Your morning routine is important to a balanced life. The first few moment you wake up shape the rest of your day. Even a short and simple routine can greatly benefit your overall health and well-being.
Ancient Ayurveda scholar Charaka lays out the ideal morning routine to prepare your body and mind for the day ahead. A solid morning routine provides you with the life energy needed to achieve your goals.
Ayurveda Morning Routine
The following morning routine can be adjusted to meet your needs of your life and work schedule.
- Wake up time: 6am-6:45am
- Take a moment to reflect on what you are grateful for.
- We recommend waking with sunrise is ideal
- Wash face, mouth, and eyes
- Splash face with cool water
- Swish water around in mouth
- Scrape tongue and brush teeth
- Nasya 2-3 drops in each nostrils
- Lay down for 3-5 mins with head tilted back, nostrils facing the sky
- Gargle or swish oil in mouth (5+ mins)
- Drink a glass of room temperature water
- Morning Yoga Asana: 7:00-8:00 am
- Prānayāma
- Meditation
- Oil Massage with sesame oil after yoga
- CCF Digestive herbal tea: 8:00am
- 1/3 tsp of cumin, corriander, and fennel seed in 8 oz hot water
- Shower in warm water: 8:20am
- Breakfast : 8:30 am-9:30 am
How to create your ideal morning routine
Start slow and only add one new routine to your morning for at least 2 weeks before adding to it.
Its important to have a solid foundation when implementing new routine to your day so that you do not overburden your day and cause aversion to these balancing routines.
Everything in moderation, including Moderation”
Vata and Kaphas influence on waking up
The time you wake up has the most impact in a balanced morning routine. Kapha rules the hours of 6-10am, making it more ideal to wake up during the vata ruled hours of 2am-6am. When you do not wake before 6am, the heaviness of kapha often influences us to not wake until after 10am.
Waking up before 6am allows us to tap into the lightness and clarity of this vata dominate time. Making this space ideal for meditation, reflection, and spiritual practices.
