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- Exercise each day as your body craves routine. If you exercise at fifty percent capacity at the same time
every day, eat at the same time and sleep at the same time, your body will respond with better digestion,
better sleep and overall better immunity. Yoga, walking, cycling, dancing and swimming are all
excellent in this regard. The way to tell if you are exerting more than fifty percent capacity and starting
to exceed your capacity is if sweat starts to form on your nose, forehead or under the arms. Another
sign is if you can no longer breathe through the nose. Breathing through the nose is recommended for
ayurvedic exercise. If you start to need to gulp air through the mouth, it's time to slow down or stop. If
you follow this one guideline, you will always feel energized by exercise instead of exhausted. E a c h
day, you will find that your capacity increases and that you can exercise more intensely or for a longer
duration. Very naturally you will be able to handle more exercise without ever straining. - The practices of meditation, chanting and pranayama will also help balance the mind, subtly tone the
body, improve digestion and massively reduce stress. - Retiring to bed early and waking early is necessary for the maintenance of hormone balance in the mind
and body – th is cr eates happiness and a stress-fr ee min d; the prerequisite of proper digestion. - Better relationships are formed when the mind and body are in harmony. The beauty of Ayurveda is
that it takes into account all areas of life. While you may think that your problems with relationships
start with the other person, the fact remains that you can change only yourself. Most relationships go
wrong when the people involved start blaming each other. If you stop and look within, you will surely
find that blame doesn't always lie with the other person. At the basis of all relationships is the human
h eart. The heart is the seat of Sadhaka Pitta, the sub-dosha of Pitta concerned with emotions. To use
modern terminology, Sadhaka Agni is related to the neuro-hormones that are located in the brain and all
over the body, including the heart. The neuro-hormones located in the heart send signals to the brain to
register depression or happiness, depending on how the individual processes an experience.
It is important to understand and thereby respect the special psycho-emotional makeup of others.
Rather than blame others for reacting differently than we do, it's better to develop understanding and
tolerance, based on the knowledge of Ayurvedic mind-body types. If you are feeling irritated with
someone, it's best to look to your own physiology rather than blame him or her. Once we start to live
more in harmony with nature we are naturally more tolerant and forgiving. Good digestion not only
positively effects our physical health but our mental and emotional health as well but. This also works
the other way round; better relationships create better digestion, better health and a happier life.