Showing posts with label Ayurvedic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ayurvedic. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

The Benefits of an Ayurvedic Cleanse




All of us can benefit from an Ayurvedic Cleanse. To authenticate this, just envisage a day in the life of your galley sink. Every day it drains away all of your by oneself - overs and trash. Now think what would start happening if the pipes became blocked, and the water wasn ' t flowing. Can you gape the sludge building up from the vegetable rinds, the uneaten toast, the kids ' cereal, and the oil from yesterday ' s cook - out? Can you smell the rotten stagnation and toxicity if all this just sat there for 3 months? Are you disgusted in consummation? Then you glom the need for an Ayurvedic cleanse.



Like it or not, all of us are that bake house sink to some degree. The gunk that builds up is referred to in Ayurveda as ama ( impurities, toxic waste. Making healthy diet and lifestyle choices willingly helps reduce the amount of ama that builds up, but there is so much more that is involved and an Ayurvedic Cleanse is a great pioneer point.



The systems in our body that remove wastes ( reveal, urine, and sweat ) must be working effectively.



Particularly of importance is the colon, as this is seat so much of what we intake gets refined, and the potential for ama building up is tremendous. The easiest way to start adjudjing the health of your colon is to look at the quality of your bowel movements. Do you have regular, daily bowel movements? Do you have to strain to pass the let fall? Does your let fall or flatulence have a foul odor? While all maturing problems should be evaluated by your health care provider, many unhealthy bowel habits are a sign, from an Ayurvedic perspective, that ama has built up in the colon.



Can you think of other indicators that ama has accumulated? What signs would you assume could be related to waste material not being properly obsessed? Foul odors, including body odor and smelly urine can be a sign. Motor response irked and sluggish, even after getting adequate sleep, could be associated with ama build - up. A faint, clouded activity in the mind may indicate ama. Even the muscles and joints may feel annoyed and not fully functional.



You may be thinking that you can just learn to live with the ama, and that it ' s not " that bad ". The concern is that the continual build - up of ama leads to blocking of the channels of the body, eventually causing poor health from an Ayurvedic perspective. Think of a still body of water, like a lake. You start seeing the formation of algae, and even think that this is a part of the natural cycle, adding " character " to the tarn. But as the water remains still, and the ecosystem is not kept in check, the algae generate to overgrow, and even hinder out other life. Even more, the passive water becomes an incubator for bacteria and parasites, and a breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying dangerous diseases. A river, whose nature is to flow and constantly flush away any signs of stagnation, doesn ' t face these problems as easily. Similarly, you want there to be proper flow in the body - of blood, lymph, air, food through the digestive tract, and somewhere, of wastes square one the body. And owing to there isn ' t always this free flow for a variation of reasons, an Ayurvedic cleanse gives your body an hap to step back, stop facing an onslaught on new toxins, label the toxins that have built up, and rid the body of them.











The most well known type of Ayurvedic cleanse is called Panchakarma. A complete Panchakarma treatment should be undertaken only under the bridle of a Ayurvedic practitioner. The body is prepared for cleansing with a change to a simple, whole foods diet, as well as massage with oil and mild lukewarm therapies. The person also takes a hideaway from the hustle and bustle of daily activities, allowing the body the time and space to go through a cleansing process. Then, based on the respective ' s constitution and imbalances, a regimen is created involving one or more of five processes: herbal enemas, emesis, purgation, blood - letting, and herbal nasal remedies. Herbal remedies simultaneously guide the body through the process. There are also a multitude of other therapies that can be done in contingency with these, with the goal being to rid the body of harmful build - up, re - balance the doshas, and strengthen the digestive fire. The person is then addicted help to rejuvenate and recreate the tissues.



These very goals can be translated into smaller cleanses, less rigorous in nature, which can be undertaken even at home. The purposes of a home Ayurvedic cleanse can be as follows:



• To give the digestive fire a rest from all the exposures it must process continuously, so that it can re - torch itself.



• To wind up the input of materials toxic to the health.



• To cleanse the body of quiescent build - up, allowing the life energy to flow freely once more.



• To balance any imbalances in the beat doshas.



• To step away from the daily routine of life, which may constitute some fortuitous habits, and get a breath of additional position and more perspective.



• To encourage and rejuvenate the body, bringing forth well - being once again.



In addition to when you feel overburdened by unhealthy build - up, Ayurveda recommends cleansing at divers points. The transition of the seasons is a common recommendation, so as to re - balance any doshas that may have become fervent during the previous season, and to also prepare for the upcoming changes in nature. Ayurveda also promotes cleansing before attempting pregnancy, as this allows the body ' s tissues to gain clarity and vitality. There are even involved cleansing rituals, lasting several months in isolation, done to regain youthful vigor and mental acuity.



