Impact of Ratricharya: Night Regimen on Mental and Emotional Health

Article through Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa S, B.A.M.S

‘Sleep is the best meditation’ – Dalai Lama

‘Never waste anytime you can spend sleeping’ – Frank H. Knight

‘Night time’ is a blessing for us in our existence. It is part of circadian rhythm and nature’s method of giving us a ruin, transition and rest. Sleep is the most productive and essentially the most gorgeous factor that we do at night time, we need to! Quality, amount and timing of sleep and keeping up self-discipline with every of those fragments would have a powerful affect on bodily, psychological, emotional, sensual and religious well being of people.

Normal and herbal sleep is regarded as ‘bhuta dhatri’ – mother-like for all residing beings.

Apart from sleep there are another actions which want to be completed at night time earlier than we sleep. These actions are labeled below ‘Ratricharya’ – the night time routine through Ayurveda.

‘The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep’ – E. Joseph Cossman

In this newsletter I can spotlight the significance and affect of the ‘night time regimen’ and the actions discussed therein over psychological and emotional well being.

Effect of Ratricharya on Mental and Emotional Health

Below discussed regimens are incorporated in Ratricharya – night time routine time table. Each one would have a powerful sure affect at the frame, thoughts, senses and feelings and will have to be adopted incessantly after having completed the dinner.

Washing arms completely..!

Washing the arms after consuming meals is a wholesome follow. This additionally displays that we want to consume with our arms. Nowadays we consume our meals with spoons. Eating with arms would give a personalized effect in opposition to consuming meals. We additionally would get a possibility to really feel the meals earlier than we consume and that emotionally connects us with the meals. The style of the meals additionally turns out excellent once we consume with our arms. We additionally connect to ourselves. We additionally in detail attach our karmendriya – organ of motion i.e. hand, jihvendriya – sense organ of style i.e. tongue and ubhayendriya – twin organ i.e. thoughts and go together with them with a very powerful existence strengthen – upastambha i.e. meals. Washing arms completely after consuming meals is hygienic and likewise pampering our arms. It would induce freshness in our thoughts and senses.

Washing mouth, cleaning enamel, betel leaf chewing, medicated smoking

Cleansing the enamel, washing the mouth and chewing betel leaves would now not best clean up the mouth but in addition would have a good affect at the thoughts and senses. They may even result in prasanna indriyatva i.e. calmness and pleasantness of the thoughts and senses. Medicated smoking would transparent off the kapha from the mouth and throat including to the freshness. To blank up our oral hollow space earlier than sleep is wholesome and hygienic follow. It will stay the contributors of our oral hollow space wholesome.

Walking for 100 steps..!

Walking for 100 steps would lend a hand in digestion of meals and also will relieve one from meals brought on fatigue and drowsiness. It is essential to not sleep straight away after taking meals to help higher digestion of meals.

Use of Triphala and alertness of Anjana..!

Consumption of Triphala would act as Rasayana, to complete off on the finish of the day. It would additionally lend a hand in simple bowel evacuation the following morning. It would have a excellent impact at the indriyas – eye well being and imaginative and prescient, and so does utility of Anjana. Further on, anjana would cleanse the eyes, take away eye fatigue and induce excellent sleep, which additional calms the thoughts and therefore helps to keep away the strain.

Sleep excellent, sleep smartly, sleep every now and then…!

‘Having peace, happiness and healthiness is my definition of beauty. And you can’t have any of that with out sleep’ – Beyonce

Sleep is alleged to be one of the vital 3 upastambhas – supporting pillars of our existence. The high quality, amount and timing of sleep will have to be controlled correctly. A correct sleep has an excessively sturdy sure affect on now not best bodily well being but in addition on psychological and sensual well being. Sleep helps to keep the strain, worries, damaging feelings at take a look at and helps to keep the thoughts and senses wholesome, calm and balanced.

Among some great benefits of sleep sukham – happiness, excitement or convenience and jnanam – knowledge and intelligence had been discussed, which might be associated with our thoughts. Bad high quality and amount of sleep will impart reverse results i.e. dukham – discomfort, strain and illnesses ultimately. Modern day guy is mentally and emotionally disturbed since he meddles with the herbal phenomenon of sleep. Sleep may be a ‘adharaniya vega’ herbal urge of the frame which will have to now not be forcibly managed. If completed, it might reason many bodily, psychological and emotional imbalances. Sleep deprivation for very long time sessions as a convention would have a nasty toll on total well being. It may cause or cause / aggravate many illnesses.

Sleeping at night time is alleged to be standard and when completed correctly as a convention, it protects us like a mom and likewise nurtures us. Other varieties of sleep are both compensatory or pathological. Those affected by insomnia and sleep deprivation are noticed to have many psychological problems.

A excellent night time’s sleep will repair team spirit in our gadget after the damage and tear we revel in all over the day. It is rejuvenation to the frame, thoughts, senses and likewise our feelings. Many occasions we see that we’re other folks once we get up, bodily, mentally and emotionally. We have conquered many imbalances and untoward fluctuations in every of those layers. Sleep isn’t just crucial but in addition necessary. Sleep is essentially the most gorgeous factor we will do at night time time. Those who’re blessed with the suitable high quality; amount and timing of sleep are blessed, wholesome and have compatibility.

Good high quality and amount of sleep balances tridoshas and complements the sattva high quality of thoughts. This guides one in opposition to sure pondering and sure existence.

Sex…!

Sex is but every other fundamental intuition and crucial a part of one’s existence and a necessity. It is an act which has extra advantages, greater than procreation. It is likely one of the perfect stress-busters. It calms the thoughts and senses.

Bala – power, immunity, staying power and tolerance (bodily, psychological and emotional) are stated to be below the keep watch over of shukra – semen. Upastha – penis is a karma indriya – organ of motion. It stocks its chemistry and is attached to different indriyas and likewise manas – the thoughts, which may be an indriya. The idea and ideation of getting intercourse itself has a good affect on the entire senses.

Brahmacharya is likely one of the supporting pillars of our existence, similar to sleep and meals and it contains playing significant intercourse with regards to high quality, amount and time. Sexual sex practiced in diseased stipulations, all the way through day time or nighttime will lead to aggravation of vata and pitta and reason comparable issues.

Healthy intercourse is also excellent for emotional well being. It is helping in construction and strengthening the emotional bonding with one’s existence spouse. Love, care and affection related to wholesome intercourse are an elixir for our thoughts and senses they usually now not best cause the satisfied hormones however will stay them flowing at all times. This will stay every mobile of the frame in a state of happiness.

Moonwalk…!

Walking within the moonlight will pacify pitta, top finish feelings and aggression and calm the thoughts. Darkness of the night time is alleged to pacify pitta and kapha, induces sleep naturally and calms the thoughts serving to its detachment from the indriyas. It may even stay us emotionally attached with nature, cosmos and introduction and make us really feel oneness with them.