April intentions: meet your needs through Ayurvedic practice

The Mantra of this month is: "I honor my needs."

hear what we need perhaps sounds like a New Age set for self-care, but it turns out that the need to meet the needs of body and mind goes back to millennia. According to Dr. Jay Lokhande (the mixtures of the Ayurvedic herbal remedy) an oral history of over 22,000 years chywanprash) and a written story that is rich in medical texts, nutritional counseling and lifestyle advice and has existed for over 5000 years. One of the most famous Ayurvedic original texts is the Charaka Samhita, in which the "suppression of natural shoots" is considered something, completely damages health and well -being.

The 13 natural Ayurvedic shoots include:

1. Urine

2. Kot

3. Sperm or orgasm

4. Flatulence

5. Vomiting

6. Sneeze

7. Beat

8. Yawn

9. Hunger

10. Thirst

11. Tears

12. Sleep

13. Fast breathing through effort

While we do not go into what happens when urination or vomiting are suppressed-we leave this for another blog post, we will-are three important body drives that today earn more attention from all of us with our April intentions: hunger, tears and sleep, which we can also combine with food, emotional expression and calm. So do you honor your needs? Do you eat Do you express your feelings? Do you rest if necessary? Let us examine this trio of drives and how we could start to honor you more through our April intentions ...

hunger & nutrition

The Ayurvedic texts say that ignoring hunger leads to it; "Weakness, color loss, bruises in the limbs, loss of appetite and dizziness ..." The suppression of real hunger signals also dampens agni, or the "digestive fire", which actually serves to slow down the metabolism and make these hunger signals more and more recognizable. The feeling of true hunger is the way your body tells you that he needs fuel. When this is ignored, the body begins to adapt to the expectation of a lack of fuel. In other words; If it is assumed that fewer foods are available, fuel is stored as sugar and fat in the tissue. After a long time in which hunger ignores and the need for food is suppressed, it will eventually become very difficult to see when we are hungry when we are full, when we need water, fat, carbohydrates or protein. It also means that we have difficulty dealing with energy, brain fog becomes the norm and the blood sugar level as with a roller coaster ride increases and falls. If the suppression of hunger becomes a habit, it is important to see where the intention comes from the behavior. If you feel like you have suppressed your body's hunger, think about why; Do you do it for fear of certain foods? An obsession with the physical appearance? The need to feel under control? Because you follow a fashion diet? Because of what other people do? Be honest with yourself and think about whether you have ignored your body's screams according to fuel, because it is no fun not to have any energy ...

practical tip: listen to hunger and fullness. It sounds so simple that it is almost silly, but if you are hungry, eat something. Caroline Dooners Book Die F * ck it diet is a powerful and humorous book on this topic. Hold healthy foods such as fruit and vegetables, nuts, seeds and homemade energy balls or chia pudding. These foods really nourish you, and if your body begins to get what it needs, energy and mood become more balanced, the metabolism accelerates and the brain works better than ever. As always, it is important to talk to a medical specialist who you trust if you have a serious problem with nutrition and mental health.

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tears & emotional expression

How often did they stuff anger or sadness into the depths because it wasn't the "right" time to react? How often did you bite your tongue because you did not want to burden a personal or professional relationship? How often did you secretly have the heavy load of emotional stress wearing just because you want others to think "you have that" ? If you no longer feel like you have this, it is time to see where you have to start creating limits where you have to make the load easier and why you often suppress your feelings instead of expressing them. The Ayurvedic texts say that the suppression of tears leads to this "Rheum, eye diseases, breast diseases, dizziness and loss of appetite ..." If we prevent ourselves from expressing sadness or grief, this will prevent these emotions from being processed and we experience what I call "emotional constipation". Just like physical constipation, emotional constipation is very uncomfortable and can make us sick if it is not treated. Interestingly, the digestive system and the excretion channels are actually closely associated with our ability to process emotions. If we feel nervous or unsure, have not fully processed or capture an experience, this can really manifest itself as constipation, obesity, water retention or digestive disorders.

If we suppress our innate need, cry, scream, scream or reject directly, we cause real physical stress. Stress hormones and blood pressure increase, self -esteem drops and studies show that our likelihood of early death increases by 30% due to the overall mortality when we fill emotions in bottles. Think about it; If you hold emotions, just damage yourself.

practical tip: start small and practice expressing yourself so you start to trust yourself at this level. Journaling is a very effective method to let thoughts and emotions out of the head into a physical space (on the side where nobody else will see anything). Simply set a timer for 5-10 minutes and write down everything you think and how you feel. After about a week you will probably be able to better observe your emotions. So start expressing you. Tell your family, partner or best friend if you are upset and need some space. Express if you feel overwhelmed and are unable to keep your emotional stress and your own. If an employee does something to undermine it or promptly promptly to take on an additional unnecessary workload, express how you feel. If there are tears that you hold back, trust me when I say that there is nothing more powerful to relieve stress, irritability and physical tension than a good cry ...

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sleep & rest

While sleep now receives the attention it needs, this is often only because we can do it when we sleep well more. Resting is still more respected today, but too often it is either presented as a luxury, completely with accessories such as guided meditations and special lighting, or it is reserved for those who are on the sidelines of a nervous breakdown. We all need peace, but we have to rest in front of us rest when you understand what I mean ...

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As we have already discussed, the burnout is increasing, and since more of Pandemien's last year, more of us work from home, we ironically work more and relax less than ever. Signs of burnout are the feeling of being emotionally empty, mentally and physically exhausted, a loss of enthusiasm, mood swings, the feeling of being undervalued and completely questioning your life. The more we commit ourselves to responsibilities and tasks, move beyond physical and mental borders or choose work before the game, the more we are burned out. Add a lack of sleep to the mixture and we actually put a lot of strain on the brain, the nervous system and the physical tissue. Ayurvedic texts say that the suppression of sleep leads to "yawn, bruises of the limbs, sleepiness, headache, severity of the eyes, body pain and confusion". If you sleep enough, damaged fabrics, cells and organs can be repaired, hormones are balanced and pretty much every single health marker is improved. Resting is one of the most powerful things we can do to really meet our needs, and very often the key to do our best. The teacher and expert for Ayurveda and Chinese medicine, Dr. Claudia Welch explains in one of her courses that women in particular tend to suppress the need for calm. Even if we rest, we may feel guilty or try to look as if we are doing something easily productive if we actually have to do something. dr. What does this call "hidden camera syndrome"; When we think the world judges us to rest. Just like suppressing emotions, however, it only hurts to suppress the need for calm us.

practical tip: When you are constantly on the go and obsessed with your to-do list, add "peace" as an important part of your daily plan. Make a 20-minute nap between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. (according to Ayurvedic advice), listen to a guided relaxation or a yoga Nidra session. Your sleeping and resting time is actually when your body's repair and renewal processes are the most productive, so that you actually get quantity when your eyes are closed. If you are faced with burnout, it is time to get serious and meet your needs before your adrenal glands suffer too much. It may sound like an impossible task, but they have withdraw from the edge before falling over it. Take off more days, say no, pass the workload on to another person, ask for help and pay attention to your needs.

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