What Can I Do Now?



A benign way to experience the Ayurvedic cleanse process is to start with a whole - food based cleanse at home. Two of the simplest whole foods to digest in Ayurveda are Basmati rice and split deceitful mung dal ( lentils ), cooked with vegetables and supportive spices such as turmeric, mustard peanut, and cumin follower, and topped with the nourishing goodness of ghee ( clarified butter ). This grounding food ( called kitchadi ) used in combination with plenty of pleasant water sipped throughout the day, and an herbal remedy such as Triphala to make absolute the wastes are removed from the system, can form the basis of a very easy home cleanse.



One should not use the food articles from either fidelity or girlhood; quite he should use the wholesome one after examination for the body is a product of food. - Caraka Samhita



Caraka Samhita. Sharma, P. V. Sutrasthana Ch XXVIII, V. 41



There are also abundant Ayurvedic practitioners around the world who can scan you in colloquy and help guide you through processes from a home food cleanse to a full Panchakarma.

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Ayurveda and Obesity




A young boy to his humongous after sitting for his breakfast… …



Mummy….. i want only 2 iddlis… that’ s enough…



His grandmother who was sitting nearby him on the table….. started saying… …



Oh… ho…. Geeta… how much times I have told you to feed him with 6 or 7 iddlis….. that time you did not listen to me…. now see… what he says….



Geeta: Sanjay….. my dear boy…. don’ t you want to grow big and strong….. like your daddy….. if you want to grow big, you should eat more… … observe your daddy ….. how he is…..! How much food he eats….. how strong he is….. with a big body… ….



Thie is a typical breakfast scene from a family in the city….



Thousands of families are flummoxed in the style the boy was made….. do you know what will be the outcome of this? He will become like his daddy… ….



Is this the real strength that we want? Is this the real health that we should focu… ….?



Its time for us to study the direction. Should we be made to eat more than what we need? Should we grow big like…. Sanjay’ s Daddy… …?.... or should we stay like Sanjay?



Well the time has not climactically run out….. We have enough time to think how our children should be.



So Think…. Its always better to stay slim like Sanjay quite than growing fat like his dad… … in the name of health…..



Ayurveda advises that staying slim is always gifted that being fat… …



WHAT IS OBESITY?



Food is the substance that we wish to give us energy and essential components to build up the body tissues and maintain its usual functions. It should only be taken in sum according to our requirement. When this intake gets more than output in the form of physical work, needless energy is stored in body in the form of fats for further use in transaction like fasting or fever etc….. when this fats gets awfully higher, they get deposited in varoius parts of body mainly stomach, thighs, buttocks, chest etc, leading to enlargement of these areas. This is called obesity.



Ayurveda defines plump as a person in whom his chest, belly, thighs etc shake when he jumps or runs or does some physical activity… …



Obesity is a physical, mental and emotional disorder….



CAUSES FOR OBESITY OR STHOULYATA



• Eating more than what is needed – People eat till their stomach have not even a space for air. Eating more calorie foods than what is required daily will cause deposition of fats, inasmuch as makes a person rotund.



• Dearth of physical exercise – this is one of the important things that we miss today. Initially people used to wake up early and do a long tramp or run for a few miles. Now people get up only tardy and they do not have time to do their exercise. Children initially used to play at lot a expound and home. Now they sit in front of computer games instead.



• Technological innovations / Work nature – People now have more of sedentary jobs than physical work jobs. As technology is more and more advanced, the work that people have to do decreases. People now don’ t work in farms or yards.



• Laziness – Keeping servants in the house for house occupation work tolerably than doing it themselves. This leads to non - utilization of energy, then causing obesity.



• Long work schedules - Long hours of sitting in front of a computer or sitting and writing a diary without any other physical action.



• Planed munching of food stuffs wherever you go. – Wherever you go, you have readymade foods and it’ s a time - pass for people to munch something. These foods are having higher calorie. They increase the fats.



• Inauguration behind healthy foods and going behind fast foods – People now exalt packed foods like loot or vegetable rolls or burgers fairly than vegetable salads or fruit salads, due to their easy availability and easy transportability and longer shelf life and of course, palatability.



• Food advertising – Increased advertising of packed fast foods in numerous major cause. Fried items are being packed with different artificial sweeteners are marketed. It is the children, teenagers and youth who fall into such mishaps.



