VATA

I
nAyur ve
da,Va t
aist
heforcetha tgove
rnsal
lmovementinthebody.Whe ni nbal
ance,Vatacanma keyou
ent
husi
ast
icforlif
e,cl
earthinking,int
uit
ive
,expre
ssi
ve,playful
,andc re
a t
ive
.Ine xces
s,though,itcan
manif
esta
spain,la
ckofappet
ite,tre
mors,col
dne
ss,c
onst
ipat
ion,anxi
ety,a
rthr
iti
s,r
aci
ngthoughts
,insomnia
,
andmore.

Va
tagove
rnsmove
menti
nthebody,t
hea
cti
vit
iesoft
hene
rvouss
yst
em,a
ndt
hepr
oce
ssofe
limi
nat
ion.

Qua
lit
iesofVa
ta:

Cold
Light
Dry
Ir
regul
ar
Rough
Moving
Quick
Changeabl
e

I
fVa t
adoshapre
dominat
es,movementa
ndchangear
echa
rac
ter
ist
icofyournat
ure
.Youtendt
oal
wa y
sbeon
t
hego,withanener
get
icandcrea
tivemi
nd.AslongasVa
taisi
nba l
ance,youwil
lbel
ive
lyande
nthusi
ast
ic,
wit
haleanbody.

Physica
lCharact
e ri
stics
Thosewi t
hapr edomi nanc
eofVa t
adoshausual
lyhaveathi
n,lightfr
a meande xce
lle
ntagil
it
y.Thei
rener
gy
comesi nburs
tsa ndt heyareli
kelytoexperi
ences
uddenboutsoff a
tigue.Vat
a st
ypical
lyhavedryski
nand
hai
ra ndcoldhandsa ndfeet.Theysleepli
ghtl
yandthei
rdigesti
onc anbes ensi
ti
ve.Whe ntheVat
ados ha
becomesimbalanc ed,itmanife
stsinthebodyasweightl
oss
,c onst
ipati
on,hypert
ensi
on,art
hrit
is
,weakne
s s
,
res
tle
ssness
,anddi gesti
vechall
enges.

Emoti
onalChar
acte
ris
tic
s
Vat
asloveexci
tementandne wexperi
ence
s.The yarequicktoa ngerbuta l
sotof
orgive
.WhenVa t
asa r
ein
bal
anc
e,theyareener
getic,c
reat
ive
,andflexi
ble.The yals
ot a
kei ni
tia
tiveandar
elivel
yconve
rsat
ional
is
ts.
Whenunbalanc
ed,theyarepronetoworryanda nxiousne
ssandof te
ns uff
erfr
om i
nsomnia
.Whe ntheyfeel
ove
rwhelmedorst
ress
ed,thei
rres
ponseis
,“Wha tdidIdowr ong?”

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Howt oBa la
nceVa ta
Ifexces
sivestr
essinyourli
felea
dstoyourVa taforcebe comingi mbalanc
ed,youract
ivi
tywills
tar
ttofe
elout
ofcontr
ol.Yourmi ndma yrac
e,cont
ri
butingtoanxi e
tya ndinsomni a.Youma ysta
rtski
ppingmeals
,re
sult
ing
inunint
endedwe ightlos
s,andyourdigest
ionma ybe comei rregula
r.Ifyounotic
etheseearl
ysymptomsofa
Va t
aimba l
ance,sl
owdown,t aketi
met ome dit
ate,don’tskipme als
,a ndgett
obe dearl
ier
.Ar e
gularl
if
est
yle
routi
nehelpsgroundVa t
asoyou’r
enotc a
rrie
da wa yint
ot heethers.

Va
tai
scol
d,l
ight
,ir
regul
ar,dr
y,a
nda
lwa
ysc
hangi
ng.Toba
lanc
eVa
ta,ma
kec
hoi
cest
hatbr
ingwa
rmt
h,
s
tabi
li
ty,andconsi
st
enc
ytoyo
url
if
e.Tr
ytoge
ttobe
dbe
for
e10p.
m.,wa
keupby6a
.m.
,ande
atyou
rme
als
a
tregula
rtime
s .

