Ayurvedic/yogic Daily Routine (Not Definitive) printable pdf download

Ayurvedic/yogic Daily Routine (Not Definitive)

Ayurvedic/Yogic Daily Routine (not definitive)

• Wake up and drink warm water (vata time 2am-6pm, 4 AM is suggested wake up

time, use your judgment!)

• Use bathroom and empty body of overnight waste

• Check tongue for coating then clean (some say do this before drinking water)

o Gray means too much vata

o Yellow/red too much pitta

o Filmy white is excess Kapha

• Cleaning the tongue wipes of toxins and stimulates digestive fluids

• Use neem oil for bleeding gums

• Gargle with triphala powder rids the throat of mucus (excess Kapha)

• Neti pot with herbal or salted water

• Sesame oil in nostrils afterwards opens the passage ways for Prana to enter brain

• Eye wash, using spit with good bacteria, triphala is good for infections and

rosewater is good for soothing Pitta, or burning

• Body massage with sesame oil balances and lubricates joints

o Coconut is cooling (pitta), sesame is warming (kapha, vata)

• Exercise (Kapha time 6am-10am)

o Vata, slow and steady

o Pitta, cooling and focused

o Kapha, movement, shaking and stimulating

• Pranayama

o Vatta, alternate nostril for calming

o Pitta cooling breaths using tongue, shitali

o Kapha, quick and rapid

• Meditation

o Vata: mantra, visualizations, grounding

o Pitta: silence, space, cooling and soothing mantras

o Kapha: infinite and open visualizations, prayer

• Breakfast*: light with tea

o Vata: needs to eat to stay grounded

o Pita: needs to eat to use digestive fire

o Kapha: could skip meal to stimulate, already slow digestion could use a

shaking up by missing meal

• Work/Play

o Choose activities that reflect your values

o Have fun!

Ayurvedic/yogic Daily Routine (Not Definitive)