Yoga For Kapha Dosha
If you are a Kapha type or have excess Kapha, should have a dedicated yoga practice that is stimulating, warming, moving, energizing and light.
The right yoga postures will help you increase your metabolism, decrease your mucous in the regions of the chest, lungs and other areas.
The yoga postures will also help you stimulate and sharpen your mind which often results from a sedentary lifestyle rather than an active one.
Overall, yoga will increase your internal body heat, which is much needed for Kapha.
Tips for practicing yoga asana – Kapha dosha
1. You should learn to accept your body physique and not try to force your body into postures and movements unnatural to you.
2. You should practice more active postures with movements and exercises that stimulate your metabolism and increase your circulation.
3. You should practice postures that emphasize the chest and lung region, the main sites of Kapha.
4. You should increase your exercises and stimulating postures in a slow and incremental manner especially if you are over-weight. Continue reading
How To Balance Kapha Dosha
If you have some Kapha in your constitution then the information presented in this article will be extremely important for you to maintain your Kapha balance.
Even if you don’t have much Kapha in your dosha or constitution you can still have a Kapha imbalance so these tips and strategies can be very beneficial.
Due to your lifestyle, eating habits and external environments Kapha can easily be accumulated in excess which can affect your health and wellness in a negative way.
Kapha is most easily provoked by having too much water and earth elements in the body.
Balancing Kapha requires changing specific habits that tend to increase Kapha. Therefore, measures need to be taken so you can reduce the amount of Kapha you have.
Before you take the appropriate action to reduce the amount of your Kapha dosha, you should first know and understand the main causes of high Kapha.
Causes of high Kapha
Exposure to cold & wet weather
Eating a diet consisting of too many cooling foods, beverages and spices; not including enough hot or warm spices
Eating too many earthy and watery foods such as potatoes, yams, beets, turnips, carrots, celery, cabbage, lettuce and cucumber
Eating too many mucus producing foods such as milk, butter and dairy
Eating too many sweets including sweet fruit
Eating too much red meat, and fried foods
Eating to many grains including wheat, barley and oats
Drinking alcohol
Not too many heavy meals and too many meals throughout the day
Not enough exercise or physical activity
Being unmotivated, and not being goal – oriented
Lack of passion and working in an environment that is not self-satisfying
Too much sleep and resting throughout the day Continue reading
Kapha Dosha Qualities & Characteristics
Kapha represents the elements of water and earth.
Kapha people are generally strong with hefty, robust and thick body frames.
Their bones, hair and teeth are well developed and they often have large round eyes.
Kapha people have excellent vigor, vitality and health – with long life spans.
The main qualities of Kapha are wet, oily, cool, heavy, dull or slow, sticky, soft and steady or fixed.
So having a Kapha constitution means that these qualities will express themselves greatly through their mental, emotional and physical nature.
The wet and oily quality can allow for good lubricated joint function, but in excess can lead to increased mucous.
The cool quality may manifest as cool skin and a laid-back or cool temperament.
Heaviness often manifests as a large, sturdy and heavy physical body but in excess may cause over-weight. The heaviness also may make it difficult for them to let go of material goods, emotions and thoughts.
Slowness can manifest actions of a slow and steady nature as well as slower thinking and assimilation process.
Softness may manifest as a soft heart that feels compassion and empathy. In addition, their skin and tissues may be soft.
Stability can manifest as support and loyalty to friends, family and colleagues but in excess could cause stubbornness or sluggishness.
Density can manifest as good strong stamina with well-formed muscles and bones. This quality enables Kapha people to withstand vigorous exercise – especially anaerobic.
Kapha people need to move and become more mobile as they are prone to becoming overweight which can lead to diabetes, joint problems and heart conditions. Continue reading
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