Saturday, January 28, 2017

medicine man


been looking up gigs, gigs to sustain me, that already hold a structure, that will allow me to practice medicine, traiditonal medicine, but it doesn't exist, and i keep doing both - looking, and then saying, comeing to the conclusion that it doesn't exist, and i have to create it...

here it is:

ayurvedic traditional medicine man:

under the mentorship of gurrukal, do constitutional readings, use classic based formats, determine prakriti and vikriti, do other assesments including rogi/a pareeksha, astastana pareeksha and darshana pareeksha; discern samprapti vighatana - the diagnosis - curable - easily or difficult - incurable - palliative; shamana or shodhana chikitsha (weak or strong body; time/little time to dedicate); draw up the sahdya sadhyatsa - prognosis - treatments - plan of action - plug clients into programs - perform treatments - draw up the logistics all this requires - handouts for intake, for basic info on dosha system, a sheet for plan of action - costs; a system of taking money - cash/credit ; ensure legality of all of it, with documents to verify legality for each step ; have a separate bank account for this ; book-keep to ensure proper math ; liability - ensure protection through all copy-rights and incorporation...initially set up as cash-only donation system to prevent legal issues...write articles - both intro and nuanced, give talks on ancient medicine - ayurveda - its application, specifically in regards to common health issues related to mind-gut-neuro-muscular-pain-relation

determine medicines - herbs - single or in combination - using dravyaguna - that will help, determine form - capsules, teas, oils, tinctures, pastes, etc. prepare medicines according to sun/moon cycle; determine dosage, how often, for how long, how many times a day, till when, before/after/during meal...lead herb walks/talks; do classes on medicine making for heightened spiritual connection, self-sustainability...facilitate people/my own connection to the earth in the process...

design nutritional therapies - sadhya-sadhyatsa of food - based on prakriti/vikriti, samprapti vighatana  - to address ailments with changes in diet - design meal plan, recipes, handouts that explain the benefits of certain foods and food groups as well as how these correspond with ayurvedic nutrion - rasas, vipaka, etc. - design and write food rx - foods, how much, how often, recipes; plug clients into therapeutic diets courses/workshops

design yoga sequences based on therapeutic needs - whole class or individual; lead classes aligned with true essence of yoga, by focusing on pancha-maha-koshas, breath, jnana yoga, karma yoga, kirtan, dhyna; promote real yoga in conferences to plug people in to spirit-based activism/humility - yoga to counter narcissism, vulture-capitalism, material/race/nationalistic-obsession

design/prepare/execute bodywork treatments based on sadhya-sadhyatsa - therapeutic need of patient and not just relaxation and patient-desire for a specific style of massage; conduct a range of bodywork treatments aligned with ayurvedic understanding - including vasti's, shirodhara. shiro/muke-abhyanga, uddartanam, deep tissue, trigger point, marma, shiatsu, range of motion, kam...




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