Have you heard about Ayurveda but think it's just another fad or one of those new age-my
ways to approach your life?
I want you to stay tuned because putting Ayurvedic practices into your everyday life is a powerful
way to increase your self-care and personal empowerment.
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Ayurveda, what is it?
Well, Ayurveda is made up of two different words.
Ayur which is the science.
And Veda which is life.
So when you put these two words together, Ayurveda is actually the science of life,
or the science of living.
And it is considered, Ayurveda, is considered to be the sister science of yoga.
It was developed around 1000 BC.
There are texts that attest to this and what Ayurveda does is it presents us a way to approach
our health and well-being.
There are simple practices that we can incorporate every day that are based in Ayurveda that
can help support our overall self-care routine.
Before we talk about those self-care practices, it is really important that you understand
what your Dosha is.
That's right , D-O-S-H-A.
Your Dosha is what's known in Ayurveda as your constitution.
It's essentially your personal makeup.
And there are three different types of Doshas in the Ayurvedic system.
One is Kapha, one is Pitta, and one is Vata.
I'm going to be going into a lot more detail about these three different types of Doshas
over the next few weeks.
But let's just say that you've got to figure out, first, if you're a Kapha, Pitta, or Vata
before we move on.
In order to find out your Dosha or constitutional type, I want you to download my free Dosha
quiz.
You can download that using the link in the description below.
So the most important thing to remember when it comes to Ayurveda is that Ayurveda supports
balance in the system.
Once you know your Dosha or constitution type, we can then find self-care practices.
Everyday things that you can do to bring more balance into your life.
And Ayurveda approaches this in a few different ways.
There are natural medicines you can take, so herbs and supplements, foods you can eat,
which is always a lot of fun to explore with food and see what works for your system and
see what doesn't necessarily resonate.
There are movement practices, so ways we want to get the body moving.
There's breath practices and there are what we call purification practices.
So additional practices that you can do to support the system and bring more balance
to your well-being.
One of the most interesting pieces about Ayurveda and one that I have found especially helpful
as I continue to evolve my self-care practices, is the idea behind an Ayurvedic clock.
And the Ayurvedic clock is applied in three different ways.
There is the daily Ayurvedic clock, if you think about the clock with the hours on it
like the one over my shoulder.
There's a 24 hour period in which we can approach things Ayurvedically.
There are different times of day that relate to each Dosha.
There's the seasonal Ayurvedic clock so if you think about summer, fall, winter, spring.
There are constitutions, Doshas, that go along with our seasons.
And then there are also the seasons of our life.
There's the Ayurvedic clock for the time periods in our life that we can also follow.
And these clocks can help us assess where we might be a bit out of balance and where
we can incorporate practices to bring us back into balance.
I'd love to know, do you do any practices that are inspired by Ayurveda?
And if so, what are they?
Be sure to share those in the comments below.
Having a basic understanding of Ayurveda and how it can support your self-care and personal
empowerment has been incredibly beneficial for the clients and students that I've worked
with.
I want you to benefit from some of these practices as well.
Over the next few weeks, I'm going to be sharing more information about each of the Doshas,
practices that we can use to bring ourselves back into balance, including some meditations,
some movement, as well as some recipes, always fun.
And I'd love to know your experiences with all of these as we move through a basic Ayurvedic
series.
Are you a little bit more interested in Ayurveda now?
I hope you are.
It's been an incredibly empowering part of my personal self-care practice as well as
the self-care practices of my clients and students.
Over the next few weeks I'm going to be sharing more about the Doshas, about the Ayurveda
clocks, so be sure to subscribe to my channel and hit that bell because you won't want to
miss any of it.
Be sure to download your Dosha quiz from the description below.
Stay ignited out there and I will see you soon.
Bye.