Ayurveda for Beginners: The Alchemy of Ayurveda, Yoga & Natural Food for Anxiety, Tension, Depression, Stress & More by Vemuri Lakshmi

Author:Vemuri, Lakshmi [Vemuri, Lakshmi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Streets of Dream Press
Published: 2020-12-27T16:00:00+00:00

The below-mentioned tools will calm your mind, restoring balance in mind, spirit, and body. They will enhance physical energy, mental clarity, and relax your mind. Ancient Ayurvedic bathing rituals were considered to be highly effective therapeutic activities that included luxurious full-body warm oil massage with herbal oils followed by application of sandalwood paste, floral waters, and aromatherapy with essential oils.

Calming effects of Certain fragrances help you relax and ease up. Put three drops of basil oil, clove oil, frankincense, orange into a diffuser or in water for a hot bath. Bathing with turmeric, milk, rose petals, and honey was an ancient ayurvedic way of bathing.

Abhyanga is an Ayurvedic daily self-massage of the head, hands and feet. Massaging your scalp with sesame oil or rich coconut oil and continue on to the forehead and temples for 3 minutes every day. This improves blood circulation and relaxes our mind. Oga and breathing sessions followed by meditation and chanting mantras like OMKAR or Gayatri Mantra once or twice a day is beneficial.

Nadi shodhana, aka alternate nostril breathing, is a practice of rhythmically and knowingly changing the flow of air from one nostril to another known as pranayama; it is known to soothe our nervous system and relieve anxiety. Other activities like walking in the forest or your lawn alongside water bodies will enhance the mood.

The below-mentioned therapies are general stress management therapy procedures. You can ask for these treatments on your visit to any ayurvedic center.

Abyanga: Full body massage with the use of medicated herbal oils that lasts 60 minutes to relieve tensions from joints and muscles.

Pizchil: Head massage that lasts 15 minutes and oil pouring and massage to deep tissues to strengthen hormonal secretions.

Sirodhara: Flow of herbal oils, milk or buttermilk onto the forehead and head massage for 45 minutes to calm your nervous system.

Sirovasthi: Placing a cup on your head with lukewarm herbal oils in it for 45 minutes to calm your brain and nervous system.

Talam: Application of herbal powder mixed with medicated oil on top of the head.

Talapothichil: Applying herbal pastes on to the body. Followed by a steam bath.

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