NATURE OF HUMAN BODIES DESCRIBED IN AYURVEDA

NATURES OF THE PERSONS HAVING DIFFERENT PRAKRITI

VATA PRAKRITI

Those who are born with more of the space and air element have a vata constitution. Generally a vata person will be very thin, more talkative, and restless; they typically have a lower body weight, dry skin, brittle nails, thin hair, and small, slightly sunken eyes. While walking, their joints may make sounds. In terms of climate, they tend to prefer warm or hot weather, while they may have trouble tolerating the cold. They have a hard time gaining weight, so they tend to be thin with a low weight. All movement in the body is due to property of vata. Pain is the characteristic feature of deranged vata. Some of the diseases due to vata is windy humour, flatulence, gout, rheumatism, etc.

PITTA PRAKRITI

Next are pitta people, those who are born with hotter constitutions, containing more of the fire element. A pitta person is generally active, good looking, a perfectionist, dynamic, intelligent and also short tempered. They may have leadership qualities, a moderate build, a smart personality, a sharp nose, and their eyes will also be sharp, sometimes with a slight pinkish tint. Due to the unfortunate reasons with which a pitta person gets imbalanced, hair loss and early greying are common. They are generally slightly warm to the touch with rosy lips and pink nails with a slight curve. Pitta is the fiery element or bile that secreted between the stomach and bowels and flowing through the liver and permeating spleen, heart, eyes, and skin. It is characterised by hotness, moist, liquid, sharp and sour, its chief quality is heat. It is the energy principle which uses bile to direct digestion and enhance metabolism. It is primarily characterised by body heat or burning sensation and redness

KAPHA PRAKRITI

Kapha indicates a preponderance of the water and earth element. People with this kapha constitution are generally cool, calm, lazy, cheerful, and stocky (if not overweight). If assigned a task, they never complete the task in time. Actually, Ayurveda says that because a kapha person is the least bothered, happiest type of person on the whole planet, the best constitution is kapha. They’re cheerful all the time! Other qualities include a thick build, thick, dark hair, big eyes with white around and prominent, shiny, white teeth. The skin may also be thick, moist, and a little cool to the touch. As a personality type, while they tend to accumulate stuff, they also have a sharing streak that moves them to service for society. Kapha is the watery element, it is characterised by softness, and the carrier of nutrients. It is nourishing element of the body. All the soft organs are made by kapha, it plays an important role in taste perception, Joint nourishment and lubrication.

Ayurveda Body Type Test - Prakriti Analysis

Although there are only three doshas, they can be combined in ten possible ways to arrive at ten different body and behavioural types.

·         3 single - Dosha types (Ekadoshaja)

·         Vata

·         Pitta

·         Kapha

·         6 two - Dosha types (Dwandwaja)

·         Vata - Pitta

·         Pitta - Vata

·         Pitta - Kapha

·         Kapha - Pitta

·         Kapha - Vata

·         Vata - Kapha

·         1 three - Dosha type (Tridoshaja)

·         Vata - Pitta - Kapha

Typically, one of the three Doshas predominates and determines your constitution or mind-body type. By understanding our individual habits, emotional responses, and body type, we can adapt our yoga practice accordingly. The same goes for Ayurveda treatments focused on alleviating any Doshic excesses (illness) via powerful herbs or via the improvement of general lifestyle practices such as pranayama, meditation and yoga postures.

When you have an excess of a Dosha  it throws your system off balance.

For example, with excess vata, there can be mental, nervous and digestive disorders, including low energy and weakening of all body tissues.

With excess pitta, there is toxic blood that gives rise to inflammation and infection.

With excess kapha, there is an increase in mucus, overweight, Oedema, lung diseases, amongst other.

The key to managing all doshas is taking care of vata, as it is the origin of the other two.

When we eat the proper food and follow the lifestyle that suits our Ayurvedic body type. We have better chances of staying fit, healthy and happy for a long time.

Once you identify which Dosha you have the most of, you want to look into PACIFYING that Dosha. In a sense, calming and balancing that Dosha, with the goal of being balanced in all 3 Doshas. The balance of these tri-energies is known as a state of health and their imbalance is disease. Anything which restores this balance is good for health.

So specific diet, exercise,behaviour or medicine can be recommended according to prakriti to restore this balance and provide health. These body types are reflections of the qualities of nature. They give insight not just into the tendencies of our bodies, but of our mental, emotional, and behavioural characteristics as well.

SMILE WHENEVER YOU ARE CONSCIOUS ABOUT YOURSELF , YOU ARE THE BEST CREATION OF GOD

STAY HEALTH STAY BLESSED

DR.INDERJIT KAUR