Do you have to be vegetarian when practicing yoga? Can vegetarianism double the effect of yoga practice?
Let`s talk about yoga and diet with you today. In fact, some people have asked this question in private, but I have always felt that this is not a problem. Because my attitude is to go with the flow.
I have also communicated with many yoga practitioners and yoga teachers. Everyone seems to have no special attention to diet, which is not much different from those who do not practice yoga. Those who paid much attention to the diet structure are still paying attention, and those who did not pay attention are still not paying attention. Even if there is a change after practicing yoga, it is not the reason for practicing yoga. It just happens to be in time for this time period, or the concept of health has changed. I have never heard of deliberately changing my diet to better practice yoga. When I first started practicing yoga, the question I was asked most about diet was: Do people who practice yoga need to be vegetarian every day? I don`t know why, everyone is always used to equate yoga practice with vegetarianism. First of all, yoga has its own standards for the classification of food. Generally, we will divide the food into meat and vegetables. Quite simply, the meat of chicken, duck, fish and animal is meat; vegetables, garlic, radish, and eggplant are all vegetables. But this is not the case in yoga. Yoga divides food into three major categories: inert food, lazy food and sexual food. Denatured foods are exciting and exciting, such as coffee, tea, chocolate and other exciting foods, as well as garlic, onion, leeks and other heavy-tasting vegetables are also classified as denatured foods. The meat of chicken, duck and fish are inert foods, and inert food makes people dull and sluggish. In addition to animal meat is classified as inert food, eggs, alcohol, and drugs are also included in inert food. Pleasure food is food that calms the mind and nourishes the body and mind. Such as fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, honey and so on.
This is the division of food in yoga. According to the theory of yoga, we eat different types of food, and the impact on our human body is also different, just that. Yoga does not ask us how to eat, it only suggests that we eat more pleasing foods and less degeneration and inert foods. This is not unique to yoga. All walks of life, as long as it is related to health, will suggest that we pay attention to a reasonable diet, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and eat less fat and sweet food. I remember that in a book about the daily life of Master Iyengar, he wrote that he would drink at least three cups of coffee a day. Others are not mentioned at all in the diet. From this point, it can be roughly judged that Master Iyengar is the same as everyone in the diet, and there is nothing special. Some yoga trainers find that their diet will change after practicing yoga. For example, I prefer to eat fruits and vegetables, eat more pleasing foods, and not like to eat denatured or inert foods. There are such people around me. Of course, the premise is that this change occurs naturally and is not the result of forcing myself. But whether this change in eating habits is caused by yoga itself, no one can tell. It may also be the result of paying more attention to the maintenance and health of the body after practicing yoga, thus resisting some unhealthy foods from the bottom of the heart. It's like someone who was born with a disease and went to the hospital. Suddenly they found that diet has a great impact on their health. Since then, they have consciously adjusted their diet. But my own eating habits have hardly changed. I still should eat, drink, and still have no meat. It is possible that I am just an ordinary yoga practitioner and cannot be called a yogi. In the eyes of practitioners, life is for practice, but in my eyes, yoga is for life. What is your opinion on yoga and diet?
