Ayurveda and Vata Derangement Syndrome - Part 3

Topics This series is brought to you by Jayne Laird, a great Yoga Teacher in St Pete, FL who wants to keep it real. Did you subscribe to the podcast? Did you share this episode with all your friends? Our YouTube Channel is: https://youtube.com/c/asktimandvie (asktimandvie) https://spartanmindstrength.com/2020/05/15/online-200-hr-yoga-and-ayurveda-teacher-training-yoga-alliance/ (Our Online, Private 200-hr Yoga Alliance RYT is here.) https://spartanmindstrength.com/online-300-hr-ayurveda-and-yoga-teacher-training-yoga-alliance/ (Our Online, Private 300-hr Yoga Alliance RYT is here.) Both trainings include three months of private mentorship after you complete the training in order to help you successfully implement everything you have learned in your professional and / or personal yogic / ayurvedic life In this episode we discuss the "mobile and static" pair of Ayurvedic qualities Mobile is one of the main qualities of the Vata Dosha Static is one of the main qualities of the Kapha Dosha Mobile is “we are happy, we are sad”, “we cry, we don’t” Static is us remaining “even keeled” The static quality is not the same as the dense quality The static quality in the mind is about being able to adapt your thoughts and actions no matter what The qualities are not to be taken literally, they are to always be considered within the particular context When something bad happens and you don’t do anything about it, that is the static quality out of balance The air element is associated with our thoughts A constipated colon is connected to a constipated mind When the air element (our thoughts) has nowhere to go due reduced space element everything in our mind is being exaggerated and taken out of proportion and eventually out of context When everything is falling apart around us the best way to bring the static quality in our mind is counter-intuitive; it is through “negative visualization” Positive visualization is creating an excess of the mobile quality in your mind through “false data” disguised as