Guest guest Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 Hi Michael, Even though you may have a 'balanced diet' and generally avoid 'junk ood' - you can STILL be aggravatin your digestive system and therefore your mental balance with certain seemingly innocuous foods. Firstly, be sure of your constitution-type which is a tough task in the first place...you could be a mix of two constitutions i.e. pitta-vata or kapha-vatta, etc... Secondly, if you have an ayurvedic doctor use his medicine to detoxify your system and thirdly, exclude and include certain foods in your daily intake to maintain dosha balance and be careful with what you eat. Over our lifetimes, we change often and find that our imbalances change with the season and the moon as well as with the climate and time of our life. We can change with the seasons and throughout our lives, what we eat and our exercise and what we wear to help bring things into balance so that we don't feel the dryness of fall or the heat of summer as much. If we continue to strive for balance throughout each natural change of our environment, we will feel much better and find that not only are we happier, but we are practicing our own personal preventative medicine so that we will stay healthy. The things that aggravate Pitta are pungent, sour, salty, hot, light, and oily. Those which balance Pitta are sweet, bitter, astringent, cold, heavy, dry. If you are primarily Pitta, and are feeling overheated or overly aggressive, look at your spicy food and red meat intake, your time in the sun, if you are getting enough cool and refreshing foods or what climate you are in, as well as food additives or non-organic food intake. Remember, Pitta is very sensitive to artificial or impure anything. Pitta should eat cool, refreshing foods, especially in the summer. Pitta is strong, efficient digestion and can usually eat a little of everything and be just fine. Milk and Ice cream are good for Pitta doshas, where pickles, yogurt, sour cream and cheese should be avoided. The fat in red meat should be avoided by Pitta, and if you are not a vegetarian Pitta dosha, make sure your diet includes plenty of milk, grains, and vegetables. The things that Aggravate Vata are pungent, bitter, astringent, light, dry, cold. Those that balance Vata are sweet, sour, salty, heavy, oily, and hot. If you are primarily Vata and are feeling dry, constipated, your joints popping a lot, you have cracked hands or itching skin, then it's a good sign you need more oils or fat in your diet. You can get oil through massage, as well as in food. Use sesame oil or mahanarayan oil and massage it over the whole body several times a week. Vata should choose hot food over cold at every meal, if given the choice. Vata should drink warm water or hot tea throughout the day. They should also avoid dry and low-fat foods (change your snacking habits) Hope you find this useful. Warms regards, Somit Doshi - "conley5" <conley5 <Kundaliniyoga> Friday, October 07, 2005 7:16 AM Kundalini Yoga digestion and vatta > Sat Nam, fellow yogis, > > Would somebody make some suggestions for me about a difficulty I am > having with digestion? I have a lot of gas, a dull lethargy about me > lately, and cravings for sugar. I am a "pure Pitta" type who actually > does a lot of yoga, especially stretch pose, every day for 2 mins, and > Sat Kriya, day 120+ at 11 mins and day 15 at 22 mins. I was once > diagnosed as having an imbalance of vatta and would like to learn more > about that. I am open to diet suggestions and kriyas. > > Speaking of kriyas, I have recently completed teacher training and would > like more sources for kriyas suitable for ambitious beginners. > > Thank you all very much, > > Love and Light, > > Avneesh Singh/Michael Conley > Milford NH > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Sat Nam, fellow yogis, Would somebody make some suggestions for me about a difficulty I am having with digestion? I have a lot of gas, a dull lethargy about me lately, and cravings for sugar. I am a "pure Pitta" type who actually does a lot of yoga, especially stretch pose, every day for 2 mins, and Sat Kriya, day 120+ at 11 mins and day 15 at 22 mins. I was once diagnosed as having an imbalance of vatta and would like to learn more about that. I am open to diet suggestions and kriyas. Speaking of kriyas, I have recently completed teacher training and would like more sources for kriyas suitable for ambitious beginners. Thank you all very much, Love and Light, Avneesh Singh/Michael Conley Milford NH > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Dear friend Try taking "Boil Ginger" water. initially to heat up your stomach....your spleen & liver is cold.Look for Chinese/Indian pure herbs for the above mention systems to strengthen them.But dun over take the Ginger boil water. Thanks lim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 SAT NAM, Why dont you try "ASHWAGANDHA" intake? This is a root and is used heavily to balance vata- pitta doshas. You can find it on www.banayanbotanicals.com. You can also search for other herbs and buy as a remedy based on symptoms. Hope this helps. Akkama --- conley5 <conley5 wrote: > Sat Nam, fellow yogis, > > Would somebody make some suggestions for me about a > difficulty I am > having with digestion? I have a lot of gas, a dull > lethargy about me > lately, and cravings for sugar. I am a "pure Pitta" > type who actually > does a lot of yoga, especially stretch pose, every > day for 2 mins, and > Sat Kriya, day 120+ at 11 mins and day 15 at 22 > mins. I was once > diagnosed as having an imbalance of vatta and would > like to learn more > about that. I am open to diet suggestions and > kriyas. > > Speaking of kriyas, I have recently completed > teacher training and would > like more sources for kriyas suitable for ambitious > beginners. > > Thank you all very much, > > Love and Light, > > Avneesh Singh/Michael Conley > Milford NH > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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