Ayurvedic Evening Rituals

Updated: Jun 29, 2021

[The importance of ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ (especially when dealing with anxiety & depression)โฃ]

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Creating a morning and evening routine is one of the best things you can do, for both your physical and mental health.โฃ Doing this creates end caps to your day, where you start and finish your day at ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.โฃ

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๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ,๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿโฃ.

(TIP: Only add one new practice at time and practice it until it becomes an effortless, built-in ritual. Then, add another.)โฃ

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๐๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ /๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ for the ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ โฃ:

1. Turn off electronics an hour before bed (or phone on airplane mode)โฃ

  • Stop the endless flow of external stimulation and allow your senses to wind down.

2. Dim the lights, tidy up from the day, burn dried herbs or use essential oils to make your space look, feel, & smell beautifulโฃ

  • Being in a clean, pleasant space is healing for your mind and body. Allow yourself time to reset your space so that it's a healing environment for you.

  • Vetiver, lavender, jatamansi (spikenard), or chamomile are beautiful essential oils for relaxing.

3. Bathe off the dayโฃ

  • A warm Epsom salt bath is incredible for sore muscles or frazzled nerves

4. Give yourself a warm oil massage (this can take all of 5 minutes and feels sooo good!)โฃ

5. Stretch

  • Light yoga, especially yin yoga, is amazing for helping your mind and body relax and unwind from any tension built up from the day

6. Breath practices โฃ

  • Lunar pranayama or slow deep breathing (especially paired with your stretching/yoga practice) helps the mind unwind

7. Meditateโฃ (even just 2-5 minutes of sitting silently, observing, and practicing mindfulness can help bring you back to yourself)

8. Calming tea such as chamomile, lavender, lemon-balm, or tulsi

You donโ€™t have to do it all! Remember, something is always better than nothing. Start with whichever thing feels most exciting and expansive to you. Make it simple. Do it daily for a week. See how you feel. Evaluate if it is the right practice for you. If not, change it. If so, keep doing it!

Small shifts create big change.

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