The Full Figured Woman And Childhood Obesity
]From Oprah to Beyonce the idea of the full figured woman is a classic biologic energy descriptive of the beauty of the Kapha energy pattern with the grace and elegance in full display
But how is this related to childhood obesity?
The Full Figured Woman
Such a descriptive conjures up the round curvaceous voluptuous lines of womanhood The physical beauty of the feminine body
The energy science model of Ayurveda reveres this energy pattern for its strength, beauty, endurance, grace and stamina Appropriately described as the queen of the three enerygy patterns amongst Vata and Pitta
Not only is there physical beauty but the smooth and soft qualities lead to the psychological characteristics that produce mental calmness that delivers the attributes of care giving which includes many professions that the feminine energy participates such as medicine, nursing, and social service among others
But the most important of all the care giving professions is motherhood and here Kapha as an energy pattern is like the bright star in the heavens
And it's this Kapha energy that is so tirelessly working toward preventing childhood obesity
High Tech Society and Too Much Movement
Technology has delivered great benefits to us High speed internet has revolutionized how we shop, do business, and yes, even how we learn It has led to increasing our capacity to do things and improve our quality of life
But........ there is a downside to such technology
Currently there has become an excessive mobility quality in our culture People and their minds cannot move fast enough We have to get things done today as if they should have been done yesterday With this fever pitch rushing there is a consistent reminder for us "to slow down" or "breathe"
But unfortunately it's not as easy energetically when we live in a resonating environment of faster especially as it now is played out in almost every aspect of the human condition
As we have written in the past it's not so bad to want to accomplish things and move on but it's the balance between mobile and static, activity and inactivity that needs to be cultivated
Fast Foods are Born
Although not thought of in terms of foods, nutrition is an extraordinary and convenient way to self medicate A society that is movement aggravated will tend to look for foods that calm the increased speed in human activity
So literally "fast foods" are for foods for people living in a fast paced resonating environment The term "fast food" has been used to denote convenience and easy accessibility but from an energy science view it means much more It implies medication
The Full Bodied Woman in a Vata Aggravated Society
But this Beyonce video done for childhood obesity gives us only half the solution for the Kapha imbalance not only in our full bodied woman but in our children
The other part of the solution is to recognize that placing our pleasing, gracious full bodied woman in such a frenzied culture will inevitably lead to struggles with obesity in all Kapha predisposed ladies Eventually the resonating energetic factor of excess movement(Vata aggravation) leads to energetic imbalance
The societal impact of our nutritional self medication for the increased pace of human lifestyle is the overweight condition
So the most beautiful aspect of human life becomes impacted due to our societal need to nutritionally slow ourselves down with the tastes that lead to Kapha weight gain
And this is occurring in our children at an unprecendented rate
Our Venus is lost But now even Venus' children How sad!
Gratefully the energy science medical model has a solution
Until next time To health as a Skill Love Dr Bill
