SHITALI-BREATHING

This #Pranayama breathing technique cools you down. This is for everyone who suffers from headache and migraines, hypertensionclimacteric ailments, hot flushes and increased Pitta. This time you only breathe with your mouth. Open your mouth slightly and curl your tongue so that the sides of your tongue meet in the middle. Now breathe in and […]

Pawanamuktasana

This yoga exercise primarily stimulates your digestion. This exercise is great when you suffer from a low or weak digestion power, but only if you breathe intensely in Ujjayi breathing. Breathe audibly. You have to synchronize your breathing with the movements. This way Prana penetrates deep into your tissues and electrify your Nadis and nerval […]

PRANAYAMA-BREATHING EXERCISES IN YOGA

The breathing exercises are an integral part of yoga practice and also serve as preparation for #Meditation. According to Patanjali, they are indispensable for the mastery of life energies (#Prana) and control over body and mind. This also shows the meaning of the word “Pranayama”, which is made up of Prana, the life energy, and […]

SUN SALUTATION

This sequence of exercises is very famous and is practiced  in almost every Yoga session. It’s one of the most effective exercise sequence to stimulate the flow of energy (#Prana). There are lot’s of different versions. Some are slow, some are fast and some are like an expressionistic dance. In Ayurveda, we prefer the classic […]

UJJAYI-BREATHING

This breathing technique in #Pranayama bring #Prana deep into the tissues. In Ayurveda they are performed while doing #Yoga exercises to enhance the effect like removing mucus from the airways or stimulating the digestion power and metabolism. The inhaling and exhaling are more forceful and audible than in normal breathing. While breathing you bring in […]

IDEAL FOOD FOR WEAK DIGESTION POWER

The test shows that your current digestion power is weak. You have become the victim of #AMA, sticky slag from undigested food. Its not only glueing your intestines and harming your good intestinal bacteria, it also migrates into your blood and into your lymphsystem, from where it reaches to the weak points of your body. […]

ALL ABOUT KAPHA-BASIC NEEDS

Kapha is one of three main life energies made out of the elements earth and water. Main properties are solid, heavy, fertile, nourishing, oily, moist, fluid, sluggish and cooling. Think of a mountain valley with a clear blue lake with cold water and green meadows full of flowers, trees and thick forest. PHYSICAL SIGNS OF […]

ALL ABOUT PITTA

Pitta is one of the three life energies., the #Doshas. It derives from the element fire. Therefore it is hot, dynamic, sour, penetrant and activating. Think of a vulcano. TYPICAL PHYSICAL SIGNS OF PITTA • athletic • medium weight • good power • good endurance • intense glance • straight nose • red hair  • […]

ALL ABOUT VATA

Vata is one of the three life energies, the Doshas. It derives from the elements of air and ether. Main properties are dry, fast, flexible and rough. Think of a rocky desert with cold winds. PHYSICAL SIGNS OF VATA • tiny, weak, small • light, tendency for underweight • fast • tender joints • less […]

IDEAL FOOD FOR STRONG DIGESTION POWER

If your test on current digestive power shows that you have a strong digestion then you congratulate yourself. You are alive and well like a fish in the water. Your current diet matches your digestion situation. Nevertheless, avoid fast food and ready-made meals, lemonades, cereals containing gluten and white sugar. These “bad guys” are proven […]