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Take any careful dosha assessment and the commonest result is not one tidy dosha but two scores sitting close together. That is not a muddle to be resolved. It is a dual dosha type, the most common kind of constitution there is, and single-dosha purity is the...

Two Sanskrit words carry more practical weight in Ayurveda than almost any others. Prakriti is your nature: the constitution you were born with. Vikriti is your now: the state you are in this season, this month, today. Confuse the two and Ayurvedic advice turns into...

Ask Ayurveda what type you are and it answers with unusual precision: one of seven. Three types led by a single dosha, three led by a pair, and one rare type with all three in balance. Your own Ayurvedic body type, called your prakriti, was set at the start of your...

Every family has one: the steady one, who sleeps deeply, stays calm in a crisis, keeps friends for decades and puts on weight from the same dinner that leaves everyone else unchanged. Ayurveda calls this pattern kapha, the dosha of earth and water. When kapha leads...

Some people run hot. They are hungry on schedule, sharp in an argument, organised without trying, and the first to roll up their sleeves when something needs deciding. Ayurveda calls this pattern pitta, the dosha of fire and water. When pitta leads your constitution,...

Some people run light. They think quickly, move quickly, feel the cold before anyone else in the room, and can be ravenous at ten yet indifferent to lunch by one. Ayurveda has a name for this pattern: vata, the dosha of air and space. When vata leads your...