Now that Ramadan is almost over, you may be feeling you have lost a lot of weight. We know that happens because of eating less during the day. But let’s understand the reasons behind it.
During Ramadan, the body’s capacity to resist stress and disease is reset. It adapts to a new, far more challenging eat-work-sleep equation and by the time this equation returns to its normal pattern, the body has pushed up its ability by many notches to handle stress, thereby losing its vulnerability to disease and degeneration. The body gets tempered by fasting, the way steel or gold is tempered when passed through tough processes.
During Ramadan, the eating hours go with your circadian rhythm, unlike other fasts where food is consumed randomly.
We, generally, work more during the day because the human body is naturally in an energy spending mode. At night, the body is in an energy replenishing mode as we rest and sleep. This is the body’s natural rhythm.
Those who preferred to practise yoga while fasting kept the body alert and active, and had the capacity to handle hunger much better. When they broke the fast with a hearty meal, the body primed to absorb nutrients from the food, releasing energy rather than storing them as fat.
A strong link exists between Ramadan fasting and yoga and when the two practices are done in synchronicity, it can take the body to a whole new level of energy and creative flow.
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