Ayurvedic medicine has a rich history, which was originally transmitted through oral tradition, then registered in Sanskrit in the four sacred texts called Vedas. This ancient Ayurveda practice is about connecting with ourselves and staying in harmony and balance with the natural world. Ayurvedic rituals are not just about preventing diseases instead of simply healing them; It is also how to live in a state of vigor and energy. In India, more than 90 percent of the population uses some form of ayurvedic medicine. While it is becoming much more popular here in the West, an alternative medical treatment is still considered.
The theory behind this medicine is that all areas of life affect one’s health. Here in the western world, we believe in the use of tactics, generally, prescribed medications, to cure specific ailments. Ayurveda sees the body as a whole. Like Chinese medicine, Ayurveda is about the mind, body and spiritual connection.
The objective of Ayurvedic daily rituals is to return the body to its original healthy state; True luminous beauty must be supported by health. In the heart of Ayurveda they are OjasOur vital force, the very essence of our health and well -being. They are our honey, the sap in the tree that is our body. Ojas give us the ability to prosper. When our oja are strong, our bodies are firm and flexible, our skin is clear and bright, and our hair is bright and healthy. Oja also allow us to overflow with love and compassion.
However, the modern world has its price in ears. Constant stress, processed foods, technology, overextension and too much information exhaust and dry. When we restore them, with meditation, healthy food and be in tune with the universe, we become radiant.
He leads from his body of waste and toxins helps the oja to bloom, since detoxification allows the system to feed. The objective of daily Ayurvedic practices is to improve their health. When your body is free of toxins, you can receive the healthy benefits of nutritious foods, facial masks and body oils. Instead of promoting a hard approach and detoxification, Ayurveda uses several small daily or weekly practices to help ensure that your body is always detoxifying and efficiently processing waste.
Ayurvedic self -care practices
Slowly incorporate these practices in your day. You can start with something as small as integrating fresh products into your diet, massage your feet before bed or dry your skin in the morning. These Ayurvedic additions to your daily routine will help you continuously keep your body in rhythm and in balance. Once you know your body, you can adjust certain practices.
1. Language
He scraped his tongue every morning can give him clues about how efficient your digestive system is working. If your tongue is very coated, it usually means that there is a lot of love or toxicity in your system. With this routine of the Ayurvedic morning, you can measure how well your system is eliminating toxins.
To scrape the tongue:
+ + Use a stainless steel tongue scraper (which can be found online or in most healthy food stores) or a spoon. He scraps gently from the back or the base of the tongue forward until the entire surface has scraped, which is usually achieved with between seven and fourteen blows. This cleans any bacteria. The scraping stimulates gastric and digestive enzymes to wake up and start working.
+ + Rinse the mouth and continue with oil by pulling as its next ritual of the Ayurvedic morning.
2. Tiring oil
During the night, while you sleep, your body accumulates toxins while it is in a state of cleaning. Oil extraction allows these toxins to be released. As a ayurvédico ritual, oil traction should be done early in the morning, before taking some to drink or eat. Coconut, sunflower and sesame oil work well, but coconut oil has the additional benefit of whitening the teeth.
To practice oil shooting:
+ + Take a tablespoon of oil and grab it in the mouth for fifteen to twenty minutes (this is the recommended period of time, but sometimes I do it for a few minutes to feel the effects of freshness and the teeth of coconut oil).
+ + It is important to keep the oil in the mouth and not swallow it. It is also advisable to spit it in the toilet or in the junk can, since it can obstruct the sink.
+ + After finishing pulling oil, brush your teeth or rinse your mouth very well.
3. Dry brushing
The skin is our largest organ and is responsible for 25% of the body’s ability to detoxify, however, we tend to focus our beauty and self -care routines on the face and hands when the whole body deserves reverence and respect. In addition to being an ayurvedic ritual practice, skin brushing for the entire body has been used during ages in Scandinavia, Russia, Japan and Greece and the Cherokee tribe (using dry corn cabinets), to name just a few examples. Skin brushing helps free the body of dead skin and also stimulates lymph and circulatory systems, which help kidneys and liver to release excess hormones that have accumulated in the organs.
