Vata Basics - Part 2

Foundations of Ayurveda Module 3: The Three Doshas
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Vata dosha consists of the elements air and space, which means it's also going to hold the qualities of those elements, which are dry light, cold, rough settle mobile in clear. Now before we move on with the Vata Doshi, I want you to remember that we are all a combination of all three energies just in different proportions. As we discuss each of them. Please note that the descriptions of each OSHA's physical traits and personality will be described as a textbook example. So as if this person didn't hold any of the characteristics or traits associated with the other dose shots, evolved to dominant person will generally have a smaller frame protruding joints that crop a lot and they're either going to be very short or very tall. They might tend to have an oval face, smaller eyes, darker skin and dry skin.

When I talk about darker skin, I don't mean that a particular ethnicity is going to be more too dominant. To understand this we have to backtrack a little thinking about when our Aveda first came about, which is about 5000 years ago. So if we take ourselves back to that time, the odds are a different ethnicity being seen in India was very rare. So when they did ru Vedic consultation, or Vedic consultations or used it as their health system, they were looking in their own ethnicity at skin tones and skin types. So this means that if you are Caucasian and you have darker all of skin, you might be bought too dominant and the same if you are Hispanic or you are Native American, just depending on your ethnicity and then within that ethnicity, your range or darkness of your skin And just a side note, I know that can get confusing now as we're Our world is becoming a more or is becoming a larger melting pot.

It is kind of hard to decide by looking at this, but we have lots of other markers that we can look at to figure out our Gosha. the personality of a Vata vatos love to move and talk and talk with their hands. They tend to be inconsistent, intuitive, artistic and imaginative. And this means they have a harder time keeping a schedule or a routine, although that would benefit them greatly as to pacify the psychological imbalances they're prone to which are distractions, fear, alienation, anxiety, delusions, worry, depression and insomnia. And an extreme example of a mental Vata imbalance would be hallucinating or hysteria. When we take a look at the physical imbalances, Vata is prone to for the most part, we don't have to look much further than the lower part of the body.

While the doses are everywhere within us, they each have a particular region they tend to accumulate and Vata is in the hips, lower back, legs and the joints. With this they are prone to bloating, aches and pains and the hips, back and joints, poor circulation, muscle spasms, constipation, asthma, exhaustion, depletion, and Disney dizziness. If we stop for a moment, take a look at this list of the imbalances. Vata is prone to we can also see how they correlate with the qualities of that Gosha for example, the dry quality of Vata is what causes our joints to snap crackle and pop With a bit bit of gentle movement or mindful exercise such as yoga we can produce synovial fluid which will help lubricate our joints. Looking at the digestion and metabolism of Vata, we can see that because of the mobility quality, their appetite tends to vary and their digestion is inconsistent, they are more prone to gas and constipation.

Also, because of their tendency to have erratic eating an erratic eating schedule bottas also tend to lose weight easily and have a hard time putting on weight. The times of day Vata is highs between 2am and 6am and 2pm and 6pm. Now, what does this mean? It means that we will see more of octus qualities in our bodies and our minds cold light, mobile and dry. This also means these tend to be the times of day where our mind can either be a little more creative, daydreaming or anxious. between the hours of 2am and 6am is often the time when those experienced but experiencing thought to sleep imbalances tend to wake due to worries over worries or overthinking ru VEDA recommends waking up during this bot to time before 6am as it will make you feel lighter and energized for the day since you're waking up with those Vata qualities that moving energy are you VEDA recommends that between the hours of 2pm and 6pm to use the mobility and the mind to plan the following day and to make to do lists take advantage of the creative characteristics?

No bata is high during the fall season. So when the qualities of nature match the qualities of the dosha and in the northern hemisphere that would be fall or wear when it is cool, dry and windy.

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