Ayurveda is an integrative science whose principles can be explained both in traditional as well as in modern language. Thus, Ayurvedic medicine uses modern science (including genetics, microbiota science, endocrinology, oncology, immunology, etc.) to explain, prove, understand the pathologies, the modes of treatment activities. It may also include in its therapeutic tools naturopathy, micronutrition, dietetics, aromatherapy, microbiology, epigenetics, hygienism ...

Prāṇāyu is the resultant of the fruit of many masters of the past and the present.

Prāṇāyu collaborates, shares and both extends its exchanges with other organizations that work with energy of a similar dynamic.

Guides of the past

In the following list are listed in chronological order some masters who have transmitted the greatest works in the field of Ayurveda.

Anonymous author of Prāṇa-pravāda-pūrva or prāṇāvāya-pūrva or Prāṇāyupūrva describing the ten types of vital substances or vitalities (prāna), lifespan, etc.

The great clinician and internal doctor Caraka successor of Agniveṣa

The sage Caraka expresses the virtue of the Ayurvedic sciences by the following metaphor:

'The high merits [of the Ayurveda] reach both worlds' (CS sū. I. 43).

Then the venerable Caraka, states what all the happy practitioners of the Ayurveda have experienced:

'Whoever has experienced the holistic improvement provided by Ayurveda, never makes a U-turn' (CS śā 151).

The mythical venerable Patenjali

The great surgeon Sushuta (Suśruta)

The anonymous authors of 14 pūrva-s and 32 agama-s

Ugrāditya

Pujyapāda

Contemporary Guides

Masters in Philosophy, manuscriptology

Sadviji Sri Vairagya Linna Mahārāj Saheb ji, Hitruci Vijayji Mahārāj Sahebji, Hitā Darṣita Srīji Mahārāj, Sahebji, Nalini Balbirji, Nicolas Dejenneji, Cirāg Śuklaji, Mana Shahji, Rameś Pandyaji, Sāmani Chaitanya Prajā, Sāmani Samgītā Prajā, Kumarpal Desai, Harshad Chandrarāj, Ācārya Ajay Sagar Sūri

Doctors in Ayurveda and Naturopathy

Dr. Vaidya Pram Pujye Shri Hardicar Dadaji, Dr. Sri Dilip Gadgilji, Dr. Sri Sunil Joshi, Dr. Sri Nibhodiji, Sri Doctor Sukumaran Vidyadharanji, Sri Atreya Smithji, Sri Alex Dukanji, Sri Robert Svobodaji, Dr. David Frawleyji, Dr. Sri Vasant Ladji, Jacqueline Royre from Austria Delagrange.

Doctors and researchers in allopathy or modern biology

Dr. Catherine Kousmine, Dr. Jean Seignalet, Dr. Norman Pugh, Dr. Luc Gaston Besson, Dr. Regis Gosdidier, Dr. Christophe Helleau, Dr. Natasha Cambel, Dr. Misshmal, Dr. Klark, Professor Pierre Weil, Danielle Boussard, Pascal Bossu, Dr. Claude Lagarde, Dr. David Servant Schreiber, Dr. Franck Ledoux, Dr. Gérard Guénio, Dr. Robert Halphon, Dr. Pol Henri, Dr. Patrick Houlier, Dr. Pascal Pointaire, Dr. Georges Mouton, Dr. Luc Bodin, Dr. Philippe Fiévet, Dr. Sonchay Intavong, Doctor Daniel Bodin, Dr. Daniel Penoel, Dr. Paul Nogier.

Partners

JVBI University near Jaipur India

University of Gujārat Vidyāpīt in India

Sādhanā association in France

Kualo, whom we thank for accepting Prāṇāyu in its free hosting program for NGOs. We chose Kualo for its ecological values ​​and practices (use of 100% renewable energy, energy efficient design principles, sensible green policies), and for its commitment and support for NGOs.

Aborigines, with their age-old traditions, carry within themselves invaluable knowledge for the human heritage. They are the best protectors of nature, biodiversity, seeds and agricultural, medical, pharmacological, phyto-therapeutic and ecological knowledge.

The resilience of these populations is fragile. Threats are overwhelming for these vulnerable communities.

Some programs benefit the Ādivāsī-s emergency food distribution, televisions, and generators. But beyond that, and it is a necessity that they express, they need to find the livelihoods corresponding to their way of life, to be recognized and encouraged for their invaluable skills, and to be supported to conserve their lands. As for us, we need to learn from Ādivāsī-s how to live in harmony with Nature, thanks to it and for it.

