August 16, 2024 - Vata dosha balancing (Ayurveda)

 

I have written about Ayurveda and my new passion for it here. In that article, I also proposed a meditation to balance Pitta dosha, meaning the fire constitution. That is what I felt I had to start with in balancing my physical and mental health. In the meantime, I discovered that Vata dosha is not okay either (I have a Pitta constitution in the foreground and then Vata a short distance after). If you want to find out what your typology is, here is a good test, it will give the result immediately.

First of all, let me tell you a little about Vata dosha.

As I said in the other article, people fall into one or more of these constitutions identified in Ayurveda: pitta (the fire and water principle, with 80% fire), vata (air and ether/space) and kapha (earth 40% and water 60%). We are born with one or more of them, during our lives they can change, they give us strength but they can also bring us into imbalance if we don't keep them in check. What do I mean? Let's give an example with Vata while we're still talking about this. People with a Vata constitution are very intelligent, creative, adaptable, social, light as air, but they can end up with their heads in the clouds, dizzy, airy, in their own world, antisocial, unstable when they are out of balance. They also have dry hair, dry skin, constant constipation, poor digestion - these are all physical signs of the imbalance of a person with a Vata constitution.

How can you get out of balance? Well, the air is light, cold and dry. Consuming light, cold and dry foods. Too much ice cream is not good for a vata person. A hot soup is, however. A lot of cold and dry food is not good, salami with bread all day long, definitely not, a cream soup in which I added a good oil, definitely yes. Ayurveda applies the principle of balancing with the help of opposites. We eat warm, moist and oily if we are too dry, cold and light. You understand. At the same time, a cold environment is bad for a vata person, a warm environment is not. Or the lack of a routine in life, of an organization, of a clear program can make an "airy vata" become even more "airy", more "scattered", more "with his head in the clouds". We balance the air with fire and earth attributes, with attributes that warm and give the state of grounding, of security, of being "with my feet on the ground".

How did I think of this meditation that I first applied to myself? I took all the unbalanced attributes of Vata, asked the Creator to extract and cancel them and replace them with their balanced version, including on the physical side.

- I eliminated fatigue and replaced it with rest, peace and tranquility;

- I eliminated the lack of adaptability, attachment to routine and replaced it with adaptability and desire for newness;

- I eliminated the lack of sociability and replaced it with the desire to communicate and socialize;

- I eliminated the lack of enthusiasm and replaced it with enthusiasm and joy;

- I eliminated the lack of creativity and replaced it with creativity, imagination, innovation;

- I eliminated the inability to listen to my intuition and replaced it with the ability to always understand and listen to my intuition;

- I replaced the unbalanced physical attributes - dry hair and skin, constipation, poor digestion, dryness in the body;

- I replaced fears and anxiety with courage, peace, calm, peace of mind, attention, mental clarity;

- I took instability and replaced it with its opposite.

The steps of a Theta meditation can be found here (before listening to the recording, it is necessary to enter the Theta state, the meditation is listened to with your eyes closed and the program changes are confirmed by "yes/accept". Complete the meditation below. At the end, you say. Thank you, it is fulfilled, show me.

What are my results?

I have been "attacking" vata dosha from several sides for several days - I drink vata balancing tea from Everest daily, I eat more hydrating oils because I saw that although I drank a lot of water daily, I was not hydrated, I use more face creams and hair oils, I drink hot drinks tea/soup (but not in excess so as not to upset pitta dosha, i.e. the fire principle). I feel much better, more balanced and the big victory: 2 stools a day, daily, instead of one dry one every 3-4 days. Yes, a little gross, but it is part of the vata imbalances, I had to tell you about it him.

All the best,

Geo