The Guna Squad…
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
- Food/beverages
- Environment
- nature
- mountains
- water
- city
- clean
- congested
- space/cluttered
- nature
- Breath
- Notice and Regulate it
- Calm
- Slow
- Short
- Sharp
- Arrhythmic
- Balanced
- Notice and Regulate it
- Cleansing Practices
- Nauli – abdominal
- Netti – nasal/sinus
- Vasti – rectum
- Tratak – eye
- Self-study (Svadyaya)
- notice
- assimilate
- self-reflection
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