The aboriginal population, a few generations ago, lived in autarky, in perfect harmony with nature. According to their stories their life expectancy records  could reach two hundred years !

They were the custodians of Āyurvedic medicine, gathering, and cultivating medicinal plants for Āyurvedic doctors and surgeons, having inherited of a huge phyto therapeutic, lithological and "alicament food" sort of combination of food and drug, pharmacopoeia

Today they are still protectors and regulators of the biodiversity of the jungles, savannas and forests that they roam by clearing them, fertilizing the soil through the practice of micro-burns and promoting the reseeding of food and medicinal herbs.

Precious semi-wild agriculture for food security

The Ādivāsī-s follow a unique semi-wild agriculture tradition which is the only way for all seeds to be genetically enhanced and thus provide a maximum and optimal amount of nutrients.

Aboriginal agriculture and its derived practices are the only ones able to overcome the current problems of genetic mutations of the varieties cultivated and their corollary of nutritional impoverishment, of decrease of the resistance of the plants to the insects and the micro-organisms ...

One of the most well-known manifestations of this problem is the problem of intolerance and increasing food allergies. A large part of the world's population also suffers from a deficiency of micronutrients (vitamins and minerals). This is often called "hidden hunger" because there is not necessarily a visible sign. This problem affects two billion people around the world (source: FAO 2014). (1)

Thanks to the natural selection of semi-wild agriculture practiced by the aborigines, the nutritional density index of seeds and their therapeutic potentials reinforce over time (instead of decreasing as at present in conventional agriculture and even biological).

Their know-how in terms of food security is recognized by the World Food Security Committee, which in 2017 approved policy recommendations on sustainable forest management for food security and nutrition. Their second recommendation is to: "Recognize and respect the appropriate traditional practices and the essential character of the contribution and indigenous peoples, and local communities and smallholder farmers to the sustainable and integrated management of the lands, forests and trees in agreement with the objectives of food safety and nutrition ".

Learning from their traditional habitat

The ancient researchers of Āyurvedic medicine as those of modern science attest to the therapeutic power of their home (without hormonal disruptors). It is a technique called kuti-praveshika, used in Āyurvedic medicine, which can dramatically regenerate the physiological functions of the body and mind as well as treat serious pathologies. Today this technique is no longer practiced authentically and is threatened to disappear.

(1) FAO and WHO video about hidden hunger: https://youtu.be/T1d6-9a2sxQ

All the PRĀṆĀYU team will be happy to welcome you to present you and as per your wish to integrate you in its actions and projects.

Everyone is welcome to join PRĀṆĀYU, therefor whatever is :

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We will contact you the sooner to exchange with you.

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All the projects, decisions and actions of PRĀṆĀYU are based on the values ​​of solidarity, sharing, ecology, respect for human rights, the rights of the child, gender equality, non-violence, tolerance, cultural respect, minimalism.

Deontology

The originality of PRĀṆĀYU is its sensitivity, its attention and its very particular observance, with regard to the values:

All are scrupulously applied to all his projects, his actions, his Prāṇāyu initiatives

Our projects are part of logic of sustainable development: "a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs" - quote from Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian Prime Minister (1987).

We are transparent to our donors. Information on the expenses financed by the donations of our generous donors is available on request.

Statutory objects

• Protection:

for & by the fight against

• Development of food & environmental security through the protection, valuation, collection, production & distribution of:

• Backup, protection, studies, scientific validation, valorisation, dissemination, heritage & values, Indigenous, nonviolent traditions & related practices to lifestyles in symbiosis with:

• Actions & combat for :

• the absence of endogenous endocrine disruptors in infrastructure, food, water, etc.
• positive psychology & cognitive consistency through applied observance of its principles.
• creation & management of an orphanage & educational structures, in line with the values ​​related to the object.

• Union of human & material energies applying to safeguard, protection, sharing, communication, publication, promotion, diffusion, transmission, teaching, research, scientific validation, application, development, heritage, knowledge, knowledge, sciences, arts experiences & practices that promote life & vitality; holistic, etiological, natural, symbiotic, preventive & curative health; the growth of physical, intellectual, emotional & spiritual potentials; volunteering, ecology & bionomics (similar to: Āyurveda in its original form, prāṇāvāya, naturopathy, heilpraktik, phytotherapy, nutritherapy, yoga, agro ecology ...), thanks to ethical, non-violent, benevolent, conscious, etiological, osmotic & biological means, on practical and theoretical levels, experimental & empirical sciences, modern & secular, with all forms of practices, practitioners & instruments.

