Why do eating habits change?

[Guest guest]

i dont know for sure - I guess everyone has

different experiences.<br><br>According to the Yoga scheme

of life, there are 3 types of energy: Tamas

(heaviness, inertia), Rajas (movement, disturbanance) and

Sattva (purity/tranquility)<br><br>These energies

pervade the entireity of creation - they qualify a

persons feelings/behaviour/thoughts and the food we

eat.<br><br>different foods have different qualities - and effect the

person eating them accordingly (though some foods have

different effects on different people)<br><br>When you

practice yoga, you start to purify your body, overcoming

the tendencies to inertia and hyperactivity - finding

a balanced and tranquil effect. We have all

experienced that.<br><br>If your addiction is a packet of

Marlboro or a gallon of ice cream, the one time you are

least likely to desire it is immediately after your

practice when you bask in a glow of satisfaction and

contentment. Let's face it - we all know that addictions

(strong cravings) are a desire for something we lack (not

the actual substance desired).<br><br>The more you

practice, the more sattvic you become, and the healthier

and happier you become, hence there is less craving

for something you lack.<br><br>After practice your

body and mind feels subtley more alive and refined. If

you were to binge you would immediately feel the

negative effects on your body/mind as you now have a

heightened awareness of what it could mean to be truly

healthy.<br><br>In the beginning, it is possible that you feel more

tired or lethargic or more hypped up after practice.

the former is often due to detoxification process

which flushes out all those unwanted substances into

your blood stream. The latter is often due to

incorrect practice and in particular not taking long enough

rest at the end of practice.<br><br>Ashtanga Yoga is a

thoroughly healing practice - if you devote yourself to it -

incredible things will change in your life and in your state

of health. When your body and mind are healthy they

do not crave unhealthy habits - maybe its a case of

like attracting like.<br><br>Changes happen over a

period of time - they are not immediate.