Kayakalpa – Ayurvedic Rejuvention

Divine Kayakalpa (aka: Kaya Kalpa) by Divine Mother, Dhanvantari the Lord of Ayurvedic Medicine, and Divine Mother’s Teams:

This class is to receive All the Attunements, Downloads, Upgrades, and Refinements necessary to be able to run the new “Divine Kayakalpa” Rejuvenating Energies directly from Source into our bodies, minds, senses, and spirit.  We no longer need to do all the old physical therapies or live in a stone hut for 6 months drinking only herbalized milk; however, if you wanted to do the full traditional process AND run these Divine Kayakalpa Energies at the same time, that could be very interesting.

Kayakalpa is an ancient system for total body rejuvenation.  The name Kayakalpa comes from the Sanskrit words Kaya (bodies) and Kalpa (transmutation).  

Kayakalpa treatment, also known as an ayurvedic rejuvenating treatment or age-reversing treatment, is a superior treatment in Ayurveda aimed at preventing degeneration of body cells, reversing the aging process, and increasing the body’s overall health and well-being.

According to Ayurveda, when the body is not harmonious, it causes distress, disease, discomfort, and aging. Kayakalpa Ayurveda treatment focuses on curing degenerative ailments and lengthening life by harmonizing the mind, body, and psyche throughout. One train of thought has it as a part of Ayurvedic Medicine starting in India around 3000 B.C. Another says it was given by Lord Shiva to his wife Parvati, and then from her to the yogis of India to help them to stay healthy, young, and attain Yogic Powers, or Siddhis.

One older traditional way of using Kayakalpa was to build a hut completely out of stones with no windows or doors other than a small entrance through which a mixture of certain rejuvenating herbs such as Amalaki Fruit and minerals combined with milk from a pure cow can be passed through daily, and then closed during the rest of the day so the space inside is completely dark.

The recipient of the treatment is basically sealed in the stone hut and only drinks this herbal-nutrient-milk mixture.  The effect of this is to cause, or allow, the body to dramatically rejuvenate itself in a short period of time.  Often the hair, fingernails and teeth will fall out and then grow back new healthy young replacements.  The skin will shed old cells and replace them with new young healthy cells, and similar things happen to the rest of the body.  However, the patient must stay in the stone hut for 3 to 6 months in order for the body to rejuvenate completely.  When the treatment is done and the patient emerges, they are said to look and feel many decades younger, depending on how old they were when they went in and how long they stayed.  The older they were going in, the more time is needed in treatment, and the bigger the contrast when they come out.

In some descriptions of traditional Kayakalpa practices, the yogi spends about 90-180 days in a dark closed hut, where the body is “detoxified” using herbal pastes, medicinal plants, leeches, and purgative treatments. Then the body is restored and nourished using tonics, juices, massages, and oils.  This utilizes many of Ayurveda’s therapies such as Panchakarma, Rasayanas, Asanas, and Pranayama.

Unfortunately, many feel that the necessary sacred herbs are no longer available in their most potent form in this low frequency macro time-cycle of Kali Yuga that we are presently in.

Kayachikitsa is the first branch of Ashtanga AyurVeda that deals with general medicine, where kaya means body and chikitsa means treatment. Kaya also refers to Agni.  Here the entire ayurvedic therapeutics is based on the concept of Agni. Correction of Agni is the basic line of treatment for most of the diseases.

Modern day Kayakalpa attempts to purify and nurture the body, mind, and soul with a series of customized therapy sessions, herbal and mineral preparations, vital breathing practices, dietary guidelines, and daily living recommendations.

Kayakalpa brings the physical and energetic, or subtle bodies back into balance through a process of purification and nourishment.  This enables one to transcend any degenerative conditions and attain an optimal metabolic state for health and recovery.

Purification

A key element of the modern Kayakalpa medical philosophy is Purification.

The Siddhas (yogis mastering yogic super powers) chose to purify their physical and subtle bodies, in order to facilitate the flow of health, consciousness, knowledge, and action.

Mind is the organ of consciousness, where people store their memories and desires. When these desires are unfulfilled it creates a melancholic state which produces a bio-toxicity known as Ama, destroying the immunity of the entire system and depleting the quality of its tissues. Kayakalpa is designed to rid the body of Ama, purifying it to allow the energy and vitality flow through you as a clear channel.

Nourishment

The second key element of the modern Kayakalpa philosophy is Nourishment. Your treatments, diet and herbs are designed to nourish the purified body.

In modern Kayakalpa, taste is the key to nourishment. There are six tastes: sweet sour, salt, astringent, pungent, and bitter. Depending on your doshas, or constitution, the appropriate taste profile is carefully chosen to nourish your body. With this guiding principle, Kayakalpa classifies all food types according to their taste, which determines their impact on the biological principles of Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Akash (space).

