Sunday 10 July 2016

Ayurveda And Sleep (Nidra)- Part 2


Sleep is one of the essential components for being well. Proper time and proper duration of sleep is advised as it maintains normal physiology of body and mind resulting in strength and longevity. But if we don’t follow the regular pattern for sleep, it may create ill effects on body. There are many of us who follow wrong sleeping habits regularly thereafter face problems like insomnia, constipation, regular intervals of severe headaches, backache, high blood pressure in early age etc. and don’t even realize the reason behind it.



Night is the only accepted time for sleep (nidra) and sleeping in the day time is contraindicated as it causes imbalance of kapha*(http://www.ayurbeej.in/2016/02/kapha-dosha-tridosha-sidhhanta_10.htm) & pitta dosha*(http://www.ayurbeej.in/2016/01/pitta-dosha-tridosha-sidhhanta.html).

There are main two unhealthy Nidra habits-








So here we have seen the importance of nidra in our well being, and why it is important to get a proper sleep for not getting ill. 

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