What’s your dominant GUNA???

Guna’s are types of ENERGY – Universal energy, action and inaction changes the energy.
They are known as:

• Sattva
• Rajas
• Tamas

The qualities of each can be seen as:

Sattva

• Purity, Lightness, Clarity, Stillness, Tranquility, Pleasantness
• Clear perspective
• Power of Intuition
• Illumination
• Radiance
• Tranquility
• Represented by the colour WHITE

Rajas

• Excitement, Passion, Movement, Agitation, An intense desire to act
• Surge of energy
• Undertake projects and work
• See’s with a positive and/or negative perspective
• Encounters the energy between both knowledge and ignorance
• Represented by the Colour RED

 

Tamas

• Heavy, Dull, Sleepy, Lack of Clarity, Inaction
• Resistance
• Obstruction
• Creates doubt and confusion
• Laziness, Dull, Drowsiness
• Attachment
• Wish for withdrawal
• Ignorance
• Represented by the colour BLACK

What lifestyle habits do you have that may increase/decrease/balance your dominant Guna?

• Rushing
• Busy-ness
• Over-working
• Inactivity
• Quietness
• Tranquility
• Hiding away

What can you do to change/adjust your Guna in a positive way?

????????‍♀️ YOGA!!!

• Meditate
  • slow down
  • quieten the mind
  • mindfulness
• Asana
  • slow
  • faster/stronger
• Diet
  • Food/beverages
    • heavy/cold/damp/heat//acidic/alkaline
    • consumption levels
    • how I consume
• Environment
  • nature
    • mountains
    • water
    • city
    • clean
    • congested
    • space/cluttered
• Breath
  • Notice and Regulate it
    • Calm
    • Slow
    • Short
    • Sharp
    • Arrhythmic
    • Balanced
• Cleansing Practices
  • Nauli – abdominal
  • Netti – nasal/sinus
  • Vasti – rectum
  • Tratak – eye
• Self-study (Svadyaya)
  • notice
  • assimilate
  • self-reflection