True Yoga is Simple: 13 Steps to Deepen Your Home Practice by Olga Yumasheva - HTML preview

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went to the gym for a couple of years, and

your core muscles, your legs, and arms are

well-trained.

On top of that, your body was initially

designed uniquely. Your body constitution

dictates what you’re better at and what kind of

practice you need.

According to the ancient system of Ayurveda,

everything in this Universe is formed out of

five basic elements: earth, water, fire, air, and

ether. Each person gets a unique combination

of these elements in his or her body at the

time of birth.

This combination makes us look and act in a

certain way. Some of us are more active,

others are more passive, some of us are

stronger, others are more flexible, some of us

are tall and thin, and others are shorter and

heavier.

The proportion of elements in our body

doesn’t remain constant. It alters all the time.

It changes when we take food, for each meal is

made of the same five elements. So, we add up

fire element when we take spicy food, and we

add some earth element when we eat wheat.