Ayurvedic Body Typing

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For determining your constitution, there are several books on Ayurveda that

have questionnaires. I have recommended four to the KY reference site. The

pitfall with doing this yourself is that a lot of the questions are

subjective and so you may answer them according to how you perceive yourself

or according to your current state which may be an imbalance of one of the

doshas (elements) and not your true constitution. Also, at different points

in our lives (infancy, adulthood, old age), certain elements are dominant.

The questonnaires are helpful and can be a starting point, but it is best to

have your constitution assessed by a qualified Ayurvedic practitioner (one

who really knows how to diagnose your pulse, etc). When you use the

questionnaires, try to answer the questions with a broad view of yourself;

from your earliest memories on up. Also, compare yourself to others

world-wide so that you are placing yourself on the scale of all possible

human manifestions of, for example, hair texture. Ayurveda is an eastern

science and so the answers to the questions are not black and white nor are

they fixed. This can be very frustrating for westerners. Let your

awareness guide you.

Sat Nam,

Gwen