You must have observed sometimes..that your Dad, mother and your sister and you yourself, all have
different natures, different tendencies, and different responses towards a same
situation.
You hardly suffer from cold and your sister usually does.
Temper of your father is high and yours one is low .Your mother loves to stay in cold and your father prefers hot environment.Your father puts in little efforts and lose weight quickly,but your mom tries so hard,but dont get results so fast.You have a good appetite and eats much more than your sister,but dont put on weight,but your sister puts on weight so easily even when she eats too less.
There are too many differences that list will be too long to discuss. This is
not only with you and me. Every family is having same different characters with
it. You all stay in same environment and eat same foods!! Then why these
differences are there? Answer lies in the concept of
Prakruti/Bodytype.
Tri-Doshic Prakruti
One person has a tendency to use minimum of energy. She tends to store it. Irritation
on different stimuli can cause energy consumption and will result in nothing.
This means,she is just cool, calm, and smooth like
Kapha. She needs a food that
can just fulfill her energy requirement. Even few bucks of extra energies will
lead her to blockage in her arteries, dump body, diabetes, over weight and many
more bad conditions. If we talk about physical aspects,broad structure,she has a thick,moist,cool skin;strong,white teeth,bright-big eyes,soft-white nails,minimal thirst and appetite,dense-moist-wavy hair,likes sleeping and has dense sleep too.She has a good stamina,grasps things slowly but retains for long.Manges her expenses in a planned way.Temperament calm and slow,moods dont change quickly.She has entrepreneurial skills.She is typically
kaphaj in nature.
Another person needs more energy to expend.He has a
Pitta constitution. He is sharp
enough,has good appetite,good thirst,warm and oily skin,even-yellowish teeth,soft-oily hair,enjoys sound sleep.He is more determined but has loose temperament,intelligent,agitated moods,aggresive and clever mind.Has interests in politics or sports. He will have to be controlled by cool and calm food i.e. what is harmful
for first person will be useful for second one. And he is just like a bike of low average and
good pick up. His anger should be cooled by special Yogic exercises.
Last one
(3rd person)needs the extra
energy as she wastes too much in minimum works.She is
Vata in nature. She can't stand at a place if
she is not offered few bucks for this purpose. Most of the time she is restless.She is always in hurry. Grasps things quickly,but forgets even more quickly,has dark-dry-thin hair,disturbed sleep,dry-rough-cool skin,protuding-uneven teeth,sometimes nervous,swinging moods ,creative at work,spends
lavishly,quite anxious. She
needs to be tackled by a mixture of diet and routine of above two. Less food
will lead her to deficiencies and extra will lead her to a fatty body.
Besides these three body types there are also the body types which have
the traits of two of these. So seven Doshic Prakrutis are:
- Vata Prakruti
- Pitta Prakruti
- Kapha Prakruti
- Vata-Pitta Prakruti
- Pitta-Kapha Prakruti
- Kapha-Vata Prakruti
- Vata-Pitta-Kapha Prakruti