How Often Should You Go?
My father liked to quote an old Hindi saying:One who goes once is a Yogi.
One who goes twice is a Bhogi (lover of worldly comforts)
One who goes thrice is a Rogi (someone who is unwell)Have you guessed what I am referring to?The morning movement.Not something we like to bring up often, but according to Ayurveda, how many times you go and how well you evacuate, can mean the difference between a short life spent battling disease and a long, healthy one filled with joy.Ayurveda explains this very well (as it does so many other things, methinks!)Undigested matter that does not move out of the body begins to fester. Slowly, it turns toxic. The innocuous-sounding word for this dangerous toxic pile-up is ama. Ancient physicians described ama as the seedbed of disease, ripe and ready for germs to thrive on.Remove ama, and those deadly germs have nowhere to grow.Result: you stay disease-free!So, how do you make sure you dont accumulate ama?Simple! Keep things clean. Think of the undigested matter as a pile of trash that you need to get rid of. How would you do that? You would burn it or sweep it away, right? Thats exactly how you deal with ama.Drink a lot of water during the dayit does the job of a broom, sweeping the ama out of your system.Move! Exercise can be just the fuel you need to burn up those toxins.Go like a yogi: once a day is an indication that you are not overeating. The less you eat, the less you have to worry about getting rid of. Of course yogis take care to eat all the right things, which they call sattvic (radiance-bestowing) foods, but that is another posts subject.For now, even if you continue to eat what you usually do, just less of it, youll be on your way to feeling energetic and happy.All of this is is just common sense and simple, really. Its just that we are often too busy to listen to our basic needs.So if youve been suffering from dis-comfort and dis-ease, start healing yourself from the inside out.Ready, set, go!R! elated:< /strong>
The Scoop on Poop and Probiotics
One who goes twice is a Bhogi (lover of worldly comforts)
One who goes thrice is a Rogi (someone who is unwell)Have you guessed what I am referring to?The morning movement.Not something we like to bring up often, but according to Ayurveda, how many times you go and how well you evacuate, can mean the difference between a short life spent battling disease and a long, healthy one filled with joy.Ayurveda explains this very well (as it does so many other things, methinks!)Undigested matter that does not move out of the body begins to fester. Slowly, it turns toxic. The innocuous-sounding word for this dangerous toxic pile-up is ama. Ancient physicians described ama as the seedbed of disease, ripe and ready for germs to thrive on.Remove ama, and those deadly germs have nowhere to grow.Result: you stay disease-free!So, how do you make sure you dont accumulate ama?Simple! Keep things clean. Think of the undigested matter as a pile of trash that you need to get rid of. How would you do that? You would burn it or sweep it away, right? Thats exactly how you deal with ama.Drink a lot of water during the dayit does the job of a broom, sweeping the ama out of your system.Move! Exercise can be just the fuel you need to burn up those toxins.Go like a yogi: once a day is an indication that you are not overeating. The less you eat, the less you have to worry about getting rid of. Of course yogis take care to eat all the right things, which they call sattvic (radiance-bestowing) foods, but that is another posts subject.For now, even if you continue to eat what you usually do, just less of it, youll be on your way to feeling energetic and happy.All of this is is just common sense and simple, really. Its just that we are often too busy to listen to our basic needs.So if youve been suffering from dis-comfort and dis-ease, start healing yourself from the inside out.Ready, set, go!R! elated:< /strong>
The Scoop on Poop and Probiotics