An important feature of modern Kayakalpa is molecular nutrition or applied alchemy— which consists of herbal-mineral compounds called Kalpas, preparations that bring about balance in physiology, enhance immunity, and slow down the aging process.

Nourishing the subtle body is as important as nurturing our physical body. Subtle nutrition is the specific use of sound, color, aromas, gems, metals, and breath customized for a particular constitution. It nourishes the mind and senses and awakens, invigorates, and expands the flow of energy.

Benefits of Kayakalpa/Rejuvenation Therapy

  • Retards the aging process.
  • Improves immunity, vigor, and vitality.
  • Corrects metabolism.
  • Revitalizes body, mind, and soul.
  • Repairs worn-out tissues.
  • Improves memory power & intelligence.
  • Relieves stress and strain.

Here is one famous story about Kayakalpa, By Ione Linker, March 2009:

Kayakalpa is a truly alchemical 3 process of physical rejuvenation (fairly well documented) and psycho-spiritual transformation (much more subjective) which uses the same basic treatments of the traditional detoxification (Panchakarma) and rejuvenation (Rasayana) therapies of classical Ayurveda, but with a different, more specific goal: extending the lifespan, even immortalizing the body, of the advanced spiritual aspirant, to enable attainment of the goal of moksha – spiritual liberation – in this lifetime. There are a few more anecdotal ‘histories” of Kayakalpa that pop up in, even light research, of experiences closer to our modern time: One is: “The Incredible Life of Tapaswiji Maharaj, 1770-1955. Born a prince in a Sikh kingdom in northern India, Tapaswiji Maharaj was trained to be a military leader, and assumed the role upon his father’s passing. At the age of 55, he tragically lost all his immediate family, and in his devastation, renounced all worldly possessions. He found a guru, learned many yoga practices, and began to live a severe, austere life. He lived in a cave without food for six years, subjecting his body to extremes of heat and cold, and holding uncomfortable postures for extended periods of time. During one twenty-four year period, he remained standing or walking with his left hand over his head. He spent periods of three, seven, and eight years standing in a single spot. For twelve years he spent six hours a night meditating by a freezing lake wearing only a loin cloth while his disciples poured buckets of frigid water over his head. Those twelve summers he spent six hours each day in the scorching sun, surrounded by a ring of fire. By the time he reached 100, his body was ruined, partially deaf and blind, bent over at the waist, using a cane to walk, he prepared to die. On his final journey, he met a Yogi who, sensing his spiritual greatness, convinced him to undergo 90 days of Kayakalpa. He emerged looking like a man of thirty, with black hair, new teeth, and a supple, strong body. After returning the favor to the Yogi (90 days of Kayakalpa service), he set out on even more austere practices. Twice more during his long life, he underwent Kayakalpa to rejuvenate his battered body, allowing him to travel, teach, and demonstrate spiritual attainment and detachment to thousands. At age 185, he demonstrated his final control over his weak, diseased, and wasted body; he momentarily transformed himself into an erect, strong and radiant being, chanted the sacred AUM, and died instantly.

Here’s a different version of the History of Kayakalpa 

“Ten thousand years ago, a King of India had a problematic, headstrong daughter, who refused to marry any of the eligible princes who were presented to her. In anger and frustration, the king decreed that she was to be blindfolded and placed in the castle courtyard in the midst of all her suitors. The man she first touched was to be her husband and their children would continue the Royal line. On that day an elderly holy man wandered into the courtyard to deliver herbs to the King’s physician and, by chance, was touched first by the princess. Even though he pled exemption due to his advanced age and holy vows, the King’s word was law and they were to marry in three months’ time. The holy man consulted his teacher about his problem and the teacher instituted an intensive program to rejuvenate and energize. For 90 days the holy man ate a special diet, performed breathing techniques, took ritual herbal baths and was anointed with sacred oils. At the end of that time his hair had turned from gray to black, a new set of teeth had grown into his mouth, and his skin and body were youthful and strong. He married the Princess. They had many children and of course lived happily ever after. This was the beginning of Kayakalpa treatment. Vigorously suppressed by the British, it almost was lost. There are now fewer than 30 practitioners in the world.” 1 This “history” of the mysterious ancient rejuvenation process of ‘Kayakalpa’ is found on the websites and in the brochures of many of those few present-day practitioners of updated forms of this treatment. ‘Kayakalpa’ is most often referred to in passing in Ayurvedic literature as a mystical or legendary process used to revitalize and even immortalize the most spiritually evolved saints and sages in ancient India, and not described as a realistic or repeatable therapy.

