“One’s diet (of various types) leads to the promotion of strength and complexion only if he knows the wholesomeness according to the different seasons dependent on behavior and diet.” – Charak (Su 6/3)

Ayurvedic Lifestyle

Ayurveda is the manual for the human body; it tells how to manage this delicate body properly. Ayurveda has given proper guidelines to all of us to maintain life in a beautiful way. If one will maintain this machine, no doubt the cost of the diseases will be lesser and we will enjoy more healthy times and longer life.

By adopting a particular lifestyle, life becomes disciplined. Stop ignoring smaller issues about your health. These small things will collaborate with each other and one day there will be a big disease, waiting for you on some door of age!

Lifestyle Disorders

Lifestyle decides a lot about our relationship with the rest of the universe as what we do is a reaction to our surroundings. To every action there is an equal & opposite reaction, the same happens with the body. Today more than five of the ten biggest killing diseases are caused by lifestyle irregularities. Perhaps we can lower the death rate by ourselves. Among lifestyle disorders following are the most endangering to human beings nowadays.

Daily Routine: Dinacharya

Daily routine in Ayurveda is known as Dinacharya. Din is for the span of day and night and Charya stands for the activities done by someone. These activities are not only wakening up, sleeping and sitting but also covers all, how we meet others, what we do in the whole day, all social activities and even the activities to make bread and butter are included in the topic of Daily routine. So, setting a daily routine is must for a better health, not only the physiological health but also the psychological, spiritual, social and economical health. Everyone in our world is set for a particular pattern and system. Vata, Pitta and Kapha are the Doshas, which decides our activities and regularize these. All of these three work on a particular pattern of time, which makes the circadian system, the biological clock. Daily routine of a person should be such that it will help to balance the Doshas of an individual, without disturbing their activities. Here are general guidelines to be followed in routine, one can adjust all according to circumstances, but take care of Doshas-

☑ Go to Toilet

when there is a good pressure for stools. Don’t strangulate for the stools as it can lead to the Piles, Fissures, and Prolapse of anal canal and many other diseases of ano-rectal region. Start taking Herbal Tea, if you are addicted to go for the toilets after BED-TEA.

☑ When taking bath

take care of water shouldn’t be too hot or too cold!!

☑ Eat in time

and eat according to your Doshas. Try to plan your diet according to your Doshas and your Prakriti.

Seasonal Routine: Ritucharya

Ritucharya or seasonal regimens are considered as one of the foundations for maintaining Good health. It has long been recognized that our individual constitutions or body-types are affected by changes in nature throughout the yearly cycle. Most of us have experienced how a cold, overcast day affects us differently to a warm sunny day or how unsettling several days of cold gusty winds can be to our nervous systems. Ayurveda utilizes the simple but elegant principle that ‘like increases like’ to understand how the seasons will affect the energetic forces, known as doshas in Ayurveda, of our body-minds.

For example, in summer the hotter, more humid weather and more intense sunlight increase the Pitta dosha, which is hot, moist, and intense in its nature. Accordingly, someone with a lot of Pitta dosha in their constitution is more likely to experience difficulties with overheating and Irritability in the summer months. If Pitta dosha is then further aggravated by mental or physical stresses then they may experience fever, red skin rashes, stomach acidity, or Outbursts of anger.

Applying this principle further we can see that individuals with a lot of Vata dosha, which is changeable, light, cold and dry, in their constitution are more likely to run into health Problems in the autumn months and at the change of the seasons.

Someone with a lot of Kapha dosha in their constitution, which is cold, moist, heavy, and stable, will need to be most careful in the late winter and springtime if they are to avoid colds, hay fever, and fluid Retention.

In this way, the season to be most vigilant about is the one that corresponds to your individual constitution. In general terms – summer for Pitta dominated body-types, autumn and early winter for Vata dominated body-types and late winter and spring for Kapha Body-types.

Ayurveda places great importance on preventive medicine, the ancient texts emphasize that we should never wait until a disease has manifested in order to treat it. Doshic imbalances need to be addressed as soon as they occur. In this way, seasonal routines work to pacify aggravated doshas in our constitutions before a disease can manifest. In order to balance your body’s energies throughout the seasons of the year, it is useful to follow the guidelines outlined below, though it is important that is not used in a rigid way which would be counter to the spirit of Ayurveda? Ayurveda is inherently an intuitive science, so these guidelines are best used to support a more intuitive approach to food, drinks, and activities.
Daily routine in Ayurveda is known as Dinacharya. Din is for the span of day and night and Charya stands for the activities done by someone. These activities are not only wakening up, sleeping and sitting but also covers all, how we meet others, what we do in the whole day, all social activities and even the activities to make bread and butter are included in the topic of Daily routine. So, setting a daily routine is must for a better health, not only the physiological health but also the psychological, spiritual, social and economical health. Everyone in our world is set for a particular pattern and system. Vata, Pitta and Kapha are the Doshas, which decides our activities and regularize these. All of these three work on a particular pattern of time, which makes the circadian system, the biological clock. Daily routine of a person should be such that it will help to balance the Doshas of an individual, without disturbing their activities. Here are general guidelines to be followed in routine, one can adjust all according to circumstances, but take care of Doshas-