WEBVTT - How to Eat, Move, and Live for YOUR Body Type - A Guide to Ayurveda 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:04.160 In Aravader and in the Budgey tradition, it's believed that energy, attitude, intention, 0:00:04.280 --> 0:00:07.400 and feeling you have whilst cooking is infused into the food. 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:09.639 The energy is then absorbed and digested into the person 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:12.800 receiving it. So cooking with love, devotion and kind energy 0:00:12.880 --> 0:00:16.520 is essential for optimal digestion. Food cannot only nourish the body, 0:00:16.800 --> 0:00:18.680 but it can also nourish the mind and soul. To 0:00:18.960 --> 0:00:20.959 Welcome to a Really Good Cry podcast. 0:00:21.239 --> 0:00:23.439 A Really Good Cry is here to help you understand 0:00:23.520 --> 0:00:26.560 your body, feel confident in your skin, manage your emotions, 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:29.600 and take back control of your health. Because growth doesn't 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:32.880 always start with answers, Sometimes it starts with a really 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:33.520 good cry. 0:00:33.720 --> 0:00:35.720 Hey everyone, and welcome back to this week's episode of 0:00:35.760 --> 0:00:38.840 A Really Good Cry. Now, if you clicked on this episode, 0:00:39.080 --> 0:00:41.640 it means that you want to learn more about Aravader 0:00:41.720 --> 0:00:45.279 and that honestly makes me so happy because Irada has 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:46.920 absolutely changed my life. 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:47.159 Now. 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:49.920 Irada is such an in depth and intricate life science 0:00:50.280 --> 0:00:52.640 and I'm definitely not an expert. I'd say I'm still 0:00:52.720 --> 0:00:55.280 quite a beginner, a continuous student in it, but I 0:00:55.320 --> 0:00:58.240 have done my Arabadic health counselor one degree. I did 0:00:58.280 --> 0:01:00.840 it at the California College of aravader And the deeper 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:02.960 and deeper I get into it, the more I believe 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:05.840 in it. And honestly, even if you just understand the foundations, 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:09.520 it can change your life phenomenally. Can't think of the word, 0:01:09.640 --> 0:01:11.080 but it could change your life a lot, you know, 0:01:11.120 --> 0:01:13.800 That's what I'm trying to say. I graduated it as 0:01:13.840 --> 0:01:17.840 a dietician and nutritionist, but when I studied Arabada, it 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:23.040 just you know, when your childhood home feels like home. 0:01:23.520 --> 0:01:27.200 It felt like home. For my health, I felt understood. Finally, 0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:30.200 I felt like everything that I wanted to learn about 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:33.559 my body I could understand, and everything just made sense. 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:36.319 It was a deeper way to truly understand my body 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:39.440 and understand my environment. And what I absolutely love about 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:41.360 it is that it teaches you how to look after 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:44.120 yourself rather than relying on someone else to tell you 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.520 what to do, and how to tune into your body, 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:49.840 and how to recognize the science and symptoms that something 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:52.560 just isn't quite right, and what the daily tools are 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:55.320 to prevent ill health or heal your body. You know, 0:01:55.400 --> 0:01:57.320 there are quite a few people who are skeptical about 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:01.640 holistic therapies and sciences, and whenever someone comments on a 0:02:01.720 --> 0:02:04.840 video I share about how spices or herbs can heal 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:07.800 the body or can help with the health issue, I 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:10.920 get quite a lot of lashback. And I do get why, 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:14.000 because we have been trained from such a young age 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:16.920 to only believe that we should trust in something that 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:19.760 has been proven or done by the medical system, where 0:02:19.760 --> 0:02:23.480 the conventional medical system only if it's been clinically tested 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:27.480 or approved by a conventional doctor. And although I absolutely 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:30.800 see the reasoning behind that, clinical studies are also not 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:34.000 always accurate. They're often biased, and the results are based 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:37.560 on the people funding them, or they've only been tested 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:39.560 for in the grand scheme of things is a short 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:43.200 period of time. Irarada, on the other hand, has been 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:46.600 passed down for more than five thousand years, and so yes, 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:49.280 there may not be many scientific clinical studies down on 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:53.000 the effects of cumin or ashwaganda or even tumoric as 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:56.000 there are of conventional medicine, because let's be honest, they 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:58.920 are extremely expensive to do. But the proof is in 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:01.840 the fact that it is still uses medicine even now 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:06.200 after five thousand years. It's cheaper than most medication, and 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:09.400 most of the people talking about the benefits are generations 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:13.200 of family healers or just family recipes and remedies that 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:16.000 their grandma has passed down to their children to heal 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:19.760 their own families with absolutely no financial benefit or bias. 