Now that the temperature has dropped and autumn seems to be here, it is important to protect your immune system, which will be under pressure. Colds and flus will start appearing and it is so much easier to prevent them than to deal with them once they are with you.
Get lots of sleep, watch your stress levels, keep your exercise up - these are all about keeping balance in your life. It is also important to keep warm and eat warm, sweet nourishing foods, for example, pumpkin, kumara and carrot soups. Vitamin C is good for immunity also, as are some yoga sequences.
Showing posts with label Ayurveda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ayurveda. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
ayurveda
The more I learn about ayurveda the more I marvel how wise the 5000 year old science is. Imagine - knowing ourselves and understanding why we need to keep well and knowing how to keep well naturally. Doesn't that sound too easy?
It seems it is too easy - much easier to eat too much of the wrong foods, keep stressed and busy, don't do the correct exercise for your body type, then go to the doctor's for tests and get some pills.
Maybe the old adage KISS (Keep it simple - stupid!)is true!
It seems it is too easy - much easier to eat too much of the wrong foods, keep stressed and busy, don't do the correct exercise for your body type, then go to the doctor's for tests and get some pills.
Maybe the old adage KISS (Keep it simple - stupid!)is true!
Friday, November 19, 2010
What is Ayurveda and how can it help me?
Ayurveda is an ancient, powerful, holistic healing science dating back 5000 years, in which we can take responsibility for our health with self awareness with food, exercise, massage and herbs.
There are five elements in nature - ether, air, fire, water and earth. The energy from these five elements combines in different ways resulting in 3 basic body types - Kapha or Earth, Pitta or Fire and Vata or Air.
In Ayurveda these 3 basic elements are everywhere in nature - days, seasons, lifespans and people.
By knowing your body type, you gain self awareness into how to keep yourself healthy by staying in balance. For example, a person with pitta qualities (fire - hot and sharp and water - clear, smooth and flowing) would not be comfortable in hot weather and prefer winter and autumn because of their coolness. A pitta person would be 'short, sharp and to the point'. Out of balance person with a pitta body type would suffer conditions like high blood pressure, stomach acid excess causing ulcers, heart disease, liver diseases, inflammation and fever. To keep in balance are specific lifestyle routines and foods that balance the pitta qualities.
It is about self -awareness.
There are five elements in nature - ether, air, fire, water and earth. The energy from these five elements combines in different ways resulting in 3 basic body types - Kapha or Earth, Pitta or Fire and Vata or Air.
In Ayurveda these 3 basic elements are everywhere in nature - days, seasons, lifespans and people.
By knowing your body type, you gain self awareness into how to keep yourself healthy by staying in balance. For example, a person with pitta qualities (fire - hot and sharp and water - clear, smooth and flowing) would not be comfortable in hot weather and prefer winter and autumn because of their coolness. A pitta person would be 'short, sharp and to the point'. Out of balance person with a pitta body type would suffer conditions like high blood pressure, stomach acid excess causing ulcers, heart disease, liver diseases, inflammation and fever. To keep in balance are specific lifestyle routines and foods that balance the pitta qualities.
It is about self -awareness.
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