Ayurveda, the science of life. Every body has three constitutions that dictate how we use our energy. Often we have a predominate “dosha” that gets out of balance, either vata, pita, or kapha. When you eat to bring the dosha into balance, you bring your overall health into balance. I no longer prescribe diets to my students, rather find which dosha is out of balance and teach them how to eat/live to bring it into balance. It’s so simple that it seems complex. We will cover the doshas over the next few weeks starting with Vata.
Vata: is associated with the element air. It means small.
Creative and mental quick. Imaginative. Equally quick to learn and to forget. Slender. Either tall or short. Excitable, fun, and easily changes moods as well as conversation topics. Variable appetite and digestive efficiency. High energy in short bursts; tendency to tire easily and to overexert. Tendency to act on impulse. Typical health problems include headaches, hypertension, dry coughs, sore throats, earaches, anxiety, irregular heart rhythms, muscle spasms, lower back pain, constipation, abdominal gas, diarrhea, nervous stomach, menstrual cramps, premature ejaculation and other sexual dys-functions, arthritis. Most neurological disorders are related to Vata imbalance.The hair is curly and scanty, the eyelashes are thin and the eyes lusterless. The eyes may be sunken, small, dry, and active. The nails are rough and brittle. The shape of the nose is bent and turned-up.Physiologically, the appetite and digestion are variable. Vata people loves sweet, sour and salty tastes and like hot drinks. The production of urine is scanty and the feces are dry, hard and small in quantity. They have a tendency to perspire less than other constitutional types. Their sleep may be disturbed and they will sleep less than the other types.
- Maintain a routine sleeping and eating schedule
- Keeping warm and comfortable
- Avoid raw foods & too much cleansing
- Increase sweet, sour, salty and pungent taste.
- Daily self massage with an oil appropriate for Vatas
- Stay hydrated
- Keep the colon clean
- Eat foods appropriate for Vata’s
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