
Explore the Tridosha concept by identifying Vata, Pitta, and Kapha through their qualities observed in the body to analyze Prakriti.
Explore Prakriti and the dosha body types—Vata, Pitta, and Kapha—and how their balance shapes health, disease risks, and personalized Ayurvedic diet and lifestyle guidance.
First the types of Prakriti - Dosha Constitutions as per Master Sushruta are explained. This is followed by explanation of Vata Prakriti features as per Master Sushruta
Explore vata body type features as explained by Master Sushruta, including adhruti, dhriti, fear, unstable mind, talkativeness, lean physique, and restless, fast-moving behavior.
Explore Vata prakriti traits as outlined by Master Sushruta, linking lean, dry features and wandering, fast movements, anxiety, and poor sleep to the Vata body type.
Explore master sushruta's pitta prakriti features linked to fire, including excessive sweating, warm body, coppery tinge on nails and eyes, wrinkled skin, early greying and balding, and strong appetite.
Pitta prakriti features liquidity and heat, with fragile muscles, heavy sweating, high urine and feces, and moderate strength, while Vata prakriti shows dryness, lightness, movement, and restless sleep.
Explore master Charaka’s vata prakriti features, from thin fat beneath the skin and bulging tendons to quickness, irritability, and lower immunity, life expectancy, and wealth.
Explore Kapha prakriti traits as taught by master Vagbhata, including earth and water composition, strong bones and muscles, balanced body, slow gait, deep voice, and high rasa dhatu dominance.
Kapha prakriti features as per Master Vagbhata describe individuals who speak less, have long life expectancy and wealth, are liberal, generous, pious, forgiving, and have good memory.
Compare the physical and mental features of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha body types, noting lean, tall for Vata; graying hair for Pitta; and symmetrical, well-nourished Kapha traits.
Explore the mental features of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. Compare sleep patterns, honesty, jealousy, courage, friendship, and thinking processes across dosha types.
Compare the mental features of vata, pitta, and kapha dosha body types, including consoling nature, tolerance, greed, knowledge, memory, and conduct, in this prakriti analysis.
Assess prakriti by assigning one mark per feature and calculating dosha percentages to identify single, dual (vata-pitta or pitta-vata), or sama dosha types.
Explore dual dosha Prakriti advice for vata-pitta and kapha-vata, including Panchakarma and Virechana, and how tastes and heavy foods balance vata, pitta, and kapha.
We are all different in our skin colour, languages, interests, brain functions, body features etc. But there are some commonalities in us which enables the science to categorize us. This categorization is called Prakriti in Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of healthcare, written 5,000 years ago!
The categorization made in Prakriti are relevant and beneficial to improve your health, even today!
This course helps you to learn about body constitution - Prakriti, step by step.
For creating this course, the ancient traditional Ayurveda textbooks are used as source.
Sushruta Samhita - written by Master Sushruta
Charaka Samhita - written by Master Charaka
Ashtanga Hrudayam - written by Master Vagbhata.
There are no difficult Sanskrit words.
Each feature has been explained with scientific reasoning.
Comparison charts are given to compare different Prakriti traits based on Doshas.
How to calculate percentages of Dosha features and how to decide the Prakriti has been explained with examples.
Diet and lifestyle advice guidelines for each Dosha types have been given.
At the end of this course, you will be able to master the Prakriti analysis process.
All your questions and doubts on this topic will be answered.
This course will be further updated with more content over a period of time.