Maailma seedimine

Ayurveda considers digestion the root of all health, but digestion holds a more broad and subtle meaning. Obviously you need to digest the food you eat, but you also need to digest everything that touches your skin, everything you see and hear and the emotions you experience.

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Mental indigestion

Newborn babies are exceptionally sensitive to new experiences and are likely to be over stimulated by excessive play, cuddles with too many new people or lack of sleep. All thoughts need to be processed, which happens naturally when we sleep, or better still when we meditate, breathe or find the time and space to just be. Allow your baby plenty of down time, to just contemplate the world, to absorb all her new experiences and just stare into space. 

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You don’t always have to stop your baby from crying. You can hold them through their suffering and reassure them of your unconditional love. In the pauses between crying you can say to your baby “I love you when you feel happy and I love you when you feel sad” or whatever else your heart moves you to say. You may even find yourself having a cry with your baby too. 

JULIA JONES / Everyday Ayurveda