Thoughts Provoked On Breathing
Ayurvedic Notes: Massage is good for every imbalance and a wonderful centering tool. It tells the body that it is cared for. There are massage oils ehlpful for each Dosha If you know you are Pitta Dosha (tend to be fiery, sharp, type A, ambitious,) use sunflower or sandalwood oils because they have cooling properties. If you are [...]
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Vata is composed of air and ether. It’s main qualities are: cool, mobile, dry, light, and subtle, giving vitality to the body through its distribution and direction of the different energy systems: nerves, respiration, elimination and circulation. Because movement is inherent in most of what a Vata type does, there is a great deal of [...]
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In the Northern Hemisphere, Vata usually increases during fall, early winter, and late spring when the cool, windy, dry weather aggravates the already cool, dry, airy Vata, emotionally as well as physically. If you have a propensity to carry lots of Vata energy, then self care becomes even more important in fall and late spring, [...]
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*Eat warm, cooked and heavier foods, such as stews, preferably with some sweet (squash), salty, and oily properties. *Spice foods with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, black pepper, and cumin. *Reduce dry, light, (popcorn & crackers) cold, bitter, and astringent flavors. *Reduce or eliminate stimulants (coffee, coke, & nicotine). Find soothing teas instead *Reduce intake of most [...]
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Generally, for those with a Vata constitution, or during times of Vata imbalance, creating a Yoga Practice that quiets, and warms, is more sustaining. Vata generally deals with lots of movement, and like the wind is dry, light and cool. Vata naturally inceases between the hours of 2:00 and 6:00 AM and PM, the shift [...]
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Spring is a wood element, solid, un-stoppable, with the driving energy of a Crescent Moon phase, Astrologically. Spring rhythms claim their space, dancing the power of their visions, knowing they have the ability to inspire others, and lead the way. The Aires, “I Am” mantra replicates the same courage to overcome the odds, for there [...]
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* From a Vata Centering point: Make your Yoga Practice slower, steadier, and smoother. Don’t hold positions for extended periods, rather do multiple repetitions. Become more aware of your center as the source for all Asanas/Poses. Stand on the earth, visualize feet in grass, or dirt. Feel your fingers or toes spread wide in sand. [...]
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In the northern hemisphere, Pitta-heat usually gives way to Vata’s windy, dry, mobile imbalances. Because Vata tends to be unstable it needs Virgo’s attention and processing of daily habits. Practicing Karna Pidasana, Halasana and Sarvangasana assist in grounding Vata’s quick, light system. And Vata imbalances, like Virgo’s, are often revealed via the digestive system, both [...]
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If you have an inborn metabolic pattern, ‘prakruti,’ primarily of fire, then you express in terms of the Pitta Dosha. This constitution rules the emotions as well as the physical. Pitta types tend to be like Aires; impatient, more aggressive, and bent on greater achievement. Taking quiet time to go inward, to emit long exhales [...]
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