By Victoria Jackson
I find it funny when people ask me what I eat, as if being a yoga teacher implies some radically different way of nourishing oneself. I resist the temptation to joke that I’m breatharian! After all there’s a lot of discussion and interest in what a ‘yogic diet’ might be. I’m sure there always has been, right back to the days of Vedic horse sacrifices and offerings of milk and honey in the temples. In modern times we pick and choose from such ancient traditions to find the aspects that cohere with our current ideals. I don’t know any yogis who would sacrifice a horse as part of their practice, but I do know those who will debate intensely whether Patanjali’s discussion of Ahimsa (non-harming) means that we should all become vegetarian, or ideally vegan. Or those who tend towards Ayurvedic understanding and think of food as Rajasic or Tamasic, foods that increase or decrease our energy, as they seek the perfect Sattvic diet that will keep them in balance, from the inside out. Clean eating, we might say, to use a modern expression.
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