Recommended Activities
By Deborah Carruthers
A full functioning body and mind are the result of a balanced lifestyle. It is advised that you get as much rest every day as your body needs to rebuild and rebalance tissues after Yoga sessions. At some point every day, take a time out for you. That's right, just a half hour or better yet, an hour to do what your body needs. It could be a short nap, a warm bath or sauna or better yet go for a walk. Yoga is not the magic potion to a better life, but it is a wonderful big step towards a more fulfilling way of being.
Eating a diet that is balanced with an emphasis on whole grains, fruits and vegetables is recommended. Organic and fresh foods are best when available. Stressors such as refined sugars and grains, chemically enhanced foods (flavored/processed etc) should be avoided. According to yoga, mind and body are both made from the same substance, so whatever affects the mind affects the body and vice versa. Often when we feel depressed, angry or stressed, we eat - this pacifies the body momentarily and calms the mind, but ultimately causes dis-ease. It is said that at birth, each creature has an allotted amount of food to eat during a lifetime. If we start to eat more than our allotted share, we take food which is meant for others, causing hardship and suffering for which we have to pay. When we have eaten our allotted amount of food, we pass on to the other side.
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