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:23.239 So if you're skeptical about holistic medicine, the only way 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:26.080 you are ever going to really know is by trying 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:28.360 it and giving it a go. Now, many things can 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:31.280 be studied and quantified, you can be told something a 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:34.000 thousand times, but the only way you'll really know is 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:37.760 by experiencing it. Also, I'm not saying avader is always 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:41.400 a complete substitution for Western allopathic medicine. There are so 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:45.760 many instances where diseases have progressed too far and they're 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:48.600 best treated with drugs or surgery. But irata can be 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:52.480 used in conjunction with western medicine to optimize health and 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:55.560 make you less prone to disease, or to help rebuild 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:58.160 the body after being treated with drugs or surgery. So 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:00.880 let's get into it. Let me give you your Iravado one 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:03.119 oh one, and if you want to know more after 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:06.400 hearing this podcast, like I said, I studied the California 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:09.119 College of Aravader. They have some great in depth courses 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:11.720 and also give your altar. My first Arabadic teacher. She 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:13.560 has some courses in New York City and I think 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:16.440 online as well. She has a wonderful cookbook called What 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:19.240 to Eat for How You Feel. There's also doctor Vussant 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:22.480 Lad he has many books on aravader. Vadio Mishra, an 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:25.559 incredible teacher who is no longer here on this earth, 0:04:25.720 --> 0:04:28.480 but his lectures live on on his website. So there 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:31.080 are many places that you can study Aravada and learn 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:34.679 a little bit more about it. So iravader Ira means 0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:37.760 life and Vada means knowledge. It is considered the science 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:40.640 of life. It is the oldest alternative medicine system to 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:44.080 exist and it originated in India more than five thousand 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:45.600 years ago. Isn't that amazing? 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:46.279 Now? 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:48.480 Living in an ibadic lifestyle is not just about food 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:51.039 as many people think it is. It is a conscious 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:54.719 way of living and empowering yourself with the necessary knowledge 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:58.240 to bring about self awareness of your body, mind, and soul. 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:00.720 Aravada teaches us how to tune in into our bodies 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:02.960 and how to adapt our life in order to create 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:06.520 an internal and external environment that is most supportive in 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:10.760 optimizing our own health. Our Vadas referred to as preventative science, 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:14.240 whereas western medicine is more curative. Once you get the 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:17.040 condition or the disease, here's how you can treat it. 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:20.240 But in irader it teaches you how to one recognize 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:23.239 the signs and symptoms before reaching the point of disease, 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:27.919 and two how to eat, sleep, live, and breathe to 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:31.080 prevent disease in the body, and if when disease does 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:34.400 come knocking, how to find and treat the root cause 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:36.760 rather than just put an a band aid on it 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:40.000 for it to only show up again later. Another aspect 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:42.880 of Irada that is key is that every single body 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:45.840 is treated as unique. We're all so different the way 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:49.559 we look, our personality, our DNA, and how we react 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:51.880 to foods and how we eat. It doesn't make much 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:56.240 sense to have medicines, treatments, dietary recommendations as a one 0:05:56.279 --> 0:06:00.680 size fits all. Iravada actually sees each individual as an India. So, 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:03.080 for example, even when it comes to food, the way 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:05.520 my body may react to a specific vegetable may be 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:08.120 completely different to the way that my husband does or 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:11.160 my friend might and Irader accounts for these differences. When 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:14.279 it comes to treatment, both approaches have great benefits, and 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:17.480 I think using a combination of modern medicine and knowledge 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:20.480 and tools from Irada is such a perfect balance for healing. Now, 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:24.080 Irada sees the elements as the fundamental building block of 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:27.200 humans and nature. Every single thing in this universe is 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:31.719 composed of different combinations of five elements. Earth, water, fire, air, 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:34.640 and ether. The five elements support these different areas in 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:38.240 our body and mind. So Earth is solidity, it's structural 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:42.679 parts of our bodies like muscle, fats, bones, nails, and teeth. 