July 10
Imbalances can be corrected by modifying the diet and behavior. Dosha (constitutional type) deficiencies can result in poor health. When digestive energy has been compromised, undigested food waste clogs the body.
It’s all about balance!
My dosha, lifestyle and practice are amazingly linked: fiery, thrives on intensity, needs to chill out. I love spicy food, I enjoy salt, I can work for hours without eating, and then crash suddenly and have a freak-out. And where has that gotten me? Out of balance. I thought I’d been eating healthy food but I’m not eating what my body needs to be optimally balanced. Even hearing that some of my favorite foods are ones that I should avoid makes me angry! Could there be a more loud message? As a Pitta, I would do better to avoid or limit the heat of my current practice and favor a slow-flowing practice. I need active rest.
We fill our bodies with food. We fill the home with objects. If the food is unnatural, ugly, unsupportive of health, there will be imbalances, disease, possibly constipation, or worse. If the objects we surround our bodies with at home are broken, ugly, or useless, there again will be imbalance, constipation, dis-ease. When we put balanced energy into the mouth and in through the front door, chi can flow.
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