And what is the difference btw Kalari, Yoga & Ayurveda?
Kalari Lab, with Adam Philips at Yoga ai Trulli YAV, Grottaglie, Italy Fall 2023.
Kalari, Yoga, & Ayurveda are all practices that originate from India. While Kalari and Yoga are movement traditions, Ayurveda is a system of medicine.
Yoga and Kalari
In the same way that Brazil has Jiu-jitsu and Capoeira, India has Yoga and Kalari.
Both Yoga and Kalari are bodymind practices, traditionally used for cultivating character. The main difference is that Kalari has an essential martial arts element.
There are 2 parts to Kalari:
Kalari Chikitza is a treatment for preparing the fighter for and recovering from battle.
Kalari Payattu is the fighting discipline, the actual movement practice.
Kalari is conditioning and optimum performance for the human animal.
Treatment & Healing
Kalari Chikitza, the healing treatment portion addresses many body systems. Nerves, skin, lymph- immune, resetting bones and ligaments and fascia. It both treats after battle and prepares the soldier mentally, emotionally & physically for battle.
In the Payatu portion: the fight training uses animal flow power like many martial arts. It also trains the mind and emotion. It becomes a spiritual practice as well. One hand offers peace and the other defense as necessary.
Once introduced to the power of Kalari, like me, you will likely crave the training of the subtle energies and the discipline of complete attention and focus.
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Martial Art
Kalarippayatu is a wholistic workout. It uses the less common ballistic movements with kicks and swings.
As in yoga, isometric strength is needed.
Anti rotation, muscle balance, fascial integrity, kinetic chain stability + mobility.
Which is to say posture/structure from feet to head are all foundational.
As a student moves into intermediate capacity with an ability for speed these foundations become more crucial for performance and preventing injuries.
Kalarippayatu requires both flexibility and endurance.
The stealth of movements are from slow to fast and fast to slow again.
Power and agility are necessary as for all martial arts.
Ayurveda
The system of Ayurveda is a completely seperate system. Ayurveda is an ancient and modern system.
Ayurveda is Yoga and Kalari's sister science of health and longevity.
Whereas Ayurveda concerns more with diet, daily habits/ circadian rhythm routine, seasonal eating, synching body's rhythms to natures.
Ayurveda recognizes that everybody has unique constitutions and circumstances.
Yoga is conditioning for the sake of prayer or emotional regulation for service.
Ayurveda health and diet for vitality and balance.
Kalari: prime movement for stamina & endurance.
Though each intersect and crossover in many areas, if I had to sum
it to 3 simple distinctions I could say Kalari-optimize stamina , Yoga -optimize mind , Ayurveda- optimize balance body with nature.
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The pillars that we practice are: 1. Functional Fitness & Pain-Free Movement. 2. Plants, Rhythm & Energy-Synching with Nature 3. Lifestyle Medicine. 4. Traditional Martial, Survival & Healing Arts. 5.Science of Changing Habits and Achieving Goals.
Each of these pillars integrate daily routines from Ayurveda and movement skills from Yoga and Kalari.
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MORE ABOUT KALARI
Key elements of Kalarippayattu from my teacher Adam Phillips, (Kalarilab.com):
Grounding warm-up exercises: Cheru thozhil.
Ground exercises for upper body strengthening and stabilization
Balance power & release (Pila Tangi and Arrapukai forms of Northern style).
Postures and their transformative and shamanic elements : Vadivu principle
Kicks to improve flexibility
Stick rolling: improves proprioception and shoulder strength
Aligning the spine and readying the body for practice though
Vandanam prayer form (Northern style)
Vannakam forms (Northern style) to develop devotion, body control and sensitivity
Empty-Hands forms (Southern style) to develop balance, agility, speed, effortlessness
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