Ayurveda and the Ekadashi Fast by Pooja

Ayurveda and the Ekadashi Fast

Everyone that comes to this site will have read at the least about fasting and detoxing, here Pooja describes her experience with fasting and what the Ekadashi fast is all about this fast correlates to the Lunar Cycle. Pooja reminds us that the term “Ekadashi” translates to eleven.

Thus, this fast is done on the 11th day of the Lunar Cycle and so it falls every 15 days, twice a month.

I’ve tried everything from the Juice Fast to the Master Lemonade Cleanse to regulate my gastrointestinal system and combat the effects of my ongoing Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

After beginning my Ayurveda studies, I learned that to fast in an Ayurvedic way is to choose what I want to take into my body and what I don’t– whether it is food, breath, sensory desires, or thoughts. It is to avoid taking in that which is harmful so that I can take in what is beneficial for my mind, body, and soul. So in regards to food, fasting doesn’t necessarily have to mean starving myself and going without any food for long periods of time. It means doing whatever makes my body happy.

Poojas information will be really useful to many as she explains the 3 Gunas in simple yet effective details

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