Here’s a recent article about someone who went through a modern version of Kayakalpa:

TAMILNADU NEWS

Rejuvenated, 69-yr-old defies ageing after Kayakalpa treatment

By: Ajay Kumar Menon, June 27, 2019

Living secluded for 121 days in the dark specially built trigarbha kuti or three-chambered building and having just specially made rasayana and a glass of milk, Kedar (69), a transcendental meditation (TM) guru stepped out young and hearty just a few days ago.  Kedar, whose real name is Will Fox and is from Texas in the US and has been teaching TM in Uttarkashi for the last 23 years, went into the trigarbha griha on February as part of the rarest of rare Ayurvedic Kayakalpa Chikitsa or Rasayana treatment to counter ageing and become young.

It was 121 days of solitary confinement at the kuti of the Padinharkara Ayurveda Hospital and Research Centre run by the Padinharkara Charitable Trust at Ottappalam in Palakkad district.

It was a rare sight when he stepped out, jet black hair and smooth skin, which was proof of the strength of the ayurveda rejuvenation treatment. Dr P Sethumadhavan, who heads the trust says the Kutipraveshika is all about arresting the symptoms of that lead to old age and working towards retaining youthfulness.  “It’s a process of spiritual tapas. I feel so energized. It’s a purifying process and organizing the whole physiology. The whole impact on my health and my body can be known only by my three medical problems – a hearing one which seems to have been resolved, spondylitis where there has been improvement and skin ailment which is showing a very great improvement,” said Kedar.

He told The Covai Post: “My skin and nail conditions have improved. Months spent in the kuti have been an opportunity to strengthen my psychology and release large amounts of accumulated psychological load. I feel more free, more self-reliant, at peace and with greater clarity in my thinking.”

He is the fifth person to go into the kuti at Ottappalam and has stayed the longest there. It is literally going back into the womb was how the first, 90-year-old ascetic Yugal Saran Maharaj from Rajasthan, had described way back in 2011. He was in the team that last performed such a treatment in the 1930s for social reformer Madan Mohan Malavyia.

There were interesting incidents as part of the treatment. The ascetic Maharaj had `amorous’ feelings that he had experienced when he was a youth and asked the doctor for medicines to control it. In another case, a 69-year-old woman (the third case) who stayed in the kuti for 90 days sent a note for sanitary napkins mid-way as her periods had restarted.

A relaxed and satisfied Dr Sethumadhavan told The Covai Post that Kutipraveshika Rasayana Prayogam, the seventh of the eight-part science of Ayurveda, is Gerachikitsa (similar to what is geriatrics) or rasayana treatment for retaining youthfulness or avoiding illnesses that come with ageing.  There is a lot of preparation for this. The patient identified for this needs mental strength to stay for long in solitude having just a glass of milk and the rasayana. When a student at the medical college, Dr Sethumadhavan was told by his professor that Kutipraveshika was something of the past and did not exist now. Quick was his response, “If it does not exist now, why teach it?” His teacher asked him to sit down. But the stubborn student then declared he would practise this. And it took him years to finally make it in 2011 and this time make the patient stayed for 121 days.

Making the medicine is no easy job as one has to strictly go by the ancient texts. Even the milk and the ghee for preparing this come from indigenous cow that is fed on this rasayana for months prior to the treatment.  Construction of the kuti was equally tough, as he had to refer to several ancient texts. But there are reasons for Dr Sethumadhavan and his team supported by Dr Akhil to cheer. It is not simply just growing young. It is about bringing back youthfulness so that one can lead a responsible and meaningful life and be of value to society. This also explains why not many can get selected for this `magic’ treatment.

” Here is another brief account, from Dr. Sunil Joshi, in his book on Ayurveda and Panchakarma”

“My father told me the story of my great, great grandfather, Shankarji Joshi. Shankarji was a famous Vaidya, or Ayurvedic physician, renowned throughout India for his skill in this ancient 4 healing science. His entire life was dedicated to bringing health to the people of his area, and he did so until he passed on at the age of ninety-six. It was said that by the time he was sixty-eight, he had lost many of his teeth and his vision had weakened. He went away for a period and underwent Kayakalpa, an ancient rejuvenation procedure documented by the Ayurvedic texts, which not only restored his vitality and eyesight, but also gave him back his teeth.”

These anecdotes compellingly describe a very powerful process of rejuvenation, albeit those who undergo the process are also clearly not your average person, but beings of social stature and, presumably, spiritual attainment. But is this potential opportunity for substantial physical regeneration real? What is Kayakalpa, and is it indeed” documented by the Ayurvedic texts,” as Dr. Joshi asserts

Dr. John Douillard in Boulder, Co. has a version of Modern Kayakalpa that you can read about.

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