Article by Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa S, B.A.M.S
‘Sleep is the very best meditation’ – Dalai Lama
‘By no means waste anytime you may spend sleeping’ – Frank H. Knight
‘Evening time’ is a blessing for us in our life. It is part of circadian rhythm and nature’s method of giving us a break, transition and rest. Sleep is the very best and essentially the most stunning factor that we do at evening, now we have to! High quality, amount and timing of sleep and sustaining self-discipline with every of those fragments would have a powerful influence on bodily, psychological, emotional, sensual and religious well being of people.
Regular and pure sleep is taken into account ‘bhuta dhatri’ – mother-like for all dwelling beings.
Aside from sleep there are another actions which should be achieved at evening earlier than we sleep. These actions are labeled underneath ‘Ratricharya’ – the evening routine by Ayurveda.
‘The very best bridge between despair and hope is an effective evening’s sleep’ – E. Joseph Cossman
On this article I’ll spotlight the significance and influence of the ‘evening time routine’ and the actions talked about therein over psychological and emotional well being.
Impact of Ratricharya on Psychological and Emotional Well being
Beneath talked about regimens are included in Ratricharya – evening routine schedule. Each would have a powerful optimistic influence on the physique, thoughts, senses and feelings and must be adopted recurrently after having completed the dinner.
Washing fingers totally..!
Washing the fingers after consuming meals is a wholesome observe. This additionally displays that we have to eat with our fingers. These days we eat our meals with spoons. Consuming with fingers would give a private contact in direction of consuming meals. We additionally would get a chance to really feel the meals earlier than we eat and that emotionally connects us with the meals. The style of the meals additionally appears good after we eat with our fingers. We additionally join with ourselves. We additionally intimately join our karmendriya – organ of motion i.e. hand, jihvendriya – sense organ of style i.e. tongue and ubhayendriya – twin organ i.e. thoughts and affiliate with them with an vital life help – upastambha i.e. meals. Washing fingers totally after consuming meals is hygienic and in addition pampering our fingers. It could induce freshness in our thoughts and senses.
Washing mouth, cleaning enamel, betel leaf chewing, medicated smoking
Cleaning the tooth, washing the mouth and chewing betel leaves wouldn’t solely clean up the mouth but in addition would have a optimistic affect on the thoughts and senses. They will even result in prasanna indriyatva i.e. calmness and pleasantness of the thoughts and senses. Medicated smoking would clear off the kapha from the mouth and throat including to the freshness. To scrub up our oral cavity earlier than sleep is wholesome and hygienic observe. It can maintain the members of our oral cavity wholesome.
Strolling for 100 steps..!
Strolling for 100 steps would assist in digestion of meals and also will relieve one from meals induced fatigue and drowsiness. It will be significant to not sleep instantly after taking meals to help higher digestion of meals.
Use of Triphala and utility of Anjana..!
Consumption of Triphala would act as Rasayana, to complete off on the finish of the day. It could additionally assist in straightforward bowel evacuation the following morning. It could have an excellent impact on the indriyas – eye well being and imaginative and prescient, and so does utility of Anjana. Additional on, anjana would cleanse the eyes, take away eye fatigue and induce good sleep, which additional calms the thoughts and therefore retains away the stress.
Sleep good, sleep nicely, sleep at instances…!
‘Having peace, happiness and healthiness is my definition of magnificence. And you’ll’t have any of that with out sleep’ – Beyonce
Sleep is alleged to be one of many three upastambhas – supporting pillars of our life. The standard, amount and timing of sleep must be managed correctly. A correct sleep has a really robust optimistic influence on not solely bodily well being but in addition on psychological and sensual well being. Sleep retains the stress, worries, damaging feelings at test and retains the thoughts and senses wholesome, calm and balanced.
Among the many advantages of sleep sukham – happiness, pleasure or consolation and jnanam – knowledge and intelligence have been talked about, that are associated to our thoughts. Unhealthy high quality and amount of sleep will impart reverse results i.e. dukham – discomfort, stress and ailments in the long term. Modern-day man is mentally and emotionally disturbed since he meddles with the pure phenomenon of sleep. Sleep can be a ‘adharaniya vega’ pure urge of the physique which shouldn’t be forcibly managed. If achieved, it could trigger many bodily, psychological and emotional imbalances. Sleep deprivation for very long time intervals as a observe would have a nasty toll on general well being. It will probably trigger or set off / worsen many ailments.
Sleeping at evening is alleged to be regular and when achieved correctly as a observe, it protects us like a mom and in addition nurtures us. Different types of sleep are both compensatory or pathological. These affected by insomnia and sleep deprivation are seen to have many psychological points.
A very good evening’s sleep will restore concord in our system after the damage and tear we expertise all through the day. It’s rejuvenation to the physique, thoughts, senses and in addition our feelings. Many instances we see that we’re completely different folks after we get up, bodily, mentally and emotionally. Now we have conquered many imbalances and untoward fluctuations in every of those layers. Sleep will not be solely important but in addition obligatory. Sleep is essentially the most stunning factor we are able to do at evening time. Those that are blessed with the fitting high quality; amount and timing of sleep are blessed, wholesome and match.
Good high quality and amount of sleep balances tridoshas and enhances the sattva high quality of thoughts. This guides one in direction of optimistic pondering and optimistic life.
Intercourse…!
Intercourse is yet one more fundamental intuition and important a part of one’s life and a necessity. It’s an act which has extra advantages, greater than procreation. It is likely one of the greatest stress-busters. It calms the thoughts and senses.
Bala – power, immunity, endurance and tolerance (bodily, psychological and emotional) are mentioned to be underneath the management of shukra – semen. Upastha – penis is a karma indriya – organ of motion. It shares its chemistry and is linked to different indriyas and in addition manas – the thoughts, which can be an indriya. The thought and ideation of getting intercourse itself has a optimistic influence on all of the senses.
Brahmacharya is likely one of the supporting pillars of our life, similar to sleep and meals and it consists of having fun with significant intercourse when it comes to high quality, amount and time. Sexual activity practiced in diseased circumstances, throughout day time or midnight will lead to aggravation of vata and pitta and trigger associated issues.
Wholesome intercourse additionally is sweet for emotional well being. It helps in constructing and strengthening the emotional bonding with one’s life associate. Love, care and affection related to wholesome intercourse are an elixir for our thoughts and senses and so they not solely set off the pleased hormones however will maintain them flowing at all times. This can maintain every cell of the physique in a state of happiness.
Moonwalk…!
Strolling within the moonlight will pacify pitta, excessive finish feelings and aggression and calm the thoughts. Darkness of the evening is alleged to pacify pitta and kapha, induces sleep naturally and calms the thoughts serving to its detachment from the indriyas. It can additionally maintain us emotionally linked with nature, cosmos and creation and make us really feel oneness with them.
