Doshas in Ayurveda are describing your unique physical and mental constitution, which influences your personal well-being. Each person has their own dominant dosha or combination of two or three of these elemental forces. Knowing yours can help you maintain balance through seasonal changes for lasting health and peace of mind. Thought to be condensed from different combinations of the primal elements earth, water, fire, air, and ether, the doshas are the life energies behind all of our bodily functions. Each one commands a specific force in the body and is associated with certain sensory qualities.
The three energies are Vata, Pitta, and Kapha – signifying the dynamic or mobile, energetic, non material aspect of nature; the transformative, intelligence aspect; and the structural, physical aspect respectively.
- Vata governs respiration, circulation, elimination, locomotion, movement, speech, creativity, enthusiasm, and the entire nervous system.
- Pitta governs transformations such as digestion and metabolism, vision, complexion, body temperature, courage, cheerfulness, intellection, and discrimination.
- Kapha governs growth (anabolic processes), lubrication, fluid secretions, binding, potency, patience, heaviness, fluid balance, compassion, and understanding in the organism. All have physical expressions in the body.
Sustenance of life occurs by the balanced and coexistence of the three DOSHAS.
Purify your Doshas starting with head and face massage with herbal oil consisting of herbs like Indian Gooseberry, Indigofera Tinctoria, Centella Asiatica, followed by a Rice bundle therapy and application of rice paste leaving you revitalized followed by herbal steam.