5 Ayurvedic Tips for Healhty Glowing Skin

You must have felt like you’ve tried every skin-caring lotion and potion in the view of your knowledge, and yet did not see any benefits to your skin?

Are you bizarre and tired of spending lots of time, money and energy on complicated 10-step skin care regimens that are yielding no results?

Don’t fuss yourself. Thanks to the ancient science of Ayurveda, which is the sister science of Yoga, it is imaginable not have only healthy, but glowing skin, which really releases from the inside-out.

Ayurveda’s Approach to Healthy Skin

Ayurveda, comprises words “Ayur,” meaning “life,” and “Veda,” meaning “knowledge,” is known as the knowledge of life. As such, Ayurveda truly touches upon all of the myriad aspects of life that make it as full and rich as it is.

From digestion to psychology to sexual health to spirituality to skincare, Ayurveda, as a spiritual science of life, really covers it all, with incredible precision, clarity, and vision.

In Ayurveda, we work too actively to stimulate health primarily by what we put into, versus onto, our bodies. Here are five surprising Ayurvedic skincare secrets that I have truly benefited from, which you, too, can begin to employ from within to activate your inner glow.

1) Avoid or cut down on taking heavy seafood.

In one of the classical Ayurvedic epics called Charaka Samhita, chapter 5/6, summaries the causing factors of skin problems and disparities. One of these factors is “eating seafood continuously”.

Because everything in Ayurveda is modified per individual, one person may be able to consume more seafood safely than another and actually benefit really from the seafood. As a general rule, however, it would be best to lessen taking heavy seafood, especially if you are looking for improving your skin in any way.

2) Do not take milk while having fruits, meat, salt veg or honey.

Ayurveda conveys that there are some things that cannot be taken together. Above mentioned food combinations are incompatible and very dangerous to your digestive system. Healthy. So always take care of what you are eating.

Although, digestion is not something that happens in the stomach only. Skin is the largest organ of the body and is more sensitive to disease, infection, injury and imbalance than any other bodily structure. When we don’t digest our food properly it is affects not only our stomach but also reflect on your skin.

3) Sleep early and wakeup early.

Sleep is considered one of the three pillars of health, according to Ayurveda. The body actually heals itself as we sleep at night, ideally by 10 p.m. When we miss the ideal time for sleep and try to compensate by sleeping excessively during the daytime, our health suffers, and it shows up adversely on our skin. Excess daytime sleep is also one of the causative factors of skin-related conditions.

Going to sleep early and waking up early, between four and six a.m., has changed my life in countless ways, giving me tremendous willpower, insight and clarity, in addition to better skin.

4) Stop sunbathing.

This one should come as no surprise. Ayurveda is all about addressing the root causes of why health problems manifest in the first place. No matter how much sunscreen you may liberally apply to your face and body, excess sun exposure will definitely damage your skin. It is therefore essential to protect yourself with a hat and/or sunglasses. Whenever you feel the temptation to soak in the sun, ask yourself, is it really necessary?

5) Do something to be busy, without any strings attached.

Mental stress is a huge causative factor for skin problems. From Ayurveda, we learn that Sadvritta, a noble code of social and moral behavior, is an essential part of health that is just as important as what we put into and onto our bodies. So much of our stress in life comes from the kinds of relationships we have with others, as well as our own worries about our current and/or future security, whether that be physical, emotional, financial, etc.

Whenever we are able to step out of our own suffering enough to help another, we are automatically filled with joy. Even if all we can do is spend an hour a week serving soup in a soup kitchen, that one hour can help us connect with our inherent goodness, bringing out our inner glow and the light of Sattva (an auspicious, peaceful, noble, and joyful state of mind that Ayurveda psychology teaches is our true state).

Beauty is as beauty does, after all.

All the spiritual traditions of the world stress the importance of selfless service. Ayurveda is no exception—in the Charaka Samhita text, in addition to food and lifestyle corrections and developing better mental equanimity, it actually lists selfless service as one of the ways to recover from disease.

When we act in beautiful ways, we are able to connect with the most beautiful part of ourselves, which is our own ever-glowing, eternally radiant, indwelling soul.

Following all of the above secrets has changed my life in countless, wonderful ways.

I am delighted to invite you on this amazing journey of awakening to your true beauty, from within.

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