🌿 Discover Your Mental and Physiological Type

 1. The Seven Constitutional Types

According to Ayurveda, there are seven main body types, based on the three doshas — Vata, Pitta, and Kapha:

Type Category	Constitutional Type	Description
Mono types	Vata, Pitta, Kapha	One dosha predominates strongly.
Dual types	Vata–Pitta, Pitta–Kapha, Kapha–Vata	Two doshas are dominant in near-equal proportion.
Triple type	Vata–Pitta–Kapha	All three doshas are balanced equally (rare and ideal).

Every person has all three doshas present, but their proportion varies from person to person — which is why no two individuals are alike.

2. Prakruti – Your Original Nature

• Prakruti means “nature” or original constitution.

• It is determined at conception based on:

  • The doshic predominance of the parents,

  • Their diet, emotions, and lifestyle at the time,

  • The season and environment.

• This combination of doshas remains constant throughout life.

• Example: if someone’s ratio is V2P3K1, they are Pitta-predominant, with secondary Vata and a little Kapha.

Maintaining health means keeping your original doshic balance, not equalizing all three doshas.

3. Vikruti – Your Current State

• Vikruti is the current condition of your doshas — how they are functioning now.

• It changes with:

  • Diet, weather, stress, emotions, lifestyle, exercise, and sleep.

• Imbalance between Prakruti and Vikruti indicates the need for healing.

• The goal of Ayurveda is to restore Vikruti back to Prakruti.

4. How to Determine Your Type

• Use a self-assessment chart (Ayurvedic questionnaire).

• Fill it out twice:

  1. For your lifelong tendencies → Prakruti.

  2. For your recent state (last 1–2 months) → Vikruti.

• Ask a close friend or family member for feedback for more accuracy.

• Add up scores for Vata, Pitta, and Kapha, and express them as a ratio with 3 as the highest value.

  • Example: V = 10, P = 6, K = 3 → V3P2K1.

5. Example: Characteristics of the Vata Individual

Physical traits:

• Slim, light, flexible body; small frame; less fat and muscle.

• Dry, rough skin; cold hands and feet; visible veins.

• Variable appetite and digestion; tendency toward gas, bloating, and constipation.

• Prefer warm weather; dislike cold, dry, windy climates.

• Often have irregular teeth, dry hair, cracking joints.

Behavioral traits:

• Quick, restless, always moving.

• Love travel, change, and excitement.

• Get tired or overstimulated easily; low stamina.

• Often irregular in habits like eating or sleeping.

🌸 Key Insight

Health in Ayurveda means staying balanced according to your own Prakruti, not someone else’s.
When your Vikruti (current state) matches your Prakruti (original nature), you are in harmony — physically, mentally, and emotionally.