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:45.200 In our mind it shows up as the power to 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:48.440 withstand and endurance. And by the way, as I'm going 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:52.040 through these elements, think about how you visualize these elements. 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:54.440 It really does match what they actually do in our 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:57.800 body too. Now, when you think about water, what do 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:02.000 you think of fluidity? The fluidity in our body, the mucus, 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:06.520 our digestive juices, lymphatic system, the saliva in our mouth, 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:10.680 and in our mind it's the feelings and emotions that 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:15.160 flow through. Fire is heat and transformation in our body, digestion, 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:19.520 vision and blood. And in the mind it's passion, intelligence, 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:23.920 and sometimes anger. Air is movement. Of course, it is wind. 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:25.440 When you think of air, what do you think of 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:28.640 You think of the gusts of wind or the gentle breeze. 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:32.560 So that our body manifests our respiratory system, our joint movement, 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:35.160 all the subtle and gross movement in the body, and 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:38.200 in our mind. It can manifest as anxiety too much movement. 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:41.239 Ether is actually space, so all the space in between, 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:44.160 the organs, in between our bones, all the little space 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:46.880 spaces and nooks and crannies in our body. And it's 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:50.440 also sound in the mind, it's silence. Now, if you 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:53.360 think about each element, it really does make sense. And 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:56.400 just as everyone has a unique fingerprint or DNA in 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:59.040 our vada, it says each person has a unique constitution. 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:03.840 It's an individu your combination of physical, mental, and emotional characteristics. 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:07.960 This constitution is determined at conception by a number of 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:11.600 factors and it remains the same throughout one's life. This 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:15.400 constitution is called your dosher. Now, many people come up 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:17.760 to you and they're like, key time, what my dosha is? 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:20.480 And it's a very common thing that's known. If you 0:08:20.520 --> 0:08:23.400 have heard of Arabada, it really is like our DNA. 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:26.080 It is the main thing that someone will assess you on. 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:28.280 And once you know this, you can adapt so much 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:30.679 of your life in the best way possible to create 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:34.520 harmony in your body. So there are three main doshes Butter, pitter, 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:37.560 and kaffer. They are all present in our body, but 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:40.640 in different ratio. So we all have these doshes in 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:44.000 our body, but they're just in different combinations. So each 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:46.640 dosher is actually made up of two of the elements. 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:51.120 So vater is air and ether, Kuffer is earth and water, 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:55.360 and pitter is fire and water. So you could, for example, 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:59.280 be sixty percent kuffer, twenty percentter, and ten percent pitter. 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:01.960 Now let me break down each dosha for you, and 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:05.360 also bear in mind that when you think about these doses, 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:07.959 think about the qualities of the two that are combining. 0:09:08.240 --> 0:09:12.120 So tuffer earth and water stagnant heavy. When you think 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:15.800 about vater, it's air, and ether it's movement, it's light. 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:19.200 When you think about pitter, it's fire and water. Fire 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:23.520 is hot, energetic. And so let me break down each 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:26.040 dosia for you so you can truly understand a little 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:28.680 bit more about them. So vaa is the energy of movement. 0:09:28.720 --> 0:09:31.479 As I said before, pita is the energy of digestion 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:36.200 or metabolism, and kaffer is the energy of lubrication and structure. So, 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:38.600 like I said, we have the qualities of vaster, pitter 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:41.520 and kafa in us, but one is usually primary, one 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:44.760 is secondary, and the third is usually the least prominent. 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:48.640 Simply put, the cause of disease in Iobta is due 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:52.359 to an excess or deficiency of vater, pitter or kafa. 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:55.560 So so many things can disturb our constitution and take 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:57.800 us in and out of balance. Pretty much every single 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:01.040 thing that we let into our senses or environment either 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:03.400 helps to balance us or take us out of balance. 