Find out your Ayurvedic Constitution (Dosha)

You can be: Vata, Pitta, Kapha, Pitta-Kapha, Kapha-Vata, Vata-Pitta or Tri-doshic (fairly
equal)

Read the chart below and tick the answer most applicable to you. Please note: this is
meant to be how it applies when you are well and in balance. A good way to do it is to
think back over your life/to when you were young, what was the natural tendency?
e.g. re sleeping patterns: if you were a good sound sleeper when you were young but are
having trouble sleeping now, choose good sound sleeper. What is happening now is more
likely to be a temporary symptom.

Place a check next to the choice which best describes you. Occasionally more than one choice may need to be made.

Vata

• Thin, and usually Have been; can be unusually tall or short
• Thin as child
• Light bones &/or prominent joints
• Have a hard time gaining weight
• Small, active, dark eyes
• Dry skin, chaps easily
• Dark complexion relative to the rest of your family, tan easily
• Dark, rough, wiry or kinky hair
• Prefer warm climate, sunshine, moisture
• Variable appetite, can get very hungry, but may find your "eyes were bigger than your stomach"
• Bowel movements can be irregular, hard, dry, or constipated
• Digestion sometimes good, sometimes not
• Dislike routine
• Creative thinker
• Like to stay physically active
• You feel more mentally relaxed when you're exercising
• Change your mind easily
• Tend toward fear or anxiety under stress
• Often dream, but rarely remember your dreams
• Changeable moods and ideas
• Like to snack, nibble
• If ill, nervous disorders or sharp pain more likely
• Light sleeper
• You think that money is there to be spent
• Sexual interest variable, fantasy life active
• Brittle nails
• Cold hands and feet, little perspiration
• Thin, fast, variable pulse, hands cold
• Variable Thirst

Pitta

• Medium, well-proportioned frame
• Medium build as child
• Medium bone structure
• Can gain or lose weight relatively easily, if you put your mind to it
• Penetrating light green, grey or amber eyes
• Oily skin and hair
• Fair skin, sunburn easily relative to the rest of your family
• Fine, light, oily hair, blond, red or early grey hair
• Prefer cool well - ventilated places
• Irritable if you miss a meal or can't eat when you are hungry; good appetite
• Easy and regular bowel movements, if anything, soft, oily, loose stools at least
  once to twice a day. Usually good digestion
• Enjoy planning and like routine, especially if you create it
• Good initiator and leader
• Enjoy physical activities, especially competitive ones
• Exercise helps keep emotions from going out of control for you
• Have opinions and like to share them
• Tend toward anger, frustration or irritability under stress
• Relatively easy to remember your dreams, often dream in color
• Forceful about expressing your ideas and feelings
• Like high protein foods, like chicken, fish, eggs, beans
• If ill, fevers, rashes, inflammation more likely
• Usually sleep well
• You think that money is best spent on special items or on purchases which will advance you
• Ready sexual interest and drive
• Flexible nails, but pretty strong
• Good circulation, perspire frequently
• Strong full pulse, hands warm
• Usually thirsty 

Kapha

• Tend to be ample in build
• Plump or a little chunky as a child
• Heavy bone structure
• Gain weight easily, have a hard time losing it
• Large, attractive eyes with thick eyelashes
• Thick skin, cool, well-lubricated
• Tan slowly but usually evenly, skin stays cool longer than most
• Thick wavy hair, a little oily, dark or light
• Any climate is fine, as long as it is not too humid
• Like to eat, fine appetite, but you can skip meals without physical problems if
  you have to (not that you like to)
• Regular daily bowel movements steady, thick, heavy
• Digestion fine, sometimes a little slow
• Work well with routine
• Good at keeping an organization or project running smoothly . Love leisurely activities most
• Exercise keeps your weight down in a way diet alone won't
• Change opinions and ideas slowly
• Tend to avoid difficult situations
• Generally only remember dreams if they are especially intense or significant
• Steady, reliable, slow to change
• Love fatty foods, bread, starch
• If ill, excess fluid retention or mucus more likely
• Sound, heavy sleeper
• Money is easy to save for you
• Steady sexual interest and drive
• Strong thick nails
• Moderate perspiration
• Steady slow rhythmic pulse, hands cool
• Rarely thirsty

Add up all your checks. The constitution with the most checks generally indicates your primary constitution. If you have marked two constitutions nearly as often, you may be a dual dosha: Vata-Pitta, Pitta-Kapha, etc. Rarely, all three will be relatively equal, in which a Tridoshic or Vata-Pitta-Kapha type results.

If you checked aspects in a dosha different from your constitution as a whole, this may indicate an imbalance in that Dosha. For example, if you checked pri manly Pitta aspects, but also marked off "brittle nails" and "light sleeper," this could indicate that while you are Pitta, you haue an imbalance in Vata (see text for more information).