My name is Kristian Frisk and I am studying Ayurveda in Jamnagar, India. The course I’m doing is called B.A.M.S. (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery) and I’m currently doing my internship and will be done in May 2012.

I’m writing this site as a labor of love but also to understand the vast field of Ayurveda better (funny how love and learning often tend to go hand-in-hand).

Easiest way to get in touch is by sending my an e-mail through my G+ page. (Button on the left side.)
And I have a personal blog here.

More info about me…

Shindo - from Interest to Profession

Back in 1997 I started practicing Shindo, a Japanese style of massage, based on and inspired by Shiatsu. I didn’t know it at that time but that probably changed my life into what I am doing today. In 2001 I joined the Shindo Instructor Course led by Tuula Styrman, the leading international Shindo instructor. Shortly before graduating I met Kazuko Kuratomi, the founder of the Shindo massage method , and went with her to San Francisco and later Tokyo to first deepen my massage skill but later also work and help her with teaching.

Yoga - the key

Shortly after coming back from Tokyo I set off on an all round Asian trip. However I did not reach far. Landing with the flight in Delhi, India, I had planned my next stop at Rishikesh. And that’s also the place where I got stuck for the next seven months. So the Asian trip had ended as suddenly as it started. Instead another kind of journey had begun with the Agama School of Yoga and the teacher Swami Vivekananda Saraswati.  When first embarking on the yoga way of life I really had very little idea on what it was about. I first thought that it was something that you Do, but soon enough discovered that it is much more something that you Are, a way of Life.

Ayurveda – two decisions

To study Ayurveda was not so much of an active decision as a logical next step from what I so far had done, learned and spent most of my life with. However where, and how to do it, was an entirely different question.  There are many reasons for choosing India, but there are quite a few reasons for not doing so, as well. It is definitely not the most comfortable place to be in. At least not for a Swedish guy who easily gets sunburned and normally feels comfortable in temperatures which are just slightly above zero degrees Celsius. It can also be a rather dangerous place at times. Having suffered from both Malaria and Typhoid fever I feel I have had some experiences of this fact.  Paradoxically it is these, and many other kinds of, first-hand experiences which are the main reason to study Ayurveda in India. It doesn’t make much sense to have memorized even the whole बृहत् त्रयी (the three great books of Ayurveda) if you have not understood from where all this knowledge came from and how you can apply it in Your and other peoples life’s.