before it may manifest outwardly in the full range of disease symptoms. Relieving pain, blockage or swelling at marma points is an important therapeutic aid and one of the first stages of many Ayurvedic treatments.
Marma Therapy can be used along with other treatment systems including Ayurvedic therapies from detoxification to tonification and rejuvenation; from self-care to intricate clinical procedures like Pancha Karma.








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