- Ahimsa (non-violence)
- Aiswarya (self-reliance)
- Health and well-being
- Vairagya (non-attachment)
- Ahamkara (ego - separateness)
Essentially, if you take care of your body, you are also taking care of your mind, and nurturing your soul. If you feed your body from the crux of the earth, in a non-violent fashion (not eating animals), are reliant on only what the earth offers, attend to your health of body/soul/mind, embrace a closeness with nature, and just let go of everything, you can attain optimal health of being. It's neat that both philosophies promote these values, and that they are so greatly inter-connected. It is difficult to participate in yogic flows when consuming foods that weigh you down and cause bodily harm, so raw foods is the way to go. Furthermore, both philosophies embrace this natural, pure living, believing that the health of any part of the you-trifecta (body, soul, mind), affects the health of all three. All must be aligned! That is what I am striving for on this raw foods diet, and incorporating yoga and subsequent meditation into my daily lifestyle has become much more manageable with my change in diet - I am now more cognizant as to how my body is affected by everything - food, movement, sleep, drink, my thoughts - nothing is separate from our health, happiness, and sense of well-being.
Yoga and the raw foods lifestyle both encourage a sense of lightness of being - physically, emotionally, psychologically, spiritually. My mind feels less cluttered, as does my body - and if these two are happy, so is my soul.
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