• Increased cost of healthy products – cost of the fruits and vegetables is increasing very high day by day. Today you will only get 1 Kg of Onion for Rs. 50rs while u’ ll get ½ a Kg of fried salary for Rs 20.



• Marketing of slimming products – Many Slimming products which are available in market are misguiding the public. Reduction of weight without any exercise and food intake as you pleasure is what they claim. People go behind such ads and get more health problems.



• Hereditary – there is a family intimacy for obesity. If your parents are obese, you are likely to get portly.



• Minor weight gain – due to diseases like hypothyroidism, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome etc



• Emotional factors – some people eat more when they are having emotional disturbances like grief, anger etc.



• Sleeping in the day time – Ayurveda says that sleeping in day time is a inducement for obesity.



• Smoking – smoking increases obesity



• Side effects of certain drugs - Many different drugs - - including contraceptives, steroid hormones, diabetes drugs, some antidepressants, and blood pressure drugs - - can cause weight gain. Use of these drugs is on the upswing.



• Pollution



• Air conditioning - More energy is burnt out if the surrounding temperature is either too hot or cold.



• Pregnancy – increases obesity, but after delivery she will come back to her regular figure in most of the cases.



WHAT ARE THE SIGNS OF OBESITY?



• Belly starts bulging out and accordingly the dress will be tight



• Chest starts sagging.



• Increase in weight on a scale.



• BMI ( Body Mass Inventory ) increases – is calculated from weight in kg / height in meter2.



BMI



18. 5– 24. 9 Normal weight



25. 0– 29. 9 Rotund



30. 0– 39. 9 Overweight



40. 0 and over Extreme obesity



• Looses Stamina to do physical work.



• Feels careless and more sleepy



WHY IS TREATMENT NECESSARY IN Fat?



If rotund, in ulterior, there is a higher chance of getting…..



• Metabolic Syndrome or Syndrome Smooch – Star shaped intestines or abdominal obesity, high triglyceride level, lower HDL levels, Higher Fasting Blood Sugar.



• Heart problems – increased weight – results in increased cholesterol in blood – causes formation of clots in blood vessels to heart – leads to chest pain – ends in heart attack.



• High Blood Pressure.



• Stroke – Formation of clots in the brain – leading to paralysis



• Type 2 Diabetes



• Osteoarthritis – increase in weight – causes more pressure on joints – leading to enervating away of joint



• Menstrual asymmetry and infertility complaints



• Cancers – especially in colon, breast, endometrial and graze bladder



• Skin stones



TREATMENT or WEIGHT REDUCTION PLAN



Ayurveda says that it is very tough to cure an rotund person.









So it is a time consuming process. All of a snappy wonders will not be achieved by any medication or treatment.



4 Plans of treatment:



๏ƒผ Food and drink Plan



๏ƒผ Exercise Plan



๏ƒผ Medicine and Treatment plan



๏ƒผ Mental Stress Reduction Plan



Goals in general:



๏ƒผ Designate a few months to lose the weight by setting short term and meaningful goals. You can lose an average of 2 - 3 kilos a month.



๏ƒผ Make slow and steady changes in your dietary habits. Do not reduce your food intake totally. Go after high calorie and fattening foods with healthy and low - cal alternatives.



๏ƒผ Prepare yourself mentally that losing weight is a slow and steady process that would need a lot of patience from your side.



A ) Food and Drink Plan



Food and drink Plan has an impending role in obesity treatment. Food and Drink Plan has 3 aspects: - Qualitative, Quantitative and Time.



Qualitative Plan refers to the nutritional proportion that we eat. Eat more of vegetables and fruits that contain fibre, minerals and vitamins and reduce carbohydrate and fat containing foods. Eat more of fibre containing foods like fund and oats. Bear Barley and Wheat more in your food.



Quantitative plan refers to the amount of food we eat. Reduce the amount of food gradually. Do not start do severe fasting. Eat only upto ½ of your stomach, authorization rest ¼ rth to water and ¼ rth free. Do not over fill the stomach. Drink at primordial 2 - 3 glasses before you eat food so that amount you eat will be less and wherefore helps in weight reduction.



Time plan is following the correct time for having the food. Food timings should be correct and properly maintained. The time difference 2 meals should be 4 hours. That is intermediate heavy foods should be avoided like some fried snacks at 11. 00 am and 4. 00 pm. If at all perception hungry at this time, have some fruit salads or vegetable salads or fruit juice or Oats that are with Low Calories.



