Śodhana: From Sacred Purification to Detox Culture
From pañcakarma clinics to spa menus, from abhyaṅga to massage therapy, trace how Āyurvedic purification became the global detox industry.
Lessons in this chapter
- Pañcakarma: Five Sacred Actions, Endless Spa Menus — How Āyurveda's comprehensive purification system became luxury wellness packages
- Abhyaṅga: Sacred Self-Massage Becomes Spa Treatment — How a daily act of self-love became a luxury service you pay someone else to perform
- Gaṇḍūṣa & Kavala: What Oil Pulling Actually Is — How a simple morning practice became a viral miracle cure, and what the texts actually say
- Basti: The Therapy Too Powerful to Commercialize — Why the 'king of Pañcakarma' refused to become a spa treatment
- Nasya: Nasal Therapy Before Neti Pots Went Mainstream
- Juice Fasting: Where Ayurveda Draws the Line
- Ṛtucarya: Why Cleansing Has a Season — Seasonal rhythms that govern purification timing