30/12/2025
Exploring the Gunas: The Three Qualities of Nature 🌀
The gunas are three fundamental qualities that are present in all things:
1. Sattva (Purity, Harmony)
- Represents clarity, balance, and light.
- Brings peace, wisdom, and understanding.
- When dominant, we feel calm, focused, and content.
2. Rajas (Activity, Passion)
- Represents energy, action, and change.
- Drives ambition, movement, and desire.
- When dominant, we feel restless, driven, and sometimes agitated.
3. Tamas (Inertia, Darkness)
- Represents stillness, lethargy, and ignorance.
- Brings heaviness, confusion, and resistance.
- When dominant, we feel sluggish, depressed, and stuck.
By recognising which guna is predominant in us at any given time, we can take steps to bring harmony.
🧘♀️ Balancing the Gunas in Our Practice:
- Increase Sattva: Engage in activities that bring peace and clarity, such as meditation, mindful eating, and spending time in nature.
- Manage Rajas: Channel energy through constructive actions like dynamic yoga practices, creative pursuits, and balanced work routines.
- Reduce Tamas: Avoid activities that lead to lethargy, such as overeating, excessive screen time, and negative thinking. Incorporate more movement, light, and uplifting experiences into your day.
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