Neponset Valley Yoga Newsletter - April 2010

Balance Your Life Tips for Your Dosha If you took last month's dosha quiz, now find out how to for balance your particular dosha. (If you didn't take the quiz yet do it now -it takes less than 5 minutes!) Balance Vatta Balance Pitta Balance Kapha If your results show that you're bi-doshic (or even tri-doshic), read the suggestions for each dosha, and then think about how that works for you personally. For instance, if you are a Vatta-Pitta type, you may find that the cruciferous foods for Pitta, like broccoli and cabbage are hard to digest. So, eat these foods in smaller quantities, avoid having them raw,  and lean more towards the Vatta-pacifying vegetables like leafy greens, carrots, asparagus and summer squash.

Yoga Poses for Spring Increase Your Energy Naturally   From an ayurvedic perspective, spring is the season associated with Kapha dosha, and the elements of water and earth. When in balance, we can feel grounded, stable and loving: when out of balance, we might feel tired, sluggish and heavy.    Try these three yoga postures to balance kapha.

Quantum Physics, Yoga & Reality Is it all in the Mind?   Yogis have known for thousands of years that what we perceive with our senses is not reality. Quantum physics is how we explain this truth to our logical minds. So what is reality? That depends on who you ask, and even more importantly, who is asking. Check out this video and let it begin to blow your mind...