Nowadays in the modern days, stress becomes a common word we see everywhere, and everyone is worried about their mental health and consulting even psychiatrist as they are suffering from stress. Not just a specific age group, but from children to aged people. Even it becomes a fashionable that exposing themselves as they are stressed, but not really everyone is in deep stress, some are self-made and self-assassination.
Stress can come by any reason, academic, family, relationship, failures, and career. But main reason and root cause is lack of mental stability and patience. Stress can be easily tackled if we have a good mental health, in which yoga and ayurveda doing a great job. Developing stress without managing them can leads to depression and other mental disorders.
Yoga deals with coordination of mind, body and soul, ayurveda nourishes one’s physical and mental health through diet and lifestyle changes. Ayurveda and yoga together helps to cure numerous diseases and also helps to rejuvenate the body.
The techniques and methods in yoga and ayurveda gives a massive impact on managing the stress. Ayurveda practices like Abhyangam, Shiro Picchu and Yogic methods of Asanas, Pranayama, Yoganidra, Shavasana and dhyana are effective in the case of managing the stress.Physical stress also impact stress in the mental level. Ayurevdic massage treatments helps to relax the tensions in the body which also impact our mind, which also make one to practice yoga easier. Yoga improves mental clarity, and it is scientifically proven that it in increase the cortisol level and enhance neurotransmitters like serotonin which are important to reduce the stress.Ayurveda works by balancing the tridoshas vata, pata and kapha. When vata dosha aggravates, our mind becomes unstable , here ayurveda treatments helps to keep it in a balanced state.
Both ayurveda and yoga balances the physical, mental and emotional body and it helps to keep our body in a balanced state.
Imbalances in the vata can be reason for anxiety, restlessness and poor sleep patterns. Some of the yoga poses and pranayama helps to calms down the body and mind, also Ayurveda medicine like bharami, jatamansi and treatment like abhyangam helps calm down the mind and reduces the stress level. Imbalances in the pittha may be the reason for many digestive disorders. Asanas like pavanamuktasana, vajrasana, Vakrasana improves our digestion. Suryabhedana pranayama helps to remove the toxin from the body and sheetkari pranayama helps to cool down the stomach which is good in the case of acidity and irritations along with taking cooling herb like mint. Imbalances In the kapha doshas can cause depression and lethargic effects. Kapalabhati is the best one to balance the kapha doshas along with ayurvedic herbs like turmeric and ginger.
Ayurveda and yoga is a perfect combination of asana, pranayama, Lifestyle, Diet, Meditation and
Ayurvedic herbs and medicines to keep our physical and mental body healthy and to grow our self with a clean and positive mentality to overcome stress and other mental disorders. The integration of yoga and Ayurveda offers a comprehensive approach to mental health and stress relief. By aligning the body, mind, and spirit through yoga’s physical postures, breathing exercises, and meditation, alongside Ayurveda’s personalized dietary and lifestyle recommendations, individuals can achieve a deeper sense of balance and well-being. In an era where mental health is a growing concern, these ancient practices provide timeless wisdom for managing stress and fostering emotional resilience.