| Anyone can practice yoga and not eat a specific diet. | | | | the food available. Whole foods should be eaten close |
| Yet, devoted yogis have paid close attention to their | | | | to their original source, and in season, when possible. |
| diet, as a part of yoga practice, for centuries. For the | | | | Buy foods in their natural form, not packaged. Know |
| whole health benefit of yoga, one must pay close | | | | the source of your food, and make sure it is as |
| attention to nutrition. | | | | chemical and additive-free as possible. |
| Discussions about yoga, and yoga benefits, are mostly | | | | These processed, packaged, and "spoiled," are |
| centered on the movements of the practice. The | | | | classified in the yoga diet as tamasic. Foods that |
| focus on holistic nutrition is often swept aside. Yet, this | | | | contain excessive spices, or salt, are also classified as |
| is an essential element of whole body health. In a | | | | tamasic. These foods cause lethargy, laziness, and an |
| society where pre-packaged foods are easier to find | | | | intolerant temper. Sound familiar? |
| than fresh vegetables and fruit, no wonder we have | | | | Have you ever felt this way after eating a meal high in |
| the health problems we do. | | | | salt and preservatives? You did so for good reason. |
| Paying attention to what you put into your body helps | | | | These foods do not support the body's functions or |
| you listen to your body as well. The foods that are | | | | the mind's balance. They do the exact opposite. |
| encouraged in yoga nutrition are whole foods, mainly | | | | Reason becomes foggy and emotions grow dark. |
| of lacto-vegetarian origin. Whole foods are those that | | | | Eating too much, which is nearly encouraged in our |
| are as close to their natural state as possible. No | | | | society, is also classified as tamasic. Isn't your |
| alterations or pre-processing has been done to them. | | | | well-being reason enough to look at a different way of |
| Basically, they are the simplest, most natural form, of | | | | eating? |