This week's yoga post will be about the study of Ayurveda. : )
Ayurveda the "Science of Life"
Ayurveda is an ancient healing system of India. The study of Ayurveda is the study of what governs your life. There are 3 main forces in Ayurveda: Life, Light and Love. The three forces present themselves in nature (air, fire and water/earth) and they present themselves within our souls and personalities. The governing forces that present themselves in our personalities are called "Doshas". There are 3 main Doshas and we all have a combination of the three Doshas but there is usually a main Dosha. (A way it makes sense to me to understand the Doshas is to think of them as body and personality types.) The 3 Doshas are Vata (air/space), Pitta (fire) and Kapha (earth/water).
At the March yoga training weekend we spent some time talking about Doshas and how we can apply them in our own lives and how we can apply them to our students. After learning more about how each Dosha represents itself in people, we learned that most people have their primary Dosha. All 3 can still be present in a person, but there is a Dosha that is strongest in them. The goal is to have your Doshas in balance, meaning your dominant Dosha is working well with the other Doshas to help you feel comfortable in your own skin.
I found that I actually am a tri-Dosha, meaning that I don't necessarily have a dominant Dosha that represents itself in me, I have all three. I took a quiz to determine what my Dosha was and I received comparable scores for all 3 Doshas. At first, this was frustrating to me because I thought "How can I balance my primary Dosha if they all are my primary Dosha???" My yoga instructor helped me to understand that it actually is a blessing to be a tri-Dosha because I can empathize with the other Doshas and be a liason. Which I have to admit is pretty cool.
Maybe I will go into depth about Doshas on a later post, but for now just know that you are working with a "Liason" so I've got your back no matter your primary Dosha. ;)
This past yoga training weekend was as usual so helpful for me in my yoga path right now. I have questions and insecurities about my teaching and about my voice as an instructor and these weekends always help me to answer those questions. This past weekend I had questions answered that I didn't even vocalize, so I know I wasn't the only one feeling nervous. The big message I got from the weekend is that to find my voice and message as an instructor I and most importantly to understand myself, I need to take time to do my personal practice. Even if my personal practice is soely breath work or if it is 10 minutes of meditation, my personal practice is going to help me understand what I like teaching at this time in my life. Ohhhh personal reflection, isn't that the answer to a lot of life's problems? I feel like that has been a prominent theme in many of my epiphanies or answers to prayers. I guess that means I should try to do it then, huh?
Till next time blog world!
XoXo
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