B ) Exercise Plan



Exercise is the next imperative plan. Ayurveda focuses and says that exercise is the key point to reduce the obesity. Daily boreal mobile or jogging for a few miles will reduce the unneeded weight. Sports activities are idealistic. Ayurveda advises athletics, swimming, wrestling, martial arts etc that pack good value of energy utilization. This should be done till the person starts breathing through his orifice. Never till he gets surfeited. Practice for a short interval initially and gradually build up the time for exercise.



C ) Medicine Plan



Medicine Plan is the next thrust method. This is advised to hoi polloi whose BMI is greater than 25. Medicines own does not have any role in treatment of obesity. Its only with the pack with the extensive 3 plans it works good.



Abutting are the commonly used medications:



• Lemon juice + Honey: This is one of the best remedies for branch to combat obesity. Mix 1 teaspoon of further honey with the juice of a half of a lime. This should be major to a glass of water and should be bored throughout the day.



• Water + Honey



• Intake of Takra ( Butter - Milk ), medicated if leading.



• Arishtas Like Lodrasavam, Ayaskriti, Devadarvaristam etc



• Triphala / gudooci / sarshapa / mustha Powder + Honey



• agnimantha Kashayam + Kanmada Bhasmam



• Vidangadi Choornam + Honey



• Asana kashayam + Honey



• Vara asanadi Kashayam



• Khadira + Venga Kash with Triphala Churnam + Honey



• Varanadi Kashayam + Honey



Medicines are apt only after assesing the property of the considerate.



To Drink: Water boiled with Asana + / Khadira



If BMI is greater than 26: - IP Treatment is reqiured. Special inportance is habituated to Udwartanam with Triphala Churnam or Kolakulathadi Choornam. Panchakarma is also very essential in this spot. It cleanse out and scrape the unwanted fats and make the body healthy. Out of the PanchaKarmas, Prime importance is to Vamana and Kashaya Vasti.



D ) Mental Stress Reduction Plan



Achieved through Yoga, Pranayama and Meditation.



PREVENTION OF OBESITY



DONT’ S DO’ S



Food and Drinks



Nature of Food and Drinks



๏‚ง Too eat meat, especially beef fries, chicken fries etc.



๏‚ง Exceptionally use cheese, butter and ice - cream



๏‚ง Powerful use fried and packed snacks like scratch etc



๏‚ง Ultra use treacherous part of egg.



๏‚ง Remarkably use curd.



๏‚ง Artifical saccharine soda, beverage drinks and soft drinks



Food Timings and habits



๏‚ง Avoid eating in between like at 11 am and 4 pm.



๏‚ง Do not eat fried items in the intermediate times.



Ill - Healthy Habits



๏‚ง Stop Smoking



๏‚ง Stop Alcohol



Action



๏‚ง Don’ t be lazy.



Exercise



๏‚ง Do not Proceed your day without exercise



๏‚ง Strenous and colorless excercises should be avoided.



Sleep



๏‚ง Do not sleep in the day time.



Pranayama



๏‚ง Do not over do.



๏‚ง Do not practice it without an expert advice.



At Work Place



๏‚ง Do not countinously work for more than 2 hours.



๏‚ง Stop having Bajjis or any other fried items at outlandish times like 11 am or 4 pm.



๏‚ง Stop countinous munching.



๏‚ง Reduce the digit of pastries and other heavy calorie foods in parties



Theory



๏‚ง Never go behind any false adds fireworks that they will reduce your weight within 1 pace or so.



๏‚ง Drink fat free milk



๏‚ง Drink buttermilk in plenty



๏‚ง Take in cooked skin, peas etc



๏‚ง Eat Whole - grain foods, such as whole - wheat bread, mushroom, and brown rice.



๏‚ง Eat more of fruits



๏‚ง Eat more of vegetables.



๏‚ง Drink fruit juice, carrot juice etc



๏‚ง Drink plenty of water



๏‚ง Follow a constant food timing.



๏‚ง If feel hungry at intermediate times have some fruits or vegetable salads which are nutritious and with less calories..



๏‚ง Be active always



๏‚ง Do exercise daily. Dream of it complementary to your meals.



๏‚ง Practice them according to your comfortability. They are meant only to burn the surplus calories in your body and not to array how strong you are.



๏‚ง Sleep well during the night for at primogenial 6 - 8 hours.



๏‚ง Practice it daily, like now after waking up from bed for at front 10 mins.



๏‚ง After working for an hour or two, have a shlep from your seat, chat with your mates for 10 – 15 mins. Break the work into schedules of 1 hour with entertaiment in between.



๏‚ง Do perambulation to the place site you get water to drink and food to eat quite than keeping it on victual for easy span.



