It’s not a new trend, but the trend is picking up. More and more celebrities worldwide are adopting Ayurveda! They are following the Ayurvedic lifestyle and diet for their holistic health. The 5000-year-old Ayurveda suggests living a holistic life by following certain disciplinary principles and a holistic health system comprising diet, yoga, massage, detoxification, herbal remedies, and meditation. Ayurveda improves not only a person’s health but also his well-being, behavior, and state of mind.
Let’s see how some of the celebrities follow Ayurveda and have benefitted from this age-old holistic health system.
Christy Turlington
American model Christy Turlington is a big fan of Ayurvedic medicines and Ayurvedic body massages. Christy believes in Ayurvedic medicines and loves to use herbal oils for massage as she knows that Ayurveda is a science derived from nature. Turlington also has her own Ayurvedic skincare line known as Sundari.
Christy Turlington finds the strength of her life in yoga, meditation, and Ayurveda. She believes in the Ayurvedic principles as they are based on discovering a person’s balance as an individual. Ayurveda understands that your unique combination can help you choose how to exercise and what to eat, she said in an interview. “My diet, and also the way that I respond to the world and the world to me, has gradually changed after I was introduced to Ayurveda,” she said in an interview.
Shilpa Shetty
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is a great admirer and advocate of Ayurveda. She has customized her diet plans according to Ayurvedic principles to boost her health and fitness regime. Talking about the influence of Ayurveda, she once said that this ancient health system helped her become fit from deep within. Switching to an Ayurvedic diet gave her the clarity to choose the right food for herself.
Shilpa Shetty starts her day by drinking lukewarm water and then Noni juice which acts as an energy booster. She also gargles her mouth with a tablespoon of coconut oil. This is an Ayurvedic practice of oil pulling.
Ricky Williams
American footballer Ricky Williams was a student of Ayurveda at California College long before he started a career in football. At the peak of his career, Ricky suffered from stress and depression. So, he decided to take some time off from his football career and went back to study Ayurveda, as he also wanted to heal his life naturally. Along with Ayurveda, he also practiced yoga, which helped him majorly to overcome his addiction to marijuana. Even today he is thankful for the Ayurvedic way of life that helped him to heal his life.
Kareena Kapoor Khan
Kareena Kapoor Khan became healthy after she adopted the Ayurvedic way of living and yoga. In an interview, she said that Ayurveda changed her life for good. She follows an Ayurvedic diet and loves to detox her system with palak soup and lauki soup. She also loves seasonal veggies and keeps a track of the nutrient values of the food she consumes.
Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar, who is one of the fittest actors in Bollywood, has always vouched for Ayurveda. The actor has been following Ayurveda for the past 28 years. The actor says that more and more people should respect and follow the “God-given” treasure of Ayurveda. From time to time, the actor likes to spend some days in an Ayurveda center. He said he feels light and healthy as he follows the Ayurvedic way of living. Once he spent 14 days in an Ayurvedic ashram and said he felt heavenly as there was no TV, phone, junk food, or branded clothes, only simple clothing like white kurta pyjama and simple nutritious food and lots of Ayurvedic treasure. He believes that in the form of Ayurveda, God has given our country a big treasure and we should respect it if we are looking for good health.
Akshay says the Ayurvedic techniques are not only natural, but also scientific, and every treatment has a logic. “Let’s show this world what power our Indian techniques like Ayurveda has. Try it. I guarantee that you will wake up every morning with a smile like I do and will feel energetic the whole day,” he told his fans.
So, what are you waiting for? Take cues from these celebrities and adopt the Ayurvedic way of living. It will make you healthy from the inside out.
