1. Vata is dry and airy. You might find yourself “up” and stimulated.
Windy. Oil helps tether you back to earth. Put sesame oil, or olive oil,
on your back and on your feet. While massaging the
oil into your feet, put pressure in the center right under the ball of
the toes (Can be calming during a panic attack.) You can
also oil and massage the top of your head, or your forehead and temples
to settle the monkey mind.
2. Avoid sugar, caffeine, carbonation, cold/raw or frozen foods
when you are trying to pacify vata. Vata likes salt, sour, sweet, oily
and warm. Warm soups are nice! A substancial breakfast, oatmeal, for
instance is good for settling anxiety. Sweet fruits are good. Drink warm
water instead of ice water.
3. Sit and come forward onto your lap.
Bend at the hips so your weight is not being carrying by your back. Do
child’s pose. Stand and let your upper body hang from the hips. Downward
facing dog.
Forward bends settle anxiety. Hold poses longer when trying to pacify vata.
Flowing yoga classes are not good for vata.
4. Drink warm milk with honey
and saffron. Put a hot water bottle on your feet. Take a warm bath. Cold aggravates vata, warm pacifies it.All
of these are helpful things to do at night before bed, so that vata
aggravation doesn’t keep you up at night as it can tend to do!
5. Do yogic breathing ( Pranayama). Taking time each day to breathe
helps settle your nervous system. Which is exactly what we need to do!
There are many types of yogic breathing, but my favorite for anxiety is
alternate nostril breathing. This incorporates the
right and left brain settling the aggravation and smoothing them into
sync. Meditating, eating, exercising at the same times from one day to the
next, can have immeasurable good effects on health. Wake up and go to
sleep at the same time each day. If routine is all you change, you will
feel a difference in mood and overall health.
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