Secrets of the Pulse Book

Ayurveda is the art of daily living in harmony with the laws of nature. Of the eight clinical limbs, Ayurveda considers the pulse to be the most important. Pulse is the subtle manifestation of universal consciousness pulsating through a person's constitution. The pulsation of blood through the body caries nutrients to the cellular level. There is a continuous flow of communication between cells known as intelligence. Pulse revels cellular intelligence through a person's constitution. Commonly used words for the pulse are nadi, snayu, tantu and hamsi. The five basic elements air, water, fire, earth and ether manifest in the human body as three basic principles known as Tridosha. The air and ether elements create Vatta, water and Fire create Pitta and earth and water element creates Kapha. Vata element is cold, light, thin feeble and empty. Pitta is hot and abrupt, while Kapha is deep, slow, watery, wavy and cool to touch. Vatta, Pitta and Kapha move in the whole body producing good or evil effects upon the entire system according to their normal or provoked states. Their normal state is Prakruti and their abnormal state is Vikruti. The seasons, the sun rise and sun set impact the biological clock and may create doshic tendency. The book goes into depth on studying the pulse. When a person has more male energy, the right pulse will be prominent. When female energy is activated, the left pulse is more prominent. When the polarity changes, the amplitude of the pulse changes. The change in pulse depends on the breathing pattern. This change in pulse also impacts the thinking pattern, the left brain is masculine and governs all activity of the right side, the right brain is feminine and governs all activity of the left side. Prana shifts from the right to the left hemisphere. When the right brain is active, there is more female energy, a person is more compassionate, intuitive and loving. The left brain is masculine, which is mathematical, calculating, critical and scientific. Ones breathing has direct impact on his pulse and brain activity and the formation of his mental patterns which may have a direct impact creating doshas in the organs.