Rajen's Easytips: PERSONALITY TYPES (PRAKRITI)

PERSONALITY TYPES (PRAKRITI)

According to Ayurveda, air, fire and water are the three principle factors that are essential for the human body, and an imbalance in these causes diseases.
Traditional medicinal systems view the individual as a whole – constitution, susceptibility to disease, mental status, lifestyle and other factors – before prescribing treatment.
This has been refined in Ayurveda with its concept of prakriti.
The prakriti (personality) of a person is determined at conception and is unique to each person’ like the DNA or fingerprints.
Pra is the beginning and kriti is form.
Prakriti is therefore the natural constitution of the person according to nature.
There are 3 types of individual personalities prescribed by Ayurveda

Vatta prakriti or the Air type (anxious personality)
Pitta prakriti or the Fiery type (emotional personality
Kapha prakriti or the Water type (best personality)

Traits of an Anxious Type (Vata dosha) individual personality are:

Appears thin and frail but has flab around the stomach, and has small eyes.
Such people are prone to anxiety, fear and tension.
They frequently suffer from gastric problems and body pain.
Slim body with dry skin and long and slender muscles.
The hair, nails, teeth and eyes appear dry.
The voice is weak, low, crackling and hoarse.
Walk is fast, talk is fast, with quick absorption of new information.
Their memory is weak, but their grasp is quick.
Lively, airy and enthusiastic nature.
These people require little sleep and are hyperactive.
Their movements are quick and unsteady.
Due to quick action, they show early initiative in work, but because of the dry quality, soon lose strength and become tired.
Become extremely anxious when stressed, full of fears and anxiety
Sleeping and eating patterns go haywire, filled with negative thoughts due to anxiety.
When stressed, some of the physical dysfunctions include menstrual cramps.
Over a long period of stressful living, osteo-arthritis also develops.
Stressed out Vata-dominated people should have more of sweet food like potato, (not sugar), salty and sour foods with their meals.
Iced cold drinks are not advised.
A typical Vata breakfast can include the sweet taste such as rich, creamy grains with an occasional spicy touch of an idli or sambar.
They should avoid eating fried foods and drinking or bathing with cold water.
They should go for morning walks, take oil bath, eat light and fresh food and have fruits at least 3-4 times a day.

Traits of an Type-A (Emotional) (Pitta dosha) individual personality are:

They are usually fair but suffer from excessive pigmentation.
They usually have a strong body odour and are occasionally troubled by bouts of fever and nausea.
Have more muscle than the Vata-dominated person.
Have a high metabolic rate.
Tendency to eat and drink more and are often thirsty.
They develop moles and skin eruptions.
They possess soft and scanty hair and turn prematurely grey and bald.
They are unable to bear even minimum heat.
They are brave and courageous but cannot tolerate exertion.
Due to their sharp and quick actions, they have a very good intellect, grasping power, memory and have moderate strength.
They take initiative and are often mistaken as wanting to be in control of situations.
They are visual, i.e., reading is easier to absorb than just listening.
Fire and water govern their body.
They are self-disciplined where time is concerned, and hate their time being wasted.
When that happens, they get easily provoked, upset and stressed out.
They are naturally stubborn and short-tempered.
They eat spicy food, consume excessive caffeine, smoke or drink, andusually suffer from severe physical problems ranging from hairfall to hypertension.
They need more than 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep to refresh themselves.
They are punctual, and respect punctuality in others.
Responding to their seemingly unreasonable anger with gentleness, love and kindness, instead of getting critical or angry with them, is advocated because their irritation is a purely biological reaction with no personal animosity.
They also get stressed if they don’t get their meals on time.
As long as they are not stressed out, they are lovely people otherwise.
For balancing their stress, foods that are sweet, bitter and astringent are advocated.
Sweet is all types of meat too.
Green leafy vegetables are bitter and cooling foods.
Astringent includes lentils and beans.
A typical Pitta breakfast can include the sweet taste such as a sweet porridge of grains or tapioca or sweet vegetables or fruits and even a touch of bitter as in karela.
They should also eat a lot of fruits such as litchi, oranges and pomegranate.
They should include lime juice in their diet and have yoghurt regularly.
They should also avoid exposure to the sun, and too much exercise may not be good for them.

Traits of a Type-K (Kapha dosha) individual personality are:

Proportionate well-built body exuding health.
They also have flab and look heavy.
They have big eyes and wheatish complexion.
Aura of endurance, strength and stability about their physicality, and gain weight easily.
Walk is stable and steady like their personality.
Likely to have a pleasant voice with a deep pitch.
Eyes are large, shiny and reveal happiness.
Skin is oily, soft, smooth, supple and particularly greasy and glowing.
Hair texture is slightly greasy but thick, may be curly and distinctively dark-coloured.
Tend to be slow and calm eaters and digestion is apparently slow.
Normally stay clear of digestive afflictions.
Calm, steady and serious by nature, and don’t get excited or irritated easily.
Don’t get angry or grieve easily, but also tend to hold on to grief and anguish.
Intelligence levels are well-developed but generally take more time in conclusions.
Think about pros and cons before performing any action, by making wise decisions.
Good capacity to tolerate pain and fatigue, and do not complain easily.
Dreams are typically of waterfalls, large lakes, swans, clouds, flowers and birds.
Hold high morals of respect, trust, equality, and have a giving nature.
Tend to be pious, prudish, truthful and grateful by nature, with a fine moral character, and take an interest in others.
Enjoy a long and stable life with less incidence of illness.
Likely to be possessive and attached.
Makes them sedentary, inert and sluggish.
Have a strong streak of perseverance and are emotionally mild.
Tend to withdraw when they are stressed, holding on to relationships and incidents.
Introspect to identify their invalid beliefs.
They like sweets, aerated drinks and this is not good for their health.
Tend to gain weight when stressed, due to water and fat retention.
They should follow a strict diet routine, drink boiled water, exercise and stay active all the time.
Pacifying foods are bitter (karela), stringent (leafy vegetables and spinach), and pungent (pepper, mustard and capsicum).
A typical Kapha breakfast can be light and dry with a pungent taste, such as rye crisp or roasted grains with a mint masala condiment.

Disease occurs when there is a change in the original natural form at the psychological or physiological level.
Knowledge of our prakriti helps us to know and prevent potential health problems.
We can also eat the foods recommended for our prakriti to become healthier.