Avoi
dbecomingchi
ll
ed.We
ara
dequa
tec
lot
hinga
ppr
opr
iat
efort
hes
eas
ona
ndke
epyourhe
adc
ove
redwhe
n
t
heweat
heriscol
d.

Va
tagove
rnsmove
menti
nthebody,t
hea
cti
vit
iesoft
hene
rvouss
yst
em,a
ndt
hepr
oce
ssofe
limi
nat
ion.

Qua
lit
iesofVa
ta:

Cold
Light
Dry
Ir
regul
ar
Rough
Moving
Quick
Changeabl
e

Howt oBa la
nceVa ta
Ifexces
sivestr
essinyourli
felea
dstoyourVa taforcebe comingi mbalanc
ed,youract
ivi
tywills
tar
ttofe
elout
ofcontr
ol.Yourmi ndma yrac
e,cont
ri
butingtoanxi e
tya ndinsomni a.Youma ysta
rtski
ppingmeals
,re
sult
ing
inunint
endedwe ightlos
s,andyourdigest
ionma ybe comei rregula
r.Ifyounotic
etheseearl
ysymptomsofa
Va t
aimba l
ance,sl
owdown,t aketi
met ome dit
ate,don’tskipme als
,a ndgett
obe dearl
ier
.Ar e
gularl
if
est
yle
routi
nehelpsgroundVa t
asoyou’r
enotc a
rrie
da wa yint
ot heethers.

Vataisc old,l
ight
,irr
egul
ar,dry,andalwayschangi
ng.Tobal
anc
eVa t
a,makechoi
cest
hatbr
ingwarmt
h,
st
abil
it
y,a ndconsi
ste
ncytoyo url
if
e .Tr
ytogettobedbefor
e10p.
m.,wakeupby6a.
m.,andea
tyourmea
ls
atr
egulartimes.

Unde
rst
andi
ngPi
tt
a:Howt
oFe
edYourI
nne
rFi
re

ThePitt
ad oshacont
rol
sdige
sti
on,metabol
is
m,a ndene
rgyproduct
ion.Thepr
imaryf
unc
tionofPit
tai
s
tr
ansf
ormat
ion.Thosewit
hapr e
domina
nc eofthePi
tt
apri
nci
plehaveaf i
eryna
tur
etha
tmanif
est
sinbot
h
bodyandmind.

Qua
lit
iesofPi
tt
a:

Hot
Light
Int
ense
Penetr
ati
ng
Pungent
Sharp
Ac i
dic
Physic
alCha r
acte
ris
tics
Pit
tasareus ual
lyofme di
um si
zea ndwe ight.Theys ometimesha vebri
ghtredha ir,butbaldnes
sort hinni
ng
hairi
sa ls
oc ommoni naPi tt
a.Theyha vee xcel
lentdiges
tion,whichsometi
me sl e
adst hemtobe l
ievetheycan
eatanything.Theyha veawa rm bodyt empe ra
ture.Theys lee
ps oundl
yfors hortpe r
iodsoftimea ndha vea
st
rongs exd r
ive.Whe ninbal
ance,Pitt
asha veal us
trouscompl e
xion,per
fectdigest
ion,abundantenergy,anda
st
ronga ppe t
it
e.Whe noutofba lance,Pitt
a sma ys uf
ferfrom skinras
hes,bur ni
ngs ensat
ions,pepti
cul ce
rs,
excess
ivebodyhe a
t,heart
bur
n,andi ndi
gestion.

Emoti
ona lChar
act
eri
sti
cs
Pi
tt
asha veapowe rf
ulinte
lle
ctandas tr
ongabi
li
tytoc onc
ent
rate
.Whe nthey’
rei
nbala
nce
,theyar
egood
de
cisi
onma ke
rs,t
eacher
s,andspeake
rs.Theyar
epr e
cis
e,shar
p-wit
ted,di
rec
t,a
ndoft
enout
spoke
n.Out
-of
-
ba
lancepitt
ascanbeshort
-t
emperedandargume
ntat
ive.

