- Ayurveda and Yoga are built on the philosophy of the three gunas: sattva, rajas and tamas.
- These concepts represent the qualities that are present in food, nature and actions, as well as our body and mind.
- Rajasic means activity, restlessness, stress and anger.
- Tamasic means lethargy, dullness and laziness.
- Sattvic means balanced, harmony, purity, health and wellbeing.
- In each of us there is a proportion of each Guna. Without Tamas we would not sleep and without Rajas we would lack dynamism and without Sattva life would be uninspiring and without the higher human qualities.
- The food we eat has an enormous influence on us physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.