Vata Dosha

Which body-mind type are you? Are you a Vata, pitta or Kapha? We are all a combination of these 3 doshas and their 20 qualities. Vata dosha is one of the Ayurvedic body types associated with air & space. So you might be predominantly Vata but still some Pitta and Kapha qualities. Your unique combination that comes from birth is called Prakriti and it never changes. However your current condition and constitution might be different in from that and this deviation or imbalance is called Vrakriti. 

There is no good or bad dosha, there is the original one and with nutrition and lifestyle choices we try to keep that nature cause that’s where we feel our best. So raise your hand below in the comments, if you recognize yourself in the qualities of Vata, the dosha of air! 

Me? I am a combination of Vata and Pitta and a little bit of Kapha. So I have many of these qualities in my life. Are you like me?

You are Vata Dosha Type of People (or have Vata imbalance) If you have

ELEMENTS: AIR & ETHER

QUALITIES: DRY, LIGHT, COLD, ROUGH, SUBTLE & MOBILE

RESPONSIBLE FROM: MOTION, ELIMINATION, PERCEIVING TOUCH, SPEECH, BREATHING

Vata Body

– Dry and rough skin, hair, nails, stools. Gas and Bloating – sensitive stomach
– Slim-slemder body
– Irregular appetite and thirst
– Irregular bowel movement
– Constipation
– Cold hands-feet
– Joints crack

Vata Mind (Happy Times)

. Quick learner. Enthusiastic
. Creative
. Quick
. Adaptable 
. Sensitive and intuitive

Opposite Qualities That Balance:

– A diet with more of the sweet, sour, and salty tastes
– Cooked foods – boiling, poaching, stewing (with ample oil/ghee)
– Food with unctuousness/ moisture/oiliness
– Warm food and drinks

When in Balance:

– Uplifts others with his/her lightness and angelic – presenceCreative and intuitive
– Enthusiastic and active
– Communicative
– Extroverted, cheerful

Diet: Similar Qualities That Imbalance and Aggravate

– A diet with more of the sweet, sour, and salty tastes
– Cooked foods – boiling, poaching, stewing (with ample oil/ghee)
– Food with unctuousness/ moisture/oiliness
– Warm food and drinks

When Aggravated or Imbalanced

– Feeling overly active, nervous, coldBloating, gas, burping, constipation
– Racing mind
– Feels like not fully processing thoughts, desires and feelings
– Cold emotions like fears, worries, anxiety
– Mind is in the air
– Hyper sensitive
– Chronic Fatigue
– Insecure, panic attacs
– Nervous breakdown
– Anxious, babbling, unregulated

Vata Mind (Not So Happy Times)

– Nervous. Anxious
. – Memory problems
– Hyperactive
– Fearful
– Uncertain, indecisive
. Can’t finish tasks
. Not consistent

Other

– Loves change
– Can’t stay still, moving all the time
– Not resilient, gets tired easily
– Light sleep, wakes up frequently
– Not good on financials, spends money easily
– Irregular meals