Article by Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa S, B.A.M.S
‘Sleep is one of the best meditation’ – Dalai Lama
‘By no means waste anytime you’ll be able to spend sleeping’ – Frank H. Knight
‘Evening time’ is a blessing for us in our life. It is part of circadian rhythm and nature’s means of giving us a break, transition and rest. Sleep is one of the best and probably the most lovely factor that we do at night time, we’ve to! High quality, amount and timing of sleep and sustaining self-discipline with every of those fragments would have a powerful affect 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 residing beings.
Aside from sleep there are another actions which should be finished at night time earlier than we sleep. These actions are categorised beneath ‘Ratricharya’ – the night time routine by Ayurveda.
‘The most effective bridge between despair and hope is an efficient night time’s sleep’ – E. Joseph Cossman
On this article I’ll spotlight the significance and affect of the ‘night time time routine’ and the actions talked about therein over psychological and emotional well being.
Impact of Ratricharya on Psychological and Emotional Well being
Under talked about regimens are included in Ratricharya – night time routine schedule. Every one would have a powerful optimistic affect on the physique, thoughts, senses and feelings and ought to be adopted commonly after having completed the dinner.
Washing fingers completely..!
Washing the fingers after consuming meals is a wholesome follow. 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 the direction of consuming meals. We additionally would get a possibility 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 necessary life assist – upastambha i.e. meals. Washing fingers completely after consuming meals is hygienic and likewise pampering our fingers. It will 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 additionally would have a optimistic affect on the thoughts and senses. They may also 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 wash up our oral cavity earlier than sleep is wholesome and hygienic follow. It’s going to hold 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 important 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 will additionally assist in straightforward bowel evacuation the following morning. It will 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 properly, sleep at instances…!
‘Having peace, happiness and healthiness is my definition of magnificence. And you may’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 ought to be managed correctly. A correct sleep has a really robust optimistic affect on not solely bodily well being but additionally on psychological and sensual well being. Sleep retains the stress, worries, detrimental 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 also be a ‘adharaniya vega’ pure urge of the physique which shouldn’t be forcibly managed. If finished, it might trigger many bodily, psychological and emotional imbalances. Sleep deprivation for very long time intervals as a follow would have a foul toll on total well being. It could possibly trigger or set off / worsen many ailments.
Sleeping at night time is alleged to be regular and when finished correctly as a follow, it protects us like a mom and likewise 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 night time’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 likewise our feelings. Many instances we see that we’re completely different folks after we get up, bodily, mentally and emotionally. We have now conquered many imbalances and untoward fluctuations in every of those layers. Sleep will not be solely important but additionally necessary. Sleep is probably the most lovely factor we will do at night time 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 the direction of optimistic considering and optimistic life.
Intercourse…!
Intercourse is 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 without doubt one of the finest stress-busters. It calms the thoughts and senses.
Bala – power, immunity, endurance and tolerance (bodily, psychological and emotional) are stated to be beneath 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 likewise manas – the thoughts, which can also be an indriya. The thought and ideation of getting intercourse itself has a optimistic affect on all of the senses.
Brahmacharya is without doubt one of the supporting pillars of our life, identical to sleep and meals and it consists of having fun with significant intercourse by way of 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 nice for emotional well being. It helps in constructing and strengthening the emotional bonding with one’s life accomplice. 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 hold them flowing at all times. This may hold 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 night time is alleged to pacify pitta and kapha, induces sleep naturally and calms the thoughts serving to its detachment from the indriyas. It’s going to additionally hold us emotionally linked with nature, cosmos and creation and make us really feel oneness with them.
