What is Agni and why is it important?
Agni: Digestive Fire and Importance Ayurveda puts great value on having a healthy digestive system. It is thought that foods and herbs are medicine used tao assimilate and nourish healthy functioning in the body. If used incorrectly, disease can result from lack of nutritional absorption in the digestive tract. Agni, meaning spark, includes not only digestion of the foods we eat, but also how we perceive. In Ayurveda what we eat directly effects how we think. The lighter we eat, the more clearly we perceive. The heavier we eat, the heavier we think. Eating lightly encourages mental clarity and internal happiness and increases immunity. Emotionally Agni can encourage a positive outlook, cheerfulness, direction, clarity and intelligence. When out of balance, Agni will promote anger, negativity, fear, confusion and exhaustion. Although we each have different digestive tendencies correlated with our Doshic constitutions, we can influence these tendencies through our choices and understandi
