"When it comes to health and fitness, I believe in sustainability over all else! Sure, there are great ""12-week programs, 1-month challenges, 90-day transformations"", but by the end of the day, when you finish that, what's next? Another 12-week program? When working with clients, I like to build from the ground up. Instead of handing you a meal plan, I teach you how to build your own. A balanced diet will include an appropriate quantity of each of the six tastes based off of one's unique constitution ( prakriti ), the season (Environment/ Exterior Elements) and current state ( vikriti ). Citrus And others = sour Spicy peppers and onion = pungent Pomegranate = Astringents Ashwaghanda, tumeric, black coffee = bitter Celery and salt = salty Basil, Dates and Strawberries etc = sweets Tastes = elements Sweet (Madhura) Strawberries = Earth & Water Sour (Amla) Lemons = Earth & Fire Salty (Lavana) Celery = Water & Fire Pungent (Katu) Onion, Cayenne Peppers = Fire & Air Bitter (Tikta) Ashwaghanda, Black Coffee, Turmeric = Air & Ether Astringent (Kashaya) Pomegranate = Air & Earth Each single taste or Rasa individually has its own properties distinct and differentiated from combinations of different tastes to create different tastes. Triphala (contains all the tastes except Salty) + Ashwaghanda Bitter + Coconut Sugar Sweet + a Dash of Milk (a sweet taste that Nourishes (Vipaka/post-digestive-effect; excreta & nourishes individual cells) all 7 types of Tissues Making up the Body) Virya/temperature (Milk is Cooling) a substance is heating or cooling. Each Rasa or Taste or Combination of Tastes has effects that Aggravate or pacify each of the doshas; vata, pitta, kapha. Prabhava/unpredictable-action to a particular substance such as Dairy is cooling, yet it kindles the digestive fire. Gunas , or associated qualities Affinity for particular organs or tissues, Emotional Influence (Mindset, your mind controls your body and all actions carried out within it (Shiva mind Shakti Resides in the Sacral and Root. The Shakti of Each Deity Carries out the Action) Direction of movement within the body (as all the elements move through the body carried through various energy channels, including pranic channels Chakras and Nadis, as well as Veins (blood/liquid), after being broken down by Agni the Digestive fire and Invoking Priest to be assimilated throughout the body where all the God's Reside within the body, distributing nutrients to the proper tissues.)"
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