Upvas - Fasting - Full Details Explained According to Ayurveda

Mindful simply means being in the present moment. The human mind is always curious about new things and wants to explore always new patterns of life. When you do fasting and your stomach becomes empty, it is something new for the mind and the mind always observes the body, stomach, digestive organs, etc., and be in the present moment.

Mindfulness is gained when the body is more healthier and the mind is doing something with the help of the body at the present. Without the help of the body, the mind cannot get a state of mindfulness.

It is a secret truth that the mind and body function together very well when the stomach is somehow empty. Also, there are some Sutras (theories) that mention: if your body will be calm, the mind will speak and if your mind will be calm, your soul will be speaking. When the soul speaks you know about right and wrong in life.

Our energy is always busy in the digestion process which is managed by the subconscious mind but when we do Upvas, we allow some time for our energy to work according to the conscious mind and they function very well together.

In fasting, when you do not take any food for some hours, but still do daily karma such as going office or doing something at home, your digestion system starts burning the extra fat in your body and converting that part into energy. Burning calories from your body will reduce your weight and remove fat and this is so natural process.

When you go to the Gym or do some hard exercise in your daily routine, you lose weight but if you skip those exercises you get the weight back to the previous. But in Upvas, even if you are not doing so much exercise, just only walking, you will get amazing results.

In our body, when we take food, some toxins enter in blood and reach other parts of the body. Doing Upvas helps us in detoxification and removing bad toxins from our bodies. The toxins come out from stool, urine, sweat, breath and gases.

Detoxification is a process that is only possible when you are not taking any bad food for some days and only taking good food such as fruits, dry fruits, protein, vitamins, etc., in Upvas, we not only skip meals but also take some super quality food.

When we follow fasting, the oil and fat from the food stop going to the skin and only necessary vitamins and other minerals go and make our skin healthy and all the dead cells from the skin went through away by sweating.

We have some blockage in our body; in veins, in blood, in the intestine, in muscles, in bones, in interior organs, and almost everywhere. When we do Upvas, our body has samtap (good temperature) and samagni (good fire), Tap and Agni remove the blockage in our body.

Our inner energy is always busy in the process of digestion because we are always eating more than we need. If we do Upvas (Fasting), we allow 14 hours every day to our healing powers and it is 420 hours per month. In this way, our body will remove all toxins and heal all our body organs and we will be healthy.

Upvas can also help to reduce Chronic Diseases. When the body organs are affected by Chronic pain or other issues, they do not function well and we keep continue working with them without any repair and maintenance, Upvas is the rest time or repair-maintenance time for chronics issues.

When the food digests, it is converted to rasa (one of the seven dhatus in Ayurveda) and the rasa travels into the blood and goes to all parts of the body. If that rasa is full of bad toxins such as carbon etc, the blood becomes impure and does not travel well. When we do Upvas and start healthy diets, we send healthy food crumbs and rasa to the whole body and our blood becomes very pure.

To walk in the direction of good deeds, to think well of everyone, to help others; all are the result of a positive attitude. When we are surrounded by positive energy, we can never be wrong. Holding a positive attitude is not easy in the present chaotic world. We barely found time for ourselves then how can we think of helping or doing well to others? But when you observe a fast or Upvas, your soul gets connected to the divine and powerful energy. You will be away from negativity and a rude attitude. The divinity will show you the way and the way shown by the divinity can never be wrong. The energy further encourages you to do good deeds and creates an spiritual atmosphere inside you.