Over time, dry brushing can prevent cellulite and help regenerate collagen, already short term, vigorizes and energizes it. While he is throwing dead skin, he is also asking to release what is no longer useful. Dry brushing is an ayurvedic ritual that must be done before bathing or showering; Your skin must be dry.
To practice dry brushing:
+ + Using a body brush with natural bristles (I like copper to help balance electromagnetic fields), start at the feet and move towards the torso.
+ + Using long strokes in the direction of your heart, brush each part of the body six times.
+ + Brush to feel a bit painful but good, like when you get a really deep stretch.
+ + To increase detoxification effects, continue with a cold shower.
4. Self-Master
In the West, we consider that a massage is a special pleasure, but for many in India, massages are a regular part of the life and self -care Ayurvétics. Babies and young children are massage daily, and when they are a little older, they are taught to massage their relatives. Women receive daily massages for forty days after giving birth. Once you get used to the health and beauty benefits of massages, you will not be able to do without them. Fortunately for our wallets, Ayurveda considers self-massers, or AbhyangaBe as beneficial as a massage given by another.
Reserve some time once a week, or daily if you can, to practice Abhyanga, and will soon see the benefits of this common ayurvotic ritual, including toned and brilliant skin; improved circulation; the relief of stiffness in the joints; and the rinse of toxins in the body. It is also a wonderful way to know your own body better. Use sesame, sunflower or almond oil for massage; He feels more luxurious if he heats it in advance in a hot water pan.
To practice self-steam:
+ + Apply warmly warm oil to your body, starting with the limbs. Use long strokes in your arms and legs and circular movements in your joints. Massage in the direction of the clock needles to release tension and include areas such as your neck and under the arms to attack lymph nodes.
+ + Massage your abdomen and chest in circular movements in the wide sense. Follow the intestine path on your stomach, moving to the right side and then down to the left.
+ + Apply oil to your crown chakra, working out in circular movements.
+ + Dip the fingertips in the oil and massage the ears.
+ + Massage your feet (but be sure to clean the oil before walking).
+ + Throughout the massage, send love intentions to your organs and show gratitude to your body for everything you do for you.
+ + Allow enough time for the oil to soak up in your skin before dressing.
If you don’t have time for a complete massage, you can always take a small tablespoon of karité butter and stand up before bedtime. This serves as a form of cool, and karité butter helps hydrate the dry skin. At the same time, you are honoring your feet, which are your base, and how much they do for you throughout the day.
5. Bathroom
In ancient times, the bathroom was considered a health gift from the gods themselves. Making the bathrooms one of its regular Ayurvedic rituals can be a therapeutic activity. Almost every night, after taking care of my job, my daughter and my animals, I will take a bath. Taking a bath is the perfect way to have a nutritional time alone and create some sanctuary for you. The bathrooms are cleaners and can improve physical and mental energy, eliminate negativity and relax their body and mind. They are also a wonderful way of absorbing deeply therapeutic medicine of essential oils and other good ingredients for the skin.
Relaxing mineral bath
One of my favorite relaxing bathrooms for all the 19th is a magnesium bath. Most of us are missing magnesium due to exhausted foods that are the result of overloaded soil beds. Magnesium is essential for healthy skin and hair, helps sleep and can promote a deep feeling of calm and well -being.
To make the bath:
+ + 1 cup of magnesium flakes
+ + 10 drops of a relaxing essential oil (I like chamomile or lavender)
+ + Fill the bathtub with water that is the ideal temperature for you. Add magnesium and essential oil before intervening. Soak for 20 minutes or more.
ExerciseTED with permission from Shiva Rose’s entire beauty (Artisanal books). Copyright © 2018.
