Table 4.3 Your Dosha Checklist
Vata Dosha Pitta Dosha Kapha Dosha
❏ light, thin build ❏ medium build ❏ solid, powerful build
❏ thin, dry skin ❏ fair, soft, warm skin ❏ thick, pale, cold, oily,
smooth skin
❏ dark, coarse, curly hair ❏ fine, soft, blond, light ❏ thick, wavy, lustrous hair
brown or red hair
❏ irregular hunger and ❏ sharp hunger and thirst, ❏ slow digestion, mild
digestion, tendency strong digestion, cannot hunger
toward constipation skip meals
❏ difficulty putting ❏ no problem gaining ❏ tendency to obesity, hard
on weight or losing weight to lose weight
❏ light, interrupted sleep ❏ sleep is sound but short ❏ sleep is heavy and for long
period of time
❏ aversion to cold weather, ❏ aversion to hot weather, ❏ aversion to cold, damp
craves warmth craves coolness weather
❏ bursts of mental ❏ moderate strength ❏ steady energy, great
and physical energy and endurance strength and endurance
❏ performs activity quickly ❏ aggressive and ❏ graceful in action
competitive in physical
activity
❏ quick to grasp new ❏ sharp intellect, good, ❏ slow to grasp new
information, also quick memory information, good
quick to forget retentive memory
❏ tendency for worry, ❏ tendency toward ❏ tendency to be complacent,
anxiety, fearfulness anger, irritability under greedy, possessive
stress, judgmental
❏ excitability, changing ❏ busy lifestyle, achiever ❏ affectionate, tolerant,
moods forgiving
❏ enthusiasm, ❏ enterprising character, ❏ good organizer
vivaciousness likes challenges
❏ fast talking ❏ speech is sharp, clear, ❏ speech is slow, may be
precise labored
❏ illnesses: degenerative, ❏ illnesses: inflammation, ❏ illnesses: swellings,
related to being underweight, bleeding tumors, those related to
or those interfering with overweight
movement
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