๏‚ง Participate in Parties. But don’ t make you stomach participate in that.



๏‚ง Understand that weight reduction is a slow process and that can be achieved only through a sense of Bridle.



NEVER TO MISS….



๏ƒ˜ Log your Waist Size Weekly….. and keep a comparison…..



๏ƒ˜ Check Yourself in front of the mirror daily… facing your face and your side…



๏ƒ˜ Think about your stomach and body before you eat…..



Reduction of weight is not an easy procedure like eating your favorite food….. It is very arduous and needs control on your body and mind…..



Only well planned and well guided health plans will make you healthy from Obesity… …

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Mobile Massage Business Tips: Take the Stress Out of Outcalls




Suppose this: You ' re digging through your outcall massage bag for your oil holster and, with a sinking tangibility, you fancy that you desolate it at home. Your only options are to set the oil on the concrete or on a side groceries across the room, both of which force you to break the flow of the massage to profit by more lubricant. An unexpected stressor is introduced into the conflict, and your normally peaceful state of mind becomes flustered. Your stress then transfers to the client, who tenses up in response to your subtle irritation.



Here ' s extended stressful plot. You crop up at the client ' s home for a massage appointment and make several trips up and down a break of steps to manage in all of your equipment. By the time you ' re ready to start the massage, your muscles are aching and your energy is fading. You precipitate yourself into the audience and freedom exhausted after lugging all of your equipment back to the car.



Outcall appointments can be stressful and fatiguing. Without the convenience of a permanent locale, certain factors suspicious the massage may be out of your restriction. But with a little method and the convenience of accessories designed for the animated therapist, you can do all that is in your power to make each appointment as successful as possible.



The Convenience of Ambulatory Massage Equipment



You love being able to bring your massage therapy into clients ' homes, and your clients love the convenience, but carting your equipment from place to place can take a impost on your body over time. The right walking massage equipment, however, can ease the wear and tear on your body and make transporting your supplies easier.



One of the most practical and back - saving accessories for outcalls is a rolling fodder convoy. A portable massage store, no matter how lightweight, is a heavy item to transport, and the longer you manage it, the else it feels. Save your energy for the massage by rolling your subsistence with a caravan. You still have to do a certain amount of lifting, but the band will ease the overall strain on your body.



A high quality massage ration bag can also reduce the strain on your body. A superexcellent bear occasion includes a thickly padded shoulder strap for superior comfort, durable fabric and needlecraft, and extra lining on the bottom to protect your slop from bumps and minor impacts. One of the biggest benefits of a honorable plight is that you can keep all of your main supplies in one bag, with large pockets for a massage promote, linens, oils, and other accessories on the appearance of the event.











If you ' re still struggling under the weight of your meat, excogitate purchasing a lightweight aluminum massage nutriment. Aluminum is a lighter principal than wood, which makes it perfect for an outcall nourishment. Depending on your size and strength, you may be serviceable to handle a augmented edible, but for therapists who prefer the lightest weight possible, aluminum is the way to go.



Pattern Your Motile Massage Equipment



Even though you can ' t always curb your environment, there are steps you can take to secure a relaxing experience for both you and your client. One conception is to make a record of supplies you need for outcalls. Check off your list before each call. You ' ll be less unborn to discount primary important. Supplementary abstraction is to keep all of your outcall supplies together in one place. If you do both office sessions and on - niche massage, provide for keeping one bottle of massage oil in the office and one in your outcall bag. Store your outcall supplies in your vehicle if possible, exclude for lubricants, which should be stored in a temperature - controlled environment. Keep samples of lube in your vehicle, just in case you slight to pack some.



Use the following checklist as a archetypal point for your own guide of items to memorialize. Add or subtract items as needed.



Record of Items for Outcalls:







* Massage victual



* Benefit pillows



* Linens ( sheets, face cradle covers, light drape )



* Oils, lotions, or creams



* Product holster



* Towels



* Folding massage rat



* MP3 actor and speakers



* Agglutinate watch



* Hand sanitizer



* Bottle of water



* Intake forms



* Business cards, brochures, and gift certificates



* Appointment book



* Pen and paper



* Nail clippers and fileIf you want to make your outcalls extra special, think over including a few of the items in the catalogue below. Your clients will appreciate these joy add - ons.



Supererogatory Items:







* Massage keep warmer pad



* Oil warmer



* Essential oils



* Hot stones



* Small ewer pot for hot towels



* Scented candles and warmerAs a motile therapist, you deal with a constantly changing work environment every day. Use these tips to reduce the stress of outcalls and lock on a relaxing home massage nooner for both you and your client.