Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya - Everyday Ayurveda: Habits to change your life

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In the show where every conversation inspires a song, Jack Stafford interviews Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya about her book 'Everyday Ayurveda: Daily Habits That Can Change Your Life in a Day'.

Living between Manhattan and Kashi, Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya is a licensed, board-certified physician, integrating 'Good Medicine' with Ayurveda for the past fifteen years. She is Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and a PhD researcher in Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University. She is a 2014 senior Fulbright-Nehru Scholar, recipient of American Medical Association's Leadership Award and the first Indian to speak at Commencement Exercises at Harvard University. Her work is featured in the documentary, Healers: Journey into Ayurveda.

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THE RULES OF AYURVEDA (DINACHARYA)

Waking up
Before the sun
You have your motions
One-by-one
Clean out the Kapha
From your head
Accumulated
While in bed
Clean the teeth
And scrape the tongue
Gargle with oil
Then Abhyanga
I get tired of the rules
Nasal drops
Salute the sun
Wash your body
When you’re done
Meditate
And then hydrate
Break your fast
Very late
Exercise
December to May
To only half
Capacity
Well I get tired of the rules
But every time I go a little crazy
Do something I know is really wrong
I wake up in the morning feeling so bad
That I go running... to the rules
Not holding a sneeze
Or stopping a yawn
No activities
At dusk or dawn
Only breathing
Through your nose
Never eating
When the right ones closed
All 6 tastes
In every meal
The ratio
For how you feel
I get tired of the rules
Avoiding incompatible
Foods
Mixing with fruit
It precludes
Then you lie
On your left side
While you digest
What's inside
Control the body
Speech and mind
Granting gifts
And being kind
I get tired of the rules
But when I forget contraindications
Don't change with the seasons or my situation
Whenever I act mindlessly, I feel so bad
I go running to.... to the rules
Speaking little
Speaking good
Speaking only
When you should
Not causing ill will
Telling lies
No dissension
In others lives
With a smile
The first to greet
Insults received
Never repeat
I get tired of the rules
Living a life that's
Filled with dharma
Pursuing only
Pleasure and kama
Not believing
All you see
But nor suspect
Conspiracy
Perfect the skill
Of adoring others
Sharing profits
As with brothers
Not loving
living alone
Compassion for all
Is always shown
And having the long life
And the health
The reputation
And the wealth
Who's tired... of the rules?