How to be Young Forever

Role of Stress, Digestive Fire, Ojas and Tejas

What Are Ojas and Tejas?

According to Ayurveda, ojas (pronounced oh-jus) is the vital sap that gives us vitality, resilience, and strong immunity. It also promotes creativity, mental clarity, compassion, and spiritual strength. In our youth, ojas is plentiful, giving us energy and vibrancy. As we age and begin to feel the effects of stress, we can become more vulnerable to fatigue, weakened immunity, and disease.

How do you know if your ojas is low?

Ayurveda says that low ojas can manifest in many ways: low energy, increased susceptibility to colds and flus, weak digestion, poor focus, increased anxiety, or just a lack of enthusiasm. Chances are, we all could use a healthy boost to our ojas!

How do we rebuild our ojas?

Since much of our ojas is depleted through stress, the major way to replenish ojas is through relaxation and Sanjeevani Kriya Practice (Kundalini Tantra Yoga).

Strong ojas also helps in building tejas energy leading to the transformation of lower mind into higher wisdom or intuitive mind bringing the blissful state and connection with bliss body (Kosha).

Strong ojas and tejas also arise from living in harmony with your particular nature—your ayurvedic constitution (dosha), or Prakriti and your personal tendencies that either help or thwart your inherent healing capacity to restore balance and harmony to your whole system.