![]() Mentally, an out-of-balance water element is associated with addiction, repressed emotions, or a lack of creativity. Water imbalances can manifest in shifts in the quality and amount of fluids in the body, including saliva, digestive juices, joint fluid, reproductive fluids, and blood. The water element helps us connect to our feelings and emotions. Water is soothing, cleansing, sustaining, and nourishing. Photo: /BriBar Water Element (Jal)Ĭorrelating mood: flexibility, fun, creativityĬhakra: Second ( sacral )-sense of pleasure, flow, sensuality We may also experience exhaustion, weakness, lack of flexibility or loss of appetite. When the earth element is out of balance, issues with our skin, hair, muscles, and bones may crop up. It also represents the structures of our bodies-bones, flesh, skin-and helps give us shape. The earth element is cool, heavy, rough, and stable. The most dense of all the elements, earth makes up the solid matter of the universe. Photo: /Alexander Fattal Earth Element (Prithvi)Ĭorrelating mood: calm, grounded, safe, reliableĬhakra: First ( root )-sense of being, survival, stability, support Here’s more on each element, including the emotional and physical properties of each, their associated chakras or energy centers, and descriptions. Meaning that a hot, sunny day may call for cooling foods, like cucumbers, while chilly weather calls for hot tea and warm stews. “Knowing all of this helps us make dietary and lifestyle changes to support these subtle changes, balancing them with opposite qualities,” Deva continues. So when it’s raining, we experience more of the water element. “As the outside world’s environment changes, so do the elements within our bodies,” Deva says. Our day-to-day environment, life stressors, even seasonal changes can also unbalance us. “Generally, what takes us out of balance, more often than not, is going overboard with our dominant nature or way of being,” Umana explains. Knowing your dosha-along with what shifts you out of balance-is the first step in understanding how to best incorporate the five elements into your life. ![]() The pitta dosha is a combination of fire and water. ![]() The combination of elements that are most dominant within you makes up your dosha.Īir and ether create the vata dosha. According to the ayurvedic system, each of us is born with a unique combination of the five elements-some more dominant than others, says mindfulness coach Brenda Umana, MPH, RYT-500. Each has an energy correspondent among the chakras. The elements correlate with the senses and with particular body parts and functions. In Ayurveda, the sister science of yoga and one of the oldest medical systems still practiced today, those five elements are prithvi (earth), jal (water), agni (fire), vayu (air), and akasha (ether or space). “ the building blocks of the universe, as well as our bodies…everything is created with different combinations of these five elements.” “The five great elements, or panchamahabhutas, are thought to have originated as the universe, so they are as old as can be,” says Anjali Deva, certified Ayurvedic practitioner and founder of Rooted Rasa. Earth, air, fire, water and ether are elements of a universal theory of creation that has been part of many ancient practices and eastern philosophies for millennia. ![]() It’s a serene moment, one that evokes the elements of nature. As the sun warms your face, listen for the trickle of a stream nearby. Feel the dirt under your feet, a breeze tickling the back of your neck. Stop and imagine quietly standing barefoot out under the open sky. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! ![]()
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