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:07.200 Once these factors are understood, one can take appropriate actions 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:10.280 to minimize or take away their effects, or at least 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:14.720 eliminate the causes of imbalance, and we establish one's original constitution. So, 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:17.000 if you think about it, balances the natural order and 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:21.640 imbalance is disorder. Health is order, disease is disorder within 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:24.840 the body, there is a constant interaction between order and disorder, 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.760 and we kind of move through each one regularly. When 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:30.280 you understand the nature and the structure of disorder, then 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:32.559 you can re establish order, which makes sense. When you 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:34.640 understand what the problem is, then you can find the solution. 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:36.600 If you don't know what the problem is, how will 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:39.559 you've ever find the solution? And so identifying what these 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:43.240 imbalances are is really important. Now are you still aware 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:45.640 of me? I know this a little bit complicated, but honestly, 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:47.560 I also recommend getting a pen and paper route or 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:50.840 writing notes if you're really interested in absorbing this information. 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:54.800 It took me, you know, a whole course to actually 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:57.839 feel like I understood it even to a basic level. 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:00.520 So I totally understand if you're confused, but try to 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:03.320 stay with me. So not to complicate things further, But 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:05.640 we actually have two constitutions, the one we are born 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:10.440 with and that does not change. So our original constitution, 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:13.920 which is called procrithy and our vicuity, which is the 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:17.320 current state of health or imbalance. So your procrithy is 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:22.800 your original constitution, your og makeup your og dosha, and 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:25.920 your vicuity is your current state of health or imbalance, 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:29.720 and that's your current dosha. Now, procrithy represents your blueprint 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:32.560 of health. Think of it like your genetic predisposition in 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:36.479 our Veda. It determines how your body functions, what imbalances 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:39.480 you're prone to, your likes, your dislikes, your mental and 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:43.520 emotional character, and what will help keep you balanced. Your 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:47.120 procerthy never changes, but it can go out of balance 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:51.000 due to diet and lifestyle choices. So why is it 0:11:51.080 --> 0:11:54.080 useful to know your procerthy. It's useful as a guide. 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:57.280 Your property helps you to understand your strengths, your weaknesses, 0:11:57.520 --> 0:12:01.120 and your lifelong tendencies. For example, if you're naturally a vacter, 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:03.920 which remember was air and ether, you will always have 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:08.240 a tendency towards dryness and anxiety. So only grounding practices 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:10.680 long term. And so when you know your doses, you 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:14.320 can say, okay, if I have these qualities that are higher, 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:16.720 I know that I am more prone to this, this, 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:19.000 and this, which means that throughout my life I have 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:21.080 to be aware of it and I need to know 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:24.160 how to balance these out whenever I see those symptoms 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:26.440 coming along. And so it helps you to stay ahead 0:12:26.440 --> 0:12:29.040 of issues before they start. And usually a lot of 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:30.959 disease comes when it's been building up for a long 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:33.360 period of time. It doesn't just happen. And so if 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:36.480 you're naturally for example, pitter, which was fire and water, 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:39.280 you'll be more prone to inflammation too much heat in 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:41.720 the body, too much fire, So you'll want to avoid 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:45.160 foods that overheat your body or being feeling too stressed out. 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:48.120 And so for example, you'd want to avoid eating too 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:50.600 many hot foods, foods that create too much inflammation in 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:53.480 the body, especially when it's the hottest season outside that's 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:55.960 when you'd probably feel it the most. Your property also 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:59.280 guides you towards your best lifestyle choices. So a Kaffer person, 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:02.959 which was water and earth, thrives on movement because their 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:07.480 natural composition or their natural dosha is heavy. If you 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:10.160 think about water and earth together, what does it create mud? 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:12.680 And so your natural tendency is to go towards feeling 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:17.000 lazy lethargic, which means to rebalance that you need constant 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:20.600 movement and stimulation in the body. Whereas a vatter person 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:23.440 air and ether, if you think about that, too much 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:27.319 movement happening in the mind, and they need routine and stability, 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:31.520 and a pitter person to fire and water need cooling 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:34.400 things around them, calling in the activities that they're doing, 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:38.080 whether it's calming their mind, but also calling internally, whether 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:41.480 it's calling foods or spices or herbs. So that's your property, 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:46.560 your original og constitution, your blueprint dosher And then there's viquity. 