Hello and Namaste,

Welcome to the second part of my series on how I have achieved "green" test results after years of research and experimentation. Let's continue!

Ayurveda

Ayurveda is a sister science to yoga and is just as old and vast. The goal of Ayurveda is to produce optimum health by balancing the physical, spiritual, and mental. This is accomplished by determining one’s constitution or Prakruti. Prakruti is composed of three Doshas (Vata, Pitta, Kapha). If one of the Doshas should come out of balance (Vikruti), it can cause illness.

Ayurveda uses a combination of practices and techniques such as yoga, diet, and herbs to bring the Doshas into balance. Ayurveda attempts to remedy health maladies at the source as compared to treating the symptoms. On the surface, Ayurveda can appear to be complex and overwhelming. However, once you take the time to learn about it and study it, it is actually quite fascinating.

Ayurveda appears to be in the same time frame as yoga. Ayurveda and yoga work hand in hand to produce health and happiness. I have incorporated quite a few Ayurvedic practices into my daily life. I will cover those a little later.

Barefoot Living

The first blog I posted was about my passion for living without shoes. People who meet me for the first time find it intriguing, so what better topic for my first and introductory blog? I am not going to repeat what was posted. I invite you to go here and check it out. For the purposes of the topic of this blog, I am going to show the connection to my health and some of the science I discovered to back it up.

I recall reading somewhere that yoga states that poor posture and gait can have a negative effect on every organ of the body. A quick internet search can confirm this. Poor posture can cause issues with: breathing, digestion, cardiovascular, joints, and the spine. (www.owchealth.com, www.anthros.com) A person’s gait (the way one walks) has a direct impact on one’s posture. And what controls the way one walks? The feet and how they function.

The soles of the feet contain “thousands of plantar receptors that are sensitive to every subtle movement we make.” Our ability to walk, run, or jump is all initiated through stimulation of these nerves on the bottom of the foot.” (Barefoot Strong, p. 6) When we place a barrier between those receptors and the ground, we are walking “blind”. This “blindness” causes our brain to improperly judge our movement. Therefore, our gait is not proper, and negative impacts such as poor posture follow.

The gait and posture are not the only concern. The practice of Earthing addresses another concern, an electrical imbalance that can have a bad impact on our health. I am not going to go into too much detail here. However, to put it simply, we are electrical beings.

When we have an excess of positive charges, conditions such as inflammation can increase. This increase can cause the onset of many types of illnesses and conditions. By simply spending 30 minutes outside barefoot on a natural surface, you can reduce these conditions and increase your chances of health and happiness.

The positive charges are neutralized by a flow of electrons that enter the body through the soles of the feet. I can personally attest to the benefits of Earthing as I have been actively practicing since 1998. Outside of an occasional sinus infection, I am just fine!

I encourage you to go and visit the website for The Earthing Institute as well as The Intuition Physician for plenty of research and information on Earthing.

This concludes the second part. Next month, I will provide my daily practices and routines that help me live at optimal levels, as well as diet information and some scientific validations. 🙏🏻🙂