Vedic wisdom for daily life

Quick answerA dual dosha type, two scores sitting close together, is the most common kind of constitution there is, and single-dosha purity is the exception. As a working guide, a gap of under five points on a decent questionnaire is a genuine pair, five to fifteen is...

Quick answerPrakriti is your nature, the constitution you were born with. Vikriti is your now, the state you are in this season, this month, today. Prakriti does not change: every classical source treats it as fixed from the beginning of life. So if a quiz gives you...

Quick answerAyurveda recognises seven body types: three led by a single dosha, three led by a pair, and one rare type with all three in balance. Your type, called your prakriti, was set at the start of your life and does not change, in the way adult height is fixed...

Quick answerKapha is the dosha of earth and water, and kapha types are the steady ones: deep sleepers, calm in a crisis, friends kept for decades, and weight gained from the same dinner that leaves everyone else unchanged. A kapha type can be slim, because...

Quick answerPitta is the dosha of fire and water, and pitta types run hot: hungry on schedule, sharp in an argument, organised without trying, first to roll up their sleeves when something needs deciding. It overlaps with the type A personality but is not the same...

Quick answerVata is the dosha of air and space, and vata types run light: quick to think, quick to move, first in the room to feel the cold, ravenous at ten and indifferent to lunch by one. Vata frames can build muscle and gain weight, but slowly, through patient...