Concepts like Health and Well-being are not exclusive products
of the Western culture. Research has widely demonstrated that the
representation of the body and of its pathologies, as well as
treatment and healing practices vary across cultures in relation to
social norms and beliefs.The culture of India is a melting pot of
nine main Darshanas, or philosophical systems, that share the
common core of a realization of the self in society. India's
traditional health system, Ayurveda, is a result of the practical
application of the Darshanas to the observation of human nature and
behavior. Ayurveda conceptualizes health, disease and well-being as
multidimensional aspects of life, and it seeks to preserve a
balance in individuals among their biological features, their
psychological features and their environmental demands. The
Ayurveda approach to health is remarkably similar to the eudaimonic
conceptualization of well-being proposed by positive psychology,
and the basic tenets of Ayurveda are deeply consistent with the
latest developments of modern physics, which stresses the
substantial interconnectedness among natural phenomena and their
substrates. This text shows how the approach to health developed in
Ayurveda can be fruitfully integrated in a general view of health
and well-being that encompasses cultural and ideological
boundaries. Specifically, it details the conceptualization of
health as an optimal and mindful interaction between individuals
and their environment.
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