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    vāta

    Devanāgarī: वात Translation: wind principle Similar words:prāṇamaya, prāṇa, prāṇāyāma, vāyu Related concepts:pitta, doṣa, kapha, āyurveda

    Appears in

    Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā:

    Chapter 2: 2


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    Commentaries around

    “Svabhāva (innate disposition) – Nature of a person.
    For example tendency to put on weight, liver problem,
    muscular pains for no reason, changes in temperature.
    This is why Āyurveda divides humans into 3 types.
    Approximately Pitta–Sattva, Kapha–Tamas, Vāta–Rajas Guṇa.
    We not only look at the physical structure,
    but also how food affects the individual.
    Heavy in the morning, etc.
    For example different children in the family affected by the same food differently.”
    – TKV Desikachar France 1983

    “The ancient people introduced holding of the breath
    to stop, to quieten the mind,
    considered as linked to the movement of Vāta.”
    – TKV Desikachar December 1987

    “Prāṇa is the élan vital.
    It is the mover and the sustainer of the body in all living beings.
    Because of this all pervasive movement and irrepressible vitality,
    it is also hard to keep reined in through the ten sensory horses.
    When the personalised field of Prāṇa becomes unreined,
    it transforms into Vāta and the system becomes disturbed.
    The primary practice in Yoga to minimise the conversion of Prāṇa into Vāta is Prāṇāyāma.”

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