May 2016 \ News \ Column: Yogi Ashwini
Evolving Dietary Habits

Before coming into Yog, there was a time when I used to have every type of meat but when you are in Yog your body doesn’t accept certain things after a point. But then that it is a natural process not a forced process. Always remember that you should never have this attitude- “Now that I have become a ‘saint’… so all those who eat meat are bad people.” Food is never a point of discussion in Yog because everything is for a purpose.

By Yogi Ashwini Ji

Once we were in Germany and had trekked to a place high up in the mountains. It was really cold and all of us were hungry. So we went to a restaurant and asked for anything vegetarian. After a lot of confusion I finally thought of takin a only potato soup. After all what can they put in a potato soup? But as soon as I took the first spoon, immediately I got blisters in my mouth. I asked the chef if he had put anything special in it, to which he replied no. Then I noticed that in between the potato they had stuffed beef pieces. You see that they put beef even in potato! The point I’m trying to make here is this- There was a time when I used to have non-veg daily (in my 20’s) but now after decades of practicing yoga I have become so sensitive that even a spoonful has blisters. So gradually, through yog, you grow over it.

 




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