eating disorders

[Guest guest]

Recently someone asked about yoga for eating disorders.

 

On Ravi Singh's video 'Fat Free Yoga' there is a breathing exercise

that calms the mind and helps with food cravings and compulsive

behavior around food: Open the right hand, fingers extended, place

the thumb on the right nostril blocking it off, breathe slowly though

the left nostril. Hold the breath in as long as you comfortably can

then breathe a long breath out and hold the breath out as long as you

can. repeat and practice for a few minutes or over time up to 11 or

31 minutes.

 

I've only been practicing with this video for 3 days but it seems to

have helped me with my deadly evening/nightime food cravings.

 

I am a round Kapha body type and though not anorexic or bulimic have

dealt with the food/body issues all my life. We live in a culture

that actively promotes anorexia. It's hard to avoid the brainwashing.

A book I have found helpful in regaining my own balance with food is,

'Intuitive Eating' by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch.

 

I hope this is helpful

Sat Nam

Peggy Sue

[Guest guest]

On Tue, 30 May 2000 04:56:35 EDT WickedEh writes:

> In a message dated 5/26/00 5:55:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> Kundaliniyoga writes:

>

> << Eat lots o' veggies (raw--cooked ones are dead), wear comfortable

> shoes, buy

> fresh flowers (or cut them from your garden) all the time, drink

> lots of

> water (distilled if you can) or juice, and keep doing yoga and

> meditation. I

> have one of Jay Kordich's Juiceman thingies and I love it. You can

> down a

> glass of 12 carrots much easier than you could ever sit and eat *12*

> carrots.

 

A word of warning about downing large amounts of carrot juice - it makes

you much more susceptible to the rays of the sun and subsequent burning

and damage - I make juice every days with different greens and add just

one carrot.

 

Anorexia - our society certainly doesn't help with attitudes towards body

types, but there are much deeper issues involved in anorexia. People with

eating disorders have very serious control issues - starving oneself is a

way of feeling in control in a life that feels out of control. I know ,

because I suffered from anorexia long before it becames a common

disorder. The happy news in - one can recover. Completely.

 

Love and Blessing to all,

Sat Nam

 

Avtar Kaur

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