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Ayurveda Tips

Have breakfast around 8am. Try to make lunch the main meal of the day. Be aware of the food you are eating. Concentrate on it. If possible eat in silence without talking or laughing and certainly without arguing. All these features aid in the metabolic process. Do not drink with meals (except a sip of water to moisten the digestive tract).Warm herbal water aids in digestion. Do not snack between meals as snacking leads to erratic appetite. Make sure that each meal is properly digested before having the next one. Eat evening meal early and allow time for it to be properly digested before going to bed. If possible a gentle walk for about 30min is very good before retiring to bed.

Identify Your Body Type

Answer 21 simple questions and know which humor/dosha is dominant in you. Your answers should not be based on your current health status. It should be what you have been for most of your life. Remember that all three doshas are present in every individual. It's only their proportion that is different in different individual. For more accurate determination of your mind-body type, we recommend you to take Ayurveda life style consultation from a qualified practitioner.

	Vata	Pitta	Kapha

Frame /Physique	Tall or short, Thin built	Medium, not overweight, moderate	Well developed Physique
Weight	Low weight, Prominent Bones	Moderate	Heavy built, Easily put on weight
Skin	Cold, Dry, Prominent Veins	Warm, Moist, prone to Acne, moles	Soft and Cold skin
Hair	Dry, rough and Scanty	Soft and Fine, Premature graying and baldness	Silky, Soft and Dense
Feces	Dry, hard, tends towards constipation	Loose, tends towards diarrhea	Moderate, solid
Sweat	Scanty, no smell	Profuse, strong smell	Moderate
Apetite	Variable (irregular)	Good	Poor
Food taste prefered	Sour, Chilli	Chilled sweet	Hot and sweet
Favourite climate	Summer	Winter	Autumn
Sleep	Light, tends towards insomnia	Moderate, may wake up but may fall asleep again	Heavy, difficulty in waking up
Approach to a new event	Enthusiastic in the Beginning	Moderate, would like to finish a project if started	Slow but steady
Mental Nature	Indecisive	Quick and Decisive	Decisive but takes time
Memory	Grasps easily but forgets easily	Sharp	Slow to take notice but will not forget
Activity	Fast	Moderate, motivated goal seeking	Quite slow but steady
Temparament	Anxious, nervous	Irritable, angry	Calm, content sentimental
Concentration	Easily distracted	Intensely engaged	Moderate
Will Power	Weak, often start very determined but later give up	Moderate	Strong
Forgiveness	Often forgive and forget	Takes long to forgive, tend to hold grudges	Understands people make mistakes.
Hygiene	Intolerance to uncleanness	Moderately clean, secondary to other concerns	Can be dirty for some period of time
Sensitivity	Cold, Wind	Heat, Sun	Cold, likes Wind and Sun.
Resistence to disease	weak immune system	Medium, prone to infections	Good, strong immune system

	VATA:	PITTA:	KAPHA:

General Characteristics of single dosha type

VATA CONSTITUTION

Poor physique, either too long or too short, skin dry and cracked, dry and curly hair, prominent veins on the body, gait is quick, voice low, speech fast, interrupted, hate cold and windy weather, eat less, sleep less, desirous of sweet, sour, salty and hot food, body extremities are usually cold, have low strength, less immunity and usually suffer from constipation, migraine and other nervous system disorders.

They are very enthusiastic at the beginning of any venture but find difficulty in finishing it, quickly grasp things but forget easily b’coz of weak memory, are very talkative, are unsteady with respect of friendship, courage, memory and thinking, they are atheists, pleasure seeking, desirous of music and humor, artistic and creative with good imagination, sexually the most active, fearful, worrisome and anxious, not good in handling stress, can get along with dog as their pet.

PITTA CONSTITUTION

Moderate physique, medium strength, body is warm, have scanty hair, prematurely turns grey, baldness is common, form wrinkles early, cannot stand hot weather, hate sunlight, sweat a lot, have excellent appetite, suffer from thirst, eyes turn red easily, desirous of food which is sweet, astringent, bitter and cold food, less sexual desire, usually suffer from skin diseases, infections etc

Highly intelligent, short tempered, courageous, fearless, argumentative, tries to prove his point, never accepts defeat, very affectionate to dependents, jealous, afraid of discomfort, can get along with cat

KAPHA CONSTITUTION

Good physique, soft in nature like the moon, thick hair, steady gait, very less physical discomfort, have good sleep, not much troubled by hunger, thirst, strain and heat, consume food which is pungent, bitter, astringent, hot, dry and less in quantity and still remain strong, have very good immunity,
Endowed with intelligence, right attitude and truthfulness, do not speak harsh and abusively, possess good memory, perseverance, humbleness, do not weep much even in childhood, are not greedy, forgiving and forgetful nature, get hurt easily but don’t like to express or react, can handle the stress very beautifully, seldom get angry, always happy and cheerful