To align with your digestive rhythms, eat an early dinner and keep it small. The early side of this window is a good time to exercise, but not too vigorously choose a type of exercise that helps stretch and relax your body like yoga, walking or swimming. The second time we see Kapha-the energy of stability and structure-it is to support you winding down, grounding after an active day so that you can prepare for a restorative night’s sleep. Yet, if you can pay special attention to it during this time frame, you will reap its wonderful rewards: flow, creativity and connection to the subtle realm to name a few. Vata is the most delicate of the doshas, the one that is fastest to go out of balance (it is movement, afterall). Talk a refreshing walk, sip warm herbal tea, do a body scan to check-in with yourself. To make the most of this time of day, create a calm environment and reduce mental stimulation. This can look like sugar cravings, mental fatigue, feeling ungrounded, being easily distracted. However, if you didn’t sleep well the night before or had a small or poor quality lunch, you can feel your energy dip around this time. When you’re rested and in balance, this is a time to be creative, think abstractly about problem-solving, Vata governs movement, including the nervous system and sensory experience. If you pay close attention to your focus this time of day, you will notice that you feel primed to check things off the to-do list - to get things done and take care of business. Think of it as your mind “lit up” or “on fire”, able to move through tasks quickly and efficiently. Now, according to Ayurvedic wisdom, transformation is both food into substance and processing of the mind. That said, large doesn’t mean stuff-your-face-then-fall-alseep-at-your-desk big, rather enough nutrient-dense food that both agrees with your GI system and fuels you until dinner. However, circadian rhythm shows us that at a biochemical level, this is not the way the body is designed to function: We have the highest digestive capacity midday, which is without a doubt the optimal time to have a larger meal. In the U.S., people tend to have small lunches and compensate by feasting at dinner. When it’s in charge, it is time to eat-and to go big. Pitta governs transformation and digestion. The best rule is to pay attention to your body and respond accordingly. Instead, eat a light but nourishing breakfast (oats vs pastry), and if you’re not hungry, wait. Getting up in the latter half of this window means trying to rise up through heaviness (the qualities of water & earth) whereas rising in the first half of this time frame means you have the qualities of stability to provide a solid foundation for the start your day.ĭespite popular thought, this is not the best time for a huge meal, which can make you feel more heavy and sluggish, like Kapha itself.
Even though getting enough sleep matters, when you wake up matters, too.
If you generally wake feel tired, pay attention to what time you’re rising. If you wake up feeling heavy, this is the time to move-stretch, walk, workout-invigorate, stimulate and warm your body from the inside to prepare yourself for the new day ahead. Kapha governs stability, structure aka.l it’s all about the body. In total, we see/experience each dosha twice in a 24-hour cycle. Each time period is dominated by one dosha, and thus influenced by the qualities of that dosha. Overview: Each day, we cycle through six 4-hour time zones-three during the daytime and three at nighttime. When integrated, this information has the power to drastically improve everything from your productivity and resolutions to your sleep quality and digestion. Framed another way (some 5,000 years before researchers we able to prove this phenomena), Ayurveda outlined this pattern with the language of the doshas, specifically the qualities present as various times of day that influence how we experience it and what we need to consider to live aligned, aka. Known as circadian rhythm this 24-hour biological cycle governs the optimal time to fall asleep and wake up as well as other essential bodily functions like hormone release, digestion and body temperature. According to Ayurveda one of the keys to good health is living in tune with nature’s cycles, most importantly the daily rhythm that governs your physiology. If waking up ready for the day feels like a foreign concept, midday crashes a regular occurrence and restlessness at bedtime a trend, it may be time to reset your body clock.
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