How Can Ayurveda Help to Lower Your Stress Levels?

Stress

sometimes it gets to the best of us, there’s no way around it and sometimes it creeps up so slow we don’t even recognize it for what it is.  Stress comes from many places, externally, internally, from our diet, our thoughts, and emotions it can be easy to be overwhelmed.

Ayurveda is an ancient medical system dating back over 5,000 years; one of the oldest chronicled medical systems. Ayurveda believes that ALL disease is stress related. How do we control the stress in life, especially if we don’t recognize it for what it is?

Today the pace of life is incredibly fast, machines do much of the physical work that we used to do.  Many people run from job to activity and other things so fast, they rarely take time out for a spare moment.

This is where stress begins and we fail to recognize it

The key is in the “spare moment” of your busy day. There aren’t many spare moments so the moments you take need to make a difference. After a stressful day, it is generally not relaxing to watch a crime drama or play a game that gets your blood pumping. Here is a list of Stress reducing activities that you can do in a short amount of time to replace activities that may otherwise “pump you up” instead of calming you down.

1.   Take a walk outside
2. Yoga
3. Breathing exercises or Pranayama
4.  Meditation
5. Fresh, local and organic diet (relieves digestive stress)
6. Visualization
7.  Regular Exercise
8.  Faithfulness or devotion

The MOST important thing is to take time out for YOU.  It may be an entire day; it may be a few stolen moments however the time devoted to you will bring lasting results with lowered stress levels.

Look at your day and see where you can take some time; it may be that you get up just a little earlier or take that walk after dinner. Schedule times in that belong to you and make good use of your time to de-stress by trying one or more of the suggestions above.

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Blog Post by Shelli Thompson 

Beauty Comes From Deep Within

The idea of making someone more attractive with cosmetics is as old as time.  We all know it is impossible to stop the clock, it just seems to keep ticking.  How about if we slow it down a bit?

Ayurveda uses herbs and other useful tools to help delay and slow down the aging process.  It’s not only about the herbs, many factors come into play here.  The way we think, what we eat and how much.  More importantly our schedule we keep, our body is looking for a routine.  Understanding this makes it so much easier to find that rhythm.

In Ayurveda there are various treatments that are spelled out and suggested practices to help extend youth.  Ayurveda has a holistic approach to beauty and offers many natural oils, herbs and creams along with daily practices designed to keep us all young and vibrant.

Many of the Ayurvedic suggestions are so easy to incorporate into your busy schedule and when you see the results, you will always want to take the time to do things in a more natural way.

Aging of the skin comes from constant “exposure and wear”.  Including exposure to the environment, that sometimes can be dirty and toxic.  This also includes being exposed to your own waste in the form of sweat, that can be very drying.  Keeping your skin clear of these irritants is the first step to a clear complexion. 

Having a peaceful mind goes a long way when looking to achieve anti aging and nice clear skin.  Worry only gives us a worried look that instantly ages us and on the inside it’s worse.  Creating undesirable chemicals and hormones that don’t serve us well.

Ensuring your schedule has enough time for you is the first thing to check off the list.  Time for yourself to unwind and take a deep breath is very important, it makes you feel better after a long day.

make sure you have 3 square meals with lots of fruits and vegetable and that you are consistent about the times and the amounts. It’s always best if fresh local cuisine can be chosen.

Regular exercise and movement is essential in keeping overall health and strength.  When you fuel your body correctly with plenty of fresh, local organic products, exercise will be a snap and you will get optimum results.

So you see, there is so much more to anti aging, staying young and being vibrant too than meets the eye.  So many people just look at the area they want to improve and not look at the road that leads there to correct the bumps along the way.

Ayurveda addresses beauty from the inside all the way to the surface.  Because true beauty starts from deep within.

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