Yoga is extraordinary practice to enter a state of peaceful consciousness centering on the body. It awakens grace and restores your sense of balance and overallness. In order to enjoy the greatest merit it is important to personalize your own mental and physical constitution or your practice for Dosha.
In Ayurveda, the building block of life consists of five elements: earth, water, fire, air, and ether. Three Dorsha - Vata, Pitta, and Kapha are derived from five elements. Dosha, known as a mind and body type, expresses a specific energy pattern - each is a blend of physical, emotional, and spiritual characteristics.
Vata Dosha
If your Dosha is mainly Vata, the pose of yoga to calm and earth the mind is ideal. For example, Vrksasana (Tree Pose) and Tadasana (Mountain Pose) fill your feet on the ground, alleviating anxiety and stress. Virabhadrasana I and Virabhadrasana 2 (poses of Warrior I and II) are also beneficial and will help you to support your body while building strength.A fast tempo Vinyasas or flow sequence can aggravate Vata, which is prone to anxiety, excessive excitement, and fatigue. To make Vinyasa more Vata-pacifying, slowly move it carefully and lengthen the time to hold each pose. Also pay close attention to the transition between poses and do not move on to the next pose but execute them with conscious consciousness.
Since Vata tends to cause constipation, the pose that presses the pelvis is healing including all forward flexion (upright or sitting). Waist and Thigh - We will focus on the poses related to major areas of Vata Dosha.
Vata type will benefit from doing long and deep Savasana (cadaver pose) for at least 15 to 20 minutes.
Pitta Dosha
Pitta doshas will benefit from cultivating a calm, relaxed attitude towards their practice and letting go of their competitive tendencies. Please resist the urge to compare yourself with other people in your yoga class and be patient with yourself.Since Pittas tends to be overly hot, avoid yoga formats that cause massive sweating. Instead, please chill and relax pose. Avoid having a long and reverse posture that will generate a lot of heat in your head. We recommend to schedule a yoga session during cool time such as dawn and dusk.
We will focus on the poses that will squeeze the solar plexus and open the chest, especially the poses that will release excess heat from the body, such as pigeons, camels, cobra, bows, fish, bridge poses. For the standing pose, the best thing for Pitta is to sit back including wood, warrior, and half moon.
Kapa Dosha
For Kapha dosha, the majority of the standing poses will be fine, especially if you are holding them for a longer time. Please keep your asana up to 20 breaths. The back bend also gets hot and it helps to circulate the energy that opens the chest and gives the life of the planar to the whole body.The type of capa has the most stamina and strength among all Doshas, but when the balance collapses, they may suffer from lethargy and excess weight. If you are primarily Kapha, practicing exciting and lively yoga is ideal. To counter the natural tendency that Kapa is cold and dull, it is important to challenge yourself and create heat in your body. Please pass through the sequence of your flow quickly (always consciously conscious) in order to brighten and warm your body.
Please do yoga early in the morning of Kapa (between 6 am and 10 pm). This will help you to give you more energy and motivate you throughout the day. At the beginning or end of the session you can practice Bastrica or Bellows brace, which cleanses the body and activates the digestive system.
The ultimate goal of yoga is to lead to the essence of your true God and to broaden your consciousness. Regardless of whether you are mainly Vata, Pitta, or Kapha, keep on concentrating on your intention to keep current and practice your yoga to a deeper level.
Remember these words from Yoga's wise man Patanjali: "Yoga is to calm the mind in silence, when the mind settles, we will settle to the essential nature, which is endless consciousness is."
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