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:50.720 Now this is your imbalanced state or your current state 0:13:50.760 --> 0:13:53.080 of health. It refers to the imbalances that you're facing 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:56.320 caused by whatever we are experiencing through our senses. So 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:59.440 whether it's changes in environment, whether it's the climate, the 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:01.680 food we eat, the things we listen to, the things 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:03.800 we see every single day, the sense that we smell. 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:06.400 Every single thing we allow into our senses can either 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:10.200 increase or decrease the elements. And so discovering your current 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:13.000 state of balance will show you the present level of 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:15.439 your doughsha in your system. So the one question that 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:17.400 I had when I was learning about this was does 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:20.360 this mean that procrity? The first one I spoke about 0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:23.280 is your ideal health or your optimal health. What if 0:14:23.280 --> 0:14:25.440 you're born with a health condition, how can that be 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:27.800 your ideal state of health? And in our radar, what 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:29.960 they say is just because it's your blueprint, it does 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:32.400 not mean it's your ideal state of health. So if 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:34.800 you're born with a condition, the goal is always to 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:37.680 bring your body and mind and spirit to the highest 0:14:37.800 --> 0:14:40.960 level of balance possible for you. So just because you 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.200 were born in a specific way, it just shows you 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:45.360 the things that you are more prone to. It doesn't 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:47.440 mean that it is your ideal state of health. It 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:50.720 is just your blueprint. So while your constitution is set, 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:53.480 your health is something that can always be optimized. The 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:56.200 goal is not always to return back to your procrethy, 0:14:56.520 --> 0:15:00.200 your birth constitution, but rather to maintain balance in your 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:05.920 body and your mind as life evolves, whether it's life circumstances, diet, stress, aging, 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:10.560 and all the environmental shifts. Irada focuses on creating harmony 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:13.640 within your body at any given time. So once who 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:16.720 are aware of both your procerity and your vicuity, the 0:15:16.760 --> 0:15:19.640 goal is just to adjust your lifestyle and dietary habits 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:23.120 and practices in order to balance. The real aim is 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:27.640 dynamic balance, constantly observing, constantly adapting your lifestyle and diet 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:31.080 and routines to keep your dosha in check, even if 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:33.680 that means adjusting away from your procerity at times to 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:37.040 stay healthy and vibrant. So really the focus is your viquity, 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:40.040 which is your current state of health, and you're trying 0:15:40.040 --> 0:15:42.560 to rebalance that. So you might ask which is more important? 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:45.320 Do I focus on my procrity or my vicuity? Biquity 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:47.480 is actually more important for immediate health. It tells you 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:50.520 what you need balance today, what needs to change today. 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:53.840 Procerity is important for long term wellbeing. It helps you 0:15:53.880 --> 0:15:56.960 to understand your body's natural tendencies and what will keep 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:59.680 you at optimal health over a lifetime. It gives you 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:02.440 the picture of how your body is designed to function. 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:05.680 So think of property as your blueprint and riquarity as 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:08.560 your daily weather report. You need both to navigate your 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:11.480 health effectively. You know, the fun part about learning the 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:14.720 basics of your doses and aravada is that eventually you 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:16.720 can guess what dose is someone is just by looking 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:19.680 at them, or notice what imbalances they have just by 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:22.400 observing them. So the first one is pure observation. So 0:16:22.480 --> 0:16:24.880 let's go through Vasha first, shall we. Body type and 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:28.840 structure is thin, small framed, bony, maybe has dry skin. 0:16:28.920 --> 0:16:31.960 It basically has is quite petite and possibly a little 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:33.880 bit more fragile. When it comes to their skin and 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:37.640 their hair, it's a bit drier, rough skin, brittle nails, 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:40.920 that kind of thing. Usually butters also have thinner hair, 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:44.080 like It may not look thinner in terms of how 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:47.280 much of it there is, but each hair follicle is thinner, 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:49.320 or they do find it hard for their hair to 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:52.600 grow thicker. When it comes to digestion, a vastera has 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:57.040 irregular appetite, sometimes bloating, gas constipation. You know everything that 0:16:57.080 --> 0:16:59.760 wind and air bring into the body when it comes 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:02.640 to my and in emotions of ata is creative, anxious, 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:07.200 sometimes forgetful. I can definitely relate to that and a pitter. 