Whe
npi
tt
asa
reove
rst
res
sedt
hei
rtypi
calr
espons
eis
,“Wha
tdi
dyoudowr
ong?
”

Avoi
dbecomingchi
ll
ed.We
ara
dequa
tec
lot
hinga
ppr
opr
iat
efort
hes
eas
ona
ndke
epyourhe
adc
ove
redwhe
n
t
heweat
heriscol
d.

Pe
rfor
mada
ilys
elf
-Abhyma
ssa
geus
ingwa
rme
r,he
avi
eroi
lsl
ikes
esa
mea
nda
lmond.

Sti
ckwi
thl
ightexe
rcis
et ha
te nha
ncesba l
anceandfl
exi
bil
it
y.Takeca
renott
opus
hyour
sel
ftoof
ara
nd
exce
edt
hel
imit
sofyourenergy.Bene
fic
ialact
ivi
ti
esf
orVata
sinc
lude
:
SIGNSANDSYMPTOMSOFPI TTAIMBALANCE
CERTIFIEDHEALTHPRACTI
TIONER
MENU
SIGNSANDSYMPTOMSOFPI TTAIMBALANCE
Cate
gori
es:Ayurve
da
Date
:04/06/
2018
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ter

Shar
eonpr int
Pri
nt
si
gnsands ympt omsofpi tt
aimbala
nce,pit
tados
ha,pit
tac
ons
tit
uti
on,le
ade
r,www.t
hea
yur
vedace
ntr
e.c
om,
ayur
vedaathens,ayur
ve dagree
ce.
Whata r
et hesignsa nds ymptomsofpitt
ai mba
lance
?Under
sta
ndc ommonsignsa
ndsymptomsofPitt
a
imbal
ance,tobette
rma nageapitt
acons
tit
uti
onorpit
tai
mbal
anc
es.

Tounde
rst
andsignsa
nds ymptomsofpi
tt
aimbal
anceyoumus tunde
rst
andwha
tpi
tt
ados
hai
s.Fi
rst
,we
re
commendtha
tyoust
artbyre
ading“
whati
spi
tt
adosha”ar
ti
cle
.

WHATARETHEGENERALSI GNSANDSYMPTOMSOFPI TTAI MBALANCE?

Signsandsympt
omsofpi t
taimbal
anc
earedir
ect
lyli
nkedtothequal
it
iesofpit
tadoshai.
e.quali
ti
esoffire
andwa te
re l
eme
nts.Asar es
ult
,whenpit
taisoutofbal
anceonema ye xpe
rie
nceinfl
amma t
ion,inf
ect
ion,
excesshea
toroi
lynes
s,di
scol
our
ati
onofs
kin,s
ourandsa
ltyt
asteors
me l
l.

Part
softhebodyge neral
lyaff
ect
edbye xces
spi t
ta
Also,iti
si mport
anttoknowt hatsi
gnsands ymptomsofpittaimbal
ance
,tendt
oappea
rinthemai
ns i
tesof
pit
tadosha.Thesearet
hes t
oma c
h,skin,e
yesa ndblood.The
refor
eyoushoul
dbepayi
ngpar
ti
cula
rat
tent
ionto
symptomsi nthe
seareasofthebody.

