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Today we are looking at the different doshas, or constitution types that make up who we
are.
It's really important that we start here because in order to understand what can bring us into
balance we have to understand a bit more about our personal makeup from an Ayurvedic perspective.
Now, I spoke a little bit about the doshas in an earlier video, so I'm going to link
to it up in one of these corners here, as well as in the description below.
So make sure that you watch the first video in this series before you move on.
There are three different doshas, or constitution types.
I like to think about this as our general makeup.
Who we are.
Different qualities that we possess within us that make us who we are.
And in Ayurveda, they group these characteristics or qualities into what are called doshas.
These doshas tell us a little bit about the fabric of who we are, it's a little bit like
we're mapping our physicality, our mental and emotional states of being so that we can
choose appropriate practices, movement, breath work, meditations, food that will support
our system and bring us back into balance.
If you recall from the earlier video I made, there are three different doshas.
There's Kapha, there's Pitta, and there's Vata.
All of these different doshas, these three different types of people that we are, are
made up of a combination of elements.
Ayurveda works with the elements, and the elements Ayurveda works with are ether, air,
earth, fire and water.
I'll repeat those.
Ether, air, earth, fire and water.
Each of the doshas, or constitution types are a combination of two elements.
Did you take the dosha quiz and find out what your constitution type is?
If you did, type in your dosha below.
I'm really curious to see what all of you are.
Let's now talk about the element combination types, and which type of dosha that means
you are.
If you are a Kapha dosha, again, we're working with Kapha dosha right now, if that is what
your quiz revealed to you, it means that you are a combination of earth and water.
Kaphas are generally known to be solid.
They're dependable.
When they're in balance, the people you can rely upon.
In fact, a lot of Kapha individuals I know are referred to as "the rock" in the relationships
they're in.
They're the ones who are considered loyal, and they're the people that others turn to
when they need something done reliably, on time, and they need things to be stable.
Kaphas are generally known to have slower digestion.
They need a lot of big movement, movement that's going to fire them up to bring them
back into balance.
So if you think about the elements earth and water, Kapha is a good makeup of these two.
Earth is very solid, it's very heavy.
If you think about the mountains and how they move up through the earth in this slow way,
and they're solid and they're steady and they're grounded and very centering.
That's the earthy quality that Kapha brings to the party.
When we talk about water and Kapha, we tend to think of slower moving water.
We tend to think of water that almost has a molasses like quality.
It's slow, it's flowing, it's not turbulent or white water.
It's very heavy in its quality.
So these two elements, earth and water, really describe the Kaphic dosha.
Let's move on to Pitta.
If you are a Pitta dosha type, P-I-T-T-A, Pitta, you are made up of the qualities, the
elements fire and water.
If you think about fire, it's very hot.
It's igniting, it's sparking.
These are the qualities that Pitta brings to the party.
Pitta types are known as being assertive.
They are very decisive.
They get things done.
When a Pitta is in balance, they are just in their flow.
They know how to get things done, they work very quickly, but they're also very sharp
in terms of their mind.
When we talk about water when it comes to Pitta, we're talking about more of an oily
water.
If you think about oil lamps, and how the oil in an oil lamp lights the flame, that's
the type of water we're talking about when we look at Pitta constitution types.
So there's also this oily type of quality to Pittas, slippery, slick, in the best ways
when in balance.
Slippery and slick, easily able to adapt.
So there isn't that heaviness that we see with Kapha in Pitta dosha type.
These qualities that we see with fire and with water, remember the oily type of water,
really do a good job of explaining, or enhancing what a Pitta dosha type is.
Okay, moving on to our Vata dosha type.
Vata is a combination of air and ether.
And ether is that space quality, that element of expansiveness.
Vata individuals when in balance tend to be very creative.
They're very light.
I often say about Vata individuals, they're the type of person who when you go on a vacation
and you want no plans at all, invite a person who's a Vata dosha.
They're very much go with the flow, whatever happens is good, we're going to take it easy,
we're going to kick back.
Vata types are that combination of air and ether.
If you think about air, particularly cool air, it's very crisp.
It's variable, you're never quite sure what direction it's going to move in.
Ether is sort of that expansiveness, spaciousness, everything is possible.
Vata people are really, when in balance, very creative, they're very adaptable to the situation.
They tend to be a little lighter in their experience of things.
These qualities of the elements of air and ether really do a great job of describing
a Vata dosha person.
Now that you know the basic elements and how they apply to the doshas, I'm curious.
Do you see these different elements in yourself as they relate to your dosha?
If so, type something in the comments below, I'm really curious to know.
Over the next few weeks I'm going to be doing a deeper dive into each of the doshas, so
be sure to tune in for that.
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And again, if you didn't take that dosha quiz, make sure you download it from the description
below to find out what your dosha, or constitution type is.
Stay ignited out there, and figure out your dosha.
I will see you soon.
Bye.