Cozy blankets, colorful leaves, walking in the brisk sunny air.... Fall can be a beautiful time of year when we follow the Vedic recommendations for how to transition our mind and body. Here are a 5 easy steps to make this the best fall of your life.
1. Begin your day with meditation. Even 10 quiet minutes will create a calm tone for your day. For amazing guided meditations visit: http://www.chopra.com/library/guidedmeditations
2. Start transitioning away from cold, raw salads and towards warming stews and soups with vegetables, beans and your favorite spices. For soup inspiration, check out: http://www.101cookbooks.com/soups/
3. Obviously wearing warmer clothes is a smart idea as the seasons change. It's especially important to keep your neck and throat covered during this blustery and chilly season. In additions to jackets and scarves, add orange, yellow or red colors to harmonize with the shift.
4. Fall is dominated by VATA, a mobile, dry, cold force. It's easy to feel trapped in cyclical thoughts and worries. Therefore, we have to add the opposite qualities in order to create balance and stabilize our mind. Give yourself permission to rest, take a warm bath, slather on nourishing oil and wrap up with a blanket and some relaxing tea. Avoid loud music, driving too fast and violent shows that will further aggravate Vata.
5. If you have trouble sleeping, indulge in a sesame oil foot massage. Sesame oil is warming, and this self-massage will relax your nervous system before bed. Pull on some socks so that your sheets stay nice and clean.
1. Begin your day with meditation. Even 10 quiet minutes will create a calm tone for your day. For amazing guided meditations visit: http://www.chopra.com/library/guidedmeditations
2. Start transitioning away from cold, raw salads and towards warming stews and soups with vegetables, beans and your favorite spices. For soup inspiration, check out: http://www.101cookbooks.com/soups/
3. Obviously wearing warmer clothes is a smart idea as the seasons change. It's especially important to keep your neck and throat covered during this blustery and chilly season. In additions to jackets and scarves, add orange, yellow or red colors to harmonize with the shift.
4. Fall is dominated by VATA, a mobile, dry, cold force. It's easy to feel trapped in cyclical thoughts and worries. Therefore, we have to add the opposite qualities in order to create balance and stabilize our mind. Give yourself permission to rest, take a warm bath, slather on nourishing oil and wrap up with a blanket and some relaxing tea. Avoid loud music, driving too fast and violent shows that will further aggravate Vata.
5. If you have trouble sleeping, indulge in a sesame oil foot massage. Sesame oil is warming, and this self-massage will relax your nervous system before bed. Pull on some socks so that your sheets stay nice and clean.
Enjoy this beautiful season!
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ReplyDeleteNice! As I read this all cozy on the couch! :)
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