With yoga tips against sweets and frustration
Autor: D. Harald Alke
A standpoint – a practical tip from the experience of D. Harald Alke.
According to the view of the Indian yogis, the reaching for sweets often has to do with frustration, sadness, loneliness or emotional poverty. So far, so familiar. But the yogis add an interesting thought: it comes to this above all when we lack inner energy.
Their simple tip against it: eat something spicy. Spicy spices count, in this view, as especially rich in “sun” or energy. Whoever, at the next chocolate impulse, reaches instead, e.g., for a chilli pepper (a jar in the fridge suffices) will – so the experience – with time change their whole eating behaviour. A small self-experiment that has helped many.
Whoever would like to tackle the actual trigger – the frustration – finds in the Energy Training of the Kyborg Institute a path of exercise to strengthen the inner energy and deal more calmly with such impulses.
→ More on the method: Energy Training · Basis in the encyclopedia: Energy
Frequently asked questions
What is behind the tip?
In the yogic view, we reach out of frustration or emotional poverty for something sweet when we lack inner energy. To eat something spicy instead of chocolate is meant to shift the impulse.
Is spicy food suitable for everyone?
Not for everyone – with gastrointestinal complaints, better avoid it.
Sources
- D. Harald Alke: Gesundheitslexikon (Health Encyclopedia). A detailed account of health-relevant topics and therapeutic methods; bundled, overlapping experiences from around 30 years of life counselling with clients. Kyborg Institute.