Garlic & Onion are not recommended in Yoga & Ayurveda. Although scientifically both vegetables have huge medicinal properties, energetically onion & garlic are prohibited in many cultures.
Very interestingly, there is a legend associated with the origin of garlic & onion. It is believed that while Lord Vishnu was serving the nectar of immortality to the two demons Rahu and Ketu, Sun & Moon informed Lord Vishnu of their actual demonic existence. Since Lord Vishnu had already served them the nectar, he immediately beheaded them and the demon’s blood and divine nectar spilled all over. As per the legends, onions & garlic sprouted from this odd combination of demonic blood and nectar of immortality. Fast forward to Ayurveda & Yoga understanding of onions & garlic, these vegetables offer potentially high medicinal properties (the nectar analogy) while also exerting a destabilizing effects on the mind activity (the demonic analogy).
In Ayurveda, the idea of diet begins with energetics-the taste of the foods and its impact on our body & mind, than focus on nutrition. In yoga the purpose of practice is to keep the state of mind uplifted and experience light, and to keep the body light and energetic. To keep mind in a state of light and body energetic and balanced, Ayurveda & Yoga recommend the idea of sattvic diet that eliminates these two foods due to its highly stimulating energetics.
Yoga & Ayurveda look at food as energy and each food has a specific impact on our energetic traits. When you consume foods that give rise to negative qualities of the mind such as stimulation, aggression, anger, irritability or over excitement, irrespective of their positive nutritional profile, you directly tax your nervous system with those stimulating traits of the mind, weakening your system further. Onion & garlic is considered to be one of those rajasic (stimulating) foods that can cause over stimulation, generate excess heat & energy in the body and these heating qualities may trigger anger, aggression, temperament issues & irritability. The taste of onion & garlic is pungent, and Ayurveda explains the energetics of pungent foods as heating and increasing bile in the body. Therefore, on a Yogic path many practitioners stay away from these two foods or consume them minimally.
spilled all over. As per the legends, onions & garlic sprouted from this odd combination of demonic blood and nectar of immortality. Fast forward to Ayurveda & Yoga understanding of onions & garlic, these vegetables offer potentially high medicinal properties (the nectar analogy) while also exerting a destabilizing effects on the mind activity (the demonic analogy).
In Ayurveda, the idea of diet begins with energetics-the taste of the foods and its impact on our body & mind, than focus on nutrition. In yoga the purpose of practice is to keep the state of mind uplifted and experience light, and to keep the body light and energetic. To keep mind in a state of light and body energetic and balanced, Ayurveda & Yoga recommend the idea of sattvic diet that eliminates these two foods due to its highly stimulating energetics.
Yoga & Ayurveda look at food as energy and each food has a specific impact on our energetic traits. When you consume foods that give rise to negative qualities of the mind such as stimulation, aggression, anger, irritability or over excitement, irrespective of their positive nutritional profile, you directly tax your nervous system with those stimulating traits of the mind, weakening your system further. Onion & garlic is considered to be one of those rajasic (stimulating) foods that can cause over stimulation, generate excess heat & energy in the body and these heating qualities may trigger anger, aggression, temperament issues & irritability. The taste of onion & garlic is pungent, and Ayurveda explains the energetics of pungent foods as heating and increasing bile in the body. Therefore, on a Yogic path many practitioners stay away from these two foods or consume them minimally.
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