If you have an enquiring mind (and we hope you do) you’ll want to know how modern science and ancient Ayurveda work together to help you understand:
— how ageing impacts your body, and
— what you can do differently to live a long and healthy life.
Ayurvedais a comprehensive holistic healthcare system — a science of life and longevity. ‘Ayush' means ‘life span' and ‘veda' means' knowledge'. It provides timeless wisdom for achieving health, beauty and vitality through diet, lifestyle and herbal remedies.
Magical Medicine sees health as central to a happy and fulfilling life. Our goal is to match life span (how long we live) with health span (how healthy we are) to live a longer, healthy and vigorous life.
Magical Medicine bio-hacks ageing by blending scientific discoveries with ancient knowledge to reshape our outlook on ageing.
Ageing is a complicated concept because most of us hold negative expectations and fear around it. While we cannot reverse ageing, we can change our attitudes towards it and increase our health span.
It's never too late to start. We offer practical solutions to bio-hack ageing including educational courses, wellbeing services, longevity supplements and products inspired by rasayanas — Ayurvedic medicines that rejuvenate all cells of the body.
In this way, all tissues and organs stay healthy, reflecting vitality, beauty, and great immunity.
To biohack ageing, we first need to understand what causes it. Scientists have identified various hallmarks that hold the key to the secrets of longevity, offering practical solutions to treat age-related challenges and awaken the body’s innate repair system.
Let’s dive deep and explore our seven main hallmarks of ageing from both Ayurvedic and scientific perspectives.
Science:
Inflammageing is chronic, low-grade inflammation that occurs with age. It is a significant risk factor for health as we age.
Ayurveda:
Ama (toxins) is a product of impaired digestion and assimilation. Accumulation of ama blocks minute channels (srotas) as a result tissues and channels get damaged.
Magical Solutions:
Regular detox, stress management techniques, rhythmic eating, healthy eating guidelines, morning and evening rituals.
Science:
DNA is the blueprint for our cells, a primary template encoding all genetic information. DNA is very unstable and its repair systems decline as we age.
There are four main reasons for this: Genome Instability, Telomere Shortening, Epigenetic Alteration, Loss of Proteostasis (Protein homeostasis).
Ayurveda:
The epigenome is architected by our habits, diet, digestion, stress, and environmental factors.
Magical Solutions:
Fast, exercise, hydrate and nutrify.
Science:
As we age production of key hormones such as sex, growth and DHEA naturally decline leading to unpleasant side-effects.
Ayurveda:
Hormonal change due to ageing is a natural process. Ayurveda helps alleviate uncomfortable symptoms associated with hormonal decline.
Magical Solutions:
Diet, lifestyle, stress management, supplements.
Science:
Mitochondria are the powerhouses of cells. Healthy mitochondria reflect abundant energy levels, resistance to disease, capacity to adapt to stressors, and the ability to stay young and vital. As we age, mitochondria decrease in quantity and become less functional.
Ayurveda:
Prana is the air we breathe, a ‘subtle energy' or ‘life force' responsible for vitality and energy.
Magical Solutions:
Pranayama (breathing techniques), digestive health, supplements, yoga, hormesis, diet and lifestyle modifications.
Science:
Over 70% of our immune cells are in the gut, so the integrity of our immune system is dependent on a healthy and diverse microbiome. The diversity of our gut microbiome decreases with age, weakening our digestion and immunity.
Ayurveda:
Supporting digestion (agni) is a core concept of Ayurveda. Strong agni requires a diverse microbiome which then results in strong immunity (ojas).
Magical Solutions:
Probiotics, nourishing diet, healthy lifestyles, meditation, rhythmic eating, detox, digestive support.
Science:
Over time, cells stop sensing nutrients required for normal growth and regeneration. To restore balance, the body signals increased food intake and reduced energy expenditure, resulting in slow metabolism and low energy.
Ayurveda:
We are not what we eat, but what we digest. A balanced diet, lifestyle and strong digestion are equally important in upregulating nutrient sensing.
Magical Solutions:
Rhythmic eating, detox, digestive support.
Science:
Free radicals occur as a by-product of breathing. They are a primary cause of tissue dysfunction and ageing. Free radicals are neutralised with antioxidants, but as we age antioxidant stores decline.
Ayurveda:
Rasayanas are rich in antioxidants which support the body and decrease oxidative damage.
Magical solutions:
Rasayanas, stress management, antioxidant-rich diet, exercise, supplements, hormesis, pranayama, meditation.
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Our bodies are designed to repair and heal. With the right knowledge, extra support and self care we can embrace the journey of ageing and become joyfully wiser.
Just like the roof of a great temple is supported by pillars, so is the temple of your body supported by the ten Magical Medicine pillars of vitality. By attending to each of these pillars every day, you will literally be able to say, ¨My body is a temple¨. A happy, healthy, vital temple that you treasure.
Nutritive meals and regular routines help our body repair. Boost with supplements to enhance wellbeing.
Drinking water is key to hydrating all cells, flushing toxins and plumping skin. Supercharge water with healing intentions.
Our bodies are made to move. As we age, the right movements help retain muscle mass and strong bones.
Breath is the source of life. Correct breathing nourishes the body, improves cognitive function and boosts energy.
Both quantity and quality matter. Deep restorative sleep (NRM) is our main repair mechanism.
Routine practices, rhythmic eating, seasonal cleanses and herbal support clean out toxins, zombie cells and cellular debris.
True and authentic connections with people, community, nature, and the universe.
Fill our lives with joy.
We need different strategies to adapt to the changing needs of our body as we age.
Giving back fills our souls with joy. Give what you can, a smile, a compliment, a helping hand.
Dream. Dreams give us hope and purpose in life. Dream big, follow your heart, learn and evolve.
Have you ever thought how joyful ageing would be without ‘the side effects'?
Imagine what we could all achieve if we slowed down age-related challenges, increased our healthspan, and harnessed the wealth of wisdom and life-learning we´ve gathered along the way! That’s the life we want to create.
