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and chant namo loe savva sahunam? If she is scared about her present, then she must sit down ten minutes after sunset, look at the horizon and chant‘vadhamanaya namah'. If she becomes anxious about her future, then she must sit down facing the east corner before sunrise and chant namo jinaanam jeeyabhayaanam? If she experiences pain in her legs, then she must apply mustard oil in the toe nail with some cotton wool, and chant a rosary of'arishtanemi namah'.
Thus a pregnant woman must live with healthy thoughts like Mother Trishla, "She now freed herself from disease, sorrow, attachment, fear and anxiety."
and water to kapha dosha. All these three doshas reside in different proportions in our body. By the right foods and life-style, the predominant dosha can be balanced.
The kapha dosha gets aggravated in the mornings, the pitta dosha in the afternoon, and the vata dosha in the evenings. To balance these, one can eat light foods to calm the morning kapha, cooling foods to calm the afternoon pitta, and unctuous foods to calm the evening vata.
Those pregnant women who are unhealthy or afflicted with some disease can unhealthy or afflicted with some di contact the teachers mentioned at the back of the book. For those with normal health, a tridoshic meal is recommended. This is a meal which balances all the three doshas. The pregnant mother must pay attention to the healthy aspects of food and whether she is eating adequately.
The food which is rich in all the five essences (rasa) - sweet, sour, pungent, bitter and astringent - is beneficial for us. Every essence has its own unique quality. These essences give rise to twenty qualities in foods - for instance, heavy or light, unctuous or dry, heating or cooli ng. These qualities exert an influence
on the doshas and emotions of the individual. In brief, sweet and sour
Body and Five Elements
Our body is constructed with the five elements which are worshipped in the Namaskara Mantra. Earth, water, fire, air and ether - these five combine and create the body, mind, feelings and one's nature. All the five combine in different proportions and have a corresponding influence on the individual's physical and emotional aspects. This leads to balance or imbalance in the body, known as dosha. A predominance of air and ether gives rise to vata dosha, that of fire and water to pitta dosha, and that of earth
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