Stages of Disease from an Ayurvedic Perspective

Understanding the Stages of Disease is very valuable as it shows you that there is a process of accumulation in order for the physical body to get ill. 

There is also the spiritual aspect of the disease, which is also an accumulation that happens due to excessive thinking all the way until the person manifests it. 

There are two aspects then, one at the level of the mind with the repeated and abusive unconscious thinking and the reflection on the physical body and life with wrong dieting and wrong habits. 

The idea of the whole Self-Healing Journey is to become aware of each step that is taken in life. 

Learning about the Stages of Disease creates an awareness that we are producing life constantly and co-participating in its creation alongside the Divine Intelligence. 

It also shows us that we have power with our decisions to make it better for us at a physical level and in an easy, not complicated way. 

Disease has two sides to it: 

• one is spiritual, which means that if you repeat and repeat a thought and an emotion you will make it happen, you will create the bundle of energy and it will manifest in the physical realm. 
• another one is at a physical level. Many times we might require herbs and a change of habits in order to reverse an ailment.  The whole Self-Healing Journey program will help you with that. 

Stay present with yourself, stay happy and focused, and you will see life changing and improving both at a physical and mental level. It does happen, I promise. 

I also wish to share with you some additional information that can help you maintain your health and reduce your Vata Imbalances. 

NATURAL URGES YOU SHOULD NEVER SUPPRESS!!!

A majority of us would have faced a situation where we wanted to sneeze (with full force) but couldn’t! A professional meeting stopped us. We wanted to urinate but held it back because that favorite show was just too addictive. At times even wanted to cry but being strong is the ultimate teaching. Whereas, what we don’t understand is the importance of these natural urges and the significance of letting them out at the right time.

If you are in a habit of holding these back (sometimes or frequently) then you might be risking your overall well-being. According to Ayurveda, letting out your natural desires prevent the body from sustaining any internal diseases. You tend to overlook them but suppression only interferes with the body’s state of balance along with unbalancing your Vata energy.
So the following natural urges need your immediate attention as repressing them time and again only lead to problems that are absolutely unknown.

1. Sneeze
Why should you not stop your urge to sneeze? Because it may cause certain internal injuries that aren’t so extreme but you might just be an unlucky one! A sneeze wouldn’t affect your personality but its suppression may cause stiffness in the neck, occasional headache, weakening blood vessels in the brain, ruptured eardrums and/ or breakage of the blood vessel in the whites of the eye. Ensure not to be ignorant of the same as in the long run facial paralysis can also occur.

2. Cough
Even if it’s like a cough attack, do not hold onto it! Don’t let the suppression of such natural urges lead to the worsened situation. Practice deep breathing and keep sipping some water to pacify your cough and not completely smother the same. In case you are in a habit of suppressing the urge to cough, be ready to host respiratory afflictions like hiccups, asthma and/ or chest pain.

3. Cry
Let those tears roll down your eyes! Don’t try to brave out a situation and also don’t abide by the stereotypes of feelings being unnatural. Try and express your pain to actually stop it from coming over and again. Get it out to stop bothering you. Talk to a friend or get your dog’s shoulder and cry out loud else health problems like running nose, chronic headache, eye and heart diseases are just around the corner.

4. Sleep
You might be occasionally depriving yourself of sleep due to lifestyle intricacies or blame it all on overworking, but just get ready to face issues like excessive yawning, body pain, drowsiness, heaviness in the eyes and/ or diseases pertaining to your head. Gradually you tend to lose your confidence, become an insomniac and even suffer from digestive disorders.

5. Yawn
Yes, even an on-purpose yawn does good for you! The word itself makes you yawn but you tend to avoid the urge due to public presence or other reasons. But what you don’t understand is that yawning relieves your stress and brings in fresh oxygen. Suppressing such natural urges make you vulnerable to headaches, stiff neck muscles, dizziness and/ or shaking of your body.

6. Urinate
It can be a dangerous situation if you tend to hold on to the urge to urinate. Initially you might face occasional discomforts but in the long run, it can be life-threatening. Difficulties include pain in your bladder, discomfort while passing urine, bending of your body and/ or lower abdominal distress. Suppression can also lead to the formation of stones.

7. Defecate
This is what you also describe as the “call of nature” and suppression to which causes pain in your calves, headache, indigestion and/ or constipation. It may even lead to vomiting, excessive wind formation and/ or involuntary defecation. You might be a little busy to ignore the urge but do not risk your health because of an engaging schedule.

8. Hunger
One should just not try and starve the body but eat and eat healthy. Understand the difference between genuine and false hunger pangs. When the body demands for food do not control and suppress the natural urges. It can be harmful to your health along with overall fitness. Your body can be at risk of suffering from body aches, anorexia, a decline in the brainpower along with giddiness and depression.

9. Burp
It’s another self-restricting situation to freely belch and feel content. Controlling your burps might be a regular habit to keep up with that social status. But did you know, suppression of your burps may cause chest pain and excessive production of flatus? It’s a harmless practice but unknowingly you also might be avoiding it.

10. Expel Wind
This might seem to be an embarrassing practice but suppressing the urge to expel wind causes several health adversities. You face regular discomforts including pain in your abdomen, urinary retention, improper evacuation of the body waste, exhaustion and chronic indigestion. In the long run and under extreme conditions one can even suffer from an abdominal tumor.

11. Vomit
At times it might seem really normal to hold back the urge to vomit. But do you know suppression of the urge to vomit causes diseases like anorexia, pigmentation of the face, anemia, nausea and/ or fever.

12. Breath Faster
While exercising you shouldn’t feel to suppress the urge of breathing faster. It helps you avoid fainting, sudden loss of senses or any other heart-related diseases. Even if it’s a brisk walk session do not forget to inhale and exhale!

13. Drink Water
Controlling your thirst is in no way a good idea! if you suppress the urge to drink water and it’s something you habitually do, the practice would definitely make your system dry. It exhausts your body’s working and you encounter problems like fainting and vertigo.

Many blessings, 

Leo Cordero

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