Guest guest Posted September 5, 2002 Report Share Posted September 5, 2002 If you are really into this (though I don't advocate it) then the best written resource (I have gone through Vasant Lad, David Frawley, Kaviratna P. Sharma, etc. and they are all not good, thick but not good) would be "An Easy Guide to Ayurveda", lifestyle routines, food selection, determining the basic mind-body constitution, and procedures and practices to restore and maintain inner balance. The appendix has information on the use of gemstones and mantras according to ancient traditions. This book written by Roy Eugene Davis (direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda and former presiding minister of Self-Realization Fellowship Phoenix Temple) is only $4.95. Cheers! ashtangayoga, ricardo131 <no_reply> wrote: > ashtangayoga, "palakkad_pdeep" <palakkad_pdeep> > wrote: > > Some internet links which may answer ur questions > > > > > > http://www.indianfoodsco.com/Ayurveda/Doshas.htm > /terms/>. > > Hi Palakkad, > I think that just about anyone can glean some great information > from the science of Ayurveda. Even someone like myself who does not > consume any milk (or other dairy products), seeds, nuts, oils, or > butter, can find healthful ideas here and there. For instance I base > my choices of grains , fruits , herbs and spices based on the fact > that I am a Pitta type. I am looking forward to learning about > aromatherapy for my body type. Its interesting stuff !! > Peace, > Ricardo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2002 Report Share Posted September 5, 2002 Jennifer- Went to a great 4 day workshop with David and he taught us Nauli. I must say that it does work and I can definetly feel my lower ab muscles getting sore so I know it is working. You are right about cleansing. Small fasts are good for the body, just make sure that you drink alot of water to keep your body hydrated. As far as the vegetarianism, everyone please be careful if you are on any type of thyroid medication. I went that route and no one ever told me about soy and hypothyroidism. I almost killed myself and to boot put back on 12 pounds that now I am having extreme difficulty getting off, even with a heavy practice. The soy has phytoestrogens which suppresses the thyroid medication, therefore it is totally ineffective to the body and after awhile you will get very sick. So please be very careful with the soy. Margee p.s. David was great and I am hoping to get to Hawaii sometime within this next year to study with him for a bit. > > funkinatrix [sMTP:funkinatrix] > Thursday, September 05, 2002 1:53 AM > ashtanga yoga > ashtanga yoga Re: Setting up for cleansing your system > > wow. what an amazing letter. that part about swimming underwater and > floating free really captured the beauty and power of this practice. > that feeling of both physical and metaphysical freedom is what > separates ashtanga from, say, aerobics with a lot of stretching. > > there is no doubt in my mind (or anyone else's on this list who has > been doing the practice for a while) that, if you stick with it, you > will not only break your weight goal but far exceed any and all > preconceived ideas you have about what your body can achieve. just > practice and be gentle with yourself. ashtanga is such a `yang' style > of yoga, it is to our great benefit to approach it with a `yin' > attitude. take the long view! this is something that you will > (hopefully) be doing 20, 30, 40, even 50 years from now. allow your > breathing to open up the body from the inside out, and don't force > anything. ever. > > back to your question regarding an internal cleansing regimen. > there's a quote from john robbins' book `diet for a new america' that > says "we aren't what we eat. we are what we don't shit." pretty > funny, but the message is: regulate that colon, baby! i'm sure you're > finding that primary series is helping out a lot with that already > because of all the forward bending, but you can help it along even > further with supplements, exercises, etc. my instructor, david > williams, recommends a daily colon cleansing regimen that includes > supplementation with psyllium husks, and also this cleansing practice > called `nauli' where from a standing position you bend forward > halfway, place your hands on your thighs, exhale fully and lock your > chin to your chest, then lift your abdomen in and up. isolating the > abdomen, lift it and drop it up and down quickly as many times as > possible (start with 10... and be careful to keep the spine still) > before releasing the chin lock and inhaling. then exhale again, lock > the chin, and repeat 10 times (so you've done 100). do this first > thing in the morning after you've brushed your teeth. when you get > really good at isolating the abdominals like david, you can move the > abdomen around and around in a circle, clockwise and > counterclockwise. it's a pretty neat trick, and it does the job to > boot. not only that, it helps strengthen the abdominals which will > also help you with your practice. > > moderate fasting (either a total fast with just water, or a modified > fast where you can consume such things as herbal teas, garlic, > vegetable broths, carrot/beet/celery juice, etc.) CAN provide great > detoxification benefits... read up a bit about them and maybe try a > short one and see what you think. also, that one-food-a-day thing > recommended by someone else is not as silly as some here have > suggested. doing it for a day or a few days at a time will NOT send > your body into starvation mode. commonplace in ayurvedic medicine > (which is hardly the barbaric pseudoscience another list member > painted it to be... akin to completely disregarding the western medical > tradition because its practitioners once upon a time used leaches as > a treatment for illness), eating one food a day and reintroducing a > new food item to your diet every day thereafter is actually a well- > known method in western medicine to help people isolate food > allergies. what a great way to `test out' all the things you commonly > eat and see how they are REALLY affecting you. > > consider a vegetarian diet. try it and see if you feel better. now > that you're checking in with your body more often when you do your > practice, its becomes easy to tell what foods make you feel heavy and > stiff, what foods make you feel light and free. listen to your body. > > here's an interesting quote from a book i'm reading now, `jivamukti > yoga' by sharon gannon and david life: > > "dietary restrictions in the form of vegetarianism, veganism, > fasting, and so forth can also be forms of svadhyaya (self study), > because they can help you acquire knowledge about the higher Self... a > restrictive food tapas... is not undertaken by a yogi to affect his or > her health but as an investigation into the nature of Self. after > all, our body is made of the food we eat and our mind is affected by > the food we eat." > > good luck to you! > -jennifer > > > > > > Sponsor > > > <http://rd./M=229441.2336363.3766536.2225242/D=egroupweb/S=170506 > 0955:HM/A=1189558/R=0/*http://www.bmgmusic.com/acq/ee/q6/enroll/mhn/9/> > > > > ashtanga yoga > > > > Terms of Service > <>. 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