Physicalande mot ionals ignsandsymptomsofpitt

aimbala
nce
Burnings ensationsi nthebody
Excessivetempe ra
tur e
,e xcessi
veswe a
t,hotf
lus
hes
Urinarytractinfection
Sensi
tivit
yt othes una ndhe at
Migraines,hea dache s
Skindiseasee .g.rashes ,acne,ecz
emaa nddermat
iti
s.
Skindiscoloura ti
on
Digesti
vedi sorde r
s–Ac i
dit
ye .
ga c
idrefl
ux,he
artbur
n,di
arr
hoe
a
Aller
gies,piles,hae mor roids
,polyps
Prema tureha i
rlos sorgr e
yha ir
,oilyha i
r,e x
c essi
vebodyha i
rgrowth
Lossofvi sion,e yedi sor
ders,burnings e
nsa t
ioni ntheeyes
Bleeding
Kidne ys t
one s
,ga llst
ones
Bodyodour ,ba dbr eath
Hormona limba lancese .
gInf e
rti
li
ty,me nopa usalsymtoms
Ulcers
Excess i
vethi r
storhunge r
Auto-immunedi sorders
Pi
ttatypede pression,schizophre
nia ,des
tructive,viol
entbeha
viour
s,sel
f-
har
m
Panica tt
ack,fa i
nting
Heart/blooddi seases
Ange r,jeal
ous y,irri
tabil
ity
Highe xpe ct
a t
ions,pe rfe
cti
onism,judge me nt,crit
is
c i
m,obses
sions
Attache menttomone y,st
atusappea ranc
ea ndl uxurygoods.

Att
achementtost
atus
,luxury,ma
ter
ialgoods
.
pr
ema t
uregre
yingofhair.
Eyedis
order
s.

I
nsummar
y,ifyounot
iceani
nfl
amma
tion,i
nfe
cti
onorabur
nings
ens
ati
onont
hes
kin,s
toma
chore
yesyou
mayha
veexc
esspit
tai
nthebo
dy.

Wha
tfoodsc
aus
epi
tt
aimba
lanc
e?

Exces suseofsour
,s al
tyandpunge nttaste.
Foodswhi cha r
ever yoil
y,ferment
e d,hotandverydr
y.
Foodswhi cha r
esti
mul ati
ngorac i
dic .
Exces si
veconsumpt i
onofr edmeata ndoilyfi
sh
Exces si
veconsumpt i
onofr awsala
ds ,nuts&s ee
ds
Alcoholicdri
nks,vinegarandprocess e
ds auce
s
Mos tda i
ryproduc
ts
Cons umingincompa ti
blefoodst
oge ther.
ci
trusf r
uit
hotchi l
ies
Processedfoods-likeBurge r
Coffeea ndsti
mulants

I
fwec
ons
ide
rbe
havi
our
alore
nvi
ronme
nta
lfa
ctor
stha
tinc
rea
sepi
tt
ados
ha:

Envir
onment
s,act
ivi
ti
esorpeopl
ewhi c
ha r
eloud,st
imulati
ng,competi
ti
ve.
Envir
onment
swhicharehotanddry.Longexposur
etothes un.
Peopl
eandenvi
ronmentswhichar
ehype r
act
iveandhighlyjudgement
al.
Eati
ngbef
orepre
viousmealhasbeendiges
tedorwhenf e
e l
ingangr
y
Lackofsl
eepordayt
imeslee
p
Howt oBal
ancePit
ta
Pi
ttaishot
,sha
rp,sour
,punge
nt,a
ndpe
net
rat
ing.Toba
lanc
epi
tt
a,ma
kec
hoi
cest
hata
rec
ool
ing,s
wee
t,a
nd
st
abil
izi
ng.

Bal
anceres
tanda c
tivi
ty,a
llowi
ngs
omef
reet
imee
ver
yda
y.Bec
are
fulnott
ocr
eat
eunne
ces
sar
yti
me
pr
ess
uresf
oryour
sel
f.

Donots
kipme
alsa
nddonotwa
itunt
ilyo
uar
efa
mis
hedt
oea
t.

Favorf
oodstha
tar
eswe
et,bi
tt
era
nda
str
inge
nt.Al
soe
atmor
ecool
ingf
oodss
ucha
scuc
umbe
rs,s
wee
tfr
uit
s,
andmelons
.

Regul
arl
yspendt
imeinnat
ure
.Takewa
lksi
nthewoodsa ndal
ongna
tur
albodi
esofwa
ter
.Ke
eppl
ant
sand
f
reshf
lower
sinyourhomea
ndoff
ice
.Walki
nthemoonl
ight.

Pe
rfor
mada
ilyma
ssa
geus
ingc
ool
eroi
lss
ucha
scoc
onutorol
ive
.

