What this book is about
This book contains Ayurvedic methods of getting and staying healthy. Deepak Chopra explains that there are 10 different body types (dosha) and once you figure out what yours is you can follow the guidelines for the diet and lifestyle suggested for your type to obtain and maintain Perfect Health for yourself.
My experience
I am a Vata-Pitta. My dominant dosha is Vata and sub-dosha is Pitta. That means I need to do things to stay warm in the fall and Spring, as my tendency is to get too much Vata during those times and get out of balance. I love my Vata balancing tea at this time of the year and the calming Spice Mix that I sprinkle on my food to balance Vata. I love sprinkling it on buttered popcorn. (Yes, I’m supposed to have butter.)
Winter into Spring
Right now is the time to make sure you take care of Kapha. Kapha is slow moving and, if you have eating Kapha aggravating foods all winter you will wind up with a melt-down (cold) because you have created an imbalance and now the body has to rebalance. I guess that’s why he recommends the Neti pot to help us through the melt-down and get us back into balance. The best way to stay healthy is to follow the recommended lifestyle and diet for your dosha. (Unless, of course you are totally in the flow and open to your connection to Source energy. Then you are always in a place of Well-Being, right?)
Is it right for you?
Ayurveda is a 5000 year old method of health and healing. Some people say that it’s a tried and true system and others say that things change so rapidly and we are continually receiving new scientific studies that something 5000 years old is no longer relevant. You have to decide for yourself what works for you. You’ll know by how you feel. And I’m not just talking about how it makes you feel once you discover your dosha (body type) and are on the appropriate diet for a while. Just thinking about a particular type of diet can give you a clue. Keeping in mind the Law of Attraction, we now use our guidance system to know what’s the best thing to do. Once you get to know a little more about Ayurveda you can think about following it and see how you feel. If it feels good to you, try it. If not, don’t. Always trust your guidance system. It knows best. To give you an example: I was just about to link the "Law of Attraction" phrase above with search results for the "law of attraction" on this site. It didn’t feel right to me so I didn’t do it. What did feel right was to link the words to my review of the book of the same name, so that’s what I did. See? Guidance always tells us.
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