Tathaastu Ayurvedic Articles

Here's a great article on Water written by the President of Vedika, Hemaji. I really enjoy the description of rainwater as pure nectar which must have come from the Milky Way, the great river of light across the night sky. Another beneficial type of water described in the Ayurvedic texts is Hamsodaka, water that has absorbed the sun's rays all day and the moon's rays at night.

Another article form Tathaastu about the opening of our school at the

new Emeryville location.

Quote of the day: "Classical Ayurveda is a goldmine. We will see a paradigm shift in its recognition and utilization in 5 years." - Mrs. S. Jalaja, Secretary for the Indian Goverment's Dept. of AYUSH (India's traditional health systems including Ayurveda and Yoga).

A tribute to Gaia

Gaia was an incredible community website. First, it connected me with one of my most wise and sagacious friends, Kourosh Kashimi, a talented healer. The Gaia question of the day always made me reflect inward and ponder a particle of the infinite wisdom, and I enjoyed reading other community member's responses. I enjoyed browsing the top interests of the members, which were aligned with most of my own interests: animals art books cooking dancing drawing family friends gardening growing hiking laughing learning love loving meditation movies music nature painting philosophy photography poetry reading singing spirituality swimming travel traveling writing yoga. There were interesting discussions going on all the time, groups forming on various metaphysical topics, linking resources and sharing ideas. A wealth of information for the conscious and aware. The site was a great resource for books and quotes...the list of members' favorite books was a great compilation of some of the best metaphysical and self-help books. Also, there was an extensive archive of amazing quotes from these books posted by Gaia members. A truly enlightening website, which also sent weekly/monthly emails providing quotes and information on specific healers or enlightened beings, programs, offers, which I always enjoyed learning about. I only wish I had made use more of this site while it was still there. A heartfelt farewell, gaia. So it goes.

A fresh start

The Oldest Trees on the Planet. Love ancient wisdom.

What do modern philosophers, people who think for a living, believe? via IntelligentLife.com

Sherwood Design Engineers: I really like some of the projects they've worked on, especially Catalina Island and the Santa Lucia Preserve.

Wikipedia of the day: Information Architecture

Cosmic vibrations in each cell of your body

OM is the sound of the Cosmic Vibration. The entire cosmos vibrates. Every cell vibrates. In fact, the whole universe is nothing but sound vibrations. The basic vibration is a hum, and the sum total of the universal vibration is also a hum. In between, there are fragments. All the words, all the languages, all the various sounds that are created by the human beings or animals or even machines are smaller parts of this cosmic hum. Without that hum, there is nothing. To denote that cosmic hum, there should be a word. OM is the word that comes closest to representing that cosmic hum. The word OM itself is not the hum. It's the name of the hum.

Om Shanthi, Shanthi, Shanthi

-Swami Satchidananda

RIP Michael Jackson...still so amazing, a $200 million deal with Sony

Quote of the day: "Always keep a book with you." -Dave Bloom