Coming back from India with a book Principles of Ayurveda by Anne Green, I am ready to go. Yesterday, Y and I went for a walk along the lakeshore and took tri-dosha quizes in the book.
The results were as expected: My primary dosha turned out to be Kapha and the socondary dosha is Pitta. Y’s primary/secondary are Pitta/Kapha.
OK, we need to pacify our Pitta & Kapha. Both need bitter and astringent tastes. I should decrease my salty snacks(love chips…).
Apr 21, 2008, 01:43PM PDT | 0 comments
it’s hard because i live in a tiny country town in arkansas… but FINALLY a health food store opened up in town and i can’t get the things i need without having to drive all the way to little rock…
i mean… i don’t always want to put down the doritos… but how much better will i feel if i do… this isn’t just a diet… this is a whole way of living…. i’m not there yet…. but i’m on my way
Jun 13, 2007, 07:55PM PDT | 0 comments
i’ve had a tooth abscess for three weeks… it has finally started to drain…
but this morning the pain is unbarable again… and it’s not full of puss anymore… i’m not sure why… touching that tooth makes me want to scream…
so i went online and looked up ayurvedic medicine for a tooth abscess.. it’s really the same things i’ve already been doing…
clove oil… which i don’t have… but i’ve taken ground cloves and put it into a emptied out tea bag and that helps some… mostly the thing that helps the most is keeping ice water over the tooth…
i am on antibiotics… because i don’t want to screw around with my heart…
i’ve seen in a few things that cashews cane help… however… i don’t think i could chew a cashew right now…
i remembered to breathe deep… it’s something i don’t do when i’m in pain… i forget to breathe… but it is helping with the pain…
Apr 22, 2007, 12:54PM PDT | 0 comments
Does this mean “apply Ayurvedic principles to my life” or “become an Ayurvedic practioner?”
I want to do the former. I just wish it didn’t involve avoiding a bunch of foods I really like. No apples? What?
Nov 05, 2006, 06:59AM PST | 2 cheers | 3 comments
i neglected this goal. maybe i made it too complicated.
i’ll focus on stop worrying, relax more and be regular: everything i do, to do at the same time of the day. and eat fresh prepared food.
Aug 21, 2006, 06:06AM PDT | 0 comments
I live in one of the biggest cities in the world, yet I cannot find a place to study the science of Ayurveda. Yes, there are some schools, but they teach a superficial form of Ayurveda. I want to be able to help people through chronic diseases, help women apply an ayurvedic lifestyle to their pregnancy, not just you are this and this dosha. I want to be able to prepare herbal remedies. So what is going on with NYC, where are all the schools? I must admit if I found one it would still be hard, with two babies in tow. But somehow one day I will be able to practice ayurveda and show others how to.
Mar 01, 2006, 09:01AM PST | 0 comments
i “only” managed to stop worrying. (That is what AV doc told me to do, so i mention that under this goal.)
and that first 2 meals – i prepare them and bring to work but i’m not consistent with timing. he told me i need to do everything at the same time every day, but i forgot about it. i already set a timer on my nightstand so light goes off when i need to be asleep, and on in the morning when i need to wake up. (and off in the morning when it is a last minute to get up!)
i suppose it will take some time until i build up that regular daily pattern.
Feb 21, 2006, 10:39AM PST | 0 comments
I had an appointment with AV doc. He confirmed I am kapha-vatta. He told me that it is crucial for me to be strict and regular with my habits, to go to bed and eat etc. at the same time every day. He told me to go to bed 23h but i think it is too late. And go to bed before 7h. Won’t argue with that one ;-) dr’s order!
I was pretty confused during the appointment so i forgot to ask.
So my vatta and kapha are upset, and lots of ama in digestion tract, exactly as i tought. Only news was something about my liver energy level.
It was so unbelieveble hard to face my current life, and all questions dr. asked me, i was so devastated that i cried 2 days after that. 3rd day i re-red DrPhills book and it helped me to go back to normal. (That, and stepping outside house and seing it’s Full Moon – no wonder i was so upset!)
So with this goal i want to soothe my vatta and kapha doshas and get rid of ama and i am glad expert confirmed that is exactly what i need. They offer treatments ridiculously expensive to cure that so that is out of question.
I’ll continue to do what i currently do but be more aware of it:
- get up before 7 and go to bed before 22.
- eat at 9,(11:30), 13,(16h), cooked food, and prepare a veggie soup for supper at 19.
- swimm at noon before lunch-is it ayurvedic or not, that is what i do.
- excercise after 18h-but what will i do until then?
- meditate at 7 (and 19, before supper, first thing when i get home.-not yet)
Oh this is all so complicated.
Yes, he told me to - stop worrying and that it is very important to
- have every day at least one hour for myself. I don’t think i understand – i have all my time for myself. Everything i do, i do for myself. I eat, cook, clean, work, play, read, meditate, excercise. Maybe to just relax one hour, with no chores? I do that often.
And to - eat small cube of ginger with warm water before lunch and supper. He was so nice and human, unlike any western dr.
Feb 13, 2006, 05:47AM PST | 1 cheer | 2 comments
