Many people assume that they are eating healthily and can tell you about the quality of the food they consume. It can be organic and based on mainly fruit and vegetables, with very little sugar, wheat and dairy or meat produce, yet even so, without developing the following healthy habits your flexibly and yoga practice, your digestive system, your body and health can be affected… below are a list of considerations to think about… make a note of how many of them have you adopted into your regime already?
1. JOYFULNESS
Be open to accepting food and heal your relationship with nutrition. Enjoying meals allows for food to be processed more effectively.
2. A POSITIVE APPROACH
Our beliefs either good or bad and our attitude to food instruct our digestion. Accept all your choices wholeheartedly.
3. RELAXATION
Avoid distractions and focus on the enjoyment of each meal. Have an awareness of your posture to avoid compressing the vital organs.
4. CHEW WELL
Proper chewing lessens the workload for your stomach, “The stomach has no teeth”. It warms chilled foods and ensures efficient extraction of nutrients.
5. STOP BEFORE YOU ARE FULL
Over eating causes a queue of food and stagnation, which weakens our ability to digest efficiently, our energy diverts to aid digestion the result is often tiredness.
6. DON’T FLOOD THE STOMACH AT MEALTIME
Too much fluid is said to weaken stomach action; a teacupful of warm fluid with meals is sufficient. It is best to drink fluids between meals.
7. DON’T CHILL THE STOMACH
The stomach needs warmth to keep the digestive fire strong. Too much raw, chilled foods and fluids can weaken our digestion.
8. EAT YOUR MAIN MEAL EARLY
Our digestive system naturally slows down in the evening, late meals create further stagnation as the food sits in tubes longer and the stomach has to work harder to digest meals.
9. CHOOSE WISELY
Choose foods with a strong life force. Organic, seasonal and locally grown foods have a preserved life force. Microwaves, processed, chemically preserved and irradiation all damages the life force.
10. TRUST YOUR INTUITION
Listen to your body and then make choices, there is a deep level of knowing within us. Having awareness whilst eating connects us to our true needs and having good feelings about what we eat means we are being nurtured & nourished at a deep level.
11. ESTABLISH A BALANCED BASE
Grains and vegetables are the central core of a diet that is easy on the digestion and these provide a very good foundation for our health, use most often and regularly to improve your yoga practice and wellbeing.
12. MAKING FOODS EASY TO DIGEST
Soups, stews and casseroles, lessen the workload of stomach action and are most supportive and beneficial if your digestion is weak. Pickles along with pungent spices will aid the process of digestion by increasing the digestive fire. Make sure you only eat raw, chilled and rich foods moderately.
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