Minimum running costs

Prāṇāyu strives to keep operating costs as low as possible.

High share of volunteers

Through the universal reach of its message, the importance of the issues of its projects, the enthusiasm generated by its knowledge and ideas, the quality of its ethics, Prāṇāyu has the chance to gather many volunteers.

Prāṇāyu's sources of inspiration

The founding masters of the life sciences were themselves often great ascetics, geniuses of the heart and compassion, heroes of the models of deontology

Humble lifestyle of the Prāṇāyu team

The leaders of Prāṇāyu themselves have ascetic lives, which by coherence with their values ​​and deep convictions, by ethics and dedication to the cause, lead a life of humblest and most respectful of the living.

As one can see, by ensuring the survival of biodiversity the way of life of Ādivāsī-s is essential for food security, and beneficial for human health. But their way of life is unfortunately endangered.

The Ādivāsī-s are still today victims of discrimination and sometimes even violence by Indian society. They are at the lowest level of almost all socio-economic indicators (source: Minority Rights). Considered as primitive people by the majority of the population in India, government programs aim to integrate them into the mainstream society, instead of allowing them to maintain their traditional way of life.

Successive displacements of the Ādivāsī-s populations

The Ādivāsī-s have been deprived of property rights on their lands during the last century, and even today, for the benefit of industrial projects. Their lands belonging to a community or to a deceased ancestor, it is extremely difficult for them to prove their property according to national legislation.

Here is an excerpt from Amnesty International's 2017/2018 report on India:

The Ādivāsī-s have been deprived of property rights on their lands during the last century, and even today, for the benefit of industrial projects. Their lands belonging to a community, or to a deceased ancestor, it is extremely difficult for them to prove their property according to national legislation.

Here is an excerpt from Amnesty International's 2017/2018 report on India:

"According to statistics released in November, more than 6,500 offenses were committed in 2016 against listed tribal members. Ādivāsī-s groups have again been displaced this year due to industrial projects. Under a special law, the government acquired land for coal mining without first obtaining the free and informed consent of the Ādivāsī-s. In July, a committee of the Ministry of the Environment declared that coal miners wishing to increase their production capacity by up to 40% did not have to consult the populations concerned.

In September, activists demonstrated against the inauguration of the Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat. According to them, some 40,000 displaced families, including many Ādivāsī-s families, had not received satisfactory reparations. In Raigarh (Chhattisgarh), 98 Ādivāsī-s tried in June to take legal action under the Scheduled castes and Tribes Act (prevention of atrocities), complaining of having to sell their land to representatives private businesses after being subjected to intimidation and coercion. The police did register their complaints, but refused to open a criminal case. "

Forced to move by force, the Ādivāsī-s require extensive energy in order to maintain their economic and social identity. Deprived of their land, they must set up a system of semi-wild agriculture, in a small space, often insufficient to guarantee their food security. Accepting the food distribution of the aid program then becomes the rapid response to their forced precariousness.

Destruction of self-sufficiency & disappearance of agricultural heritage

India, through the aid program of the 2013 National Food Security Law (2) distributes cereals to the Ādivāsī-s. Not only do these cereals come from varieties very poor in micronutrients, but this distribution encloses the Ādivāsī-s in a system of assistantship, of food dependence, which has the effect of diverting them from their traditions of semi-wild agriculture. This program, still in action today, destroys the self-sufficiency of these populations. More disastrous still, it causes the disappearance of the food and medicinal biodiversity that the Ādivāsī-s have maintained for centuries.

The mirage of modernization

Losing their traditions and means of existence, they succumb to the mirage of modernization. Many flee their villages and their jungle, and find themselves condemned to wither in shantytowns where the survival expectancy is often less than 47 years: unhealthy housing, crime, severe malnutrition, diseases...

(2) The 2013 National Food Security Act (2013) is an act of the Indian Parliament that aims to provide subsidized food grains to about two-thirds of the 1.2 billion Indian individuals. It was signed on September 12, 2013. People eligible for food aid receive 5 kilograms of rice, wheat or millet per person per month at a nominal price, via a Public Distribution System (PDS).

For Prāṇāyu, who works for the safeguarding of ancestral medical and ecological knowledge, it is essential to share the treasure that this thousand-year-old science brings.

The enjoyment of perfect health and unparalleled mental serenity is the result of Āyurveda practice.

The power of Ᾱyurveda in our century is completely underused and underestimated.

Prāṇāyu safeguards the knowledge and know-how of Āyurveda: