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Restoring
balance requires addressing your diet and lifestyle
along with balance-restoring herbs and therapies.
High
stress levels can result from a mental imbalance
or an emotional imbalance. In doshic terms, a mental
stress overload can generally be traced to an imbalance
in Prana
Vata, the sub-dosha of Vata
that governs your mind, your brain, your senses
and your thinking. An emotional stress overload
can generally be traced to an imbalance in Sadhaka
Pitta, the sub-dosha of Pitta
that governs your heart and your emotions.
Signs
of Mental Stress Overload
What are the signs of mental stress overload? If
your answers to the following questions are mostly
"yes," it is likely you have an aggravated
Prana Vata:
Do you often feel worried, restless or anxious?
Do even small additions to your workload -- one
additional deadline or one extra chore -- make you
feel overwhelmed?
Do you toss and turn in your bed at bedtime, unable
to fall asleep?
Do you always feel rushed; or feel that your days
are too full?
Do you feel frazzled and find it difficult to focus?
Do you find yourself spacing out, more forgetful
than normal?
Do you flit from task to task but end up not completing
any?
Does anxiety make you breathe short and fast sometimes?
For many of us, a Prana Vata imbalance is all too
common. Vata rises with increased activity, movement
or stimulation. Multi-tasking has become a way of
life for us: grabbing a quick bite when trying to
complete a project, drinking our morning beverage
as we drive to work, talking on the phone while
we put away the groceries.even normally grounded
persons can only go so long at a breakneck pace
before they feel the effects of an imbalanced Prana
Vata. Daily commutes in rush-hour traffic, jobs
that come with lots of travel, chauffeuring kids
from one after-school activity to another: chopped
up days leave many of us feeling fragmented and
disoriented. And our senses are victims to a constant
stream of stimulation all day long. The result?
A cluttered, tired mind, frayed nerves and a brain
that is wearing out, cell by weary cell.
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