Fa
vorc
ool
erc
olor
sinyourc
lot
hinga
nde
nvi
ronme
nts
ucha
sbl
ues
,gr
eens
,ands
il
ver
.

La
ughal
ot,e
ver
yda
y.

Favorar
oma
sthatar
ecool
inga
nds
wee
t.Sa
nda
lwood,r
ose
,ja
smi
ne,mi
nt,l
ave
nde
r,f
enne
l,a
ndc
hamomi
le
ar
er e
comme
nded.
KAPHA
TheKa phados hai spredominanti nyourba si
cna t
ure,givingyouade epsenseofs tabil
itya ndi nnercalm.
Yourbodywi lltendt obehe a
vys etands t
rong,a ndyouwi llenjoyexc e
lle
ntst
ami naande ne r
gy.Whe nKa pha
become simba lanced,howe ver
,i tc anma ni
festinyourbodya sexcesswe i
ghtga in,f luidr et
enti
on,a nd
al
lergies.Onthel evelofthemi nd,e xces
sKa phac anleadt oresi
st
a ncetochangea nds tubbor nness
.Ifyou
haveaKa phaimba l
ance,youwi lltendtoholdont othings,jobs,habit
s,andrel
ationshipsl onga ft
erthe
ya re
nolonge rnourishingorne ce
ssary.Tol i
ghtenthehe avines
so fKa pha,besuretoge tre
gul arphys icale
xercise
.
Eatlight,s
picyf oods,andgiveawa yt hi
ngsyouha vebe e
na ccumulat
ingthatyouknowyou’ llneveruse.

Kaphagover
nsthest
ruc
tur
eoft
hebody.Iti
sthepri
nci
plethathol
dst
hec
ell
stoge
the
randf
ormst
hemus
cle
,
f
at,bone
,andsi
new.Thepri
mar
yfunc
tionofKaphai
sprote
c t
ion.

Qua
lit
iesofKa
pha
:

He a
vy
Slow
Steady
Soli
d
Cold
Soft
Oily

Physi
calCha r
acte
ris
ti
cs
Kaphat ypeshaveastr
ongbuil
da ndexc el
lents
tamina
.Lar
ge,softeyes
;smooth,radiants
kin;a ndthi
ckhair
ar
ea l
soi mport
antKaphachar
acter
ist
ics.Thosewhoa r
epre
dominantl
yKa phaslee
ps oundl
ya ndha veregul
ar
di
gest
ion.Butwhe nKa phabui
ldstoe xcess
,we i
ghtgai
n,f
lui
dr e
tenti
on,andalle
rgiesmanifestinthebody.
Whent hey’r
eoutofbala
nce,Kaphatypesma ybecomeover
weight
,sleepexces
sivel
y,andsufferfromasthma,
di
abet
es ,anddepre
ssi
on.

Emotiona lCharac
teri
sti
cs
Kaphasa renatur
a l
lyc a
lm,thoughtf
ul,andloving.The yha vea ni nher
e nta bi
lit
yt oenj
oyl i
fea nda re
comfort
a blewithrouti
ne.Whe ninba l
anc
e,Ka phasares t
rong,loyal
,pa t
ient,st
e a
dy,andsupport
ive
.Pe ople
withane xcessofKa phatendtohol dont othings,jobs,andr el
ati
onshipsl onga ft
ert
heya r
enol onger
nouri
shingo rnecessar
y.Exces
sKa phainthemi ndma nif
estsasresi
sta
nc etoc hangeandst
ubbornnes
s.I nthe
fac
eofs tress
,thetypic
alKapharesponsei
s,“Idon’twanttode a
lwi t
hit.
”
Recomme ndat
ions:

Tr
yal
iqui
dfa
stoneda
ype
rwe
ek,i
nge
sti
ngonl
yfr
eshve
get
abl
eandf
rui
tjui
ces
,andpur
eedve
get
abl
esoup.

Reducet
hei nt
akeofda
iry,whi
cht
endst
oinc
rea
seKa
pha
.Youc
anus
esma
lla
mount
sofghe
e,l
ow-
fatmi
lk,
andlow-
fatyogur
t.

