Healing, Yoga and Qigong

Tip One: Eat When the Fire is Hot One of the nice things about a Thanksgiving meal is that it is typically in the early afternoon , when the digestive fire burns hottest! According to Ayurveda, the digestion is the strongest in the afternoon and the best time to be filling the tank to capacity. So try not to have that big dinner at night when the cooks have gone home and your digestive fire is the weakest. Try this  Yoga practice to increase abdominal fire, reduce fat and purify the entire system of toxins  http://spirithealers.blogspot.com/2013/05/yoga-practice-to-increase-abdominal.html Tip Two: Chat and Chew It is not a bad idea to eat a light and balanced breakfast , so by the time the big meal comes you have fully digested breakfast and are ready to fill up. Be careful though, if you sit down to that table starving , you risk inhaling your food and after hours of preparation you are stuffed to the gills in under 10 minutes. The key here...

The ancient ayurvedic texts say that bananas are clogging because they carry “madhu rasa” and “guru guna” – in other words, a sweet taste and heavy aftereffect. But what does this mean? Another   way to understand this would be through other fruits, such as the orange or the apple. These fruits also have “madhu rasa” or sweet taste, but in addition they are also characterized by an “amla rasa” or sour taste.  In Ayurveda, the sour taste is known to support digestion and metabolism more because it carries more “agni” or digestive properties in it. The sweet taste is said to be made up of the water and earth elements, while the sour taste is known to be made up of water and fire elements. So the sweet taste is considered to be heavy , but the sour taste has some inherent fire to it that supports metabolism. That’s why fruits that carry a little sour taste are not clogging . Clogging? It means they don’t make toxins or “ama” – the first kind of toxins result...

I wanted to share this article, because sometimes we all need a little help. In the second part of this post, I am including few other suggestions, please scroll to the end for more information. Social Anxiety Constipation: Can’t Poo? Here’s What To Do… By  Holly at Chinese Reflexology If you suffer from Social Anxiety Constipation, here’s what can help you poo if you're feeling constipated . In other words, here’s how to lighten up (aka release your bowels) when you're sitting on the can.   Social Anxiety Constipation (BTW, it’s not a real medical term, I made it up) is a temporary condition which occurs when you need to poo, but can’t due to one of the following reasons: Someone might hear you You’re in a rush and you have a limited amount of time to poo The toilet situation is not ideal All of the above Lest you think this article is purely in jest, let me reassure you that you will learn some Chinese Reflexology points and strategies to...