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Does doing Yoga mean I can't eat meat, eggs or dairy?
Today we're taking about two things.
Ahimisa and Veganuary.
Ahimisa is the yoga concept of 'do no harm' and something we're working on this week a part of #takecare month. What that looks like in our home practice is making more use of blocks and straps, working into postures with compassion, not forcing, criticising, judging.
It's also 'Go Vegan in January' month… or Veganuary.
According to an article in The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/05/veganuary-record-number-people-pledge-eat-vegan-food-january a record 500,000 have signed up to eat only plant-based foods for the month. 125,000 of them from the UK.
The reasons for cutting out meat include
- reducing suffering to animals
- improving health
- reducing the damage that food production does to our environment
If you look at how food companies, supermarkets, the media have responded to the groundswell of people seeking more sustainable, healthy, less harmful ways of eating, it seems pretty much everyone is accepting plant-based eating is a good path to walk down.
At last, more people are waking up to a new reality about where food comes from. They are checking up on how it's sourced, how it's raised, what's it taken to get to their plate.
Organic has become a mainstream word and there's plenty of studies out there that that say a more plant-based diet is good for us.
But does that mean meat is off the menu? And as a practice that promotes non-harm to all living things, does doing yoga have to mean a life without fish and chip Friday, fried eggs in the morning or a dairy ice cream at the seaside in the Summer?
Listen in to discover the 5 things that Ayurveda, the sister science to yoga, has taught me and guides my choices.
Namaste
JX
Want to join us in class? Visit www.yogalocal.co.uk to find out more about us and our full programme of online classes.
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By Josie SteedmanToday we're taking about two things.
Ahimisa and Veganuary.
Ahimisa is the yoga concept of 'do no harm' and something we're working on this week a part of #takecare month. What that looks like in our home practice is making more use of blocks and straps, working into postures with compassion, not forcing, criticising, judging.
It's also 'Go Vegan in January' month… or Veganuary.
According to an article in The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/05/veganuary-record-number-people-pledge-eat-vegan-food-january a record 500,000 have signed up to eat only plant-based foods for the month. 125,000 of them from the UK.
The reasons for cutting out meat include
- reducing suffering to animals
- improving health
- reducing the damage that food production does to our environment
If you look at how food companies, supermarkets, the media have responded to the groundswell of people seeking more sustainable, healthy, less harmful ways of eating, it seems pretty much everyone is accepting plant-based eating is a good path to walk down.
At last, more people are waking up to a new reality about where food comes from. They are checking up on how it's sourced, how it's raised, what's it taken to get to their plate.
Organic has become a mainstream word and there's plenty of studies out there that that say a more plant-based diet is good for us.
But does that mean meat is off the menu? And as a practice that promotes non-harm to all living things, does doing yoga have to mean a life without fish and chip Friday, fried eggs in the morning or a dairy ice cream at the seaside in the Summer?
Listen in to discover the 5 things that Ayurveda, the sister science to yoga, has taught me and guides my choices.
Namaste
JX
Want to join us in class? Visit www.yogalocal.co.uk to find out more about us and our full programme of online classes.