Avoidmos ts we
e t
ene
rs.Honeyi sones weet
enerthatcanbe s
tpacif
yKa pha.Ot
hersweet
ener
s,however,
shouldbea voide
dbe caus
etheyincr
easetheKa phadosha,cont
ri
buti
ngtoprobl
emssucha
sblockedsi
nuses,
all
ergie
s,colds,andle
thar
gy.Takeatablesp
oonort wo(butnomor e
)ofrawhoneyever
ydaycanhelpr
elea
se
excessKapha .Donotcookwithhoneythough.
Dri
nkhotgi
ngerte
awi
thme
alst
ohe
lps
ti
mul
ates
lowdi
ges
ti
ona
nds
har
pendul
lta
stebuds
.Dr
ink2t
o3c
ups
ofgi
nge
rteada
ily.

Eatbea
ns.Allbe
ansar
egoodforKaphat
ype
sexc
eptf
ors
oybe
ansa
nds
oybe
an-
bas
edf
oodss
ucha
stof
u,
whic
hshoul
dbeeate
ninmode
rat
ion.

Favorli
ghte
rfrui
tssuchasapple
s,pear
s,pomegr
anat
es,cr
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icot
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duc
ehe
avi
erf
rui
tsl
ike
ba
na na
s,avoca
dos,pi
neappl
es,or
ange
s,peache
s,c
oconut
s,melons
,date
s,a
ndfigs
.

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etabl
es.I
ngene
ral
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umpt
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andj
uicyveget
able
ssucha
ssweetpot
atoe
s,t
omat
oes
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ucchini
.

Alls
pic
ese xc
eptsal
tarepa
cif
yingt
oKa
pha
.Us
epunge
nts
pic
esl
ikepe
ppe
r,c
aye
nne
,mus
tar
dse
ed,a
nd
gi
ngerf
ree
lyinyourdi
et.

Re
duc
eint
akeofa
llnut
sands
eeds
.Fa
vorpumpki
nse
edsa
nds
unf
lowe
rse
eds
.

Limitconsumpt
ionofredme
at.Fornon
-ve
get
ari
ans
,fr
esh,or
gani
cwhi
teme
atc
hic
ken,t
urke
y,e
ggs
,and
se
afoodareacce
ptabl
e.

Usesmallamount
soff
atsa
ndoi
ls
.Tr
yext
ravi
rgi
nol
iveoi
l,ghe
e,a
lmondoi
l,c
ornoi
l,s
unf
lowe
roi
l,mus
tar
d
oi
l,ors
affl
oweroi
l.

Forgr
ains
,fa
vorba
rle
y,c
orn,mi
ll
et,buc
kwhe
at,r
ye.Re
duc
eint
akeofoa
ts,r
ice
,andwhe
at.

Ingener
al,aKaphadie
tshoul
dbeli
vel
yandf
ullofe
ner
gyt
ohelpspa
rkthedige
sti
veandme t
aboli
csyst
ems.
Eatyourlar
ges
tme alatl
unch
timea
ndasmal
lermeala
tdi
nne
rti
me.All
owa tlea
stthr
eehoursfordi
gest
ion
bef
orebedti
me.

TheseCa nBeKa phaCha racteri

stics
Mind:De tai
l-orientat
ed,steady,c onsist
e nt
Body:St urdy,ga i
nswe ightea si
ly,ha stroublel
osingit
Skin:Smoot ha ndoily
Hair:Thic k,oily
Appe t
it
e :Lo vest oeatbutha sas l
owdi gesti
on
Routine:Me thodicalands turdy,resista
ntt ochange
Tempe rame nt:Thought ful,forgiving,swe et,pa
tient
,lovi
ng,c
ont
ent
,sl
ow-
movi
ng
Conve r
sa t
ionSt yl
e:Simpl ea ndpr ofound
ShoppingSt yle:Saves
Str
e s
sRe sponse :Idon’twa nttode alwi thit!Withdr
awn