Finding Balance And Health With Yoga
Have you caught wind of the Gunas? No, they are not Disney characters! As per yoga there are three essential characteristics or energies that make up everything. They are, rajas, tamas and sattva.
Rajas is the vitality of activity, change and development. Rajas is the fuel of energy and fire. Rajasic vitality is additionally connected with the sunlight hours. We clearly need rajasic vitality to make vitality to move effectively all through our reality and lives. When we have an excessive amount of rajasic vitality we may appear to the outside world as incredibly occupied, go, do! Does this sound like you? Keeping up a high level of rajasic vitality prompts wear out! At the point when rajas is out of parity the psyche and body are overstimulated, the brain ends up anxious and you experience a ton of wild contemplations.
Nourishments that are rajasic include: zesty sustenance, fricasseed sustenances, espresso/charged refreshments/stimulants/fish, eggs, chocolate, sustenances that are exceptionally harsh, sharp, dry and salty. Eating in a rush is likewise considered rajasic
Tamas can be thought of as something contrary to rajas. Tamasic vitality is related with a condition of dormancy and idleness, weight and dimness. At the point when tamas is out of parity your capacity to reason winds up obfuscated and you may encounter the darker feelings, for example, outrage or avarice. Similarly as there is more rajasic vitality present in sunshine hours, tamasic vitality is available during evening time. Individuals who are very tamasic may be discouraged or seem lethargic. As a rule ailment states are tamasic.
Instances of tamasic sustenance include: meat, liquor, tobacco, onions, matured nourishments – vinegar or solid cheddar, stale nourishment or over ready nourishment, excessively prepared sustenance or artificially treated. Indulging is considered tamasic.
Sattva is vitality that is in a condition of concordance and equalization. Positive mental and passionate conditions of delight and insight are related with sattva. An individual who was encountering a great deal of sattvic vitality would show up extremely glad. Sattvic vitality additionally is steady with recuperating states and in Ayurveda (yoga's sister science) sattvic vitality is effectively developed. Sattvic vitality is most present during the occasions among light and dull as it were sunset and sunrise. An individual on the yogic way is centered around creating sattva and hence yoga asana and contemplation are traditionally performed at these occasions.
Sustenances that are sattvic include: entire grains, new products of the soil, unadulterated natural product juice, vegetables, milk, margarine, nuts, seeds, grew seeds, nectar and herb teas.
Realize that we as a whole have every one of the three gunas inside us. And keeping in mind that this is genuine we will in general have a transcendent guna. In light of the depictions above would you be able to make sense of what yours is? It is a great idea to know about this in light of the fact that once you know about your prevalent guna then you can foresee by what means may respond to certain life conditions also know your qualities and shortcomings. You'll know when you will in general be tossed out of parity and what you should do to bring yourself once more into parity.
You likewise may have times in our lives when one guna is increasingly dynamic then another. Maybe you have exceptionally dynamic time and extremely profitable (rajasic). Or then again a period when you have been discouraged (tamasic). Or then again when we are offset and tuned in to your otherworldliness (satvic).
Another way the gunas appear in our lives and straightforwardly impact us is through the sustenance we eat. Consider for a moment the normal American eating regimen with excessively handled and synthetically treated sustenances which are very tamasic. Present day science currently affirms that these sustenance things are straightforwardly connected to real ailments including malignancy, weight, diabetes and coronary illness. As referenced above an excessive amount of tamasic vitality prompts infection states. We likewise realize that sustenances in their entire structure, for example, grains, crisp products of the soil (sattvic nourishments) are life supporting and bring wellbeing and vitality.
Do you practice yoga stances (asana)? How do the gunas appear here? Is your asana practice blazing and energetic? Was your training was moderate and sluggish? Or then again would it say it was adjusted?
It is most likely ending up clear to you at this point to be solid, upbeat, and carry on with a parity life it is imperative to develop sattva in your life. This should be possible by:
Diminishing rajas and tamas
Getting to be mindful of when you are out of equalization which guna appears to be generally present?
Increment exercises and situations that produce positive musings
Eating a solid, sattvic arranged eating routine
Certain herbs (subject for another article)
The act of yoga: pranayama (breathing practices), asana (stances), contemplation
