Are you longing for a relaxing and rejuvenating treatment?
Busy and hectic lifestyle demands rejuvenation for both mind and the body.
Do you know that your feel good therapies and spas may not be comforting for the other?
Our body is made up of five basic elements so as the universe. Their combinations, proportions and predominance determine our body type, personality and attitude. Ayurveda categorizes this into tridoshas- vata, pitta and kapha. Techniques and treatments which brings a balance in the elements has a considerable impact on the mind and body.
And this is why you need a rejuvenation therapy customized to your body type, lifestyle and environmental conditions.
Ayurveda analyses the Proportion of tridoshas in the body and the environment. The dominance of a particular dosha or a combination of doshas determines the functioning of the mind and the body. Emotions are the signals that indicates the aggravation of the doshas. Ayurveda aims at healing the mind and body by bringing in the balance of doshas.
Significance of DIY ayurvedic therapies:
These simple and easy DIY ayurvedic therapies for Tridosha balance helps in the prevention of many diseases. It also pacifies the aggravated doshas and speeds up the healing process. Every human body is composed of five basic elements Earth, water, fire,air and ether. These five elements alternate with each other to form doshas.
Every dosha possess two elements in dominance. Hence, it needs to balanced with other three elements to obtain proper functioning of the system.
DIY Ayurvedic therapies:
Vata:
Vata dosha is characterized by dry, light, airy, cold and swift forms. Similar atmosheric conditions may aggravate vata dosha in the body. Anxiousness, restlessness, overthinking are the internal conditions contributing to the aggravation of vata in the body. These ayurvedic therapies impart moist, oily, smooth, warm, heavy qualities to pacify vata in the body.
Warm oil massage:
The practice of abhyanga or self massage is highly recommended in ayurveda to promote circulation and elimination.
Method:
Apply luke warm oil all over the body.
Massage in gentle strokes over the limbs and circular motions in the joints.
Adapt convenient pressure required in various organs.
This elaborate process can be simplified to foot, palm and head massage on busy days.
Benefits:
Offers deep relaxation to the nervous system.
Promotes sleep quality.
Improves muscle tone.
Strengthens bones and joints.
Hot water baths:
Vata gets aggravated in the cold weather. Hence, hot water baths comes in rescue in minimizing the adverse effects.
Method:
Soak your hands and feet in hot water tubs.
You can also consider taking hot water baths after a relaxing oil massage. It helps in opening the pores for better absorption.
Essential oils or salt can be added to the water.
Benefits:
Improves circulation.
Alleviates pain.
Rejuvenates nerves.
Aids in muscle recovery.
Soil therapy:
You need not visit a spa or a therapist for this humble yet beneficial vata stabilizer. All you need is to connect with the earth.
Method:
The simplest way of soil therapy is to walk barefoot on the soil.
Standing barefoot on the soil during sun gazing makes the practice more conducive.
You can also dig your hands or feet into the sand in the shores.
Indulging in the activities involving much contact with soil such as pottery and gardening would also be a great step.
Benefits:
Improves balance in the mind and body.
Walking barefoot on the ground activates the pressure points in the foot.
Consistent and conscious connect with the ground induces calmness and stability in the mind.
Workouts for your body type recommended by ayurveda
Pitta:
Pitta dosha body types are usually acidic and are often prone to burning sensation in the food and digestive tract. This is due to the dominance of fire and water element. Heat generating foods and emotions such as jealousy, anger aggravates pitta dosha. Hence, the therapies must be smooth, cooling, breezy and pleasant.
Water falls:
Hot, fierce and searing characteristics of pitta dosha can be mollified by splash of fresh water.
Method:
If you could sense the traits of pitta dosha in your body, never miss a chance to get drenched in water falls or a river.
You might have noticed your raging anger on off for a few moments post cold shower. Yes, when you don't have access to outdoors, cold water showers also helps in rejuvenating a pitta body and mind.
Even few splashes of cold water on the face makes a quick fix.
Flowers and breeze:
Sharp and piercing tendencies of pitta dosha can be pacified with soft and soothing interaction with flowers.
Spending substantial time in feeling breeze all over the body and mind relieves the vigour of pitta dosha from the mind.
Cold packs:
In summers, pitta dosha may get aggravated. The chances of pitta based diseases are more. Cooling herbal packs keep the effects of scorching heat at bay.
In ayurveda cooling herbs such as bringaraj, henna are recommended for cold packs. You can use any of the them either freshly ground or in powder form to make cold packs. Mix it with cold water to make paste. Apply them on the scalp, feet and soles. Allow it to dry. Then rinse it with luke warm water. Since henna leaves reddish colour on the skin and hair, research well on the cooling herbs before you choose one. Bringaraj pack on scalp has much more benefits for hair other than cooling effects.
Kapha:
The nature of kapha body type is slow, heavy, thick, and cool. Dominance of kapha dosha leads to physical and mental lethargy. Aggravation of kapha dosha is indicated by excess oil and mucuos secretion in the body. These DIY therapies with appropriate herbs helps in preventing the dominance of kapha dosha.
Steam baths:
Heavy and sleek effects of kapha dosha can be brought into balance with warming steam baths. You can use steam from either milk or just plain water for steaming. You can also try steaming different parts of your body. Just go with the more exhausted organs. You will feel absolutely refreshed after steaming your face. It melts heaviness from both mind and body.
Herbal vapours/Incense:
Thick and gross nature of the kapha dosha certainly have its hand on your mood. Let go of your clogged up emotions and lit your mind with enthusiasm by litting your favourite herbal vapours. It is traditionally mentioned as dhoopam in ayurveda. It induces relaxation and positivity.
Powder scrubs/packs:
Kapha body type people are usually fed up with their oily skin. They are also prone to pimples and dullness in the skin. Bath powders and packs works best to get rid of the clogged pores. Vigorous scrubbing promotes circulation in the body. It also refreshes your mind and body overcoming apathetic tendencies of kapha dosha. Powder scrubs which are dry and light are befitting for sleeky kapha body type.
Note:
These little pampers helps in fixing body and mind more effectively as they are balancing the basic composition of your body. Taking breaks and rejuvenations at regular intervals prevents exhaustion of mind and body.
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