When we ground ourselves or begin to calm
a vata mind, the process begins in the navel chakra.
Vata mind / body types often have difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep.
Vata mind / body types need a lot of sleep or they become groggy and ineffective.
Not exact matches
This
Vata tea is made with Ayurvedic principles in
mind.
Relaxing Tea helps to relieve stress or restlessness, silence an over-active or busy
mind, warm you in colder weather and settle a disturbed and uneasy digestive system, something that
vatas can suffer from.
Massaging your skin also grounds and calms down an anxious
mind, moistens cranky joints, and soothes a sensitive
Vata digestion.
Understanding whether you're a Pitta,
Vata or Kapha dosha (body type) can give you tremendous insight into what your unique body and
mind need to find balance.
Applying oil to the body is grounding and nourishing for
Vata, and provides stability and warmth to the
mind and body.
We know that our
minds and bodies are ruled by three energies, or doshas —
Vata, Pitta, and Kapha.
Those for whom the
Vata dosha predominates are characterized as being constantly on the go with an energetic and creative
mind.
For example, a
Vata person needs to relax their
mind.
Additionally, in Ayurvedic medicine, ashwagandha is used for its «grounding» properties for those with a high
Vata as it aids in calming the
mind and promoting restful sleep.
From an Ayurvedic perspective, it pacifies
Vata (Air) but tends to increase both Pitta (Fire) and Kapha (Earth) in the body /
mind.
Vata orchestrates all movement like prana does, including movement of the
mind and thoughts.
Vata people are drawn out of balance by foods and drinks that are too cold, light, dry, rough and mobile (or stimulating) Therefore, they are kept in balance by eating foods that are warm, oily and not too light (but not so heavy that their sensitive digestion can't handle it) and calming to the
mind and nervous system.
Keeping in
mind that you will have kapha,
vata, and pitta type people in the room, a good balancing kapha class slowly builds heat in the body.
According to this ancient medicine, if you tend towards the
vata dosha (or in other words, have a
mind - body dominance of
vata energy over the other two doshas), you're more likely to be cold frequently, sleep lightly and have sensitive digestion.
When people make choices in diet, life - style and daily routine that do not support their fundamental
mind / body type, one or two doshas,
Vata, Pitta or Kapha, can become aggravated.
It is based on a constitutional model that is broken into 3 Body -
Mind Types (Doshas)--
Vata (Wind), Pitta (Fire), and Kapha (Earth).
Keep in
mind that this meal plan is
Vata - balancing, on a heartier side with a pretty high fat content.
This Dosha Quiz will give you a breakdown of your proportion of each of the three doshas —
Vata, Pitta, and Kapha — within your unique
mind - body constitution.