A well balanced and beautiful body is there because the tridoshas ( vata , pitta , kapha ) are in balance and in harmony with the elemental composition of the body. When these doshas go into imbalance physical abnormalities begin to manifest. In Ayurvedic terminology fat means excess kapha . Obesity is imbalance in kapha or aggravation of kapha dosha . The causes can be many. As kapha is heavy, cold and sticky in nature it requires a lot of heat to expel the ama which collects and gets deposited in the system,which we see as fat. For a kapha person sleeping in the day is prohibited, as it aggravates kapha in the body, in fact a kapha person should try and wake up at least an hour before sunrise. A diet which is light and nourishing is best for effecting fatloss. It is important to scrape away collected ama from the system first, for that purpose triphala can be taken. He...
Journey of the spirit 'Sanatan Kriya'