0:17:07.280 --> 0:17:10.240 Their body type is medium build, muscular, warm skin, prone 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:13.920 to redness. Their skin and hair is generally sensitive skin 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:19.800 prone to acne, maybe early graying, a reddish complexion digestion. 0:17:19.920 --> 0:17:24.160 A pitter has a strong appetite, fast digestion, but can 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:26.320 be prone to acidity. You know, too much fire in 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:28.440 the body when it comes to their mind. In emotions, 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:31.320 a pitter is focused intents and can sometimes when imbalance, 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:35.680 get irritable. A Kafa body is one that is solid, 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:39.879 solid structure, maybe denser bones, maybe a larger build and 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:43.720 smooth oily skin. Their skin and hair are thick hair 0:17:44.080 --> 0:17:47.840 and they have softer features, more subtle features. Their digestion 0:17:48.080 --> 0:17:50.560 can sometimes be slow a bit sluggish, can feel heavy 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:54.080 after eating, and personality wise, a cuffa can be calm, loving, 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:56.200 but may also feel a little bit stuck while get 0:17:56.240 --> 0:17:58.640 stuck in lower moods at times, so when you're hearing 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:00.280 those you might be like, oh, I think a bit 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:02.119 of this and a bit of that. It definitely can 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:03.840 be or one might really stick out to you more 0:18:03.840 --> 0:18:06.679 than the others. The second form of analysis that a 0:18:06.720 --> 0:18:09.120 doctor will go through is your tongue. The tongue tells 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:11.440 you so much about your body. You have no idea. 0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:14.480 When it's a vatter imbalance, it can be dry or cracked. 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:17.359 When there's a piture in balance, your tongue can be red, 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:20.560 inflamed or might have ulcers. When it's a cuffer imbalance, 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:24.360 your tongue might have a thick white coating excess mucus 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:25.880 on there. So your tongue can tell you a lot 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:28.000 of what's going on in your body. The next thing 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:30.879 is sleep patterns. A vater is a lighter sleeper, can 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:33.879 wake up often. A pitter can sleep well but may 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:36.560 end up waking up feeling really hot, and a kaffer 0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:39.639 has a deep, longer slumber and because sometimes find it 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:41.840 difficult to wake up and feel lethargic even when they've 0:18:41.840 --> 0:18:43.760 had a good night sleep. The next way of assessing 0:18:43.840 --> 0:18:47.520 is what food cravings you're having in your food preferences. Generally, 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:51.439 a vatera craves warm, grounding foods, soups and stews to 0:18:51.520 --> 0:18:55.520 balance out the lightness of their body. Pitchs crave cooling foods, 0:18:55.560 --> 0:18:58.359 the foods which are calling to the body, the foods 0:18:58.440 --> 0:19:01.879 that don't cause inflammation the body. A kaffa craves light, 0:19:02.000 --> 0:19:04.720 spicy foods that balances out the heaviness. 0:19:05.080 --> 0:19:05.199 Well. 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:08.200 The last things I assis is how you poop your 0:19:08.240 --> 0:19:12.159 stolen elimination vata. Imbalance can be hard dry stores with 0:19:12.240 --> 0:19:15.360 it of constipation, a pitre can be loose stores freak 0:19:15.400 --> 0:19:18.439 and bowel movements, and a kaffa has slow digestion and 0:19:18.520 --> 0:19:22.240 kind of heavy oily stores. TMI. But you know thought, 0:19:22.240 --> 0:19:24.720 I share that with you, and an expert will also be 0:19:24.760 --> 0:19:27.320 able to read your pulse, So they listen to your pulse, 0:19:27.359 --> 0:19:31.440 they put their three fingers on different pulses in your arm, 0:19:31.920 --> 0:19:34.640 and they're able to detect the imbalance of vatter put 0:19:34.640 --> 0:19:37.080 in kaffa in different parts of the body, which is 0:19:37.119 --> 0:19:39.639 really cool. Like the vater pulse is irregular and a 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:42.080 little bit like a snake. The pitter pulse is strong 0:19:42.119 --> 0:19:45.119 and forceful like a frog, and the Kaffer pulse is slow, 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:48.200 deep like a swan. And so it's kind of cool 0:19:48.280 --> 0:19:51.680 that literally just by hearing, because each pulse is linked 0:19:51.680 --> 0:19:53.600 to different parts of the body, they're able to really 0:19:53.600 --> 0:19:56.760 assess it in that way. I've had doctors do my 0:19:56.800 --> 0:19:58.800 pulse and they really know the different areas that I'm 0:19:58.800 --> 0:20:01.640 struggling with, or which or guns are not doing as well, 0:20:01.720 --> 0:20:03.800 or what my digestion is. Like I'm like, WHOA, you 0:20:03.880 --> 0:20:06.920 kind of know too much about me too fast. I also, 0:20:06.920 --> 0:20:08.680 by the way, have a Doosha quiz on my website 0:20:08.680 --> 0:20:11.959 that you can take, so please go there and if 0:20:12.000 --> 0:20:13.720 you need a little bit more clarity, definitely go and 0:20:13.800 --> 0:20:16.640 check that out. It will really help you to understand 0:20:16.680 --> 0:20:20.280 exactly what doshie you are to start your journey. So 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:22.680 let's get into these three doses a little bit more. 0:20:22.720 --> 0:20:24.560 I recommend as I go through them, trying to keep 0:20:24.600 --> 0:20:26.600 a note of which one sounds most applicable to you 0:20:26.680 --> 0:20:30.320