matthew remski

author, ayurvedic therapist

<p>I began my process of self-inquiry in my late teens as a poet and novelist. It was a period of solitude: reclusive joys and sorrows. By 25 I was yearning for guidance, and some kind method or worldview that would allow me to really feel the interdependence with others and with life generally that I dreamt and wrote about. I joined a Buddhist community for four years: Tibetan tradition, two trips to India to study in Dharamsala and the monasteries in Karnataka. I was schooled in basic tenets of ethics and philosophy, and began daily meditation practice, using tools of inquiry to investigate my conscious and unconscious impulses, and the fabric of perception. But that was a lot of studying and sitting, and by 30 I realized that I had been neglecting my body. And I still hadn&rsquo;t really come out of my introversion: I really wanted to help people, and I knew this wouldn&rsquo;t happen in my meditation-pod.</p> <p>My first asana class was a revelation. I looked at my hand and burst into tears in the realization that I had a hand, that this hand was how I touched this world; that this hand was how I reached out. I was also buoyed up by the energy and breath and effort of the others in the room, sharing the vital intimacy of embodiment. I studied asana hard for five years, traveling a lot to work with my primary teacher Kim Schwartz (senior student of Ramanand Patel), and increasingly becoming interested in therapeutic applications, and especially Ayurveda. By 35 I was practicing 2 hours daily, had certified with Darren John Main, had become a Yoga Therapist through RMIYA, completed 800 hours of Ayurvedic studies through the American Institute of Vedic Studies, and had started seeing clients for Ayurvedic consultation. Then I met Hart deFouw and his lineage of jyotish (East Indian astrology), hasta samudrika (palmistry), and vastu shastra (spacial design), and have been working in the Vedic arts ever since.</p> <p>Buddhism showed me how to ground my mind existentially. Asana showed me how to inhabit my body more fully. Ayurveda showed me my ecological interdependence, and the Vedic arts have shown me the granular splendour of our interconnections: psyche, some, and mythos. As a therapist, I&rsquo;ve seen close to 1000 clients. I&rsquo;ve taught courses in Ayurveda to close to 400 students. I&rsquo;ve never stopped writing. And it doesn&rsquo;t make me lonely anymore.</p>

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