Day 18 - Ayurvedic Journey
“Walk with purpose, with a heart of gratitude, and with infinite love.”
Private Practice
Cherish the private practice.
When you practice some appetite-denying discipline to better concentrate on God, don’t make a production out of it. It might turn you into a small-time celebrity but it won’t make you a saint. If you ‘go into training’ inwardly, act normal outwardly. Shampoo and comb your hair, brush your teeth, wash your face. God doesn’t require attention-getting devices. He won’t overlook what you are doing; he’ll reward you well. (matt 6:18 the message)
Constant practice alone is the secret of success — says the Hatha Yoga Pradipika.
Lisa Bermudez, E-RYT 500, YACEP, Ayurvedic Wellness Coach
Dinacharya - Day 5 of self-care with Lisa Bermudez - Full Reading HERE
Self Care Through The Lens of Ayurveda: Self Care For Mouth (Water)
Tongue scraping is one way to care for the mouth, wake up the organs (the tongue is connected to different organs in the body). cleanse the taste buds, and remove the coating (the ama) that appears on the tongue when we wake up in the morning. To tongue scrape, pull the scraper from back to front a few times, tap it out/rinse, and repeat until you feel like you have the coating off your tongue. Avoid doing it too hard as it can damage the taste buds when tone too hard. Use copper or stainless steel and wash with water or white vinegar.
“The moment of surrender is not when life is over, it’s when it begins”
Liz Glover Wilson, E-RYT 500, YACEP, Ayurvedic Wellness Coach
Sadhana - Day 5 of Spiritual Readings with Liz Glover Wilson - Full Reading HERE
WALK WITH THE DIVINE
It was a hot Summer day, and I could feel the stickiness of the humidity between my shirt and body. I had no real time limits that day, so I just allowed myself to wander. I hummed a song, and studied the way the shadows danced and moved. Was there breeze? Wow
The grass smelled so lovely and the trees seemed to strike a pose as I walked by. I had been down this road before, but that day it felt like paradise. There was peace in my soul and peace all around. It was a walk with Divine.
Day 5 - Sadhana - VISHUDDHA CHAKRA
Below are some ways you can curate your walk with divine.
Savor the Scenery
Wander the Wilderness
Meditate on the Music
Pose in Paradise
Study in the Sunshine
Pack a Picnic
Sleep Beneath the Stars
Simmer in a Spring
Spending time with nature—practice listening to Mother Earth and you will be sure to encounter divine revelations that can be life changing.
“Sing the song of celestial love, O singer!
May the divine fountain of eternal grace and joy
enter your soul.
May Brahma, (the Divine One),
Pluck the strings of your inner soul
with His celestial fingers,
And feel His own presence within.
Bless us with a divine voice
That we may tune the harp-strings of our life
To sing songs of Love to you”
Erik Phillips-Nania, RYT-200, Author - Climate Change Yoga
Seva - Day 5 of Planet Care with Erik Phillips-Nania
Mastery of the Elements: Bhuta-jayah (Yoga Sutras 3.44)
In Ayurveda, we learned that the 5 great elements (maha-bhutas) are earth, water, fire, air, and either. In the Yoga Sutras, we learn how to achieve mastery of these elements, and the forces of Nature. With samyama, elements of nature are affected by the yogi’s will. When you merge with Nature, this is called "prakriti-laya." Prakriti is the field of manifest reality and the yoga can achieve "control" over this Field (3.49).
Dissolve your sense of seperateness, and merge with nature.
Siddhis include mastery over the elements of nature (bhuta-jayah, 3.44), the ability to have mastery over the elements and their qualities or characteristics, the ability to manipulate or command elements (vasitra), and the ability to assume any form of nature at will, including the clouds and rains.
Yoga Sutras 3.44: "By samyama on the gross nature, essential nature, subtle nature, constitution, and purpose [of objects, one attains] mastery over the elements."
Samyama:
Fixing the consciousness on one point or region is concentration (dhāraṇā).
A steady, continuous flow of attention directed towards the same point or region is meditation (dhyāna).
When the object of meditation engulfs the meditator, appearing as the subject, self-awareness is lost. This is samādhi.
These three together [dhāraṇā, dhyāna and samādhi] constitute integration or saṃyama.
From mastery of saṃyama comes the light of awareness and insight.
Saṃyama may be applied in various spheres to derive its usefulness.
In Samyama, merged into the Field of Nature, you can mediate on:
Filling the Ocean with Light and Love, healing any imbalances in acidity or helping detoxification.
Being the creative light for phytoplankton growth, and drinking in the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Merging with the forests and breathing in the sunlight, prana and carbon dioxide, revitalizing the landscape with vitality.
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The voilence that exists in the human heart is also manifest in the symptons of illness that we see in the Earth, the water, the air and in all living things.”
Kapalbhati
(kah-pah-luh-BAH-tee prah-nah-yah-muh)
This is one of the six Shatkarmas (cleansing techniques) of yoga as mentioned in the classic text—Hatha Yoga Pradipika. Notice if you feel this cleansing when you finish your practice.
Continue to practice. Instructions from Day 17 HERE