How to Lead a Healthy and Happy Life, the Ayurveda Way

Ayurveda, the science of life gives elaborateDo you go to bed late in the night and sleep till noon?
guidelines to ensure a healthy and happy life. LifeIt is very unhealthy. Remember the nursery rhyme
according to Ayurvedic terms and directions will be'early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,
healthy, happy and pleasant.wealthy and wise'. Ayurveda has been telling exactly
Here are a few tips to lead a healthy and happy life.the same thing for about 4000 years now.
Dinacharya - healthy daysOne must wake up in the morning with the sun.
Dinam means a day and charya means practice orStudents must wake up before sunrise. Take bath
routine. Ayurvedic dinacharya is complete withbefore sunrise and do some meditation or
directions for a healthy daily routine. Ayurvedicsuryanamaskar to give the day the perfect start it
dinacharya includes a set of daily practices. It includesdeserves.
waking up before sunrise, bathing and taking food atAbout daily thoughts, words and actions
set times, the levels of physical exertion, the kind ofBe careful about your thoughts, words and action. If
people to mingle with, the kind of thoughts, wordsyou let your thoughts go uncontrolled, it can take
and action, etc.you to bad words and bad actions. This will in turn
Ayurvedic dinacharya doesn't allow one to use one'saffect your mind and your mind will be filled with
physique beyond its endurance levels. It is alsonegative energies like hatred, jealousy etc. Staying
required that a person must mingle with people ofpositive in your thoughts, words and action gives
high qualities like love, compassion, truthfulness andyour mind a pleasant experience. Daily good deeds
reliability. Thoughts and actions must be pure and shallwill make your heart dwell in joy. It is not accepting,
not bring harm or loss to others.but giving. Do something good to others on a daily
Food - Ayurvedic healthy foodbasis without ever expecting anything in return.
Our stomach is not a waste box to deposit junkMingling with people
food. One should take only healthy food items thatChoose the people you mingle with. If you mingle
bring health to heart and body.with a group of people dispelling negative emotions,
Vegetarian food is recommended by Ayurveda asyour mind will quickly become troubled. If you deal
the best food.with people who are of high caliber and see life on a
One shall eat only when he or she feels hungry.positive life, your mind too will stay on a positive
Snacks between meals, eating for pleasure etc arenote. The psychological energy that interacts is not
practices that upset normal digestive functions. Itquickly identified, but has its effect on your mind and
takes about 20 hours to completely digest the foodyour happiness.
we eat. We shall allow enough time for the stomachKeeping good relationships with god
to completely digest the food before we eat theThe life of an average person from Kerala would
next meal. It is not normally possible in today's world.start with a bath in a temple pond and darshan at
Make sure you take only as much food as your bodythe nearby temple. It is early in the morning and is
requires.the perfect start for the day. Evening start with
Alcohollighting a wick before their deity and reciting
Alcohol consumption is not completely banned inRamayana or divine words.
Ayurveda. If you take 'alcohol as a medicine, it willThis is indeed a good practice to keep oneself
act as a medicine'. When taken in excess amounts itmentally healthy and happy.
will upset your body and mind in different ways. VeryAyurveda principles thus are not just about
moderate amount is actually good for digestiondiagnosing people or making prescriptions. Ayurveda
(especially of non-vegetarian food).is all about leading a healthy life in all fronts. Ayurveda
Sleep habitsaddresses a person on an emotional level, mental
Everyone must have a look at his or her sleep habits.level, physical level and divine metaphysical level.