Depression Happens

Depression happens. It can seep into an individual’s body and mind like a slow leak, like water into the basement of a house, or it can arrive like a windstorm, coming suddenly and with dramatic force. Depression is influenced by genes, life situations, and the state of one’s general health. We should not underestimate the impact of the wear-and-tear of daily living on our physical, mental, and emotional health. Regardless of the origin, Ayurveda gives us hope by offering strategies for keeping depression at bay.

Through the process of daily living, we incur physiological imbalances. Over time, left uncorrected, imbalances disrupt proper functioning and eventually cause disease. Depression is no exception.

Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way explains how physiological imbalances are at the root of all disease processes. Ayurveda gets to the root of the problem of depression because it understands how to diagnose, treat, and prevent the physiological imbalances that create a state of suboptimal mental health.

How Is Depression Undone?
To undo depression we must create its opposite: vitality. Happiness is the byproduct of a healthy physiology that is filled to the brim with vitality. The ultimate source of vitality is the natural intelligence that underlies the universe.

To counter depression, Ayurveda employs strategies that infuse vitality into body, mind, and spirit and thus inherently work to undo depression. These strategies generate a vibrant life force, resolve blockages, and correct imbalances. Highly practical, they are easy to understand and put into practice.

These interventions presented Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way work at the level of consciousness--the foundation of our being--and thus untangle the roots of depression.
As agents of vitality, Ayurvedic strategies have important factors in common:

They help us to harmonize with the rhythms of nature.
If energetic blockages exist, they activate the physiology to initiate purification, helping the mind and the body to attain clarity.
They also help us to optimize the “digestive fire” in our body, mind, and spirit so that we can efficiently transform food, thoughts, emotions, and life experiences into usable energy.