By Ram Jain People have been practicing fasting for many years for religious, spiritual or health reasons. Yogic philosophy also approves of fasting as a way to cleanse the body and to control both mind and body. When you practice fasting you learn to control the senses and not to react on the tendency to eat food out of habit or routine. Fasting allows the intestines to take a rest. They always work and because we keep eating, they never get to rest. While fasting, the intestines get … [Read more...] about Why You Should Consider Fasting & 4 Tips to Prepare for Your First Fast
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5 Foods to Incorporate into Your Yogic Diet
By Simone de Villiers Travelling from Australia to India for my first 200hr yoga teacher training course, I felt nervous about my belly. So I drank all the kombucha before I left and stocked my bags with probiotics and Imodium to make sure I’d be able to cure any “Delhi Belly” I may encounter. Who knew that I was going to leave my school, Gyan Yog Breath in Rishikesh, feeling healthier (and fuller) than ever. In the town of Rishikesh, the birthplace of yoga, everything is vegetarian. … [Read more...] about 5 Foods to Incorporate into Your Yogic Diet
Practicing Gratifood: Five Steps to Eating Mindfully
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” -Denis Waitley What people usually mean when they say “gratifood” is the process of applying gratitude to food. Infusing appreciation into what we eat, being mindful every step of the way, and practicing awareness that food is something to be thankful for. Step 1: Get connected to each step of the process. Gratifood begins before you … [Read more...] about Practicing Gratifood: Five Steps to Eating Mindfully
4 Steps to Get Lean in Today’s Fattening Society
By Shannon Leavitt, M.S., R.D. It’s no secret that modern life makes it tough to ignore popular food trends and lead a healthy lifestyle. Today, being sedentary and consuming the food industry’s addictive combinations of fat, salt, and sugar is simply easier than being active and preparing or procuring healthy food. It doesn’t help that we are continuously subjected to double messages about body image and health that are disheartening and confusing and result in either a desperation to change … [Read more...] about 4 Steps to Get Lean in Today’s Fattening Society
8 Sattvic Foods to Help Balance Your Body and Mind
He who practices yoga without moderation of diet, incurs various diseases, and obtains no success.” (Gheranda Samhita 5/16) A branch cannot survive on its own. It must connect to the tree trunk and roots in order to absorb the elements and thrive in nature. Neither yoga nor Ayurveda are singular practices. They are more like branches on the tree of Vedic wisdom. In order to maintain balance, there must be a constant exchange between the individual and the universe. The way we eat, breathe, … [Read more...] about 8 Sattvic Foods to Help Balance Your Body and Mind
How to Overcome the “Blahs”
Do you ever feel “blah?” As I write this I am glancing from my computer screen to a window that is streaked with rain. Through the blurred glass I see the gray water of Bellingham Bay and the eternally gray Washington sky. I suddenly feel tired and in need of a hot bath and my bed. But it’s only 10 in the morning. I just feel so tired. The way I feel can be summed up in one word, “blah.” Maybe I just need some more coffee and a chocolate stuffed croissant. That should give me the energy I’m … [Read more...] about How to Overcome the “Blahs”
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