My health my responsibility (Swaadhin Org)

Query by Jyoti: How to remain positive and happy regularly, using natural ways of mental/emotional health care? Please share your response from experience or observation of tried & tested methods, as best possible. Responses: Roopa: Reasons for loss of chakra power 1. Excess Leaning towards objects 2. Excess Leaning towards Timeline (Past and Future) 3. Excess Leaning towards people Priya: You can stay in a positive space through constant gratitude, love and understanding that everything you're going through is because your soul signed up for it. It's karmic. It is not the easiest thing to begin. But once started and practised, the returns are amazing! Madhur: Indian culture especially Hindu traditions,  lifestyle and food are designed with a good thoughtfulness of health of body/mind/spirit. Usually, if someone follows regular schedule of day, starting early morning , doing normal 8 hours work, and spending few hours time with self/family/community , ...

Discussion on difficulty in Fasting: Shristi: I want to observe a fast for seven days and I want to be on fruits and salads and other liquids. I think of this in the morning and till lunch, I am not able to do it. Can someone give me a perspective of how to go about it? Madhur: What is the problem that you find ? Do you want to skip breakfast and lunch, replace with fruits? What goes wrong in taking fast? Shristi: Mind is constantly thinking that I have not eaten food and I am feeling hungry  Madhur: Go slow then, only replace breakfast with fruits for a few days , have lighter lunch when hungry. If you have any health conditions like diabetes or thyroid, anaemia, weakness etc. hunger may be more and difficult to take fast. For such cases treatment may be needed. Shristi: Okay, I can try with slow steps in that case.

Madhur: Food cooked in mud pots is healthier,  lighter and of course delicious. When one cooks in metal vessel (steel, iron,  aluminum etc..) some metal adds to food as well,  which makes it heavier and taste changes too. Neha: From where do you buy these mud vessels? Madhur: I purchased from roadside Richa: Please let me know, how long would it take to cook 'dal' and/ or 'sabzi'? Do you clean it with regular dish washing soap ? Thank you. Madhur: Hey I started using this couple of times, now. It took me around 20-30 min each time to cook, depending on vegetable and the quantity of it. By the way, Slow cooked food is healthier. Generally just rubbing nicely with scrubber does  the cleaning and removing any boiled vegetable/spices from mud pot. I also use organic dish wash powder or sometimes regular dish wash liquid soap , if needed to remove oil stains, grease etc. Neha: On cleaning mud vessels- I had read a good tip. Instead of using soaps - use ...

Query by Manka: How many of you drink green tea..and what are the uses besides the detoxification.. And so difficult to make this a habit to drink green tea daily..instead of milk or tea.. How to make this a habit? Responses: Nitin: May be if you start imagining and understanding that the milk in the tea is harmful, that can bring about some change. That's what worked for me. Madhur: We get addicted to a particular taste or habit of having tea. This herbal drink , helped me to overcome habit of drinking tea, when I  replaced with this one. https://inaweofnature.blogspot.com/2019/05/herbal-drink-recipe.html?m=1 You can add green tea as a herb to this recipe along with a few other ingredients of your choice. You may try different combinations, it generally tastes good.  Slowly,  in a couple of weeks, you can replace few cups of regular tea with this health beneficial drink. Do give yourself a regular tea,  alternate days may be, with this o...